United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC, USA
Biography
Howard Spivak, MD was the Deputy Director and Chief of Staff at the National Institute of Justice at the US Department of Justice. Before joining NIJ, he was Director of the Division of Violence Prevention at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control.Dr. Spivak began his career as Director of Adolescent Services for the City of Boston, during which he cofounded the first community-based public health youth violence prevention program in the nation. Dr. Spivak began his career as Director of Adolescent Services for the City of Boston.