Join the next #NIDA #HIV Seminar on October 25 at 11 AM ET 🗓️ with Dr. Monica Gandhi and Dr. Katerina Christopoulos from UC San Francisco discussing Long-Acting ART for Vulnerable Populations. loom.ly/bI6d_eM

Really great oral abstract by @edward_traver at #IDWeek2023 on his INJECT-RESPECT tool for assessing risks of IDU. We need to approach these discussions with respect and dignity. Looking forward to see how we can incorporate this into our EMR MGH Division of Infectious Diseases IDWeek

A new narrative review offers guidance on the care of patients exposed to #xylazine, or #tranq, an animal sedative that has made its way into the illicitly manufactured #fentanyl supply: ow.ly/7zKt50PVc3r

Dr. Sarah Zambrano did an awesome job delivering her platform presentation on our use of dalbavancin in patients who use and do not use drugs at BWH, MGH, and NWH. #IDWeek2023

Tennessee’s rejection of CDC EHE funding cannot be justified on clinical, epidemiological, economic grounds, MPEC investigators find. Presented by Dr. Ethan Borre as a late-breaking abstract @IDweekmtg

Excited to share new research out today JAMA Network Open with @emilyhyle aima ahonkhai Ankur Pandya and team at MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC). 1/8 dlvr.it/SzR2cB

It is so cool when you get to work with people fierce about health equity for people who use drugs. @KinnaThakarar Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir (Dr.JAM) PharmD MPH Ayesha Appa and Kathleen Fairfield, Jessica Brown, Amelia Goff, Chasity Tuell. INSERT FIRE EMOJI HERE x 3. academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Congrats to the new ID fellows and WELCOME!!!! 🫶 #IDtwitter

Really thankful for Inter-CFAR Substance Use Research Community putting together a wonderful networking session during #CROI2024. Great catching up with old friends and making new ones!

I’m just a doctor, in a state w/o Medicaid expansion, trying to get access to long-acting, injectable buprenorphine for my patients. Between insurance access, prior authorizations, & pharmacy limitations, it shouldn’t be this hard 2 get lifesaving meds for ppl w/ addiction in AL

Thrilled to welcome our new MGB Infectious Diseases Fellowship to MassGeneral News today! 🎉 On to Brigham and Women’s Infectious Diseases tomorrow!

Wow! Waiting for PURPOSE-4 results to come out for #PWID. Another group consistently excluded from trials.

A few yrs ago, ⁦Alysse Wurcel MD MS FIDSA⁩ gathered a group of ID/SUD physicians ⁦IDWeek⁩, & ID-CIRCUS was born: the ID Coalition for improving Care 4 ppl using Substances. This yr, Dr Madeline McCrary made us official with swag 🎪. This is the energy we need to transform care!