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
Bhatraju 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 11/4/2024Lapham 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.
Published on 10/10/2024Freeman PR, Walley AY, Winhusen TJ, Oga EA, Villani J, Hunt T, Chandler RK, Oyler DR, Reilly B, Gelberg K, Douglas C, Lyons MS, Holloway J, Vandergrift NA, Adams JW, Asman K, Baker TJ, Brancato CJ, Cheng DM, Childerhose JE, David JL, Feaster DJ, Gilbert L, Glasgow LM, Goddard-Eckrich DA, Knott C, Knudsen HK, Lofwall MR, Marks KR, McMullan JT, Oser CB, Roberts MF, Shoben AB, Stein MD, Walters ST, Watson J, Zarkin GA, Jackson RD, Samet JH, Walsh SL, Bassel NE. Effect of the Communities That HEAL Intervention on Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution: A Cluster-Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Trial. Am J Public Health. 2025 Jan; 115(1):83-94. PMID: 39388670.
Published on 10/1/2024Freisthler B, Chahine RA, Villani J, Chandler R, Feaster DJ, Slavova S, Defiore-Hyrmer J, Walley AY, Kosakowski S, Aldridge A, Barbosa C, Bhatta S, Brancato C, Bridden C, Christopher M, Clarke T, David J, D'Costa L, Ewing I, Fernandez S, Gibson E, Gilbert L, Hall ME, Hargrove S, Hunt T, Kinnard EN, Larochelle L, Macoubray A, Nigam S, Nunes EV, Oser CB, Pagnano S, Rock P, Salsberry P, Shadwick A, Stopka TJ, Tan S, Taylor JL, Westgate PM, Wu E, Zarkin GA, Walsh SL, El-Bassel N, Winhusen TJ, Samet JH, Oga EA. Communities That HEAL Intervention and Mortality Including Polysubstance Overdose Deaths: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2440006. PMID: 39432308.
Published on 9/26/2024Dennis 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 Dec; 167:209524. PMID: 39341602.
Published on 9/17/2024Castry 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.
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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