Publications
If you would like to request a PDF for any of the below Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) published papers, please contact Jules Canfield, Senior Program Manager, at jules.canfield@bmc.org
2025
Habersham LL, Choi S, Gelband M, Wilcox W, Bianco A, Bernstein PS, Taylor KJ, Mohamed NE. Content Analysis of Maternal Toxicology Testing Policies to Inform Equity in Substance Use Disorder Identification. Matern Child Health J. 2025. Epub ahead of print.
Habersham LL, Woolfolk CL, Taylor KJ, Terplan M, Mark K. Factors Associated with Positive Toxicology at Delivery: Insights From the University of Maryland Medical System. Matern Child Health J. 2025. Epub ahead of print.
Harvey L, Abdulkerim H, Strymish J, Ryan SK, Boudreau J, Gifford A, Hyde J, Branch-Elliman W. Infectious Complications of Substance Use: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Hospitalized Veterans. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12(6):ofaf301. PMCID: PMC12138505.
2024
Brothers TD, Lewer D, Bonn M, Kim I, Comeau E, Figgatt M, Eger W, Webster D, Hayward A, Harris M. Social determinants of injection drug use-associated bacterial infections and treatment outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2024:2024.09.20.24313898. PMCID: PMC11469356.
Christine PJ, Goldman AL, Morgan JR, Yan S, Chatterjee A, Bettano AL, Binswanger IA, LaRochelle MR. Insurance Instability for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder in the Year After Diagnosis. JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(7):e242014. PMCID: PMC11282441.
Dennis BB, Babe G, Gayowsky A, Rosic T, Rodrigues M, Bach P, Perez R, de Oliveira C, Samet J, Weaver V, Young S, Dionne J, Ahmed A, Kim D, Thabane L, Samaan Z. Health service utilization, substance use treatment response, and death in patients with opioid use disorder and comorbid hepatitis C findings from prospective cohort study with administrative database linkage. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024;167:209524. PMCID: PMC11750131.
Habersham LL, Hurd YL, Nomura Y. The longitudinal assessment of prenatal cannabis use on neonatal outcomes. J Perinatol. 2024. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC11300297
Hsaio C, DiMeola KA, Jegede OO, Funaro MC, Langstengel J, Yaggi HK, Barry DT. Associations Among Sleep, Pain, and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: a Scoping Review. Curr Addict Rep. 2024;11(6):965-981. PMCID: PMC11781152.
Ibrahim C, Tang VM, Blumberger DM, Le Foll B. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for smoking cessation. CMAJ. 2024;196(6):E187-E190. PMCID: PMC10890232.
Kleinman RA, Selby P. Unrestricted public coverage is needed for smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. CMAJ. 2024;196(2):E53-E55. PMCID: PMC10805147.
Kutscher E, Arshed A, Greene RE, Kladney M. Harm reduction techniques among cisgender gay, bisexual, and queer men using anabolic androgenic steroids: a qualitative study. Harm Reduct J. 2024;21(1):196. PMCID: PMC11552109.
Kutscher E, Arshed A, Greene RE, Kladney M. Exploring Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use Among Cisgender Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(5):e2411088. PMCID: PMC11094559.
Kutscher E, Barber Grossi M, LaPolla F, Lee JD. Fentanyl Test Strips for Harm Reduction: A Scoping Review. J Addict Med. 2024. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC11290989
Reed G, Lugo H, Adams RS, Walley AY. Grayken Lessons: a patient who developed opioid use disorder after traumatic brain injury. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2024;19(1):94. PMCID: PMC11654155.
Rozansky H, Christine PJ, Younkin M, Fox JM, Weinstein ZM, Suarez S, Stewart J, Farrell N, Taylor JL. Addiction consult service involvement in PrEP and PEP delivery for patients who inject drugs admitted to an urban essential hospital. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2024;19(1):77. PMCID: PMC11533369.
Simon CB, McCabe CJ, Matson TE, Oliver M, Bradley KA, Hallgren KA. High test-retest reliability of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) questionnaire completed by primary care patients in routine care. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2024;48(2):302-308. PMCID: PMC10922542.
van Hest N, Brothers TD, Williamson A, Lewer D. Health-care resource use among patients who use illicit opioids in England, 2010-20: A descriptive matched cohort study. Addiction. 2024;119(4):730-740. PMID: 38049387.
