MARIA MESSINA, Ph.D. "Consultant" Maria Messina is a cultural anthropologist with more than 15 years of experience in public health, specializing in intensive short-term and large-scale ethnographic, qualitative research; research instrument development, training and implementation regarding drug and alcohol misuse and treatment among adolescents, adults and special populations such as adjudicated male and female adolescents; high risk and homeless street youth; high-risk behaviors, especially crystal methamphetamine and intravenous drug use, among men who have sex with men; HIV/AIDS a...