Since the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose’s inception in 2018, it has supported over 35 Investigators, 9 Pilot Projects, 4 Research Projects and 3 Research ‘Cores.’
Please explore the projects by hovering over the investigators pictures below.
Current Research Projects


Jaclyn White Hughto, PhD, MPH
CoMBAT Opioid Use Disorder: A Pilot RCT of a Combined Medication assisted and Behavioral Activation Treatment for People Living with Opioid Use Disorder
Current Pilot Projects

Kirsten Langdon, PhD
Text message delivered intervention to promote engagement in medication assisted treatment among the criminal justice- involved population


Rachel S. Wightman, MD
Unintentional fatal opioid overdose in women: toxicologic and pharmacologic sex differences in cause of death

David Sobel, MD
Evaluation of a nonopioid recovery pathway after percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Nicole Weiss, PhD
Co-Occurrence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Opioid Use Outcomes among Community Individuals

Brendan Jacka, PhD
Trauma and stressor-related disorders among layperson opioid overdose responders
Community-Developed Projects

Mainstay
Mainstay is a “soft and slow” environment for people who have recently awoken from an overdose

Block MMP
Block MMP is a centralized electronic health record platform that addresses the problem of methadone dosage tracking

The We-Can App
A free mobile application to help people access treatment and information for opioid use disorder.
Investigators Who Received Independent Funding

Francesca Beaudoin, MD, PhD
ED-based behavioral interventions for opioid use disorders, a mixed-methods study

Sara Becker, PhD
Implementing contingency management in opioid treatment centers across Rhode Island: Formative research to inform a cluster randomized trial
Past Projects

Amy Salisbury, PhD
Monitoring newborn sleep to improve treatment and outcomes from opioid exposure

Patience Moyo, PhD
Use of Non-opioid and Non-drug Treatments for Chronic Pain: Trends and Relationship with Opioid Prescribing and Outcomes in the Rhode Island All Payer Claims Database