2023
Bach P, Ti L, Hayashi K, Cui Z, Milloy MJ, Fairbairn N. Trends in cocaine and crystal methamphetamine injection over time in a Canadian setting between 2008 and 2018. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023;151:208982. PMCID: PMC10805263
Bahji A, Acion L, Laslett AM, Adinoff B. Exclusion of the non-English-speaking world from the scientific literature: Recommendations for change for addiction journals and publishers. Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2023;40(1):6-13. PMCID: PMC9893128.
Bahji A, Danilewitz M, Crockford D, Delva N, Rusak B. Assessing research competency development in Canadian psychiatry residency programs: A systematic review and future directions. SAGE Open Med. 2023;11:20503121231216846. PMCID: PMC10722931.
Brothers TD, Walley AY, Rivers-Bowerman H, McLeod M, Genge L. Grayken lessons: between a rock and a hard place? A 37-year-old man with acute liver injury while enrolled in a managed alcohol program for severe alcohol use disorder. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2023;18(1):14. PMCID: PMC9988200.
Friedmann PD, Jawa R, Wilson D, Ramsey SE, Hoskinson R Jr, McKenzie M, Walley AY, Green TC, Bratberg J, Rich JD. Prescribe to Save Lives: An Intervention to Increase Naloxone Prescribing Among HIV Clinicians. J Addict Med. 2023;17(5):598-603. PMCID: PMC10593983.
Habersham LL. An unexpected path to addiction medicine. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023;5(3):100849. PMCID: PMC9974569.
Harvey LH, Branch-Elliman W, Boudreau J, Sliwinski SK, Gifford AL, Ho MQ, Dinges E, Hyde J. Harm reduction stories: leveraging graphic medicine to engage veterans in substance use services within the VA. Harm Reduct J. 2023;20(1):177. PMCID: PMC10702088.
Harvey L, Kimmel SD, Edelman EJ. Meeting the moment: More infectious disease physicians must be prepared to provide buprenorphine. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;76(7):1205-1208. PMID: 36695340.
Harvey LH, Sliwinski SK, Flike K, Boudreau J, Gifford AL, Branch-Elliman W, Hyde J. The integration of harm reduction services in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA): A qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators. J Addict Dis. 2023:1-9. PMCID: PMC10630529.
Ibrahim C, Tang VM, Blumberger DM, Malik S, Tyndale RF, Trevizol AP, Barr MS, Daskalakis ZJ, Zangen A, Le Foll B. Efficacy of insula deep repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with varenicline for smoking cessation: A randomized, double-blind, sham controlled trial. Brain Stimul. 2023;16(5):1501-1509. PMID: 37806524.
Klaire S, Fairbairn N, Ryan A, Nolan S, McLean M, Bach P. Safety and Efficacy of Rapid Methadone Titration for Opioid Use Disorder in an Inpatient Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Addict Med. 2023;17(6):711-713. PMCID: PMC10848193.
Kleinman RA. Overdose Deaths Among Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Individuals in the US: 1999-2020. J Gen Intern Med. 2023;38(7):1762-1764. PMCID: PMC10212896.
Kleinman RA, Bozinoff N. Access to Telephone and Internet-Based Telemedicine in Canadian Households. Can J Psychiatry. 2023;68(8):623-626. PMCID: PMC10411364.
Kleinman RA, Sanches M. Methadone-involved overdose deaths in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023;242:109703. PMCID: PMC9674402.
Kleinman RA, Thakrar AP. Using short-acting opioids to relieve opioid withdrawal in hospital. CMAJ. 2023;195(49):E1718-E1720. PMCID: PMC10727795.
Lewer D, Brothers TD, Croxford S, Desai M, Emanuel E, Harris M, Hope VD. Opioid Injection-Associated Bacterial Infections in England, 2002-2021: A Time Series Analysis of Seasonal Variation and the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;77(3):338-345. PMCID: PMC10425189.
Lewer D, Brothers TD, Harris M, Rock KL, Copeland CS. Opioid-related deaths during hospital admissions or shortly after discharge in the United Kingdom: A thematic framework analysis of coroner reports. PLoS One. 2023;18(4):e0283549. PMCID: PMC10115296.
