Joshua Adam Barocas, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
I lead an interdisciplinary research program that is specifically aimed at the goal of improving health outcomes for patients with infectious diseases including HIV and HCV, substance use disorders, and other vulnerable populations. My research, which uses clinical epidemiology, health economics, simulation modeling, and cost-effectiveness, informs clinical-decision making and health policy to answer clinically- and policy-relevant questions. I am engaged in research using these innovative methods to help understand the impact of and improve upon policies that affect people who use drugs infected with or at high risk for infections. My research is currently been funded by NIDA in the form of both a K01 and a DP2 award as well as multiple grants for which I am a Co-Investigator. I have also received NIAID, the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), the BU-CTSI, and the MGH Executive Committee on Research Fund for Medical Discovery. I currently serve as Director of the Health Economics and Modeling Core for the Massachusetts HEALing Communities Study, an NIH-funded grant to significantly reduce overdose. I am the previous recipient of the Charles A. King Trust Research Award, and the prestigious AAMC Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship Award, which recognizes a junior faculty member who demonstrates leadership potential in addressing inequity in health care. I have published my work and editorials in leading journals such as NEJM, Lancet Public Health, JAMA Internal Medicine, AJPH, Addiction, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Annals of Internal Medicine. My work has been widely cited in the media, including the Boston Globe, U.S. News and World Report, and NPR.
Education
- George Washington University School of Medicine, MD
- Washington University in St. Louis, BA
Publications
- Published on 10/16/2024
Padmanabhan P, Jurecka C, Nall SK, Goldshear JL, Barocas JA. Association of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Homelessness and Crime in Denver, CO: A Spatiotemporal Analysis. J Urban Health. 2024 Oct 16. PMID: 39412580.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/17/2024
Castry M, Tin Y, Feder NM, Lewis N, Chatterjee A, Rudorf M, Samet JH, Beers D, Medley B, Gilbert L, Linas BP, Barocas JA. An economic analysis of the cost of mobile units for harm reduction, naloxone distribution, and medications for opioid use disorder. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Dec; 167:209517. PMID: 39299504.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/28/2024
Calcaterra SL, Yamkovoy K, Swathi PA, Ciccarone D, Del Pozo B, Englander H, Wang J, Barocas JA. U.S. trends in methamphetamine-involved psychiatric hospitalizations in the United States, 2015-2019. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Sep 01; 262:111409. PMID: 39089187.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/16/2024
Samet JH, El-Bassel N, Winhusen TJ, Jackson RD, Oga EA, Chandler RK, Villani J, Freisthler B, Adams J, Aldridge A, Angerame A, Babineau DC, Bagley SM, Baker TJ, Balvanz P, Barbosa C, Barocas J, Battaglia TA, Beard DD, Beers D, Blevins D, Bove N, Bridden C, Brown JL, Bush HM, Bush JL, Caldwell R, Calver K, Calvert D, Campbell ANC, Carpenter J, Caspar R, Chassler D, Chaya J, Cheng DM, Cunningham CO, Dasgupta A, David JL, Davis A, Dean T, Drainoni ML, Eggleston B, Fanucchi LC, Feaster DJ, Fernandez S, Figueroa W, Freedman DA, Freeman PR, Freiermuth CE, Friedlander E, Gelberg KH, Gibson EB, Gilbert L, Glasgow L, Goddard-Eckrich DA, Gomori S, Gruss DE, Gulley J, Gutnick D, Hall ME, Harger Dykes N, Hargrove SL, Harlow K, Harris A, Harris D, Helme DW, Holloway J, Hotchkiss J, Huang T, Huerta TR, Hunt T, Hyder A, Ingram VL, Ingram T, Kauffman E, Kimball JL, Kinnard EN, Knott C, Knudsen HK, Konstan MW, Kosakowski S, Larochelle MR, Leaver HM, LeBaron PA, Lefebvre RC, Levin FR, Lewis N, Lewis N, Lofwall MR, Lounsbury DW, Luster JE, Lyons MS, Mack A, Marks KR, Marquesano S, Mauk R, McAlearney AS, McConnell K, McGladrey ML, McMullan J, Miles J, Munoz Lopez R, Nelson A, Neufeld JL, Newman L, Nguyen TQ, Nunes EV, Oller DA, Oser CB, Oyler DR, Pagnano S, Parran TV, Powell J, Powers K, Ralston W, Ramsey K, Rapkin BD, Reynolds JG, Roberts MF, Robertson W, Rock P, Rodgers E, Rodriguez S, Rudorf M, Ryan S, Salsberry P, Salvage M, Sabounchi N, Saucier M, Savitzky C, Schackman B, Schady E, Seiber EE, Shadwick A, Shoben A, Slater MD, Slavova S, Speer D, Sprunger J, Starbird LE, Staton M, Stein MD, Stevens-Watkins DJ, Stopka TJ, Sullivan A, Surratt HL, Sword Cruz R, Talbert JC, Taylor JL, Thompson KL, Vandergrift N, Vickers-Smith RA, Vietze DJ, Walker DM, Walley AY, Walters ST, Weiss R, Westgate PM, Wu E, Young AM, Zarkin GA, Walsh SL. Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths. N Engl J Med. 2024 Sep 19; 391(11):989-1001. PMID: 38884347.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/6/2024
Yamkovoy K, Patil P, Dunn D, Erdman E, Bernson D, Swathi PA, Nall SK, Zhang Y, Wang J, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, LeMasters KH, White LF, Barocas JA. Using decision tree models and comprehensive statewide data to predict opioid overdoses following prison release. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Jun; 94:81-90. PMID: 38710239.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/25/2024
Meehan AA, Milazzo KE, Bien M, Nall SK, Vickery KD, Mosites E, Barocas JA. Involuntary displacement and self-reported health in a cross-sectional survey of people experiencing homelessness in Denver, Colorado, 2018-2019. BMC Public Health. 2024 Apr 25; 24(1):1159. PMID: 38664800.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/2/2024
Montoya ID, Watson C, Aldridge A, Ryan D, Murphy SM, Amuchi B, McCollister KE, Schackman BR, Bush JL, Speer D, Harlow K, Orme S, Zarkin GA, Castry M, Seiber EE, Barocas JA, Linas BP, Starbird LE. Cost of start-up activities to implement a community-level opioid overdose reduction intervention in the HEALing Communities Study. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2024 Apr 02; 19(1):23. PMID: 38566249.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/25/2024
Bartholomew TS, Plesons M, Serota DP, Alonso E, Metsch LR, Feaster DJ, Ucha J, Suarez E, Forrest DW, Chueng TA, Ciraldo K, Brooks J, Smith JD, Barocas JA, Tookes HE. Project CHARIOT: study protocol for a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation study of comprehensive tele-harm reduction for engagement of people who inject drugs in HIV prevention services. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2024 Mar 25; 19(1):21. PMID: 38528570.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/13/2024
Wang J, Bernson D, Erdman EA, Villani J, Chandler R, Kline D, White LF, Barocas JA. Intersectional inequities and longitudinal prevalence estimates of opioid use disorder in Massachusetts 2014-2020: a multi-sample capture-recapture analysis. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Apr; 32:100709. PMID: 38510791.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/12/2024
Nall SK, Jurecka C, Ammons A, Rodriguez A, Craft B, Waleed C, Dias D, Henderson J, Boyer J, Yamkovoy K, Swathi PA, Patil P, Behne F, LeMasters K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Barocas JA. Identifying structural risk factors for overdose following incarceration: a concept mapping study. Health Justice. 2024 Mar 12; 12(1):11. PMID: 38472497.
Read at: PubMed
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