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🧵 (1/22) Howdy folks. As some of you may have already seen, an article was recently published in The Economist claiming to have evidence that “America’s Syringe Exchanges Kill Drug Users”. Well, I think it’s time we looked into this a bit more. economist.com/united-states/…

.Wang Congming received a HEAL grant from @NIHendaddiction to examine national expansion of harm reduction resources. Czarina Behrends, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of population health sciences, will lead a study on mail-delivered harm reduction services: bit.ly/3WrEjcC

Come work with me for the summer!

#NIDA-supported research in International Journal of Drug Policy: Barriers to engaging people who use drugs in harm reduction services during the #COVID19 pandemic: A mixed methods study of syringe services program perspectives. Weill Cornell Medicine Population Health Sciences loom.ly/juiNvDI

Want to highlight these open positions in the American Indian and Alaska Native Collective Research Effort to Enhance Wellness Program, within the Epidemiology Research Branch of NIDA's DESPR nida.nih.gov/about-nida/wor… @NIHendaddiction NIDAnews

Come work with me! We are looking for someone to help us with data mgmt and analysis for a study on mail-based #harmreduction expansion.

Proud to have Ayana “Get out & Vote” Jordan as a colleague speaking evidence and wisdom! Wish there was more of this on an otherwise disappointing segment spreading stigma and fear.Shame on CNN and DEA HQ for continuing to promote an ineffective #DrugWar over public health & saving lives💔😞

Come work with us! I and Shashi Kapadia are looking for a Programmer Analyst to support health care claims data analysis for policy-relevant questions in substance use, mental health, and chronic pain. Learn more and apply Weill Cornell Medicine Population Health Sciences: bit.ly/3MecTET

Really excited by this study and by this incredible team! So happy to be involved!

We reviewed the economic research on overdose prevention centers (OPCs), and all the studies provide overwhelming positive evidence that OPCs not only save lives but saves money. Check out the summary from CHERISH below.

5 of 10 supervised consumption sites in Toronto are set to close this March. #CHERISHResearchAffiliate Ahmed Bayoumi of MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions and colleagues report on the potential impact, including decreased access to life-saving services buff.ly/3PqHJuT

Efforts to provide naloxone kits to counteract opioid overdose in vulnerable communities have been effective in reaching those populations, according to new research led by Dr. Czarina Behrends of Weill Cornell Medicine Population Health Sciences and nychealthy team. Full story: bit.ly/3Wldnhg

Ahead of the planned closures of 5 supervised consumption sites in Toronto, researchers including #CHERISHResearchAffiliate Ahmed Bayoumi estimate that nearly 636 people each month would lose access to critical health services buff.ly/3PqHJuT.

Research led by Czarina Behrends, PhD, MPH, Bruce Schackman, and collaborators from nychealthy examines prevention efforts in fentanyl overdoses among high-need populations: bit.ly/3PFtcfa

Communities of color had significantly less access to opioid medications commonly prescribed for moderate to severe pain than white communities, according to findings from Dr. Yuhua Bao and Dr. Allison Ju-Chen Hu of Weill Cornell Medicine Population Health Sciences. Full story: bit.ly/4gaAt1f

2 years ago, @brownuniversity began researching the impact of OPCs, looking to our centers as a model. With Providence, RI, recently opening the 1st state-sanctioned OPC, BU highlights insights from the study & how researchers will measure impact. bit.ly/3PKkkok

I ran USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

A mobile pharmacy and clinic that provided robust primary care services in Connecticut demonstrated the potential to address healthcare gaps for people who use drugs. Read about the preliminary findings led by 2024-2025 CHERISH pilot grantee Adati Tarfa. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…