@UCSD & @SDSU Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use PhD student (@JDP_SubsUse) | @YaleEMD MPH alum | 🦠 #ImpSci #Harmreduction | Views are my own
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29 Aug 2024
I am so excited (and grateful) to share that I have been awarded an R36 dissertation award from @NIDAnews! Could not have done it without my wonderful mentors, @angiebazzi, @chngin_the_wrld, @erikacrable, @TSBartholomew1, Heather Pines, Eileen Pitpitan, Tom Patterson, and others!
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Happy to be a part of this great work by the one and only @KTBailara! Congratulations on another great paper from your #dissertation 🙌🏼🥳
“A mixed methods study to inform fatal overdose prevention in San Diego, California: Perspectives from people who use drugs” by Katie Bailey et al (2024) via @ijdrugpolicy…great manuscript from the perspective of people who use drugs!
Link: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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📑New pub in #HarmReduction Journal harmreductionjournal.biomedc… about #xylazine identification & responses - guided by the voices of PWUD & syringe service providers.
Very proud of @will_eger for leading this work w/ our team incl @angiebazzi @TSBartholomew1 & co. Results in 🧵⬇️
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30 Aug 2024
We must adapt harm reduction strategies and expand policies (repeal paraphernalia laws that prohibit drug checking and safer smoking supplies) to meet these evolving challenges in the drug supply. Read more about our findings & recommendations in the full paper. (5/6)
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Conducted at a Miami-based SSP, we interviewed 8 staff and 17 clients. We found that PWUD were the first to notice changes in their supply. Many PWUD changed their drug consumption behaviors in response to xylazine, trying to protect themselves from potential harm. (3/6)
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However, a lack of formal guidance left many PWUD relying on peer knowledge & improvised methods to identify/respond to xylazine. This highlights the urgent need for better (patient-facing) educational resources & drug-checking services to mitigate risks. #drugchecking (4/6)
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More exciting news! Our paper, "Syringe services program staff and participant perspectives on changing drug consumption behaviors in response to xylazine adulteration" is now online: link.springer.com/article/10…
#TheHarmReductionJournal @SpringerNature (1/6)
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Our study explores how xylazine was identified & how syringe services program (SSP) staff and clients (i.e., PWUD) responded in Miami. #HarmReduction (2/6)
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29 Aug 2024
I am so excited (and grateful) to share that I have been awarded an R36 dissertation award from @NIDAnews! Could not have done it without my wonderful mentors, @angiebazzi, @chngin_the_wrld, @erikacrable, @TSBartholomew1, Heather Pines, Eileen Pitpitan, Tom Patterson, and others!
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The title of my proposal is "Determinants of transitioning from injecting to smoking fentanyl and methamphetamine and implications for harm reduction implementation". I'm passionate about exploring novel ways to address S/U esp. w/#harmreduction at the forefront.
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Will Eger (he/him) retweeted
26 Aug 2024
‼️🚨 Are you working on your materials for graduate school in #psychology? Check out our Google Drive which has example personal & diversity statements for a range of PhD & PsyD programs! **If you’d like to share your statements as examples, get in touch! drive.google.com/drive/folde…
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14 Aug 2024
Read our #preprint on @researchsquare: Protective or potentially harmful? Altering drug consumption behaviors in response to xylazine adulteration researchsquare.com/article/r…. We discuss how PWUD and SSP staff first experienced and responded to xylazine in Miami, FL!
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🆕 #NIDA-supported research in @CIDJournal: Illicit fentanyl use and hepatitis c virus seroconversion among people who inject drugs in Tijuana and San Diego: Results from a binational cohort study. @UCSanDiego loom.ly/NdoDlNw
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Will Eger (he/him) retweeted
31 Jul 2024
New evidence that the transition to illicit fentanyl may be behind rising HCV rates in the US.
In a longitudinal cohort of people who inject drugs, those using fentanyl were much more likely to contract HCV
Published today @CIDJournal w/ @chngin_the_wrld
academic.oup.com/cid/advance…
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30 Jul 2024
Grateful to be involved in this amazing work! Amazing work, @JosephRFriedman
Yes, #fentanyl increases #OD risk, but @JosephRFriedman & our team report @CIDJournal that it also predicts higher risk of #HepC acquisition among ppl who use drugs. This has implications for #harmreduction & treatment of #HCV & #opioid use disorder.
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12 Jul 2024
RT @MyHarmReduction: We at @DrugPolicyNerds have always said that our personal experiences enrich drug research; it is an asset, not a liab…
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Congratulations!! 🎉 🥳
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Will Eger (he/him) retweeted
5 Jun 2024
Be sure to submit your ID-Addiction research for this exciting special collection on #harmreduction in @TAInfDis !!
Exciting news! 🚀 Launching a Special Collection on "Harm Reduction at the Intersection of Infectious Diseases and Substance Use" 📚🔬 Submit your papers by Sep 30, 2024.
More Details @ journals.sagepub.com/page/ta…
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