Jeffrey H. Samet MD, MA, MPH
Professor, General Internal Medicine
Professor, Community Health Sciences
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-7444jeff.samet@bmc.org
jsamet@bu.edu
Sections
General Internal Medicine
Centers
Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
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.
Education
Medicine, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Epidemiology, MPH, Boston University
Chemistry, MA, Brandeis University
BA, Brandeis University
Publications
Magane KM, Dukes KA, Fielman S, Palfai TP, Regan D, Cheng DM, Lee H, Kraemer KL, Bullard MJ, Chen CA, Samet JH. Oral vs Extended-Release Injectable Naltrexone for Hospitalized Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Apr 21. PMID: 40257810.
Published on 4/11/2025Gilbert L, Chahine R, Chandler R, Feaster DJ, Kim E, Aldridge A, Bagley S, Balvanz P, Fernandez S, Rock P, Vickers-Smith RA, Villani J, Battaglia T, Brown J, Bush H, Chase RP, Collins T, D'Costa L, Damato-MacPherson C, David JL, Defiore-Hyrmer J, Freeman PR, Glasgow L, Hammerslag LR, Hotchkiss J, Hunt T, Hussain S, Kamanu V, Knott C, Knudsen HK, LaRochelle M, Laudate A, Lyons M, McMullan J, Nakayima J, Schackman BR, Slavova S, Tan S, Vandergrift N, Walters ST, Westgate PM, Wu E, Young AM, Zarkin GA, Freisthler B, Oga E, Samet JH, Walsh SL, Winhusen J, Jackson R, El-Bassel N. The effectiveness of the communities that HEAL intervention on reducing non-fatal opioid overdoses: A prespecified secondary analysis of a waitlist cluster control randomized controlled trial. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Apr 11; 140:104798. PMID: 40220509.
Published on 2/11/2025Fuster D, So-Armah K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Patts G, Lioznov D, Gnatienko N, Long MT, Freiberg MS, Tindle H, Samet JH. Is There an Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Advanced Liver Fibrosis in Smokers with HIV, Heavy Drinking and High Prevalence of HCV? J Clin Med. 2025 Feb 11; 14(4). PMID: 40004700.
Published on 1/29/2025Bhatraju EP, Kennedy DN, Gojic AJ, Iles-Shih M, Merrill JO, Samet JH, Hallgren KA, Tsui JI. mHealth Incentivized Adherence Plus Patient Navigation (MIAPP): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial to improve linkage and retention on buprenorphine for hospitalized patients with methamphetamine use and opioid use disorder. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Jan 29; 20(1):6. PMID: 39881397.
Published on 12/4/2024Lewis N, Eggleston B, Chandler RK, Goddard-Eckrich D, Luster JE, Beard DD, Rodgers E, Chahine R, Westgate PM, Benjamin SN, Holloway J, Clarke T, Lefebvre RC, Stein MD, Helme DW, Reynolds J, Walsh SL, Freedman D, El-Bassel N, Stephens K, Silwal A, Lofwall M, Childerhose JE, Surratt HL, Crockett BN, Farmer AL, David JL, Fanucchi L, Harness J, Wilburn B, Bursey K, Mattson K, Mann S, Jackson RD, Shadwick A, Calver K, Chassler D, Kimball J, Regan N, Samet JH, Sword-Cruz R, Slater MD. Stigma and efficacy beliefs regarding opioid use disorder treatment and naloxone in communities participating in the HEALing Communities Study intervention. PLoS One. 2024; 19(12):e0308965. PMID: 39630633.
Published on 11/10/2024Weinstein ZM, Yu O, Wartko PD, Samet JH, Bobb JF, Braciszewski JM, Arnsten JH, Murphy MT, Horigian VE, Stotts AL, Beers D, Bradley K. Does implementation of office based addiction treatment by a nurse care manager increase the duration of OUD treatment in primary care? A secondary analysis of the PROUD randomized control trial. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Dec 01; 265:112497. PMID: 39550823.
Published on 11/7/2024Lunze K, Carroll JJ, Ahuja N, Lira MC, Tsui JI, Ventura A, Colasanti JA, Liebschutz JM, Del Rio C, Samet JH. Opioid risk-reduction strategies for people with HIV on chronic opioid therapy: A qualitative study of patient perspectives. SSM Ment Health. 2024 Dec; 6. PMID: 39990723.
Published on 11/4/2024Lapham GT, Hyun N, Bobb JF, Wartko PD, Matthews AG, Yu O, McCormack J, Lee AK, Liu DS, Samet JH, Zare-Mehrjerdi M, Braciszewski JM, Murphy MT, Arnsten JH, Horigian V, Caldeiro RM, Addis M, Bradley KA. Nurse Care Management of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment After 3 Years: A Secondary Analysis of the PROUD Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2447447. PMID: 39576637.
Published on 10/22/2024Y Bernstein E, Magane KM, Dukes KA, Palfai TP, Lee JH, Saitz R, Samet JH. Correlates of post-hospitalization naltrexone adherence for alcohol use disorder. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Dec 01; 265:112470. PMID: 39461121.
Published on 10/17/2024Nadareishvili I, Rao SR, Otiashvili D, Gnatienko N, Samet JH, Lunze K, Kirtadze I. Post-legalization shifts in cannabis use among young adults in Georgia-A nationally representative study. Addiction. 2025 Feb; 120(2):335-346. PMID: 39417804.
Media Mentions
Published on 6/17/2024
Ambitious federal effort to curb overdoses shows no impact on deaths, initial study finds
Published on 6/17/2024
Community-Based Interventions for Opioid Overdoses Fail to Reduce Deaths in Trial
Published on 9/30/2022
Hospitals have specialists on call for lots of diseases — but not addiction. Why not?
Published on 9/14/2022
Hospitals have many disease specialists, but often not for addiction. Now, that's changing
Published on 8/10/2022
Nicotine Patches, Nasal Sprays May Also Cut Alcohol Consumption: Study
Published on 8/9/2022
Studies conducted with aim to hinder smoking and drinking
Published on 8/8/2022
Published on 6/16/2022
With ‘fentanyl everywhere’ and Black deaths soaring, advocates in Brockton test ways to save lives
Published on 11/18/2021
Drug overdose deaths hit all-time high in the U.S.
Published on 7/7/2021
A Massachusetts Study Aims to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths
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