{"id":15765,"date":"2026-09-15T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/?page_id=15765"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:44:44","slug":"participating-mentors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/education-and-training-programs\/training-programs\/care-summer-addiction-research-training-programs\/curate\/participating-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"Participating Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of mentors for the CURATE program. This list represents a selection of faculty who may mentor students in the program and is not exhaustive. Mentor assignments will be determined based on students\u2019 interests and available research opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Please note: Students do not need to contact potential mentors prior to or after submitting an application. <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The CURATE program team will ultimately match selected students with available mentors<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15810\" style=\"width: 436px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/09\/IMG_4689-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/09\/IMG_4689-477x636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"320\" class=\"wp-image-15810\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Arjun Nair (Cohort 1) and his mentor, Alyssa Tilhou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Daniel.Alford\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Daniel Alford, MD, MPH<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Managing opioid use disorders and safer and more competent opioid prescribing for managing pain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/1091738\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Sarah Bagley, MD, MSc<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Engagement of young adults who use drugs and their families in care to minimize risk for overdose and the complications of drug use<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Cecily.Barber\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Cecily Barber, MD, MPH<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Health and Addiction Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/profile\/deborah-chassler\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Deborah Chassler, MSW<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Substance use disorders with an emphasis on evaluation research with community partners providing addiction treatment services<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Avik.Chatterjee\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Innovative treatment models for opioid use disorder in marginalized populations and interventions on social determinants of health, such as food insecurity. Also, racism and health care, particularly its manifestations in medical education and training<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/18062338\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Danielle Haley, MPH, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Social determinants of health, with a focus on how features of the social and built environment, especially health policies, create disparities in health and health care utilization among people with or at increased risk for HIV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/12954756\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Miriam Harris, MD, MSc<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The intersection of women\u2019s health and substance use, including increasing sexual, reproductive, and HIV prevention services in substance use treatment spaces; substance use treatment while pregnant and parenting; and gender-responsive harm reduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Emily.Hurstak\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Emily Hurstak, MD, MPH<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Improving the understanding and care of patients with co-morbid substance use disorders and chronic pain as well as studying health literacy and health communication techniques to improve care of vulnerable patients<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Theresa.Kim\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Theresa Kim, MD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The impact of housing instability, depression, and substance use on access to care for people with HIV infection; defining and measuring the quality of medical care on addiction outcomes; screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol and drug use in general medical settings<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/1091811\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Marc Larochelle, MD, MPH<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0The safety of opioid prescribing and the recognition and treatment of opioid use disorders<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/40592\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Benjamin Linas, MD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infection and HCV\/HIV co-infection comparative- and cost-effectiveness research using computational biology, clinical epidemiology and clinical economics methods<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/41434\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Karsten Lunze, MD, MPH, DrPH<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Access to quality care for disadvantaged people; s<\/span><span>tigma, HIV prevention, and care in key populations; b<\/span><span>ehavioral interventions in humanitarian settings; i<\/span><span>mplementation Science; g<\/span><span>lobal maternal and newborn health<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/profile\/tibor-palfai-phd\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Tibor Palfai, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Understanding the cognitive-motivational processes underlying health risk behaviors (e.g., hazardous\/harmful drinking, substance use, risky sexual decisions) and developing psychological interventions to reduce these risks<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/40216\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jeffrey Samet, MD, MPH<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A<span>lcohol and drug use, HIV infection, primary medical care<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/1091910\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Kaku So-Armah, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Substance use and chronic infections like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and tuberculosis (TB) and how these exposures impact the heart, liver and lungs<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/9523233\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Carl Streed, MD, MPH<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The health and well-being of marginalized persons, particularly sexual and gender minority populations (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer [LGBTQ] persons)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"title h1\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/20318764\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Alyssa Tilhou, MD, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Access and utilization of primary care and substance use services in low-income populations<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/40983\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Alexander Walley, MD, MSc<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The medical complications of substance use, specifically HIV and overdose; the opioid crisis and the integration of addiction specialty care and general medical care; community overdose interventions, including post-overdose outreach programs and overdose prevention hotlines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Zoe.Weinstein\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Zoe Weinstein, MD, MS<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Inpatient addiction care, long-term Office-Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) with buprenorphine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/18910531\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Karrin Weisenthal, MD, MHS<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Improving initiation and access to medications for opioid use disorder in the emergency department (ED) with an equity lens, ensuring smooth transitions of care from the ED to outpatient settings, and integrating a harm reduction approach into the care of patients in the ED<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/display\/15388859\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Amy Yule, MD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Decreasing risk associated with substance use for youth, preventing substance use disorders in youth with psychiatric disorders, and treatment of co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of mentors for the CURATE program. This list represents a selection of faculty who may mentor students in the program and is not exhaustive. Mentor assignments will be determined based on students\u2019 interests and available research opportunities. Please note: Students do not need to contact potential mentors prior to or after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22462,"featured_media":0,"parent":15055,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22462"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15765"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15827,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15765\/revisions\/15827"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}