Shadi Nahvi
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY·Medicine & Clinical Research·Early-career
Substance use disorders, including addiction to opioids and tobacco, cause enormous harm, and overdose deaths remain high. Yet few people with these disorders get evidence-based treatment.
- Fields
Medicine & Clinical Research
Public Health & Epidemiology
- Topics
substance use disorder
opioid use disorder
methadone
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Mar 2027
What they work on
- Develop a flexible methadone treatment intervention for opioid use disorder using input from stakeholders such as patients and clinicians, aiming at more patient-centered care.
- Pilot test the flexible methadone intervention using experimental and implementation science methods to refine it and prepare it for real-world clinical use.
- Expand research mentoring and training in patient-oriented addictions research for fellows and early-career faculty, using the methadone pilot as a training platform.
More about the research
Closing that gap requires more clinician-scientists trained in patient-oriented addictions research (POAR), meaning studies that work directly with patients to improve care.
Why it matters
A flexible, patient-centered methadone program could make opioid use disorder treatment easier to access and stay in. Training more clinician-scientists in addictions research could also widen access to, and improve outcomes of, treatment for people with opioid, tobacco and other substance use disorders.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Beth Meyerson
University of Arizona, AZ·Public Health & Epidemiology
Adapt the four MPACT components (staff trauma-informed training, trauma navigation, clinic self-assessment and reflective supervision) for opioid treatment programs through a participatory planning process with providers, patients and people with lived drug use experience.
Rebecca Harris
University of Pennsylvania, PA·Medicine & Clinical Research·Early-career
Identify the structures, practices, and resources of primary care Peer Recovery Specialist programs, using a program survey, direct observation at 7–10 sites, and interviews with patients, peers, and clinicians.
Ashish Thakrar
University of Pennsylvania, PA·Medicine & Clinical Research·Early-career
Conduct a dose-finding study to identify the maximum tolerated methadone loading dose for people with opioid use disorder who use fentanyl, to guide future studies.
The school
Albert Einstein College of Medicine: 21 labs on PI Pages, $361M a year on research, 36 research doctorates a year.
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