McFadden R, Wallace-Keeshen S, Petrillo Straub K, Hosey RA, Neuschatz R, McNulty K, Thakrar AP. Xylazine-associated Wounds: Clinical Experience From a Low-barrier Wound Care Clinic in Philadelphia. J Addict Med. 2023. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC10967264
Nolan S, Fairgrieve C, Dong H, Garrod E, van Heukelom H, Parappilly BP, McLean M, Tsui JI, Samet JH. A Hospital-based Managed Alcohol Program in a Canadian Setting. J Addict Med. 2023;17(2):190-196. PMCID: PMC10062701.
Peterkin AF, Jawa R, Menezes K, You J, Cabral H, Ruiz-Mercado G, Park TW, Kehoe J, Taylor JL, Weinstein ZM. Pre-paid phone distribution: A tool for improving healthcare engagement for people with substance use disorder. Subst Use Misuse. 2023;58(4):585-589. PMCID: PMC10557432.
Simon CB, McCabe CJ, Matson TE, Oliver M, Bradley KA, Hallgren KA. High test-retest reliability of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) questionnaire completed by primary care patients in routine care. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2023. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC10922542
Tang VM, Goud R, Zawertailo L, Selby P, Coroiu A, Sloan ME, Chenoweth MJ, Buchman D, Ibrahim C, Blumberger DM, Foll BL. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for smoking cessation: Next steps for translation and implementation into clinical practice. Psychiatry Res. 2023;326:115340. PMID: 37454610.
Tang VM, Ibrahim C, Rodak T, Goud R, Blumberger DM, Voineskos D, Le Foll B. Managing substance use in patients receiving therapeutic repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A scoping review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2023;155:105477. PMID: 38007879.
Tang VM, Yu D, Weissman CR, Jones BDM, Wang G, Sloan ME, Blumberger DM, Daskalakis ZJ, Le Foll B, Voineskos D. Treatment outcomes in major depressive disorder in patients with comorbid alcohol use disorder: A STAR*D analysis. J Affect Disord. 2023;339:691-697. PMCID: PMC10496139.
Thakrar AP, Faude S, Perrone J, Milone MC, Lowenstein M, Snider CK, Spadaro A, Delgado MK, Nelson LS, Kilaru AS. Association of Urine Fentanyl Concentration With Severity of Opioid Withdrawal Among Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department. J Addict Med. 2023;17(4):447-453. PMCID: PMC10440418.
Thakrar AP, Pytell JD, Stoller KB, Walters V, Weiss RD, Chander G. Transitioning off methadone: A qualitative study exploring why patients discontinue methadone treatment for opioid use disorder. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023;150:209055. PMCID: PMC10330232.
Thakrar AP, Uritsky TJ, Christopher C, Winston A, Ronning K, Sigueza AL, Caputo A, McFadden R, Olenik JM, Perrone J, Delgado MK, Lowenstein M, Compton P. Safety and preliminary outcomes of short-acting opioid agonist treatment (sOAT) for hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2023;418(1):13. PMCID: PMC9951406.
2022
Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin PO, Jain V. Comparative 1-year outcomes of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections among persons with and without drug use: An observational cohort study. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;74(2):263-270. PMCID: PMC8800187.
Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin P, Jain V. Patient-directed discharges among persons who use drugs hospitalized with invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections: Opportunities for improvement. Am J Med. 2022;135(1):91-96. PMCID: PMC11552656
Bahji A, Bach P, Danilewitz M, Crockford D, El-Guebaly N, Devoe DJ, Saitz R. Comparative efficacy and safety of pharmacotherapies for alcohol withdrawal: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Addiction. 2022;117(10):2591-2601. PMCID: PMC9969997.
Bahji A, Bach P, Danilewitz M, Crockford D, Devoe DJ, El-Guebaly N, Saitz R. Pharmacotherapies for adults with alcohol use disorders: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. J Addict Med. 2022;16(6):630-638. PMCID: PMC10010623.
Bahji A, Brothers TD, Danilewitz M. Considering Cannabis Use in Differential Diagnosis: A Teachable Moment. JAMA Intern Med. 2022;182(1):66-67. PMCID: PMC8881091.
