Methadone Patient Access to Collaborative Treatment (MPACT)

Beth Meyerson, MDiv, PhD | February 4, 2025 : Methadone Patient Access to Collaborative Treatment (MPACT) is an experimental, multimodal intervention for methadone clinic staff and funded by NIDA. This presentation will provide a brief overview of MPACT, discuss the planned hybrid trial (late fall 2025), the village that collaboratively developed MPACT and the importance…

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The Buprenorphine Prescribing Support Program for Rural Primary Care

Berkeley Franz, PhD | January 28, 2025: Buprenorphine is a critical tool to prevent overdose and infectious disease transmission in people with opioid use disorder, but it is difficult to access in rural areas. A promising solution is to engage rural primary care professionals. But the willingness of primary care professionals to prescribe this medication presents…

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Revisiting Concepts of Evidence in Implementation Science

Ross Brownson, PhD | January 14, 2025 : Evidence, in multiple forms, is a foundation of implementation research. For public health and clinical practice, evidence includes: Type 1 evidence on etiology and burden; Type 2 evidence on effectiveness of interventions; and Type 3: evidence on dissemination and implementation within context. Because current concepts of evidence…

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Margot Heron

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Margot Heron (she/her) is the Marketing Coordinator for the HEAL Data2Action Research Adoption Support Center (RASC) at the Center for Dissemination and Implementation. With a BA from Occidental College, she possesses a strong foundation in communications and a deep commitment to impactful messaging. Margot aims to bridge the gap between complex research and public understanding,…

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Gracelyn Cruden Ph.D

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Dr. Gracelyn Cruden is a Research Scientist at Chestnut Health Systems’ Lighthouse Institute-Oregon Group. Her research leverages systems science, decision science, and implementation science to develop tools, processes, and partnerships to implement evidence-informed programs and policies. She collaborates with both state and county-level policymakers, including through a NIMH career development award (K01MH128761) that engages states…

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Costing and Payment Tools in Addiction Research to Support Effective Dissemination of Economic Evidence

Kathryn McCollister, PhD | December 3, 2024 : Recent studies of the costs and economic impact of interventions for substance use disorder (SUD) have led to the development of costing tools and reimbursement calculators that support cost-effectiveness and cost-offset analyses and provide payers and other stakeholders with tailored products to assess budget impact and financial…

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Understanding the Impact of Discrimination on Substance Use Among Black Justice-Involved Youth: A NIDA K23 Study

Brittany Bryant, DSW, LCSW-CP/S | November 19, 202 : Substance use among Black justice-involved youth is a critical public health issue, often exacerbated by experiences of discrimination and systemic racism. This NIDA K23 study aims to investigate the complex relationship between discrimination and substance use within this vulnerable population. Through qualitative interviews, the study will…

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Integration of a 1-session pain relief skills intervention across patient populations and practice settings

Beth Darnall, PhD | October 22, 2024 : While national best practices guidelines call for a biopsychosocial approach to treating acute and chronic pain, few evidence-based options are broadly accessible to the people who need them. Poor access to effective non-pharmacologic pain treatment contributes to substance use, pain care disparities and human suffering. Brief, effective,…

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