Timothy S. Naimi, MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor, Medicine
Biography
Timothy Naimi M.D., M.P.H is a physician and alcohol epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and a Professor with the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Naimi received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, his M.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts, and his M.P.H degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed a combined internal medicine-pediatrics residency program at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Epidemiologic Intelligence Officer program with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a preventive medicine residency with the CDC. Prior to coming to BMC, Dr. Naimi worked as a clinician for the U.S. Indian Health Service, and as a senior epidemiologist with the Alcohol Team at CDC. His current research interests, for which he receives grant support from the National Institutes of Health and CDC, include binge drinking, youth drinking, health effects of low-dose ethanol, and substance use policy including the impact of alcohol control policies, cannabis policies, and opioid policies on substance use and other health outcomes. He has co-authored more than 100 published manuscripts and book chapters.
Other Positions
- Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
- Associate Professor, General Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Faculty, Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, MD
- Harvard University, MPH
- Harvard College, BA
Publications
- Published on 7/19/2023
Naimi TS, Sherk A, Esser MB, Zhao J. Estimating alcohol-attributable injury deaths: A comparison of epidemiological methods. Addiction. 2023 Jul 19. PMID: 37466014.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/19/2023
Giesbrecht N, Wettlaufer A, Vallance K, Hobin E, Naimi T, Price T, Stockwell T. Why Canadians deserve to have mandated health and standard drink information labels on alcohol containers. Can J Public Health. 2023 Jun 19. PMID: 37337118.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/15/2023
Sherk A, Stockwell T, Sorge J, Churchill S, Angus C, Chikritzhs T, Holmes J, Meier P, Naimi TS, Norström T, Ramstedt M, Simpura J. The public-private decision for alcohol retail systems: Examining the economic, health, and social impacts of alternative systems in Finland. Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2023 Jun; 40(3):218-232. PMID: 37255607.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/1/2023
Zhao J, Stockwell T, Naimi T, Churchill S, Clay J, Sherk A. Association Between Daily Alcohol Intake and Risk of All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 01; 6(3):e236185. PMID: 37000449.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/16/2023
Clay JM, Alam F, Zhao J, Churchill S, Naimi T, Stockwell T. Associations Between COVID-19 Alcohol Policy Restrictions and Alcohol Sales in British Columbia: Variation by Area-Based Deprivation Level. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2023 May; 84(3):424-433. PMID: 36971766.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/16/2023
Clay JM, Alam F, Zhao J, Churchill S, Naimi T, Stockwell T. Associations Between COVID-19 Alcohol Policy Restrictions and Alcohol Sales in British Columbia: Variation by Area-based Deprivation Level. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2023 Jan 16. PMID: 36971766.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/8/2022
Rice BA, Naimi TS, Long MT. Nonheavy Alcohol Use Associates With Liver Fibrosis and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in the Framingham Heart Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Dec 08. PMID: 36503167.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2022
Esser MB, Leung G, Sherk A, Bohm MK, Liu Y, Lu H, Naimi TS. Estimated Deaths Attributable to Excessive Alcohol Use Among US Adults Aged 20 to 64 Years, 2015 to 2019. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov 01; 5(11):e2239485. PMID: 36318209.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2022
Blanchette JG, Pacula RL, Smart R, Lira MC, Pessar SC, Naimi TS. The Cannabis Policy Scale: A New Research and Surveillance Tool for U.S. States. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2022 Nov; 83(6):829-838. PMID: 36484580.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/5/2022
Firas R, Naimi TS. [Not Available]. Rev Med Suisse. 2022 Oct 05; 18(798):1882. PMID: 36200969.
Read at: PubMed
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