This is a great opportunity!

Undergraduates can contribute to substance use, hepatitis C, and HIV research through the 2023 NIDA Summer Research Internship Program. This year, interns can collaborate with CHERISH researchers Czarina Behrends, PhD, MPH @AngelicaMeinho1, & Bruce Schackman at Weill Cornell Medicine Population Health Sciences: 1/3

Seems we're getting banned in #Madisoncounty, #Virginia, dear Stephen King! Tho #ToniMorrison more. (I know we're too upsetting for 18 year olds and must be hidden from view, but Snow Falling on Cedars? Eh? What kind of Thoughtcrime does IT do? They think it's about cocaine?)

.@DrGupta46 today at an event recognizing President Donald J. Trump' historic action to remove the X-waiver: "Addiction isn’t a red state problem or a blue state problem—it’s America’s problem, and we all have to work together to solve it.”

Let's be clear on what this would actually do: CUT Medicare benefits to seniors that President Donald J. Trump expanded in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 - like capping insulin at $35/month, making recommended vaccines free, and FINALLY allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.

You don't hear much about mpox anymore - that's because the government, health departments and the LGBTQI+ community worked together to aggressively control and stop the spread of the disease. Now cases are down to single digits. Read more via ABC News abcnews.go.com/Health/public-…

Our new paper with Maureen Stewart Sharon Reif @RSayko_Adams and Emily Ledingham shows large disparities: Quality of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Persons With and Without Disabling Conditions ja.ma/3ZW6z9n via JAMA Network Open part of JAMA Network

Study: Disabled People Less Likely to Be Prescribed Medication for Opioid Disorder usnews.com/news/healthies…

New work from the HEAL team on the important intersection between state and federal prescribing policies State alignment with federal regulations in 2022 to relax buprenorphin... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"If we talked about treating other chronic illnesses like diabetes or asthma in the same way we often approach treating substance use," says RAND's Bradley Stein, then "people would think we were crazy or would sue the doctor for malpractice." californiahealthline.org/news/article/r…

This year at #AHSR2023, our pre-conference workshops feature guests from NIH NIDAnews CHERISH The Heller School Brandeis University RAND C-DIAS. Visit our page to learn more about each session and the facilitators. ahsrconference.org/2023/pre-confe…

No senior should have to overpay for life-saving drugs to pad Big Pharma’s pockets. My Administration is announcing the first 10 Medicare Part D drugs selected for price negotiation. We're ending the days of deciding between buying your medicine or putting food on the table.

On International Overdose Awareness Day, ASPE is releasing “Emergency Dept Interventions for Opioid Use Disorder.” Report highlights key opportunities to initiate OUD treatment in EDs, which is critical to prevent overdose deaths. aspe.hhs.gov/reports/ed-int…

A new analysis of health inequities in the United States shows that every state has deep racial and ethnic disparities in the performance of their health care systems. trib.al/LiyCxKw

President Biden and I are proud to announce that Medicare has reached agreements with the manufacturers of all 10 drugs selected for price negotiation. This means lower health care costs for millions of Americans — and we aren't stopping here.

Keep an eye on The White House digital feeds as we roll out a new series this week spotlighting Americans benefitting from President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s agenda 👀

Rajan Sonik, PhD’17, Associate Research Professor at Heller, is currently leading three ongoing research studies that examine how social policies operate to influence health care outcomes and disparities.

The studies take advantage of unique policy changes that allow deep inferences into the impact of increasing and decreasing SNAP amounts. Learn more about his research here ⬇️ bit.ly/4hI0Vkt