Public health efforts are rightly focused on reducing opioid overdose deaths. We know relatively little about severe morbidity among overdose survivors. Our new paper in @journalgim.bsky.social provides the first national estimates of overdose-related hypoxic-ischemic brain injury rdcu.be/ezNUN

See @suenlw.bsky.social, Rachel Luba, and my Op Ed in @statnews.com on the impact of #climatechange on #methadone and the importance of modernizing the OTP system. www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/m...

People often ask me--what the hell does a SOTA do? A lot actually, especially when it comes to deciding state treatment programs for opioid use disorder! Come to this webinar and learn all you ever wanted to know about SOTAs

Congratulations to the AMERSA 2024 Best Workshop Award winner! This award, based on participant reviews, is presented each year to an outstanding workshop delivered at the annual conference. @ayeshaappamd.bsky.social @kinnathakarar.bsky.social @madelinemc5.bsky.social @katelcsw.bsky.social

Sad to be missing #ASAM but I was shocked to see our paper on low dose buprenorphine initiations named as one of the most impactful papers of the year! It’s an honor and I’m grateful to our amazing team that made this happen 🤩

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

RFK says he supports methadone and buprenorphine — but majorly misrepresents a study that he claimed shows 12-step programs are more effective vs. opioid addiction (The study was exclusively about alcohol!) www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/r...

Everyone concerned about data loss right now should learn about the End of Term Web Archive, which I believe has been working on preserving federal websites for the past 8 months. The dataset you fear has been lost may well be here Just an incredible project. Thank you to everyone involved

CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline

During the pandemic, doctors tried microdosing buprenorphine to help fentanyl users avoid withdrawal and start treatment. A UC San Francisco study found this low-dose approach worked only 34% of the time, with most patients unable to reach a full dose despite gradual increases over several days.

Excited to share findings from our recent study on #opioiduse disorder (#OUD) treatment! We looked at two buprenorphine low-dose initiation (LDI) protocols for people using fentanyl. 🧵👇 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

It’s time scientists leave the ivory tower and explain exactly why their research is important for the general public. We need people to understand the societal implications if science is gutted.

The NIH diversity supplement pages have all been pulled down. What is a diversity supplement and why should the public care? A diversity supplement is funding to help diversify the research workforce. You may be wondering, “so what?”. Let me explain. www.nigms.nih.gov/Pages/PageNo...

Our new study found 44% of syringe services programs (SSPs) distributed safer smoking supplies in 2022. SSPs distributing supplies had more participant encounters and naloxone distribution. Safer smoking supplies are a key tool to connect people who use drugs to life-saving services.

Lots of stuff happening in the news that is scary. But I would be remiss if I didn't share this piece just published today in collaboration with an all star team of Corey Davis, Derek Carr, Kate Bouton and Phillip Coffin. journals.lww.com/journaladdic...

NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science. Call Congress, 202-224-3121.

Have you or a loved one been treated for cancer? Ever have a vaccine? Had someone you love revived by chest compressions? If so, then you have benefited from NIH-funded research, which has just been effectively shut down by the cancellation of NIH study sections. No new research allowed.

NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions

If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you

Check out this new paper on the use of Short Acting Full Agonist Opioid (SAFAO) to treat opioid withdrawal in the hospital, led by incredibly talented and self-motivated @ucsfhealth.bsky.social MS4 #GabySteiner 🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Help us advance AMERSA's advocacy goals in 2025! The AMERSA Advocacy Committee is seeking an AMERSA member to join the 9-person core working group of the Committee. Learn more here: amersa.org/amersa-advoc.... The deadline to apply is January 20.

The rapid growth of private equity in health care has attracted widespread attention & concern Our new @jama.com study finds that when private equity takes over a hospital, patients' care experience significantly worsens. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

A Rhode Island nonprofit will hold a ribbon-cutting for its supervised consumption site next week, marking the first time the controversial harm-reduction service has been offered (officially, anyway) outside New York City www.statnews.com/2024/12/06/o...

1/ Excited to share recent paper, "Examining the Impact of Eliminating the X Waiver on Buprenorphine Dispensation in 63 Counties in Pennsylvania," in @sajamersa.bsky.social led by @beccabilden.bsky.social

Did you know that AMERSA hosts events like free advocacy-themed webinars and advocacy ‘office hours’ that may be able to help you advance your advocacy priorities in 2025? Look out for announcements and join our listserv to stay apprised of upcoming AMERSA advocacy events. amersa.org/amersa-advoc...

Viewpoint examines recent US #methadone policy advances, including the 72-hour rule and Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act. https://ja.ma/3DazMaf

Grateful for this conversation led by Tracie Gardner, ED of NBHRN on the history of methadone among Black and Brown communities and the deadly disparities that continue to exist for methadone access. Thank you @nastad.bsky.social for hosting! @frank213.bsky.social @liberatemethadone.bsky.social

💥Register NOW💥 Liberating Methadone: What This Means, and Why It's Important us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... **hosted by the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region**

Are you tired of the status quo and ready to disrupt the system? Hit that follow button and join us in the fight to #LiberateMethadone, and #CancelCrueltyCulture. Check us out at www.liberatemethadone.org

Congrats to @suenlw.bsky.social & team (& @amersa.org Board Members!) for receiving the 2024 SAj Most Downloaded Paper Award: " #Methadone Resurgence in Bridging the Treatment Gap in the #Overdose Crisis: Position Statement of #AMERSA, Inc).Science into advocacy! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Was so much fun meeting up with #LiberateMethadone buddies at @amersa.org conference! #AMERSA24