HEAL-Supported Research Publications

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NIH HEAL publications and the primary data behind them promote the dissemination of new knowledge, enhance reproducibility, and accelerate the ability of researchers to build upon NIH HEAL Initiative research to make new discoveries.

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Per HEAL policy, funded projects should make their projects available publicly immediately upon publication in a journal. NIH policy requires acknowledging federal funding when describing projects or programs supported in whole or in part with NIH funds.

Example:

"Research reported in this [publication/press release] was supported by [Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®] under award number [specific NIH grant number(s) in this format: R01NS123456]."

For more information, please visit the HEAL Public Access and Data Sharing page. Send your publications to HEALquestion@od.nih.gov for record keeping.

Current Publications

Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction

New Strategies to Prevent and Treat Opioid Addiction

Enhanced Outcomes for Infants and Children Exposed to Opioids

  • Eat, Sleep, Console Approach or Usual Care for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal. Young LW, Ounpraseuth ST, Merhar SL, Hu Z, Simon AE, Bremer AA, Lee JY, Das A, Crawford MM, Greenberg RG, Smith PB, Poindexter BB, Higgins RD, Walsh MC, Rice W, Paul DA, Maxwell JR, Telang S, Fung CM, Wright T, Reynolds AM, Hahn DW, Ross J, McAllister JM, Crowley M, Shaikh SK, Puopolo KM, Christ L, Brown J, Riccio J, Wong Ramsey K, Akshatha, Braswell EF, Tucker L, McAlmon KR, Dummula K, Weiner J, White JR, Howell MP, Newman S, Snowden JN, Devlin LA for the ACT NOW Collaborative. New Engl J Med. 2023 April 30; doi10.1056/NEJMoa2214470. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37125831.
  • Phenobarbital and Clonidine as Secondary Medications for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome. Merhar SL, Ounpraseuth S, Devlin LA, Poindexter BB, Young LW, Berkey SD, Crowley M, Czynski AJ, Kiefer AS, Whalen BL, Das A, Fuller JF, Higgins RD, Thombre V, Lester BM, Smith PB, Newman S, Sánchez PJ, Smith MC, Simon AE; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health And Human Development Neonatal Research Network And The NIH Environmental Influences On Child Health Outcomes (Echo) Program Institutional Development Awards States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network. Pediatrics. 2021 Mar;147(3):e2020017830. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-017830. PMID: 33632932; PMCID: PMC7919109.
  • EEG/ERP as a pragmatic method to expand the reach of infant-toddler neuroimaging in HBCD: Promises and challenges. Norton ES, MacNeill LA, Harriott EM, Allen N, Krogh-Jespersen S, Smyser CD, Rogers CE, Smyser TA, Luby J, Wakschlag L. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2021 Oct;51:100988. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100988. Epub 2021 Jul 14. PMID: 34280739; PMCID: PMC8318873.
  • Remote and at-home data collection: Considerations for the NIH HEALthy Brain and Cognitive Development (HBCD) study. Deoni SCL, D'Sa V, Volpe A, Beauchemin J, Croff JM, Elliott AJ, Pini N, Lucchini M, Fifer WP. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022 Jan 6;54:101059. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101059. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35033972; PMCID: PMC8762360.

Novel Therapeutic Options for Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose

Clinical Research in Pain Management

Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR/STTR)

Translating Data 2 Action to Prevent Overdose

Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain

Other

Research Programs and Focus Areas

Twelve NIH Institutes and Centers are leading 25 research programs to find scientific solutions to the opioid crisis.

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HEAL Public Access and Data Sharing

Through the NIH HEAL Initiative Public Access and Data Sharing Policy (the Policy), NIH seeks to create an infrastructure that addresses the need for researchers, clinicians, and patients to collaborate.

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Common Data Elements (CDE) Program

The CDE Program supports HEAL’s Public Access and Data Sharing policy, which requires researchers to develop plans to share their project’s data through the HEAL Platform (a repository that connects people to data).

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