“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 15-16 March 2024 and features six short interviews with presenters at the first-annual Together for Hope Boston Addiction Conference:

• Miriam Komaromy, MD: Medical Director, Grayken Center for Addiction
• The Civil Right to MOUD. Ruchi Shah, DO, Boston Medical Center, and Amelia Caramadre, JD, MPH, Kaplan and Grady LLC
• Decreasing Risk and Stigma Among Patients Who Use Drugs: Implementation of an ED-Based Harm Reduction Program. Karri Weisenthal, MD, Boston Medical Center
• Recovering Safety: A Pilot Study of a Women's Empowerment Group for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence with Substance Use Disorders. Amanda Sedgewick, DO, McLean Hospital
• How can we make addiction treatment more appealing, effective, and equitable for Black patients? Corinne Beaugard, PhD, MSW, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Boston Medical Center
• Substance use and pain curriculum innovation: establishing a student-faculty partnership for lasting curricular change. Rory Vu Mather, MS, Harvard Medical School

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 Medical 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.

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