Substance Use Disorders (Prevention and Treatment)
Overview
Active Research and Projects
Clinical Trials Network: New England Consortium Node
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Investigators: Gail D'Onofrio, MD, MS, Roger Weiss, MD
The New England Consortium Node consists of a collaboration of esteemed institutions and community treatment providers committed to developing, testing, and disseminating evidence-based treatments in addiction.
Yale-Drug use, Addiction, and HIV prevention Research Scholars (Yale-DAHRS)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Investigators: Gail D'Onofrio, MD, MS, Patrick O'Connor, MD, MPH
The Yale-Drug use, Addiction, and HIV prevention Research Scholars program is a K12 sponsored fellowship that provides a comprehensive three-year, post-doctorate, interdisciplinary, mentored career development program. The aim of the program is to prepare investigators for careers focusing on improving medical outcomes for patients with, and at risk for drug use, addiction, and HIV.
ED-INNOVATION Trial: Emergency Department-INitiated bupreNOrphine and VAlidaTIOn Network Trial
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Investigators: Gail D'Onofrio, MD, MS, David Fiellin, MD
This study will evaluate implementation of emergency department (ED)-initiated BUP in a large number of sites; compare extended release (XR)-BUP with sublingual (SL) BUP in ED patients with untreated OUD; and develop and validate electronic health record phenotypes of opioid-related illnesses to characterize ED visits, enhance active disease surveillance, and better identify patients eligible for study inclusion.
Related Links
- ED-Initiated BuprenorphineComprehensive resource for any provider seeking information on ED-initiated buprenorphine.
- Project ASSERTProject ASSERT (Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, Education, and Referral to Treatment) is an innovative program of the Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) Emergency Department that helps patients access drug and alcohol treatment services.
- Screening Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)Provide medical practitioners with didactic information, as well as the skills for performing screening, brief intervention and referral for patients who present with the entire spectrum of unhealthy alcohol use.