AMERSA Talks
Current Series, Stigma and Substance Use: Rewriting the Narrative. Eight 30-minute episodes sponsored by PCSS-MOUD and hosted by AMERSA members, featuring subject matter experts across multiple disciplines. 2024 Series, Harm Reduction: Compassionate Care for People who use Drugs Eight 30-minute episodes sponsored by PCSS-MOUD and hosted by AMERSA members, featuring subject matter experts across multiple disciplines.
Episodes
Turns out, the most powerful tool against addiction stigma might just be someone society once gave up on.
Despite significant advancements in addiction treatment, stigma remains one of the greatest barriers to care for individuals struggling with substance use disorder (SUD). Among healthcare professionals, stigma can manifest in ways that impact patient outcomes, access to care, and overall recovery success. This episode...
We’ve been blaming Appalachia for a healthcare crisis it didn’t create.
Addiction in Appalachia isn’t what you think. This episode unpacks the nuanced reality of substance use disorder in a region that’s been stereotyped, ignored, and misunderstood for too long. Through powerful stories and clear strategies, it reveals how healthcare professionals, community leaders, and people with lived experience are fighting against s...
We don’t have a drug crisis—we have a policy crisis.
In episode one, Allyson Pinkhover, MPH, CPhT, CHO and Dr. Joe Wright explore some of the ways that urban planning, zoning, policing, and the location of addiction services combine to create or enforce a geography of containment. In Boston, Wright argues, land prices and the politics of what another scholar describes as “complaint-oriented policing” led to a smaller and smaller ar...
Episode 8 - Emerging Overdose Detection Technologies and Hotlines
Featuring:
Ju Park, PhD MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research)
Director of Harm Reduction Innovation Lab
Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP
Director, Massachusetts Overdose Prevention Helpline
Harm Reduction Program Manager, Boston Medical Center
Host:
Ricky N. Bluthenthal, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Populatio...
Episode 7: Innovative access to harm reduction support and linkage to treatment
Featuring:
Shelby Arena
Harm Reduction Manager, MATTERS
Joshua Lynch, DO, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency & Addiction Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer, MATTERS
Host:
Shoshana V. Aronowitz, PhD, MSHP, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor, Department of Famil...
Episode 6: Putting Harm Reduction to the Test: Drug use, Pregnancy, and Parenting
Featuring:
Leah Warner, NP, MPH
Street Medicine San Francisco Department of Public Health
Simone Vais, MD
UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine
Host:
Jamie Lang
New Beginnings Case Manager, Homeless Prenatal Program
Pregnancy and the postpartum period challenge our notions of harm redu...
Episode 5: Harm Reduction for Alcohol Use Disorder: Managed Alcohol Programs
Featuring:
Tanya Majumder, MD, MS
Physician with the San Francisco Department of Public Health
Alice Moughamian, RN, CNS
Nurse Manager with the San Francisco Department of Public Health
Hosted by:
Soraya Azari, MD
In this episode, we present the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Managed Alco...
Episode 4: Leveraging technology: Expanding Veteran access to harm reduction resources through vending machines
Featuring:
Tessa Rife-Pennington, PharmD, BCGP
Harm Reduction Coordinator
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy
Andrew "Andie" Ruggle...
Episode 3: Insights from the Front Line: Harm Reduction Interventions in an Urban Hospital
Featuring:
Sophie Zhai
B.A. Public Health - University of California, Berkeley
Patient Navigator, Addiction Care Team at UCSF
Patricia “Patty” Moreno
B.S. Global Disease Biology - University of California, Davis
Patient Navigator, Addiction Care Team at UCSF
Hosted by:
Amelia Goff, NP
Ass...
Episode 2: Harm Reduction in the Hospital: Meeting People Where They Are
Featuring:
Marlene Martin, MD
Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Director of Addiction Care Team, San Francisco General Hospital
Director of Addiction Initiatives, Latinx Center of Excellence
Kimberly Sue, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Yale School of Medicine
Hosted by:...
Episode 1: Test Your Drugs, Not Your Limits - The Role of Advanced Drug Checking in Harm Reduction
Featuring:
Allyson Pinkhover, MPH, CPhT, CHO
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, Brockton, MA
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Darlene Andrade Fonseca, BS
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, Brockton, MA
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Worces...
Listen now to a sneak peek at episode one from AMERSA's new podcast series Harm Reduction: Compassionate Care for People Who Use Drugs, called Test Your Drugs, Not Your Limits - The Role of Advanced Drug Checking in Harm Reduction
Featuring:
Allyson Pinkhover, MPH, CPhT, CHO
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, Brockton, MA
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Darlene And...