HEALing Communities Study Design Workshop | Bruce Schackman, PhD, MBA + David Paltiel, PhD, MBA

On June 18, 2018, CHERISH Director Bruce Schackman, PhD, MBA and Yale School of Public Health's David Paltiel, PhD, MBA presented on Health Economics Research at the HEALing Communities Study Design Workshop held in Bethesda, MD.
The purpose of the meeting was to bring together scientific experts, state partners, federal partners, and other key stakeholders to solicit feedback regarding important aspects of study design, infrastructure requirements, timelines, and budget allocation for a large multisite national research effort to develop and determine the impact of approaches for the systematic implementation and sustainability of an integrated set of evidence-based interventions within health care, behavioral health, justice systems, and community organizations to decrease opioid overdose deaths and events, lower incidence of opioid use disorders and hepatitis C, and increase the number of individuals who are receiving medication-assisted treatment and are retained in treatment beyond 6 months.