The Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR)

Self-Testing for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections—Update for Clinicians in the US jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

We see and recognize our intersex siblings in our fight for trans power — we face similar experiences of a world obsessed with enforcing reductive binaries, policing our bodies, erasing us from the narrative, and denying our power. Today and every day we stand in solidarity!

Our survey of nearly 4000 researchers shows that if you're struggling to make ends meet, you're not alone go.nature.com/4zRo24D

A third of young adults turn to AI for substance-use information "reporting that young adults in the study perceived high levels of trust, reliability and helpfulness of AI tools." medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10...

Check out the latest study from CDUHR affiliated investigator Karli Hochstatter- Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes Following Drug Overdose Loss www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/16...

Submissions for the 2027 APS Annual Convention are OPEN! The Program Committee is hosting a webinar TODAY at 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC) to walk through the submission process and answer your questions on building a competitive submission. Register: member.psychologicalscience.org/events/event...

‘Fiercely stubborn’: the US scientists continuing their research amid funding cuts Researchers working on climate change, diversity, transgender health and international aid have turned to lawsuits, private donors and alternative topics to keep their projects going. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The US opioid epidemic at a turning point "represents progress towards reversing the deadliest drug epidemic in American history. It also presents an important scientific challenge: understanding why overdose deaths are falling and how those gains can be sustained." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Overdose deaths have plunged. We need to know why "gains of the past three years are not guaranteed to last, and there are still far too many overdose deaths. If we cannot explain why deaths are falling now, we won’t know what is driving them up if they rise again." www.statnews.com/2026/10/23/o...

For my @jama.com debut, @jsross119.bsky.social & I wrote a note contextualizing two new studies on opioid dispensing, naloxone use & overdoses. The lesson isn’t that one silver bullet succeeded but that effective OD prevention efforts must adapt to a dynamic epidemic. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

LSD does more than desynchronize the brain—it changes brain rhythms and signal complexity medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10...

Could your chatbot tip off a scientific rival? It’s possible, researchers say Experts offer tips for keeping sensitive research private www.science.org/content/arti...

Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigators Camila Gelpí-Acosta, Yesenia Aponte-Meléndez, and Honoria Guarino- The Ganchero intervention: a pilot clinical trial with Puerto Rican migrants who inject drugs living in New York City link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Our Kratom AMA is live!!! Make sure to submit your questions soon. www.reddit.com/r/askscience...

Compassionate Overdose Response starts with choosing RiVive® 3 mg naloxone nasal spray. While companies push 4 mg (and higher) doses of naloxone just to get more market share & profit, we ask our community to fight for access to our 3 mg dose. (cont. in comments)

Check out the latest from CDUHR investigators Ofole Mgbako, Farzana Kapadia, Maria Khan, & Sahnah Lim- Barriers and Facilitators to Equitable Implementation of Long-Acting Injectable PrEP for Racial, Gender and Sexual Minority Populations in NYC: The EquiPrEP Study link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📊 Among adolescents and young adults with #Depression, misuse of prescription psychotherapeutic drugs and prescription drug use disorder were more common than among peers without depression. ja.ma/4ssEMNj

How can stronger partnerships between researchers and data providers improve the use of real-world data? Join us October 29 (2-3 pm ET) to hear lessons from the Health Data for Action program and practical recommendations for strengthening research collaborations. Register: buff.ly/O5cqmVj

I thought I knew why patients stopped taking their medicine. I was wrong "Sometimes, the biggest barrier between a patient and their treatment is not pharmacology. It is how they see themselves." www.statnews.com/2026/10/16/n...

In a bid to tackle the deluge of manuscripts it now receives, preprint server arXiv has announced a cap of two papers per month for each submitting researcher go.nature.com/4dBP2MT

✨Today, October 15, is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day. #NLAAD is a day to raise awareness about the HIV epidemic’s disproportionate impact on Latinx communities in the U.S. and to take action. 🔗To find out more about how to access HIV testing & PrEP, visit iamhivpossible.org #iamhivpossible.

