Recently Awarded Funded Research
- Institution: New York University, School of Medicine | PI: Bennett, Allen
Assessing the Impact of Overdose Prevention Centers as a Polysubstance Use and Behavioral Health Intervention in New York City
- Institution: Research Triangle Institute | PI: Graham, Phillip
Evaluating an ACEs-Targeting Advocate Model of a Substance Use Prevention Program- The Research Triangle Institute proposes to evaluate the established Strengthening Families Program (SFP) intervention with trauma-informed Family Advocates (FAs) who will assist families in accessing community resources using a Hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation design.
- Institution: Emory University | PI: Carpenter, Joseph
Linking Individuals Needing Care for Substance Use Disorders in Urban Emergency Departments to Peer coaches (LINCS UP)- Emory University proposes to develop a robust evidence base supporting a novel approach to embedding peer recovery coaches (PRCs) in the emergency department (ED) setting to link patients with illicit substance use disorders (SUD) to recovery support services.
- Institution: University of Kentucky | PI: Bunn, Terry
Evaluation of Kentucky Access to Recovery Linkage Strategy- The University of Kentucky proposes to perform a rigorous process and outcome evaluation of the Kentucky Access to Recover strategy, a “last resort” voucher strategy for linking county residents at or below the 200% national poverty level who have illicit substance use disorder and are in treatment or early recovery to evidence-based recovery support services such as recovery housing.
- Institution: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester | PI: Smelson, David
Supporting Treatment Access and Recovery through Linkage and Support (STAR-LS)- The University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester proposes to conduct an innovative Hybrid Type 1 randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a comprehensive linkage and wrap-around intervention.
- Institution: Rhode Island Hospital | PI: Samuels, Elizabeth
Emergency department community health worker-peer recovery navigation for linkage to recovery: A mixed methods evaluation- Rhode Island Hospital proposes to conduct a pragmatic mixed-methods study of an established emergency department community health worker-peer recovery specialist program to evaluate program delivery, linkage to evidence-based recovery services, and short- and long-term patient outcomes.
- Institution: The University of California at Davis | PI: Fenton, Joshua
Patterns and trajectories associated with overdose in patients co-prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines- The University of California at Davis proposes to conduct retrospective cohort studies using two large data sources focusing on fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses.
- Institution: Seattle-King County Public Health Department | PI: Hood, Julia
Mixed Methods Assessment of Poly-Drug Consumption Patterns and Trajectories following Initiation of a High-Risk Drug Class- The Seattle-King County Public Health Department proposes to conduct an exploratory sequential mixed-methods evaluation of drug use behaviors, patterns, trajectories, and risk factors in King County residents who initiated high-class drug use in the last three years.
- Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | PI: Ranapurwala, Shabbar
Risk and Protective factors of Polydrug Overdose in North Carolina- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill proposes to conduct a mixed-methods study to define polydrug overdose rates and trends in four (4) large populations over a sixteen (16) year period.
- Institution: Johns Hopkins University | PI: German, Danielle
Mixed methods study of polysubstance use to optimize overdose prevention- The Johns Hopkins University proposes to conduct a multi-phase mixed methods study to examine patterns, trajectories, and risk and protective factors for polydrug use (PDU) and overdose among people with various patterns of stimulant and opioids use.
