Posts by Saman
Using Data to Drive Action to Reduce Opioid Overdoses in Seattle, WA
Despite improvements in data infrastructure and care continuum, significant gaps remain in addressing the opioid crisis. The investigators will use a data to action framework to guide rapid data infrastructure,…
Read MoreClinics Optimizing Methadone Take-Homes (COMET)
During the COVID-19 public health emergency, regulations relaxed for take-home dosing of methadone, offering an opportunity to improve retention in care and address racial and ethnic disparities. This project aims…
Read MoreUsing System Dynamics Modeling to Foster Real-Time Connections to Care
While the deployment of first responders in the field for overdose provides life-saving resuscitation and naloxone, data are lacking to understand when treatment referrals are offered and the time between…
Read MoreFatal Overdose Review Teams – Research to Enhance Surveillance Systems (FORTRESS)
With the rise in overdose deaths and reliance on a case review model, there is a need to shift Overdose Fatality Review Teams (OFR) toward using more timely population-level data…
Read MoreImproving Pain Management and Opioid Safety Through a Systemwide Data-Driven Evaluation of the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline Best Practices and the Use of Clinical Decision Support
Effectively treating pain while safely prescribing opioid pain medication to prevent opioid use disorder and overdose is a public health priority. Clinical decision support (CDS) is a promising strategy to…
Read MoreKathryn McCollister, PhD
Kathryn McCollister is a professor of health economics and the director of the Division of Health Services Research and Policy in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University…
Read MoreBenjamin Linas, MD
I am an Infectious Diseases physician scientist focused on the overlapping epidemics (syndemic) of substance use disorders and infectious diseases. I am also an HIV and HCV provider at Boston…
Read MoreBruce Schackman, PhD, MBA
Bruce Schackman is the Saul P. Steinberg Distinguished Professor and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. He conducts research relating to economic…
Read MoreMeredith Adams, MD, MS, FASA, FAMIA
Meredith Adams, MD, MS, FASA, FAMIA, is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, Physiology & Pharmacology, and Public Health Sciences at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFSOM).…
Read MoreCecelia Calhoun, MD, MPHS, MBA
Dr. Calhoun is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology) in the Clinician-Scientist Track and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology). Dr. Calhoun uses mixed methods to find solutions to the…
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