Bahji A, Crockford D, El-Guebaly N. Management of post-acute alcohol withdrawal: A mixed-studies scoping review. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2022;83(4):470-479. PMCID: PMC9798381.
Bahji A, Danilewitz M, Maser B, Guerin E, Frank E. Association between substance use and professional outcomes among medical students: Findings from a Canadian cross-sectional survey. Can J Addict. 2022;13(4):32-43. PMCID: PMC10353729.
Bahji A, Milloy MJ, Bach P, Sociás ME. Challenges and opportunities for further research involving the cannabis-to-opioid use transition. Addiction. 2022;117(10):2752-2754. PMCID: PMC9949991.
Bahji A, Zarate CA, Vazquez GH. Efficacy and safety of racemic ketamine and esketamine for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2022;21(6):853-866. PMCID: PMC9949988.
Brothers TD, Fraser J, MacAdam E, Morgan B, Webster D. Uptake of slow-release oral morphine as opioid agonist treatment among hospitalised patients with opioid use disorder. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2022;41(2):430-434. PMCID: PMC8814044.
Brothers TD, Leaman M, Bonn M, Lewer D, Atkinson J, Fraser J, Gillis A, Gniewek M, Hawker L, Hayman H, Jorna P, Martell D, O’Donnell T, Rivers-Bowerman H, Genge L. Evaluation of an emergency safe supply drugs and managed alcohol program in COVID-19 isolation hotel shelters for people experiencing homelessness. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022;235:109440. PMCID: PMC8988445.
Brothers TD, Lewer D, Jones N, Colledge-Frisby S, Farrell M, Hickman M, Webster D, Hayward A, Degenhardt L. Opioid agonist treatment and risk of death or rehospitalization following injection drug use-associated bacterial and fungal infections: A cohort study in New South Wales, Australia. PLoS Med. 2022;19(7):e1004049. PMCID: PMC9295981.
Brothers TD, Mosseler K, Kirkland S, Melanson P, Barrett L, Webster D. Unequal access to opioid agonist treatment and sterile injecting equipment among hospitalized patients with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis. PLoS One. 2022;17(1):e0263156. PMCID: PMC8791472.
Ferguson M, Medley A, Rittenbach K, Brothers TD, Strike C, Ng J, Leece P, Elton-Marshall T, Ali F, Lorenzetti DL, Buxton JA. Priority setting for Canadian take-home naloxone best practice guideline development: an adapted online Delphi method. Harm Reduct J. 2022;19(1):71. PMCID: PMC9250272.
Harris MTH, Laks J, Stahl N, Bagley SM, Saia K, Wechsberg WM. Gender dynamics in substance use and treatment: A women’s focused approach. Med Clin North Am. 2022;106(1):219-234. PMCID: PMC8881090.
Jawa R, Stein MD, Anderson B, Liebschutz JM, Stewart C, Phillips KT, Barocas JA. Behavioral risk factors for HIV infection in hospitalized persons who co-use stimulants and opioids. AIDS Behav. 2022;26(4):1047-1055. PMCID: PMC8435119.
Jawa R, Murray S, Tori M, Bratberg J, Walley A. Federal policymakers should urgently and greatly expand naloxone access. Am J Public Health. 2022;112(4):558-561. PMCID: PMC8961838.
Jawa R, Walley AY, Wilson DJ, Green TC, McKenzie M, Hoskinson R Jr, Bratberg J, Ramsey S, Rich JD, Friedmann PD. Prescribe to save lives: Improving buprenorphine prescribing among HIV clinicians. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022;90(5):546-552. PMCID: PMC9283214.
Jawa R, Laks J, Saravanan N, Demers L, Wishik-Miller G. Physician trainees’ compassion satisfaction, burnout, and self-efficacy when caring for people who inject drugs. Subst Abus. 2022;43(1):675-681. PMID: 34666627
Jawa R, Rozansky H, Clemens D, Fagan M, Walley AY. Rethinking home-based outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy for persons who inject drugs: An opportunity for change in the time of COVID-19. J Addict Med. 2022;16(2):e70-e72. PMCID: PMC8501142.
