Joshua Adam Barocas MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases

801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-2802
jbarocas@bu.edu

Sections

Infectious Diseases

Biography

I lead an interdisciplinary research program that is specifically aimed at the goal of improving health outcomes for patients with infectious diseases including HIV and HCV, substance use disorders, and other vulnerable populations. My research, which uses clinical epidemiology, health economics, simulation modeling, and cost-effectiveness, informs clinical-decision making and health policy to answer clinically- and policy-relevant questions. I am engaged in research using these innovative methods to help understand the impact of and improve upon policies that affect people who use drugs infected with or at high risk for infections. My research is currently been funded by NIDA in the form of both a K01 and a DP2 award as well as multiple grants for which I am a Co-Investigator. I have also received NIAID, the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), the BU-CTSI, and the MGH Executive Committee on Research Fund for Medical Discovery. I currently serve as Director of the Health Economics and Modeling Core for the Massachusetts HEALing Communities Study, an NIH-funded grant to significantly reduce overdose. I am the previous recipient of the Charles A. King Trust Research Award, and the prestigious AAMC Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship Award, which recognizes a junior faculty member who demonstrates leadership potential in addressing inequity in health care. I have published my work and editorials in leading journals such as NEJM, Lancet Public Health, JAMA Internal Medicine, AJPH, Addiction, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Annals of Internal Medicine. My work has been widely cited in the media, including the Boston Globe, U.S. News and World Report, and NPR.

Websites

BU Profile

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Twitter

Education

Medicine, MD, George Washington University School of Medicine

Environmental Studies, BA, Washington University in St. Louis

Publications

Published on 2/1/2025

Westfall MY, Padmanabhan P, Wang J, Nall SK, Stella SA, Kushel M, Belcher C, Davis L, Versen E, LeBeouf W, Barocas JA. Youth Homelessness in Denver, Colorado: 2017-2021. Pediatrics. 2025 Feb 01; 155(2). PMID: 39749964.

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Published on 1/8/2025

Doogan NJ, Mack A, Wang J, Crane D, Jackson R, Applegate M, Villani J, Chandler R, Barocas JA. Correction to: opioid use disorder among Ohio's Medicaid population: prevalence estimates from 19 counties using a multiplier method. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Jan 08; 194(1):314. PMID: 38140815.

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Published on 1/4/2025

Zheng T, Keyes K, Ji S, Calderon A, Wu E, Doogan NJ, Villani J, Chandler R, Barocas JA, Nguyen T, El-Bassel N, Feaster DJ. Opioid use disorder prevalence in 57 New York counties from 2017 to 2019: A Bayesian evidence synthesis. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Feb 01; 267:112548. PMID: 39799847.

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Published on 1/2/2025

LeMasters K, Nall SK, Jurecka C, Craft B, Christine PJ, Goodman R, Henderson J, Haywood-James R, Williams A, Wittner G, Barocas JA. Criminal legal penalties, substance use, and overdose: a concept mapping study examining Colorado's criminal legal penalties. BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 Jan 02; 3(1):1. PMID: 39748421.

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Published on 12/17/2024

Mann SC, Barocas JA. Bolstering the HIV Surveillance System Through Innovative Methods, Technologic Advances, and Community-Driven Solutions to Inform Intervention Efforts and End the Epidemic. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2024 Dec 17; 22(1):11. PMID: 39688654.

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Published on 12/16/2024

Barocas JA, Erdman EA, Westfall MY, Christine PJ, Bernson D, Villani J, Doogan NJ, White L, Walley AY, Bettano A, Wang J. Prevalence of adults with stimulant misuse and/or stimulant use disorder in Massachusetts, USA, 2014-2021. Addiction. 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 39676746.

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Published on 10/16/2024

Padmanabhan P, Jurecka C, Nall SK, Goldshear JL, Barocas JA. Association of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Homelessness and Crime in Denver, CO: A Spatiotemporal Analysis. J Urban Health. 2024 Oct 16. PMID: 39412580.

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Published on 9/17/2024

Castry 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.

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Published on 7/28/2024

Calcaterra SL, Yamkovoy K, Swathi PA, Ciccarone D, Del Pozo B, Englander H, Wang J, Barocas JA. U.S. trends in methamphetamine-involved psychiatric hospitalizations in the United States, 2015-2019. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Sep 01; 262:111409. PMID: 39089187.

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Published on 6/16/2024

Samet JH, El-Bassel N, Winhusen TJ, Jackson RD, Oga EA, Chandler RK, Villani J, Freisthler B, Adams J, Aldridge A, Angerame A, Babineau DC, Bagley SM, Baker TJ, Balvanz P, Barbosa C, Barocas J, Battaglia TA, Beard DD, Beers D, Blevins D, Bove N, Bridden C, Brown JL, Bush HM, Bush JL, Caldwell R, Calver K, Calvert D, Campbell ANC, Carpenter J, Caspar R, Chassler D, Chaya J, Cheng DM, Cunningham CO, Dasgupta A, David JL, Davis A, Dean T, Drainoni ML, Eggleston B, Fanucchi LC, Feaster DJ, Fernandez S, Figueroa W, Freedman DA, Freeman PR, Freiermuth CE, Friedlander E, Gelberg KH, Gibson EB, Gilbert L, Glasgow L, Goddard-Eckrich DA, Gomori S, Gruss DE, Gulley J, Gutnick D, Hall ME, Harger Dykes N, Hargrove SL, Harlow K, Harris A, Harris D, Helme DW, Holloway J, Hotchkiss J, Huang T, Huerta TR, Hunt T, Hyder A, Ingram VL, Ingram T, Kauffman E, Kimball JL, Kinnard EN, Knott C, Knudsen HK, Konstan MW, Kosakowski S, Larochelle MR, Leaver HM, LeBaron PA, Lefebvre RC, Levin FR, Lewis N, Lewis N, Lofwall MR, Lounsbury DW, Luster JE, Lyons MS, Mack A, Marks KR, Marquesano S, Mauk R, McAlearney AS, McConnell K, McGladrey ML, McMullan J, Miles J, Munoz Lopez R, Nelson A, Neufeld JL, Newman L, Nguyen TQ, Nunes EV, Oller DA, Oser CB, Oyler DR, Pagnano S, Parran TV, Powell J, Powers K, Ralston W, Ramsey K, Rapkin BD, Reynolds JG, Roberts MF, Robertson W, Rock P, Rodgers E, Rodriguez S, Rudorf M, Ryan S, Salsberry P, Salvage M, Sabounchi N, Saucier M, Savitzky C, Schackman B, Schady E, Seiber EE, Shadwick A, Shoben A, Slater MD, Slavova S, Speer D, Sprunger J, Starbird LE, Staton M, Stein MD, Stevens-Watkins DJ, Stopka TJ, Sullivan A, Surratt HL, Sword Cruz R, Talbert JC, Taylor JL, Thompson KL, Vandergrift N, Vickers-Smith RA, Vietze DJ, Walker DM, Walley AY, Walters ST, Weiss R, Westgate PM, Wu E, Young AM, Zarkin GA, Walsh SL. Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths. N Engl J Med. 2024 Sep 19; 391(11):989-1001. PMID: 38884347.

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