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Project #	Project Title	Research Focus Area	Research Program	Administering IC(s)	Institution(s)	Investigator(s)	Location(s)	Year Awarded
1R24DA057659-01 Show Summary	Peer Recovery Innovation Network (PRIN)	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	POTTER, JENNIFER SHARPE; ASHFORD, ROBERT	San Antonio, TX	2022
FOA Title: HEAL Initiative: Research Networks for the Study of Recovery Support Services for Persons Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R24 Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: RFA-DA-22-043 Summary: About 23 million Americans identify as being in recovery from opioid and other substance use disorders. While recovery support services are an established best practice to support people in recovery, there is little scientific evidence to support the efficacy and implementation of peer recovery support services, training approaches, and delivery models. Recovery support services are particularly lacking in the U.S. Southwest and for individuals who choose to take medications for opioid use disorder as part of their recovery pathway. This project will establish the Peer Recovery Innovation Network to address research gaps. This research will incorporate input from people with lived experience in all stages of the recovery process – toward helping to set the research agenda and conducting the research, as well as enhancing infrastructure for peer recovery support services research.
1R34DA057627-01 Show Summary	Peer Recovery Support Services for Individuals in Recovery Residences on MOUD	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	MARYLAND TREATMENT CENTERS, INC.	FISHMAN, MARC; WENZEL, KEVIN R	Baltimore, MD	2022
FOA Title: HEAL Initiative: Planning Grants for Efficacy or Effectiveness Trials of Recovery Support Services for Individuals Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: RFA-DA-22-034 Summary: Patients choosing treatment with medications for opioid use disorder as part of their recovery pathway often have difficulties staying on these medications for extended periods of time. Currently, no established evidence-based interventions are available to help. This project will leverage the impact of two widely used recovery support services: peer recovery support services and recovery housing. Delivered by community-based peers with lived recovery experience, the intervention will include assertive outreach, which encourages people in recovery between episodes of care to continue treatment and return to care after treatment dropout and/or resumed opioid use. This research will also examine whether these services can enhance benefits offered by the supportive recovery housing living environment.
1R24DA051974-01A1 Show Summary	Enhancing Effectiveness Research on Recovery Housing for Persons Prescribed Medication for Opioid Use Disorder	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE	MERICLE, AMY ADALE; MASSON, CARMEN L	Oakland, CA	2022
FOA Title: HEAL Initiative: Research Networks for the Study of Recovery Support Services for Persons Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R24 Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: RFA-DA-22-043 Summary: Safe and stable housing is widely considered to be critical to recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders. Therefore, providing dedicated safe and substance-free housing options for individuals in recovery (recovery housing) may be an essential component of a comprehensive response to the current opioid crisis. However, there is limited evidence about effective recovery housing practices for individuals choosing treatment with medications for opioid use disorders as part of their path to recovery. This project will enhance the infrastructure necessary to study the effectiveness of recovery housing for these individuals. It will develop a national multi-stakeholder network, host webinars for researchers and recovery housing providers, and support mentored pilot studies for new researchers seeking to study recovery housing.
1R34DA057662-01 Show Summary	Development of an Integrated Intervention Involving Recovery Coaching and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Opioid Use Disorder	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	CLEMSON UNIVERSITY	LITWIN, ALAIN HARRIS; HEO, MOONSEONG	Clemson, SC	2022
FOA Title: HEAL Initiative: Planning Grants for Efficacy or Effectiveness Trials of Recovery Support Services for Individuals Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: RFA-DA-22-034 Summary: Many people intending to take medications for opioid use disorder, including buprenorphine, as part of their recovery pathway do not stay in treatment long enough to reduce risk for overdose. These individuals also often continue to use one or more other drugs during treatment, which may further raise their overdose risk. This project will develop and conduct a preliminary test of an innovative integrated intervention that combines buprenorphine treatment with recovery coaching and online cognitive behavioral therapy. This research will assess whether the approach reduces drug use during buprenorphine treatment and helps people stay in treatment longer.
1R24DA057632-01 Show Summary	Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research (CHEARR)	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT	ZAJAC, KRISTYN	Farmington, CT	2022
FOA Title: HEAL Initiative: Research Networks for the Study of Recovery Support Services for Persons Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R24 Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: RFA-DA-22-043 Summary: The opioid crisis has been particularly devastating to adolescents and young adults between 16 and 25 years old. Recovery support services in community settings can help these individuals who take medications for opioid use disorder find a path to recovery. This project will develop a network of advanced researchers, recovery support specialists, adolescents and young adults in recovery, and other key community stakeholders to help rapidly advance the science of recovery support services. This research will focus in particular on continuing care services specialized for adolescents and young adults who currently take or who have taken medications for opioid use disorder.
1R34DA057604-01 Show Summary	Planning Grant for a Multi-Site Trial to Examine the Effectiveness of Recovery Community Centers Serving Black Communities to Support Persons Using Medications for Opioid Use Disorder	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	Massachusetts General Hospital	HOEPPNER, BETTINA B; KELLY, JOHN F	Boston, MA	2022
FOA Title: HEAL Initiative: Planning Grants for Efficacy or Effectiveness Trials of Recovery Support Services for Individuals Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: RFA-DA-22-034 Summary: People who take medications for opioid use disorder as part of their recovery pathway need to take these medications for extended periods of time to reduce risk of overdose. Recovery community centers, which provide a range of recovery-oriented and peer-delivered services in a welcoming environment, may be an important asset for these individuals. This project joins two recovery community centers that serve Black communities with an academic research team to inform the design of a rigorous, large-scale clinical trial to determine if clinical referral to recovery community centers improves long-term recovery outcomes.
