1/Out today in JAMA Network Open, our NIDAnews funded project aimed to look at real world barriers for pregnant women with #opioid use disorder accessing treatment. We found barriers, but not just for pregnant women.

🚨 New in JAMA 🚨 "Secret shopper" survey of 368 residential addiction programs for opioid use TL;DR: Fewer than 1/3rd offered maintenance treatment with buprenorphine while over 1 in 5 actively discouraged buprenorphine use More below jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Excited to announce that the Keynote Address at #DIScience20 will be given by Ashish K. Jha! Learn about the latest innovations in the science of #dissemination & #impsci at this year’s virtual event. Register Here: bit.ly/2G46Y5N @NCI_ImplSci

Excited to have had a chance to contribute to this paper.

COVID-19 is out of control in prisons and jails, but we don’t know just how bad it is because the data aren’t publicly reported. Read my @CNNopinion op-ed with @dronlylbr and @KathrynNowotny of the @COVIDPrison Project on why we can’t ignore this crisis. cnn.com/2021/01/05/opi…

NIDA’s Dr. Tisha Wiley has been honored with the Arthur S. Flemming Award, which recognizes public service in the federal government. Dr. Wiley leads the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network, changing the way the justice system responds to addiction.loom.ly/eCJmruI

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.NIDAnews’ Dr. Tisha Wiley: “Relapse is very common in the trajectory of recovery...too often we catch them in jails as opposed to making it easier to get access to care in the communities” #TheHillOpioids bit.ly/3tXsVZ7

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Interested in applying for the HEAL Data2Action (HD2A) Program? NIDA will be hosting a pre-application webinar to describe the goals and respond to questions from prospective applicants on Jan. 24th at 2PM ET. Learn more and register here: drugabuse.gov/news-events/me… #NIDAscience

🆕 RFAs released by NIDA’s Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research as part of the #HEALinitiative. Applicants interested in the Harm Reduction Network programs can find more details & apply by the March 10 deadline. #NIDAscience [1/3]

Important article by Elizabeth Evans, Donna Wilson, and Pete Friedmann--Recidivism and mortality after in-jail buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder. Medication opioid use disorder treatment helps the community, and saves lives. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Apply now! NIDAnews seeks three Program Officials. Applications accepted until 5/26/22: Current/former federal employees: loom.ly/QcaKbmY Public: loom.ly/u5ouvRs Contact Dr. Goldstein at [email protected] for PRB and Dr. Wiley at [email protected] for SRB

Through the NIH #HEAL Initiative, two K opportunities are available that focus on #implementationscience for substance use #prevention and #treatment, including addressing co-occurring substance use and mental illness. PAS-22-206 - HEAL Initiative PAS-22-207 - HEAL Initiative

Congrats NIDA grantee Dr. Emily Wang Emily Wang on being named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. Dr. Wang is investigating health-harming effects of incarceration & improving health for people exiting prison. macfound.org/fellows/class-… #MacFellow #JCOIN #HEALInitiative

Teen drug overdose deaths more than doubled from 2019 to 2021. Fentanyl is driving this, now accounting for 3 of every 4 teen overdose fatalities. I've lost young patients. Parents have lost their kids. Kids have lost brothers & sisters. 1/ 🧵

Policies are needed to address the identified gaps in availability of OUD best practices within jails. Training, TA & funding are needed to improve clinical capacity of jails to administer MOUD and to ensure continuity of care from jail to community …thandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Check it out! Special attention to the needs of jails. Scott, C.K., Grella, C.E., Dennis, M.L. et al. Availability of best practices for opioid use disorder in jails .....Health Justice 10, 36 (2022). doi.org/10.1186/s40352….

J-RIG is open! Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network administers the J-RIG program, which supports small research grants to study newly emerging policies, practices, or interventions that address prevention and treatment of addiction among justice-involved populations. Applications due 2/15