Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

My research has focused on alcohol and drug use, HIV infection and primary medical care with the following specific projects: linkage of alcohol and drug use treatment and primary medical care; addressing alcohol and drug use issues in the primary care setting; the impact of alcohol and drug use in HIV-infected persons; HIV prevention and treatment in Russian substance users; and establishing medical care for HIV-infected persons.

Publications

  • Published 7/19/2026

    Lewis O, Srinivasan S, Shrestha S, Harris DR, Barboza-Salerno G, Rock P, Walley AY, Samet JH, Stopka TJ. Enhancing Access to Methadone Treatment in Three HEALing Communities Study Sites: A Spatial and Geostatistical Study. Subst Use Misuse. 2026 Jul 19; 1-12. PMID: 42472677.

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  • Published 6/12/2026

    Walley AY, Cheng DM, Vandergrift N, Larochelle M, Holloway J, Brown JL, Chandler R, Fanucchi LC, Feaster DJ, Freeman PR, Hunt T, Lofwall MR, Knudsen HK, Nunes EV, Oga E, Oyler DR, Samet JH, Villani J, Walsh SL, Winhusen TJ. The association between naloxone distribution, buprenorphine treatment and retention and incident high-risk opioid prescribing with opioid overdose death in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio, United States: An exploratory community-level cohort study of data from the HEALing Communities Study. Addiction. 2026 Jun 12. PMID: 42283399.

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  • Published 6/3/2026

    Truong V, Kekibiina A, Muyindike WR, Gnatienko N, Tsui JI, Emenyonu NI, Cheng DM, Hahn JA, Allison O, Bullard MJ, Lunze K, Samet JH. Gabapentin to achieve HIV viral load suppression in people with risky drinking in Mbarara, Uganda: study protocol for a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial (GRAIL). Trials. 2026 Jun 03; 27(1). PMID: 42237416.

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  • Published 5/29/2026

    Fisk-Hoffman RJ, Kekibiina A, Muyindike WR, Cheng H, Agumenaitwe P, Truong V, Allison O, Gnatienko N, Tsui JI, Hahn JA, Emenyonu N, Forman L, Shan W, Karsten L, Samet JH. High Prevalence of Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Persons with HIV, Viral Non-suppression and Any Alcohol Use in Mbarara, Uganda: A Brief Report. AIDS Behav. 2026 May 29. PMID: 42213305.

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  • Published 5/28/2026

    Rossi SL, Cheng DM, Sereda Y, Truong V, Carroll JJ, Kiriazova T, Lodi S, Michals A, Raj A, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Samet JH, Lunze K. COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and substance use behaviors among people with HIV - a mixed method analysis. PLoS One. 2026; 21(5):e0349567. PMID: 42207818.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Community Health Sciences
    Boston University School of Public Health
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Faculty, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • Baylor College of Medicine, MD
  • Boston University, MPH
  • Brandeis University, MA
  • Brandeis University, BA

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