Research

Providers and researchers within the Division of Chemical Dependence focus on several areas of research, including:

Criminal charges and outcomes of patients entering office-based buprenorphine maintenance therapy
Initial program and treatment outcomes in a community-based buprenorphine program
Twenty year follow-up of patient cohort with chemical dependence-Is hepatitis C infection a predictor of mortality (BEAD)
Stability of buprenorphine, norbuprenorphine and their glucuronide conjugates in authentic human urine samples
The Therapeutic Workplace: A smoking sessation intervention for low income adults
Changing epidemiology of substance abuse medical morbidities

Recent Publications

Everly J, DeFulio A, Donlin W, Aklin W, Umbricht A, Fingerhood M, Bigelow. Depot Naltrexone Treatment in Unemployed Opiate-Dependent Adults G, Silverman K. Employment-Based Reinforcement of Adherence. Addiction 2011: pending publication.
Rastegar DA, Bertram A, Sisson SD. Use of an internet-based curriculum to teach internal medicine residents about addiction. J Addict Med 2010;4:233-5.
Gordon AJ, Kunins HV, Rastegar DA, Tetrault JM, Walley AY. Update in addiction medicine for the generalist. J Gen Intern Med 2011;26:77-82.
Koffarnus M, Wong C, Diemer K, Needham M, Hampton J, Fingerhood M, Svikis D, Bigelow G, Silverman K. A Therapeutic Workplace for Chronically Unemployed Homeless Alcohol Dependent Adults. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2011: pending publication.
Buresh, M. Treatment of Kratom Dependence With Buprenorphine-Naloxone Maintenance. J Addict Med. 2018 Jun 25 [Epub ahead of print].
Graddy R, Buresh ME, Rastegar DA. New and Emerging Illicit Psychoactive Substances. Med Clin North Am. 2018 Jul;102(4):697-714.
Buresh, M., Leite, L., Rios, N., Conley, A., Flys, T., Page, K.R. (2013) Feasibility of cell phone-based interventions to improve HIV services among foreign-born Latinos. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 4:661-9.

ASAM Annual Conference 2010, San Francisco, CA-Integration of Buprenorphine Treatment into HIV Primary Care (Workshop Faculty)
SGIM Annual Meeting 2010, Minneapolis, MN- Update in Addiction Medicine for the Generalist
ASAM 2011 Annual Medical-Scientific Conference, Washington, DC- Development and Evaluation of Addiction Training in Residency Training Programs

1st World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education 2011, Columbia, South Carolina. Hand-Carried Ultrasound Performed by Hospitalists: Does it Add to the Accuracy of the Cardiac Physical Examination.

ASAM 2010 Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA- Symposium organizer -“Addiction in Women”
NIDA CTN Regional Conference 2010-“Medication Treatments for Drug Dependence”
Johns Hopkins Medicine- Current Topics in Geriatrics 2011- “Now a Problem amongst Seniors: Valuable Insight into HIV”
ASAM 2011 Annual Conference, Washington, DC- Symposium organizer- “Prescription Drug Abuse”