💡New Study💡 Prior to a fatal OD, most had curtailed or no access to buprenorphine & Rx opioids, with even more restricted availability for Black individuals.
https://t.co/xmXk4MYoy8
I am so thrilled that Kate Jaffe @katejaffe, a former PhD at @UBCSociology and current bioethics postdoc fellow U.Mich @CBSSM has accepted a tenure-track job at U.Mass Amherst in the School of Public Health. Congratulations, Kate!!!
ICYMI: Last spring, we @DrugPolicyNerds co-hosted a 4-part zoom series on Community-Driven Drug Policy Research.
We summarized the key recommendations and resources in a fact sheet.
Watch the videos and download the PDF here: https://t.co/wZ17HcxUwO
When researchers analyzed how long patients stayed on buprenorphine prescriptions, they found that the length of time had increased among white patients but decreased among Black patients since 2014 and Hispanic patients since 2009. https://t.co/kVtUdB16pK
Excited to get started on this project! I’ll be talking with folks about ways to enhance clinical substance use research, applying what I’ve learned from colleagues at @CBSSM, @FordhamEthics and @BCCSU.