Timothy S. Naimi MD, MPH

Adjunct Professor, General Internal Medicine

Voluntary Professor, Community Health Sciences

801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-6693
naimit@bu.edu
tim.naimi@bmc.org

Sections

General Internal Medicine

Centers

Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit

Biography

Timothy Naimi M.D., M.P.H is a physician and alcohol epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and a Professor with the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Naimi received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, his M.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts, and his M.P.H degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed a combined internal medicine-pediatrics residency program at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Epidemiologic Intelligence Officer program with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a preventive medicine residency with the CDC. Prior to coming to BMC, Dr. Naimi worked as a clinician for the U.S. Indian Health Service, and as a senior epidemiologist with the Alcohol Team at CDC. His current research interests, for which he receives grant support from the National Institutes of Health and CDC, include binge drinking, youth drinking, health effects of low-dose ethanol, and substance use policy including the impact of alcohol control policies, cannabis policies, and opioid policies on substance use and other health outcomes. He has co-authored more than 100 published manuscripts and book chapters.

Other Positions

Websites

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Education

Medicine, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1991

Public Health, MPH, Harvard University, 1991

History/Science, BA, Harvard College, 1986

Publications

Published on 3/1/2023

Zhao J, Stockwell T, Naimi T, Churchill S, Clay J, Sherk A. Association Between Daily Alcohol Intake and Risk of All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 01; 6(3):e236185. PMID: 37000449.

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Published on 1/16/2023

Clay JM, Alam F, Zhao J, Churchill S, Naimi T, Stockwell T. Associations Between COVID-19 Alcohol Policy Restrictions and Alcohol Sales in British Columbia: Variation by Area-based Deprivation Level. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2023 Jan 16. PMID: 36971766.

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Published on 1/16/2023

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Published on 12/8/2022

Rice BA, Naimi TS, Long MT. Nonheavy Alcohol Use Associates With Liver Fibrosis and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in the Framingham Heart Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Dec 08. PMID: 36503167.

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Published on 11/1/2022

Esser MB, Leung G, Sherk A, Bohm MK, Liu Y, Lu H, Naimi TS. Estimated Deaths Attributable to Excessive Alcohol Use Among US Adults Aged 20 to 64 Years, 2015 to 2019. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov 01; 5(11):e2239485. PMID: 36318209.

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Published on 11/1/2022

Blanchette JG, Pacula RL, Smart R, Lira MC, Pessar SC, Naimi TS. The Cannabis Policy Scale: A New Research and Surveillance Tool for U.S. States. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2022 Nov; 83(6):829-838. PMID: 36484580.

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Published on 10/5/2022

Firas R, Naimi TS. [Not Available]. Rev Med Suisse. 2022 Oct 05; 18(798):1882. PMID: 36200969.

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Published on 8/29/2022

Trangenstein PJ, Tiongson PJD, Lu Y, Lipson SK, Xuan Z, Naimi TS, Jernigan DH. Gender and sexual identity and harms from others' drinking among U.S. college students: Results from a multi-campus survey. J Am Coll Health. 2022 Aug 29; 1-5. PMID: 36036804.

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Published on 8/12/2022

Stockwell T, Zhao J, Alam F, Churchill S, Shi Y, Naimi T. Alcohol sales in Canadian liquor outlets as a predictor of subsequent COVID-19 infection rates: a time-series analysis. Addiction. 2022 Dec; 117(12):3069-3078. PMID: 35913022.

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Published on 7/30/2022

Medling T, Gobeil K, Sawalha K, Abozenah M, Tavares P, Friedmann P, Naimi T, Pack Q. Relation of Patient's Opinion of Alcohol's Health Effects and Drinking Habits Among Hospitalized Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. Am J Cardiol. 2022 Sep 15; 179:31-38. PMID: 35914974.

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