This episode features co-host Marc Larochelle’s interviews with five authors of abstracts presented at the Together for Hope 2026 annual conference. Behind the Evidence is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH).

1) “From Single-Substance Alerts to Mixture Monitoring: Network Analysis of Expected-Opioid Samples from a Syringe Service Program-Based Drug Checking Initiative.”

- Kyle Harrington, Tapestry Health

2) “The pathways and impacts of permanent housing: Guest and provider insights on the transition from low-threshold shelters (LTS) to permanent housing.”

- Jeffrey Desmarais, MA: Institute for Community Health & Shivangi Singh, MBBS, MPH: Boston Public Health Commission

3) “One Year of the Rhode Island Overdose Prevention Center: Service Utilization and Peer‑Led Overdose Response Outcomes.”

- Miriam Harris, MD, MSc: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Project Weber/Renew: Rhode Island's Center for Harm Reduction and Recovery Services

4) “Interest in long-acting HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and medications for opioid use disorder among persons who inject drugs: A cross-sectional study.”

- Sarah Miller, Boston Medical Center

5) “Evaluation of a Pilot Community-Based Treatment Program for Youth with Frequent Substance Use and Symptoms of Psychosis.”

- Morgan Ellis, MHS; Boston Medical Center

Hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

Learn more about AODH and subscribe for free at www.aodhealth.org

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review. All patient information has been modified to protect their identities.

The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center’s Behind the Evidence podcast is pleased to host "Behind the Masthead," a special series of episodes featuring conversations with addiction journal editors and other scholars on navigating current threats to addiction science and academic freedom.

In this fifth episode of the “Behind the Masthead” series, guest host Casy Calver, PhD speaks with Kalina Fahey, PhD, an early-career substance use researcher whose career has been impacted by the US federal government’s policy and priority changes. This interview was recorded 2 April 2026.

Behind the Evidence is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). This special series, “Behind the Masthead,” is guest-hosted by Casy Calver, PhD.

Behind the Evidence hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

Learn more about AODH and subscribe for free.

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review. All patient information has been modified to protect their identities.

Behind the Evidence is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). This episode features interviews with four authors of award-winning abstracts at the AMERSA 2025 annual conference. Learn more and read the abstracts on the conference website.

(Note: BTE is not affiliated with AMERSA)

1) “This Is a Great Idea.” Harm Reduction Vending Machines in Veterans Supportive Housing.

- Tessa Lynne Rife-Pennington, PharmD, BCGP, et al.

2) Lived Experience Advisory Panel: A Consultative Service to Improve Research Equity and Relevance for Black People with Substance Use Disorders.

- Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH, et al.

3) Meeting People Where They Are: Implementing a Mail-Based Syringe Service Program.

- Shelby Arena, et al.

4) Comparing the Effectiveness of Opioid Continuation, Tapering, and Buprenorphine Rotation on Mortality in a Cohort at Higher Risk of Prescription Opioid Misuse.

- Pooja Lagisetty, MD, MSc, et al.

Hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

Learn more about AODH and subscribe for free at www.aodhealth.org

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review. All patient information has been modified to protect their identities.

The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center’s Behind the Evidence podcast is pleased to host "Behind the Masthead," a special series of episodes featuring conversations with addiction journal editors and other scholars on navigating current threats to addiction science and academic freedom.

In this episode, guest host Casy Calver, PhD speaks with Lynda Kellam, PhD, Snyder-Granader Director of Research Data & Digital Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania, and one of the founding members of the Data Rescue Project. This interview was recorded 23 October 2025.

Links: Data Rescue Project (DRP); DRP Resources page; IASSIST; RDAP; Data Curation Network; BRFSS; Internet Archive; “The Forgotten Egg: The Importance of Public Federal Data in the United States” (DRP); The Data Index; ICPSR; Safeguarding Research and Culture; “What you can do for restricted access data” (DRP); EDGI; America’s Essential Data; Save Our Signs (DRP).

Behind the Evidence is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). “Behind the Masthead,” is guest-hosted by Casy Calver, PhD.

Behind the Evidence hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review.

The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center’s Behind the Evidence podcast is pleased to host "Behind the Masthead," a special series of episodes featuring conversations with addiction journal editors and other scholars on navigating current threats to addiction science and academic freedom.

