PARTNERSHIP

MaHRTI is a training and technical assistance partner of the Center for Harm Reduction Services at the Maryland Department of Health (MDH). The Center for Harm Reduction Services funds MaHRTI to provide capacity-building services to its grantees, as well as to MDH-authorized Overdose Response Programs and Syringe Services Programs.

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STAFF

Sal Corbin

MaHRTI Coordinator

Sal Corbin worked for 15 years in academia as a psychology professor before transitioning to nonprofit work. He has done workforce development training and program management and is now a training coordinator for the Maryland Harm Reduction Institute. His vision is to help others build and maintain healthy relationships, with conflict transformation as the primary focus. His extensive background in leadership facilitation supports his efforts to keep showing up and sharing.

Miera Corey

MaHRTI Associate Director

Miera Corey graduated from Morgan State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has six years of experience with the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Lighthouse Studies at PEER Point, a harm reduction research program focused on Baltimore City residents with HIV/STD high-risk behaviors. Miera worked as the Evaluation Coordinator for Wraparound, Systems of Care, and National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative programs at the Institute for Innovation and Implementation before joining Behavioral Health System Baltimore as a coordinator, then Associate Director of the Maryland Harm Reduction Training Institute (MaHRTI).

Greg Frailey

MaHRTI Coordinator

Greg’s first introduction to harm reduction came through lived experience. He has diverse experience working in harm reduction and intersecting fields. This includes grass-roots harm reduction work, ethnographic and public health research across Maryland, HCV care navigation, and working for a harm reduction program at a local health department. Greg also holds a master’s degree in public anthropology from American University.

Aidan Grennell Cormier

MaHRTI Coordinator

Aidan L. Grennell Cormier (they/them/theirs) is a public health social worker and graduate of University of Maryland, Baltimore. They have a diverse background, focusing on mathematical modeling of sexually transmitted infections, the impact of harm reduction practices on both biological and behavioral trends, and working within the LGBTQ+ communities. Aidan is passionate about research and training, ensuring those who are doing direct care have access to the resources they need to effectively work within their communities.

Zach Kosinski

Harm Reduction Director

Zach Kosinski serves as Director of Harm Reduction at Behavioral Health System Baltimore, Inc. (BHSB). In this role, Zach collaboratively leads and manages programmatic activities of BHSB’s harm reduction services. This work entails support and oversight of two harm reduction-focused teams, the Maryland Harm Reduction Training Institute (MaHRTI) and Bmore POWER (Peers Offering Wellness Education and Resources). In Zach's role, he focuses on strategic management and oversight of the harm reduction teams' programmatic work. Leveraging BHSB's unique role as the Baltimore City Local Behavioral Health Authority and the organization's existing partnerships with behavioral health providers, Zach works to infuse harm reduction into the practices of Baltimore City behavioral health providers. Collectively, BHSB's harm reduction team works to co-create an evidence-based system of care which treats people who use drugs with compassion and non-judgment, a system aligned with the core principles of harm reduction.

The live and on-demand trainings offered here were made possible by CFDA 93.788 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written training materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.