Klaire S, Janssen RM, Olson K, Bridgeman J, Korol EE, Chu T, Ghafari C, Sabeti S, Buxton JA, Lysyshyn M. Take-home drug checking as a novel harm reduction strategy in British Columbia, Canada. Int J Drug Policy. 2022;106:103741. PMCID: PMC9970175
Kleinman RA, Nielsen S, Weiss RD. Is daily supervised buprenorphine-naloxone dosing necessary? BMJ. 2022;378:e071467. PMID: 35973725.
Kleinman RA, Weiss RD. Benzodiazepine-involved overdose deaths in the USA: 2000-2019. J Gen Intern Med. 2022;37(8):2103-2109. PMCID: PMC9198172.
Kleinman RA, Sanches M. Impacts of eliminating audio-only care on disparities in telehealth accessibility. J Gen Intern Med. 2022;37(15):4021-4023. PMCID: PMC8999992.
Kleinman RA, Brothers TD, Danilewitz M, Bahji A. Office-based methadone prescribing for opioid use disorder: the Canadian model. J Addict Med. 2022;16(5):499-504. PMCID: PMC9271524.
Kimmel SD, Rosenmoss S, Bearnot B, Weinstein Z, Yan S, Walley AY, Larochelle MR. Northeast postacute medical facilities disproportionately reject referrals for patients with opioid use disorder. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022;41(3):434-444. PMCID: PMC10775137.
Levander XA, Pytell JD, Stoller KB, Korthuis PT, Chander G. COVID-19-related policy changes for methadone take-home dosing: A multistate survey of opioid treatment program leadership. Subst Abus. 2022;43(1):633-639. PMCID: PMC8810732.
Levander XA, Wheelock H, Pope J, Lee A, Hartmann K, Abuelkhair S, Gregg JL, Buchheit BM. Low-threshold buprenorphine via community partnerships and telemedicine- Case reports of expanding access to addiction treatment during COVID-19. J Addict Med. 2022;16(1):e56-e58. PMCID: PMC8815644.
Morford KL, Tetrault JM, Zhou B, Li F, Gleeson B, Edelman EJ, Stein MD, Barry DT, Madden L. The impact of benzodiazepine exposure on treatment retention in an open-access methadone program: A retrospective cohort study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022;241:109707. PMCID: PMC9777057.
Nolan S, Kelian S, Kerr T, Young S, Malmgren I, Ghafari C, Harrison S, Wood E, Lysyshyn M, Holliday E. Harm reduction in the hospital: An overdose prevention site (OPS) at a Canadian hospital. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022;239:109608. PMCID: PMC9970047.
Pytell JD, Thakrar AP, Chander G, Colantuoni E. Changes in alcohol consumption by beverage type attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic for 10 states, March 2020 to November 2020: An ecological simulation-based analysis. J Addict Med. 2022;16(6):e412-e416. PMCID: PMC9653060.
Shearer D, Young S, Fairbairn N, Brar R. Challenges with buprenorphine inductions in the context of the fentanyl overdose crisis: A case series. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2022;41(2):444-448. PMCID: PMC8926080.
Thakrar AP. Short-acting opioids for hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder. JAMA Intern Med. 2022;182(3):247-248. PMID: 35099508
Thakrar AP, Kleinman RA. Opioid withdrawal management in the fentanyl era. Addiction. 2022;117(9):2560-2561. PMID: 35373864.
Touesnard N, Brothers TD, Bonn M, Edelman EJ. Overdose deaths and HIV infections among people who use drugs: shared determinants and integrated responses. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2022;20(8):1061-1065. PMCID: PMC10693947.
Wang A, Jawa R, Mackin S, Whynott L, Buchholz C, Childs E, Bazzi AR. “We were building the plane as we were flying it, and we somehow made it to the other end”: syringe service program staff experiences and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Harm Reduct J. 2022;19(1):78. PMCID: PMC9284956.
Zolopa C, Brothers TD, Leclerc P, Mary JF, Morissette C, Bruneau J, Hyshka E, Martin NK, Larney S. Changes in supervised consumption site use and emergency interventions in Montréal, Canada in the first twelve months of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interrupted time series study. Int J Drug Policy. 2022;110:103894. PMCID: PMC9574459.
