The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR)

CROI 2026: HIV incidence in trans women YouTube video by aidsmap

At #CROI2026, Dr Sari Reisner from the University of Michigan spoke to aidsmap.com's Roger Pebody about HIV incidence in trans women in the United States. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cPV...
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Have a workshop idea? AMERSA is accepting proposals for interactive sessions on clinical practice, education, research, community action, and advocacy.

Deadline: April 1, 2026 (11:59 PM PT)
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Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigators Amanda Bunting, Chuck Cleland, Joshua Lee, and Jennifer McNeely - The Polysubstance Assessment Tool: Reliability, acceptability and feasibility of a novel measure of polysubstance use
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Teens and young adults with ADHD and substance use disorder face treatment gap Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder, affecting 12%–13% of adolescents in the United States, according to some studies. The pattern of inattention, h...

Teens and young adults with ADHD and substance use disorder face treatment gap
"despite having an ADHD diagnosis, young people who also have a substance use disorder were significantly less likely to be prescribed central nervous system (CNS) stimulants"
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Supported by a $25K C+M Center grant, Dr. @dalemaglalang.bsky.social is building a chatbot to foster critical consciousness in Asian American LGBTQ+ youth. It aims to be an accessible, low-touch means of promoting social action and mental well-being. Learn more: socialwork.nyu.edu/news/2026/gr...

National statistics are in crisis around the world — and the impacts will be severe Some researchers are sounding the alarm over the official data sets that track crucial aspects of life in the United States, Argentina, the United Kingdom and India.

National statistics are in crisis around the world — and the impacts will be severe
“Official statistics are like the backbone of a nation’s data infrastructure,”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nominations are open for the 2026 AMERSA Recognition Awards.

If someone in your network is shaping the future of addiction education or strengthening systems of care, we encourage you to nominate them.

🗓 Deadline: April 15, 2026
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Speaking of Psychology: Incentivizing recovery: Why contingency management works to treat addiction, with Lara Coughlin, PhD, and Michael McDonell, PhD
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Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigator Keosha Bond - “They Knew Nothing About Sex”: Cultural Silence, Gendered Expectations, and Barriers to PrEP for Young Black Women
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Today is National Women’s and Girls HIV Awareness Day ❤️

PrEP is a powerful HIV prevention tool—and it’s for women too. It can greatly reduce the chance of getting HIV, helping women take control of their sexual health.

Spread the word. Make sure women and girls know their options. #NWGHAAD #CDC

Registration for the 2026 Annual Meeting is now open! Secure your spot by completing the online registration form today: www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/...

Career effects of preprints get mixed reviews from biomedical researchers
Junior researchers are more likely to embrace preprints; grant reviewers and hiring committees express doubts
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it's nice that someone did deep historical research on this particular instance, but it's true of all recreational drug prohibitions. data about what the drugs actually do rarely has any effect on these laws...

Buprenorphine-Naloxone and Methadone for Opioid Overdose Among Youths This cohort study uses target trial emulation to explore the comparative effectiveness of buprenorphine-naloxone and methadone for opioid overdose among youths in Canada.

Comparative Effectiveness of Buprenorphine-Naloxone and Methadone for Opioid Overdose Among Youths
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Data Analyst in New York, NY for Columbia University Exciting opportunity in New York, NY for Columbia University as a Data Analyst

Data Analyst
New York, New York United States #Epijobs
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Biostatistician | Diagnostic & Treatment Center in New York, NY for The Rockefeller University Exciting opportunity in New York, NY for The Rockefeller University as a Biostatistician | Diagno...

Biostatistician | Diagnostic & Treatment Center
New York, New York United States #Epijobs
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Data Analyst - Emergency Medicine in New York, NY for Columbia University Exciting opportunity in New York, NY for Columbia University as a Data Analyst - Emergency Medicine

Data Analyst - Emergency Medicine
New York, New York United States #Epijobs
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Postdoctoral Associate - Center for Healthy Aging Research (CHAR) in New Brunswick, NJ for Rutgers University Exciting opportunity in New Brunswick, NJ for Rutgers University as a Postdoctoral Associate - Ce...

Postdoctoral Associate - Center for Healthy Aging Research (CHAR)
New Brunswick, New Jersey United States #Epijobs
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Research Fellow
Ann Arbor, Michigan United States #Epijobs
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America must not learn to live with 72,000 overdose deaths a year With the drop in overdose deaths, “we're celebrating: a death toll that exceeds total American combat fatalities in Vietnam, every single year,” writes addiction researcher Wayne Kepner.

America must not learn to live with 72,000 overdose deaths a year
"The question before us is not whether 72,000 deaths is better than 110,000. Of course it is. The question is whether 72,000 deaths is acceptable to us as a society."
www.statnews.com/2026/03/09/d...

Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigators Kelly Doran, Ethan Cowan, Marya Gwadz, Donna Shelley, Chuck Cleland, and Jennifer McNeely - Peer Navigator Intervention and Opioid-Related Adverse Events for Emergency Department Patients
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State laws prohibiting prior authorization for buprenorphine were not associated with significant changes in 180-day treatment retention among privately insured patients with #OpioidUseDisorder.

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Multi-component app improves viral suppression in men who use crystal meth At the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) in Denver, US, the use of an app for men with HIV who also use illicit stimulants led to 58% lower odds of having a detectable viral load after six months, when compared to a control group who did not use the app in a fully remote randomised controlled trial.

News from CROI 2026: Multi-component app improves viral suppression in men who use crystal meth #CROI2026

🧵Each of the people we've lost to #Overdose were so loved, & are loved still. We miss them. As we hold their memories close, we hold everyone they left behind in our hearts, too. Your grief matters and so do you. We hope our grieving overdose zine brings you some...
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Reassessing the People’s Hospital in the Bronx After a militant 1970 hospital takeover birthed a pioneering detox program in the South Bronx, New York City is now studying what it dismantled, and what redress requires amid an ongoing overdose cris...

🧵 #HealthCare is at its best when it's truly patient/person-centered. NHRC's Community & Capacity Building Manager Hiawatha Collins joined fellow panelists at @nychealthy.bsky.social's Healing ARC (Acknowledgement, Redress, Closure) Project symposium, where they
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AI agents are ‘aeroplanes for the mind’: five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilots As artificial-intelligence systems take on more of the scientific workflow, the central goal should not be complete automation, but designing platforms that preserve creativity, responsibility and sur...

AI agents are ‘aeroplanes for the mind’: five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilots
"The result could be human–machine co-evolution: the scientists who adapt fastest might be the ones who set the pace for tomorrow’s discovery."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of substance use disorders among US veterans with type 2 diabetes: cohort study Objectives To investigate whether initiation of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists is associated with both reduced risks of incident alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, nicotine, opioid, and ot...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of substance use disorders among US veterans with type 2 diabetes: cohort study
"These observational data suggest a potential role for GLP-1 receptor agonists in both the prevention and the treatment of various SUDs"
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Impending Parks Ban Looms Over Phoenix Harm Reduction Efforts - Filter A looming ban on harm reduction services in public parks in Phoenix has just been delayed for a further two ...

Phoenix's ban on harm reduction services in parks, though delayed, is already impacting participants, city harm reductionists tell Alexander Lekhtman.

“We’re not going to let ourselves be pushed out of our community just because of some nosy neighbors.”

Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigator Benjamin Han - Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Eligibility and Awareness Among Older Adults with Opioid use Disorder
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Wonderful to see so many join us live for today's Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds on MOUD in pregnancy! Join us again, next week, when we'll be hearing from Yale Psychiatry's Ismene Petrakis, MD on PTSD in the setting of SUD treatment.

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