In this third episode of the “Behind the Masthead” series, guest host Casy Calver, PhD speaks with Bryon Adinoff, MD, president of Doctors for Drug Policy Reform and editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, which recently republished the editorial, “A clarion call to the addiction science community.” Bryon is also past-president of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE).

Behind the Evidence is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). This special series, “Behind the Masthead,” is guest-hosted by Casy Calver, PhD.

This interview was recorded 24 September 2025.

Behind the Evidence hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

Learn more about AODH and subscribe for free.

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review. All patient information has been modified to protect their identities.

“Behind the Evidence” is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). This episode was recorded 19 May 2025 and features an interview with J. Cedric Woods, PhD on his article, “Trends in Fatal Opioid-Related Overdose in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities, 1999-2021” published in The American Journal of Preventative Medicine. Click here to read AODH’s summary of this article.

Hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

Learn more about AODH and subscribe for free at www.aodhealth.org

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review. All patient information has been modified to protect their identities.

The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center’s Behind the Evidence podcast is pleased to host "Behind the Masthead," a special series of episodes featuring conversations with addiction journal editors and other scholars on navigating current threats to addiction science and academic freedom.

In this second episode of the “Behind the Masthead” series, guest host Casy Calver, PhD speaks with Tom Babor, PhD, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and the former Editor of Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Dr Babor has been an outspoken advocate for the preservation of scientific freedom through the Addiction Science Defense Network, and he is the lead author of the editorial, “A clarion call to the addiction science community: It's time to resist the anti-scientific policies of the US Trump administration,” which has been re-published in a number of addiction journals. He is also a co-author of the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines, and a past-president of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE). This interview was recorded 25 September 2025.

Behind the Evidence is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). This series, “Behind the Masthead,” is guest-hosted by Casy Calver, PhD.

Behind the Evidence hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

Learn more about AODH and subscribe for free at www.aodhealth.org

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review. All patient information has been modified to protect their identities.

The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center’s Behind the Evidence podcast is pleased to host "Behind the Masthead," a special series of episodes featuring conversations with addiction journal editors and other scholars on navigating current threats to addiction science and academic freedom. As the primary means of knowledge dissemination in the field, addiction journals are likely to be substantially impacted by the recent drastic changes to the federal funding of medical and public health research in the US. What can we learn from the perspectives of addiction journal editors and other scholars in this moment of uncertainty?

In this first episode of the “Behind the Masthead” series, guest host Casy Calver, PhD speaks with Alex Walley, MD and Emily Williams, PhD—two editors of the Grayken Center’s journal, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice—on the lessons we can learn from the resilience of people who use drugs, to navigating changes to the NIH’s public access policy.

Behind the Evidence is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). This special series, “Behind the Masthead,” is guest-hosted by Casy Calver, PhD.

Behind the Evidence hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

Learn more about AODH and subscribe for free at www.aodhealth.org

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review. All patient information has been modified to protect their identities.

The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center’s Behind the Evidence podcast is pleased to host "Behind the Masthead," a special series of episodes featuring conversations with addiction journal editors and other scholars on navigating current threats to addiction science and academic freedom. As the primary means of knowledge dissemination in the field, addiction journals are likely to be substantially impacted by the recent drastic changes to the federal funding of medical and public health research in the US. Through conversations with the editors of our field's leading scientific journals—as well as data scientists and other scholars—this series will offer addiction research professionals of all career stages the opportunity to learn valuable strategies for preserving the momentum and integrity of their research.

Episode 1 is out now. Guest host Casy Calver, PhD interviews Alex Walley, MD and Emily Williams, PhD—two editors of the Grayken Center's journal, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice.

Behind the Evidence is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). This special series, “Behind the Masthead,” is guest-hosted by Casy Calver, PhD.

Behind the Evidence hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

Learn more about AODH and subscribe for free at www.aodhealth.org

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review. All patient information has been modified to protect their identities.

“Behind the Evidence” is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). This episode was recorded in March 2025 and features an interview with Ashish Thakrar, MD on his article published in JAMA Dermatology: “Wound characteristics among patients exposed to xylazine;” and an interview with Raagini Jawa, MD on her article in Drug and Alcohol Dependence: “Drug use practices and wound care experiences in the age of xylazine adulteration.” Click the following links to read AODH’s summaries of Dr Thakrar and Dr Jawa’s articles.

Hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

Learn more about AODH and subscribe for free at www.aodhealth.org

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review. All patient information has been modified to protect their identities.