Private, offline and yours: how to search the literature with local AI systems Concerns about privacy, reproducibility and cost are prompting scientists to use models on their computers rather than in the cloud. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Check out the latest study from CDUHR affiliated investigator Saba Rouhani- Surveillance, violence, and assistance: Distinct typologies of police contact and prospective health outcomes among people who use drugs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Researchers have developed a detector that aims to tell the difference between ideas made by humans and those conjured by artificial intelligence go.nature.com/4yj14SG

📊 Long-acting lenacapavir and cabotegravir was associated with sustained #ViralSuppression among treatment-experienced people with HIV, including patients with adherence challenges and resistance. ja.ma/4B0VU0s

Rethinking lived experience "In short, progress is long overdue, and the benefits of lived experience involvement in services and research are already apparent." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

As AI agents’ ability to do science autonomously continues to improve, scientists are facing a once-unthinkable question: will I get scooped by a bot? go.nature.com/47L8HGE

NIH ends 2026 with a boost for early-career researchers, but new awards are down overall The agency spent its full budget, but left many applicants out of luck www.science.org/content/arti...

Patients with #OpioidUseDisorder reported that in-person methadone dosing visits required substantial travel time and cost, while wait times, clinic hours, and transportation barriers further limited treatment access. ja.ma/4hKL3Pb

Among patients with #OpioidUseDisorder offered buprenorphine in the emergency department, declination was associated more with concerns about precipitated withdrawal, physical dependence, and housing barriers than with lower treatment readiness. ja.ma/4hKNeCl

PrEP pill can prevent HIV, but partner reactions might stand in the way "finding that some Black women who anticipate a negative response from partners will persist in either pursuing the conversation or pursuing PrEP anyway, even at the expense of the relationship" medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10...

Check out the latest study from CDUHR's Danielle Ompad, Sam Friedman, and Suzan Walters- PrEP stigma and early oral PrEP care continuum outcomes among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and Denver www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

H.I.V. Research Networks Face Uncertain Future Amid Funding Delays The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/h...

One year after taking ibogaine, veterans find continued relief from PTSD medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10...

Patient Perspectives on Offers of Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department "declination was driven less by low treatment readiness than by specific, addressable concerns: precipitated withdrawal, physical dependence, and housing and logistical barriers." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

New @nejm.org Voices: how I write an introduction to a research manuscript “My first piece of advice…: write your introduction backwards. “My second piece of advice: innovate in your ideas, not in the structure of how you present the ideas.” voices.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Check out the latest from CDUHR affiliated investigator Ofole Mgbako- Honoring the Legacy of the HIV Epidemic "The courage shown by doctors and patients in the 1980s can help guide clinicians today." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

No country has stopped an HIV epidemic in people who inject drugs without providing clean needles... so sad that they are blocking this & enabling the virus to spread...

Shortages of crucial HIV medicines due to aid cuts are a ‘warning’, say experts More than half of organisations providing HIV care surveyed by International Planned Parenthood Federation said they had run out of stock at some point during past 12 months www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Owning our sexual health means having honest, respectful, & Friendly conversations. Sharing an STI diagnosis isn’t abt blame/shame- it’s abt giving someone the info they need to take care of themselves and their partners. #FriendlyPig #HIVstigmafree #STIstigmafree #DiseaseInterventionSpecialist

Access to addiction meds for young people has improved — but retention hasn’t "Of those youth engaged in care, about 1 in 6 received some medication. But just 1 in 32 continued with medication for six months." www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/y...

Check out the latest study from CDUHR affiliated investigator Karli Hochstatter- Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Framework for Overdose Mortality Surveillance, New York City, 2022‒2023 ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

US #MentalHealth and #SubstanceUseDisorder expenditures totaled $174 billion in 2021-2023, or 7.0% of all medical spending, with ambulatory services accounting for the largest share. ja.ma/4hmVBFt

Check out the latest study from CDUHR affiliated investigators Benjamin Han and Joseph Palamar- Cannabis Use Among People Aged 65 and Older: Results From an Intercept Survey in New York City agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...