2021
Brothers TD, Fraser J, Webster D. Caring for people who inject drugs when they are admitted to hospital. CMAJ. 2021;193(12):E423-E424. PMCID: PMC8096383
Brothers TD, Kaulbach J, Tran A. Unhealthy alcohol use in a 65-year-old man awaiting surgery. CMAJ. 2021;193(32):E1250-E1252. PMCID: PMC8386484.
Brothers TD, Lewer D, Bonn M, Webster D, Harris M. Social and structural determinants of injecting-related bacterial and fungal infections among people who inject drugs: protocol for a mixed studies systematic review. BMJ Open. 2021;11(8):e049924. PMCID: PMC8354281.
Brothers TD, Lewer D, Thakrar AP. Linking opioid use disorder treatment from hospital to community. Addiction. 2021;116(8):2244-2245. PMCID: PMC8511949
De Aquino JP, Flores JM, Avila-Quintero VJ, Compton P, Sofuoglu M. Pharmacological treatment of pain among persons with opioid addiction: A systematic review and meta-analysis with implications for drug development. Addict Biol. 2021;26(4):e12964. PMID: 3297499
De Aquino JP, Parida S, Sofuoglu M. The pharmacology of buprenorphine microinduction for opioid use disorder. Clin Drug Investig. 2021;41(5):425-436. PMCID: PMC8020374
Harris MTH, Bagley SM, Maschke A, Schoenberger SF, Sampath S, Walley AY, Gunn CM. Competing risks of women and men who use fentanyl: “The number one thing I worry about would be my safety and number two would be overdose.” J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021;125:108313. PMCID: PMC8140193
Harris MTH, Peterkin A, Bach P, Englander H, Lapidus E, Rolley T, Weimer MB, Weinstein ZM. Adapting inpatient addiction medicine consult services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2021;16(1):13. PMCID: PMC7903401
Harris MT, Seliga RK, Fairbairn N, Nolan S, Walley AY, Weinstein ZM, Turnbull J. Outcomes of Ottawa, Canada’s Managed Opioid Program (MOP) where supervised injectable hydromorphone was paired with assisted housing. Int J Drug Policy. 2021;98:103400. PMCID: PMC8881087.
Jawa R, Saravanan N, Burrowes SAB, Demers L. A call for training graduate medical students on harm reduction for people who inject drugs. Subst Abus. 2021;42(3):266-268. PMID: 34086530
Jawa R, Stein MD, Anderson B, Liebschutz JM, Stewart C, Phillips KT, Barocas JA. Association of skin infections with sharing of injection drug preparation equipment among people who inject drugs. Int J Drug Policy. 2021;94:103198. PMCID: PMC8373634
Kimmel SD, Rosenmoss S, Bearnot B, Larochelle M, Walley AY. Rejection of patients with opioid use disorder referred for post-acute medical care before and after an anti-discrimination settlement in Massachusetts. J Addict Med. 2021;15(1), 20–26. PMCID: PMC7859880
Labonté LE, Young S. High-dose intravenous hydromorphone for patients who use opioids in the hospital setting: time to reduce the barriers. Harm Reduct J. 2021;18(1):87. PMCID: PMC8361239.
Levander XA, Vega TA, Seaman A, Korthuis T, Englander H. Exploring how hospitalization can alter hepatitis c virus treatment prioritization and trajectories in people who use drugs: A qualitative analysis. Subst Abus. 2022;43(1):245-252. PMCID: PMC8695635
Levander XA, Vega TA, Seaman A, Korthuis PT, Englander H. Utilising an access to care integrated framework to explore the perceptions of hepatitis C treatment of hospital-based interventions among people who use drugs. Int J Drug Policy. 2021;96:103356. PMCID: PMC8568624.
Lewer D, Eastwood B, White M, Brothers TD, McCusker M, Copeland C, Farrell M, Petersen I. Fatal opioid overdoses during and shortly after hospital admissions in England: A case-crossover study. PLoS Med. 2021;18(10):e1003759. PMCID: PMC8491890.
