James N. Hall is a drug abuse epidemiologist with the Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is the Miami-based member of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Community Epidemiology Work Group. Hall served as the executive director of Up Front Drug Information and Education Center in Miami from 1982-2012, and was the recipient of the 2010 Path of Public Health Award for Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Services from Florida International University.