Alyssa Tilhou, MD, PhD Hear my name
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Family Medicine

AB, Harvard University
MD/PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch
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Dr. Tilhou is a family physician, addiction specialist and health services researcher in the Department of Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center. She is also the Assistant Research Director in the Department of Family Medicine. Her research focuses on access and utilization of primary care and substance use services in low-income populations. Dr. Tilhou completed her medical education and doctorate in Population Health Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch, residency in family medicine at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC, and a fellowship in Addiction Medicine at the University of Wisconsin. She is supported by a K08 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Other recent funding includes a BU CTSI pilot award to study disparities in buprenorphine quality indicators among BMC patients and a contract with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services through which she is evaluating disparities in telehealth uptake among WI Medicaid patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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2023 Impact of initial buprenorphine prescribing strategies on retention in care for patients with opioid use disorder 1K08DA058052-01

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  1. Tilhou AS, Zaborek J, Baltes A, Salisbury-Afshar E, Malicki J, Brown R. Differences in drug use behaviors that impact overdose risk among individuals who do and do not use fentanyl test strips for drug checking. Harm Reduct J. 2023 Mar 28; 20(1):41. PMID: 36978170; PMCID: PMC10053743; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00767-0;
     
  2. Tilhou AS, Zaborek J, Baltes A, Salisbury-Afshar E, Malicki J, Brown R. Differences in drug use behaviors that impact overdose risk among individuals who do and do not use fentanyl test strips for drug checking. Harm Reduct J. 2023 Mar 28; 20(1):41. PMID: 36978170; PMCID: PMC10053743; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00767-0;
     
  3. Tilhou AS, Birstler J, Baltes A, Salisbury-Afshar E, Malicki J, Chen G, Brown R. Characteristics and context of fentanyl test strip use among syringe service clients in southern Wisconsin. Harm Reduct J. 2022 Dec 15; 19(1):142. PMID: 36522777; PMCID: PMC9753354; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00720-7;
     
  4. Tilhou AS, Glass JE, Hetzel SJ, Shana OE, Borza T, Baltes A, Deyo BMF, Agarwal S, O'Rourke A, Brown RT. Association between spine injury and opioid misuse in a prospective cohort of Level I trauma patients. OTA Int. 2022 Sep; 5(3). PMID: 36275837; PMCID: PMC9575565; DOI: 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000205;
     
  5. Tilhou AS, Dague L, Saloner B, Beemon D, Burns M. Trends in Engagement With Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Among Medicaid Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Mar; 3(3):e220093. PMID: 35977284; PMCID: PMC8917419; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0093;
     
  6. Dague L, Badaracco N, DeLeire T, Sydnor J, Tilhou AS, Friedsam D. Trends in Medicaid Enrollment and Disenrollment During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Wisconsin. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Feb; 3(2):e214752. PMID: 35977274; PMCID: PMC8903121; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.4752;
     
  7. Brown RT, Deyo B, Nicholas C, Baltes A, Hetzel S, Tilhou A, Quanbeck A, Glass J, O'Rourke A, Agarwal S. Screening in Trauma for Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOMP): Results from a prospective cohort of victims of traumatic injury. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 03 01; 232:109286. PMID: 35101814
     
  8. Tilhou AS, Huguet N, DeVoe J, Angier H. The Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Positively Impacted Community Health Centers and Their Patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 04; 35(4):1292-1295. PMID: 31898120; PMCID: PMC7174462; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05571-w;
     
  9. Shell AM, Peek MK, Eschbach K. Neighborhood Hispanic composition and depressive symptoms among Mexican-descent residents of Texas City, Texas. Soc Sci Med. 2013 Dec; 99:56-63. PMID: 24355471; PMCID: PMC3904495; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.10.006;
     

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2019 National Academy of Medicine: Emerging Leaders Forum
2018 Reproductive Health Education in Family Medicine Resident Scholarship
2018 Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors: Resident Award for Advocacy
2015 University of Texas Medical Branch: Bennie and Irene White Presidential Scholarship
2015 UTMB-Austin: Humanism Award in Neurology
2014-2018 Pisacano Leadership Foundation: Pisacano Scholars Leadership Program
2012 UTMB: United States Public Health Services Excellence in Public Health Award
2012 UTMB: Don W. Micks Scholarship in Preventive Medicine & Community Health
2011 UTMB: Gold Humanism Honor Society
2009-2012 UTMB: Student Award in Oslerian Medicine
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