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Project # Project Title Research Focus Area Research Program Administering IC Institution(s) Investigator(s) Location(s) Year Awarded
1R01DA057645-01 Mobile Health Strategies to Support Longitudinal Engagement in Harm Reduction Services Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Harm Reduction Approaches to Reduce Overdose Deaths NIDA UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON WESTERGAARD, RYAN PATRICK (contact); SEAL, DAVID W Madison, WI 2022
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Harm Reduction Policies, Practices, and Modes of Delivery for Persons with Substance Use Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-22-046
Summary:

Research is needed to better understand how to make life-saving harm reduction services more accessible to populations that are hard to reach. This project will identify the physical and psychological factors that make harm reduction services most effective. The findings will then be used to inform the development, implementation, and testing of an innovative strategy consisting of several internet- and smartphone-based tools designed to improve access to harm reduction services for people who are hard to reach. 
1R01DA057651-01 Culturally Response Integrated Harm Reduction Services for Black and Latinx People Who use Drugs Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Harm Reduction Approaches to Reduce Overdose Deaths NIDA NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE JORDAN, AYANA New York, NY 2022
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Harm Reduction Policies, Practices, and Modes of Delivery for Persons with Substance Use Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-22-046
Summary:

There has been a substantial increase in overdose deaths among Black and Hispanic/Latino people who use drugs. This project will test and evaluate delivery of harm reduction services from a mobile van. A community-based care coordinator will assess the specific needs of each participant (such as housing, food assistance, and mental health treatment) toward the goal of linking each person to appropriate services.
1R01DA057654-01 Expansion of Mail-Delivered Harm Reduction Services in the U.S. Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Harm Reduction Approaches to Reduce Overdose Deaths NIDA WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV BEHRENDS, CZARINA NAVOS New York, NY 2022
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Harm Reduction Policies, Practices, and Modes of Delivery for Persons with Substance Use Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-22-046
Summary:

Harm reduction supplies include fentanyl test strips that allow people who use drugs to identify whether the substance(s) they plan to take contain fentanyl and sterile syringes that help to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs. One potential way to increase access to harm reduction supplies is mail delivery. This project will describe state-level policies that deter the use of mail-based delivery of harm reduction services, examine characteristics of people who use mail-based harm reduction services, and assess individual preferences related to mail-based harm reduction services.
1R01DA057655-01 Implementing and Evaluating the Impact of Novel Mobile Harm Reduction Services on Overdose Among Women who use Drugs: The SHOUT Study Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Harm Reduction Approaches to Reduce Overdose Deaths NIDA JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SHERMAN, SUSAN G Baltimore, MD 2022
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: HEAL Data2Action Data Infrastructure Support Center
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-22-046
Summary:

This project will evaluate a previously developed harm reduction intervention that addresses the needs of women who use drugs in an urban environment. The approach uses a mobile van to offer naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and other harm reduction supplies – along with necessities such as food and clothing, brief trauma-informed counseling, and referrals to drug treatment, medical care, and social services. This research aims to test the impact of an intervention that may increase access to harm reduction services for women, as well as assess how to put it into place.
1R01DA057658-01 Weighting Longitudinal Data to Access Opioid Analgesia Tapering Outcomes Among Patients with Co-Occurring Chronic Pain and Substance Use Disorder Cross-Cutting Research Leveraging Existing and Real-Time Opioid and Pain Management Data NIDA LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO QEADAN, FARES Maywood, IL 2022
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Data and Methods to Address Urgent Needs to Stem the Opioid Epidemic (R01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-22-044
Summary:

Guidelines published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2016 recommended gradual reductions in opioid medication doses (opioid tapering) for people with chronic pain and substance use disorder and recommended that those patients with pain and opioid use disorder should be switched to opioid use disorder medications. Despite wide implementation, little is known about the consequences of opioid tapering among patients with co-occurring chronic pain and substance use disorder. This project will use various databases (Cerner Real-World DataTM, American Hospital Association data, and U.S. Census data) to create a representative electronic health records database. This database will be used to determine the relationship between opioid tapering, multidisciplinary pain treatment, and medications for opioid use disorder – as well as monitor outcomes for patients with chronic pain and co-occurring substance use disorder.