Center on Substance Use & Health

08/25/2026

🔔 New Paper Alert 🔔

Grace Gundy has produced a critical analysis identifying social isolation and the potential value of social activities and community spaces for older adults who use stimulants.

Read to learn more here!

Background: Social isolation is associated with poor physical health and premature mortality. Midlife and older adults who use stimulants (co***ne or methamphet...

08/24/2026

💡 New paper alert! 💡

Our collaboration with RTI has led to a model for measuring acute toxicities from methamphetamine use and developing intervention targets.

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07/06/2026

🚨 We're Hiring! 🚨

Are you interested in joining a research team that's helping reduce harm for people who use drugs? Join our team and support our mission to improve health outcomes for people who use substances through research and pharmacologic, behavioral, and system interventions.

We're currently hiring for:
✨Research Clinician (Nurse Practitioner), Full-Time
✨Recruitment Coordinator, Full-Time
✨Research Associate, Full-Time

Learn more and apply here:
https://www.csuhsf.org/careers

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Are you interested in joining a research team that's helping improve the lives of marginalized communities? The Center on Substance Use and Health might be the right place for you!

06/02/2026

New Paper Alert! 🔔

While long-acting injectable buprenorphine works better, some people still don’t want an injection – bubble packing low-dose buprenorphine can help for outpatient starts.

Read more here!

Blister packing was identified as a tool to allow patients to successfully complete outpatient buprenorphine LDI. Standardized protocols and collaboration with pharmacists at a public health pharmacy were key facilitators. Partnering with local pharmacies to inform implementation strategies and iden...

04/27/2026

New Paper Alert! 🔔

CSUH Epidemiologist Nora Anderson conducted a novel analysis of opioid overdose, showing both the burden of mortality among unhoused people and - among all unhoused people - the LACK of a racial disparity in overdose. Economics matter.

📖Read more here!

03/27/2026

🔔New paper alert! 🔔
A whopping 93% of stimulant deaths had evidence of chronic cardiovascular disease! Combined with the other work CSUH has done, it is time to start thinking about these deaths more like we do alcohol (mostly chronic disease) and less like we do opioids (mostly acute overdose).
Read more here:
https://lnkd.in/g-9B_594

Also, check out the accompanying editorial by Slavin and Walley (https://lnkd.in/gpuyjf7f)