Pytell JD, Sklar MD, Carrese J, Rastegar DA, Gunn C, Chander G. “I’m a survivor”: Perceptions of chronic disease and survivorship among individuals in long-term remission from opioid use disorder. J Gen Intern Med. 2021;37(3):593-600. PMCID: PMC8141362
Roy PJ, Price R, Choi S, Weinstein ZM, Bernstein E, Cunningham CO, Walley AY. Shorter outpatient wait-times for buprenorphine are associated with linkage to care post-hospital discharge. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021;224:108703. PMCID: PMC8180499
Tang VM, Le Foll B, Blumberger DM, Voineskos D. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder. Brain Sci. 2021;12(1):48. PMCID: PMC8773947.
Vega TA, Levander XA, Seaman A, Korthuis T, Englander H. “Sobriety equals getting rid of hepatitis C”: A qualitative study exploring the interplay of substance use disorder and hepatitis C among hospitalized adults. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021;37(3):593-600.PMCID: PMC8217723
Young S, Hayashi K, Grant C, Milloy MJ, DeBeck K, Wood E, Fairbairn N. Buprenorphine/naloxone associated with a reduced odds of fentanyl exposure among a cohort of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Nov 1;228:109006. PMCID: PMC8812726.
2020
Appa A, Rowe C, Hessol NA, Coffin P. Beyond overdose: Drug-related deaths in people with and without HIV in San Francisco, 2007-2018. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020;7(12), ofaa565. PMCID: PMC7757430
Bach P, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Nosova E, Kerr T, Wood E, Fairbairn N. Characterising the increasing prevalence of crystal methamphetamine use in Vancouver, Canada, from 2006-2017: A gender-based analysis. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2020;39(7):932-940. PMCID: PMC7683370
Calcaterra SL, Binswanger IA, Edelman EJ, McNair BK, Wakeman SE, O’Connor PG. The impact of access to addiction specialist on attitudes, beliefs and hospital-based opioid use disorder related care: A survey of hospitalist physicians. Subst Abus. 2020;1–9. PMCID: PMC7541600
Harris M, Joseph K, Hoeppner B, Wachman EM, Gray JR, Saia K, Wakeman S, Blair-Merritt MH, Schiff DM. A retrospective cohort study examining the utility of perinatal urine toxicology testing to guide breastfeeding initiation. J Addict Med. 2021;15(4):311-317. PMCID: PMC8044259
Joudrey PJ, Chadi N, Roy P, Morford KL, Bach P, Kimmel S, Wang EA, Calcaterra SL. Pharmacy-based methadone dispensing and drive time to methadone treatment in five states within the United States: A cross-sectional study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020;211:107968. PMCID: PMC7529685
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Kimmel S, Bach P, Walley AY. Comparison of treatment options for refractory opioid use disorder in the United States and Canada: a narrative review. J Gen Intern Med. 2020;35(8):2418-2426. PMCID: PMC7403280
Kimmel SD, Miller NS. The clinical microbiology laboratory and the opioid epidemic: Challenges and opportunities. Infect Dis Clin of North Am. 2020;34(3), 465–478. PMCID: PMC7428057
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Manhapra A, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck R. Initiating opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder nationally in the Veterans Health Administration: Who gets what? Subst Abus. 2020;41(1):110-120. PMID: 31403914
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2019
Bach P, Hartung D. Leveraging the role of community pharmacists in the prevention, surveillance, and treatment of opioid use disorders. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2019;14(1):30. PMCID: PMC6717996
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Manhapra A, Chakraborty A, Arias AJ. Topiramate pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder and other addictions: A narrative review. J Addict Med. 2019;13(1):7-22. PMID: 30096077
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2018
Bagley SM, Cheng DM, Winter M, Alford DP, LaBelle C, Walley AY, Samet JH. Opioid and cocaine use among primary care patients on buprenorphine-Self-report and urine drug tests. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018; 192:245-249. PMCID: PMC6291245
Bone CW, Goodfellow AM, Vahidi M, Gelberg L. Prevalence of sexual violence and its association with depression among male and female patients with risky drug use in urban federally qualified health centers. J Urban Health. 2018; 95(1): 111-115. PMCID: PMC5862699
