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X-WR-CALNAME:UCSF Drug Use Research Group Meeting
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DESCRIPTION:Assessing the Reach\, Effectiveness\, and Implementation of Har
 m Reduction Services in San Francisco: Results from Year 1 of an NIDA-Fund
 ed SF-Moon Study\n\nAlex Kral\, PhD\, MS\, and Cari Megerian\, MPH\nRTI In
 ternational\n\nLeslie Suen\, MD\, MAS\nDivision of General Internal Medici
 ne\nUCSF\n\nCommunity-based organizations in San Francisco have been at th
 e vanguard of implementing harm reduction services for the past 35 years. 
 The dynamic nature of the unregulated drug market and the large increases 
 in overdose mortality have required community-based organizations to be in
 novative and nimble\, and the staff dedicated and steadfast in their work.
   Please join us next month for a presentation by Alex Kral and colleagues
  about an NIDA-funded project that seeks to assess the reach\, effectivene
 ss\, adoption\, implementation\, and maintenance of harm reduction service
 s in San Francisco.  The study involves annual surveys of 800 people who u
 se drugs and annual qualitative interviews of 20-30 staff who provide harm
  reduction services.  This presentation will feature results from Year 1 o
 f data collection (September 2023 to September 2024)\, including a geospat
 ial analysis of crime data and overdose mortality\; quantitative survey re
 sults for the reach of certain harm reduction services\; and qualitative r
 esults related to adoption\, implementation\, and maintenance of harm redu
 ction services.\n\nAlex Kral (he/him) is an epidemiologist and Distinguish
 ed Fellow at RTI International and has been conducting research related to
  harm reduction services and drug policies for three decades.\n\nCari Mege
 rian (she/her) is a public health researcher at RTI International with wor
 k that focuses on drug use behaviors\, harm reduction practices\, and eval
 uations of relevant policies and programs. She is currently the study dire
 ctor of two National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded studies in the 
 San Francisco Bay Area.\n\nLeslie Suen (she/her) is an Assistant Professor
  of Medicine at UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine at SFGH\, where
  she practices as a primary care and addiction medicine physician and cond
 ucts health services and policy research to improve health systems for peo
 ple who drugs.\n\nThe UCSF Drug Use Research Group (DURG) is a city-wide s
 eminar attended by faculty\, postdoctoral fellows\, graduate students\, an
 d other Bay Area investigators centering on persons who use drugs.  Starte
 d in 2005 after a friendly debate between an epidemiologist and anthropolo
 gist on the merits of quantitative versus qualitative research methods\, t
 he DURG monthly seminars provide a community platform for new and establis
 hed investigators to present their work\, explore research questions and m
 ethods\, and to prepare for grant applications and the dissemination of fi
 ndings in a supportive environment.  The seminar has been successful in cu
 ltivating new collaborations and mentorship and in sustaining an interdisc
 iplinary and interprofessional dialogue between those engaged in basic sci
 ences\, epidemiology\, clinical\, and public health research.  \n\nWe have
  returned to in-person meetings.  Our meetings are not recorded.  Please c
 ontact us if you’d like to present your work or research ideas for frien
 dly consultation and peer review.
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LOCATION:UCSF Pride Hall\, Rooms 1940/50
SUMMARY:UCSF Drug Use Research Group Meeting
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CATEGORIES:Professional Development
CATEGORIES:Research & Academia
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