Social Intervention Group

Leader in intervention, prevention, behavioral & implementation research for 30 years. Global science, global health, global equity. Part of @ColumbiaSSW.

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

In a new paper, University Professor Nabila El-Bassel, Dr. Tian Zheng, and a team of interdisciplinary researchers unveiled a framework that reimagines how artificial intelligence can be ethically and effectively used in community-engaged public health research.

[Nishi Dsouza @nishi_dsouza]

📚 New publication alert! 📚

A qualitative analysis of HEALing Communities Study community coalition members' perspectives on housing support for people with substance use disorders.

https://t.co/CJSm8p71rM

@unfbrookshealth @UofNorthFlorida @ColumbiaSIG @ColumbiaSSW

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

Ukrainian NGO Club Eney won Council of Europe Development Bank's 2026 Award for Social Cohesion for WINGS-Ukraine, which was established in 2018 to support women facing violence, exclusion, poverty, and substance abuse. Congratulations! https://t.co/V7YiNdxgDP

[Nishi Dsouza @nishi_dsouza]

📚New publication 📚

Investigating the Moderating Role of Food Security on Group Session Attendance of an HIV/STI Intervention for Black Women Under Community Supervision

@UofNorthFlorida @unfbrookshealth @ColumbiaSIG @ColumbiaSSW

https://t.co/fUZUCOJE6e

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

In a new column for the Columbia Spectator, Dr. Nabila El-Bassel discusses the importance of employing best practices for AI for social good when AI is used in the classroom. https://t.co/jyRRuXHHxI

#AI #AI4SGS

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

Join CHOSEN on February 19 for Beyond Abstinence: Measuring What Matters in Cannabis Use Disorder. In this webinar, Dr. Margaret Haney and Dr. Christina Brezing will share new developments in medication for cannabis use disorder.

Register now: https://t.co/BHohr4mlrk

[Nishi Dsouza @nishi_dsouza]

📖 New publication! 📖

Differences in Xylazine and XTS Usage Among Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Populations

"This study [calls] for stronger investment in harm reduction strategies and outreach approaches."

https://t.co/FdA2H3zHlT

#HarmReductionSavesLives @ColumbiaSIG

[Healthcare IT Today @hcittoday]

Without Patient Input, AI for Healthcare is Fundamentally Flawed @ColumbiaSIG #HealthIT
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[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

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We're hiring! The TechMPower team is seeking two program coordinators to support the implementation of evidence-based strategies that will enhance the effective delivery of interventions for both HIV and substance use disorder. Learn more and apply now: https://t.co/lDixeISoTk

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

TOMORROW: Learn about preventing HIV and overdose among people recently released from incarceration from Columbia School of Social Work experts Drs. Timothy Hunt and Victoria Frye, and community partner Sheriff Juan Figueroa of Ulster County. Register at https://t.co/6W6wWhwLQz.

[Nishi Dsouza @nishi_dsouza]

📖 Check out this new publication! 📖

Local level of social inequity moderates implementation of evidence-based practices tailored to minoritized populations to reduce opioid overdose deaths

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[Nishi Dsouza @nishi_dsouza]

New Publication Alert! This paper advocates for Overdose Prevention Centers (OPCs), which provide people with opioid use disorder with dignity and treat them with empathy, necessary prerequisites to engaging individuals in behavior change.

https://t.co/Mxjmrj17lW @ColumbiaSIG

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

With the study, they aim to reverse the historical exclusion of people who sell drugs from public health research and harm reduction interventions.

Read more: https://t.co/6Y6Ple20hY

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

In a new NIH-funded study, SIG scholars Fernando Montero and Nabila El-Bassel will advance access to supply-side harm reduction in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.

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The 3-year grant will support them as they work with Puerto Rican and Black people who sell drugs to design and pilot a drug overdose and HIV prevention intervention.

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

Building on SIG's HEALing Communities Study research, the new framework demonstrates how #AI can be used not only to analyze large datasets but also to co-design, monitor, and adapt interventions with communities in real time. Learn more: https://t.co/JBU6fuM6fn

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

In a new paper, University Professor Nabila El-Bassel, Dr. Tian Zheng, and a team of interdisciplinary researchers unveiled a framework that reimagines how artificial intelligence can be ethically and effectively used in community-engaged public health research.

[The Data Science Institute at Columbia University @DataSciColumbia]

📣 NEW at @Columbia: AI for Social Good

This new initiative from the @ColumbiaSIG at @ColumbiaSSW brings together leading scholars to advance research, education, & training at the intersection of AI & social impact.

https://t.co/UI5MDbSQjB

#ColumbiaAI #socialimpact

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

ENVIO, an NIH-funded mixed-methods study, examines how intimate partner violence, community violence, and structural violence relate to HIV-care-related outcomes among young minority gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men living with HIV. https://t.co/rqR0C20gB8

[Social Intervention Group @ColumbiaSIG]

At Continuum 2025, hosted by the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, SIG Co-Director Dr. Victoria Frye and doctoral student Madison Xiaoyao Bogard presented important new research from multiple studies, including ENVIO.