3R24DA051946-01S1 Show Summary	CoARS Administrative Supplement	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	PARTNERSHIP TO END ADDICTION	HOGUE, AARON	New York, NY	2022
FOA Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: PA-20-272 Summary: The science of recovery support services for individuals choosing to take medications for opioid use disorder as part of their recovery pathway is gaining momentum and will benefit from a dedicated, sustainable cross-project research infrastructure. This project enhances research in the existing Consortium on Addiction Recovery Research Science. This effort coordinates varied research and training efforts across recovery support research projects, amplifies communication and dissemination channels for their activities, and is organizing the first national meetings on addiction recovery support services science.
5R24DA051988-02 Show Summary	Advancing the science on recovery community centers to support persons treated with medications for opioid use disorder	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL	KELLY, JOHN F.	Boston, MA	2021
FOA Title: Research Networks for the Study of Recovery Support Services for Persons Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R24 Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: RFA-DA-20-014 Summary: Individuals with opioid use disorder tend to be more in need of additional services; feel more isolated and marginalized; have less available resources such as education, training, employment, and housing opportunities (collectively known as “recovery capital”); and report lower quality of life than those with other substance use disorders. Recovery Community Centers (RCCs) are designed specifically to help grow recovery capital and enhance remission and quality of life. Preliminary evidence suggests RCCs are particularly valuable for people with opioid use disorder, but little is known about their clinical and public health benefits and cost-effectiveness. This project will organize activities on a national level to enhance research on RCCs. It builds on existing professional and academic resources, including an established recovery dissemination platform (i.e., the Recovery Research Institute).
5R24DA051950-02 Show Summary	Building a Lasting Foundation to Advance Actionable Research on Recovery Support Services for High Risk Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder: The Initiative for Justice and Emerging Adult Populations	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER, INC.	SHEIDOW, ASHLI J	Eugene, OR	2021
FOA Title: Building a Lasting Foundation to Advance Actionable Research on Recovery Support Services for High Risk Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder: The Initiative for Justice and Emerging Adult Populations FOA Number: RFA-DA-20-014 Summary: Emerging adults (ages 16-25) involved with public systems and individuals involved with the justice system (including emerging adults) are at the highest risk for problems stemming from opioid use disorder. Emerging adults report the highest rates of drug use, including opiates, and those involved with public systems are more likely to have poor outcomes. For adults of all ages, opioid use increases the likelihood of justice system involvement. Peer recovery support services and recovery residences are growing nationally and may benefit these two groups tremendously, but research on them is limited. This project will establish the Initiative for Justice and Emerging Adult Populations to advance recovery support services research through a partnership between researchers, people in recovery from these two populations, recovery support service providers, and payors.
5R24DA051973-02 Show Summary	Studies to Advance Recovery Supports (STARS) in Central Appalachia	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	PACK, ROBERT P	Johnson City, Tennessee	2021
FOA Title: Research Networks for the Study of Recovery Support Services for Persons Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R24 Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: RFA-DA-20-014 Summary: Central Appalachia has been devastated by opioid use disorder and overdose deaths for decades. Treatment access is improving across that region, yet few individuals successfully remain on treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Peer recovery support services can be highly effective in improving treatment outcomes and recovery, but there is limited evidence of how they can be implemented and used most effectively, particularly for individuals receiving MOUD. This project will create the Studies To Advance Recovery Supports (STARS) Network that aims to expand the infrastructure necessary to implement and evaluate peer recovery support services for these individuals. It will build research capacities at universities and health partners, enroll MOUD clinics and peer recovery support professionals, and promote data harmonization across network partners.
1R24DA051975-01 Show Summary	Innovations in Recovery through Infrastructure Support (IRIS)	Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction	Recovery Research Networks	NIDA	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE	UNICK, GEORGE J	Baltimore, MD	2020
FOA Title: Research Networks for the Study of Recovery Support Services for Persons Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R24 Clinical Trial Optional) FOA Number: RFA-DA-20-014 Summary: The opioid epidemic in the United States is associated with alarming rates of overdose and overdose deaths. Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), in combination with psychosocial intervention, is the most effective treatment for OUD; however, many individuals are unable to access treatment, are not sufficiently retained in treatment, or experience barriers that prohibit their participation in treatment. A multipronged approach is needed that includes 1) development of integrated networks of care, both formal and informal, to better address the needs of individuals with OUDs and 2) measures of the efficacy of these integrated networks for addressing the needs of individuals with OUD. This project will build a learning collaborative to address gaps in knowledge about the delivery, sustainability, and assessment of recovery service for individuals on MAT. The collaborative will foster collaboration and communication between stakeholders and with the larger community of research and providers interested in improving the delivery of OUD recovery support services. This community-academic partnership will address the lack of evidence regarding effective recovery support services.