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Klimas J, Dong H, Fairbairn N, Socías E, Barrios R, Wood E, Kerr T, Montaner J, Milloy MJ. Eligibility for heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) among people who inject opioids and are living with HIV in a Canadian setting. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2018; 13(1):3. PMCID: PMC5812056
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Manhapra A, Agbese E, Leslie DL, Rosenheck RA. Three-year retention in buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder among privately insured adults. Psychiatr Serv. 2018;69(7):768-776. PMID: 29656707
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2017
Bozinoff N, Small W, Long C, DeBeck K, Fast D. Still “at risk”: An examination of how street-involved young people understand, experience, and engage with “harm reduction” in Vancouver’s inner city. Int J Drug Policy. 2017; 45:33-39. PMCID: PMC5576444
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Fairbairn NS, Walley AY, Cheng DM, Quinn E, Bridden C, Chaisson C, Blokhina E, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Raj A, Samet JH. Mortality in HIV-infected alcohol and drug users in St.Petersburg, Russia. PLoS One. 2017; 11(11):e0166539. PMCID: PMC5127495
Hui D, Weinstein ZM, Cheng DM, Quinn E, Kim H, Labelle C, Samet JH. Very early disengagement and subsequent re-engagement in primary care office based opioid treatment (OBOT) with buprenorphine. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2017; 79:12-19. PMCID: PMC5522736
Lévesque A, Campbell AN, Pavlicova M, Hu MC, Walker R, McClure EA, Ghitza UE, Bailey G, Stitzer M, Nunes EV. Coping strategies as a mediator of internet-delivered psychosocial treatment: Secondary analysis from a NIDA CTN multisite effectiveness trial. Addict Behav. 2017; 65:74-80. PMCID: PMC5483182
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Manhapra A, Rosenheck R. Tobacco use disorder among patients with smoking-related chronic medical disease: Association with comorbid substance use disorders. J Addict Med. 2017; 11(4):293-299. PMCID: PMC 5537028
Nolan S, Walley AY, Heeren TC, Patts GJ, Ventura AS, Sullivan MM, Samet JH, Saitz R. HIV-infected individuals who use alcohol and other drugs, and virologic suppression. AIDS Care. 2017; 29(9):1129-1136. PMCID: PMC5543330
Weinstein ZM, Cheng DM, Quinn E, Hui D, Kim H, Gryczynski G, Samet JH. Psychoactive medications and disengagement from office based opioid treatment (OBOT) with buprenorphine. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017; 170:9-16. PMCID: PMC5183557
Weinstein ZM, Kim HW, Cheng DM, Quinn E, Hui D, Labelle CT, Drainoni ML, Bachman SS, Samet JH. Long-term retention in office based opioid treatment with buprenorphine. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2017; 74:65-70. PMCID: PMC5312773
2016
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Manhapra A, Quinones L, Rosenheck R. Characteristics of veterans receiving buprenorphine vs. methadone for opioid use disorder nationally in the Veterans Health Administration. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016; 160:82-9. PMCID: PMC4767635
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2015
Bagley SM, Peterson J, Cheng DM, Jose C, Quinn E, O’Connor PG, Walley AY. Overdose education and naloxone rescue kits for family members of individuals who use opioids: Characteristics, motivations, and naloxone use. Subst Abus. 2015; 36(2):149-54. PMCID: PMC4809347
Manhapra A, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck R. Treatment outcomes for veterans with PTSD and substance use: Impact of specific substances and achievement of abstinence. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015; 156:70-77. PMCID: PMC4633308
Park TW, Cheng DM, Samet JH, Winter MR, Saitz R. Chronic care management for substance dependence in primary care among patients with co-occurring disorders. Psychiatr Serv. 2015; 66(1):72-9. PMCID: PMC4282827
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2014
Bagley SM, Wachman EM, Holland E, Brogly SB. Review of the assessment and management of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2014; 9(1):19. PMCID: PMC4166410
Nolan S, Dias Lima V, Fairbairn N, Kerr T, Montaner J, Grebely J, Wood E. The impact of methadone maintenance therapy on hepatitis C incidence among illicit drug users. Addiction. 2014; 109(12):2053-9. PMCID: PMC4229435
Park TW, Bohnert AS, Austin KL, Saitz R, Pizer SD. Datapoints: regional variation in benzodiazepine prescribing for patients on opioid agonist therapy. Psychiatr Serv. 2014; 65(1):4. PMCID: PMC5697151