Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
General Internal Medicine

MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



Dr. Chatterjee is a med-peds trained primary care and addiction medicine physician at several shelter-based clinics through Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. His areas of clinical and research interest include innovative treatment models for opioid use disorder in marginalized populations, and interventions on social determinants of health, such as food insecurity. He has an additional interest in racism and health care, particularly its manifestations in medical education and training.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

My Diversity/Equity Inclusion work has taken several forms:

I have worked to explore the role of racism in health professions admissions and in medical education. I and my colleagues have written several papers on bias due to race, gender, and other factors during the interview process to medical school and other health profession programs. While at Harvard Medical School, I was the faculty advisor for the Racial Justice Coalition and in that role, worked to expand and improve the curriculum with regard to its discussion of racism in health care. As part of that role, I have mentored several students in writing papers describing these efforts.

Secondly, I have worked to explore the role of racism in the conceptualization and treatment of addiction in the United States. In my role on the Healing Communities Study, I helped found the Racial Equity and Social Justice committee, which works to improve efforts to incorporate intentional efforts to promote equity in addiction treatment. We describe our work in a paper in the American Journal of Public Health, but the racial equity work we are undertaking is ongoing.

I serve in several committee roles at BMC and in national organizations. I serve on the Boston University Medical Group (BUMG) Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council, as well as the Section of General Internal Medicine's Anti-Racism committee. I also serve on AMERSA's Diversity Committee. In that role, I am leading a subcommittee that is developing a bibliography of papers on other resources examining the role of racism in addiction treatment.

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Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research


Faculty
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit




Rapid measurement of novel harm reduction housing on HIV risk, treatment uptake, drug use and supply
05/01/2023 - 04/30/2025 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH
Brandeis University NIH NIDA

Together We Rize 5th Anniversary Grant Program: Shelter Harm Reduction
12/02/2022 - 03/31/2024 (PI)
RIZE Massachusetts

Evaluation of the Community Care in Reach(R) Mobile Addiction Initiative for Youth and Young Adults (YYA)
12/01/2021 - 11/30/2023 (PI)
Massachusetts General Hospital


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  1. Zang X, Skinner A, Li Z, Shaw LC, Behrends CN, Chatterjee A, Jalali A, Jordan AE, Morgan JR, Nolen S, Schackman BR, Marshall BDL, Walley AY. Improving racial/ethnic health equity and naloxone access among people at risk for opioid overdose: A simulation modeling analysis of community-based naloxone distribution strategies in Massachusetts, United States. Addiction. 2024 Oct 25.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39450522
     
  2. Zaragoza S, Silcox J, Rapisarda S, Summers C, Case P, To C, Chatterjee A, Walley A, Komaromy M, Green T. Developing a Comprehensive Inventory to Define Harm Reduction Housing. Res Sq. 2024 Oct 15.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39483918; PMCID: PMC11527206; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4999367/v1;
     
  3. Chatterjee A, Stewart EA, Assoumou SA, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Zwick H, Harris RA, O'Dea R, Schackman BR, White LF, Linas BP. Health and Economic Outcomes of Offering Buprenorphine in Homeless Shelters in Massachusetts. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2437233.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39412807
     
  4. Dunleavy S, Douchee J, Liu T, Johnson NL, Komaromy M, Chatterjee A. Racism, not race: Quantitative analysis of the use of race and racism in the addiction literature. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Nov; 360:117325.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39293285
     
  5. Castry M, Tin Y, Feder NM, Lewis N, Chatterjee A, Rudorf M, Samet JH, Beers D, Medley B, Gilbert L, Linas BP, Barocas JA. An economic analysis of the cost of mobile units for harm reduction, naloxone distribution, and medications for opioid use disorder. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Dec; 167:209517.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39299504
     
  6. Ascunce Gonzalez K, Swartz N, Linares MA, Gelpí-Acosta C, Chatterjee A. Latine perspectives on the impact of family, perceptions of medication, health systems, incarceration, and housing on accessing opioid agonist therapy: A thematic analysis. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Dec; 167:209491. PMID: 39179210
     
  7. Xuan Z, Walley AY, Yan S, Chatterjee A, Green TG, Pollini RA. Pharmacy Naloxone Standing Order and Community Opioid Fatality Rates Over Time. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 01; 7(8):e2427236.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39207758; PMCID: PMC11362859; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.27236;
     
  8. Christine PJ, Goldman AL, Morgan JR, Yan S, Chatterjee A, Bettano AL, Binswanger IA, LaRochelle MR. Insurance Instability for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder in the Year After Diagnosis. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Jul 05; 5(7):e242014.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39058507; PMCID: PMC11282441; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2014;
     
  9. Pinkhover A, Celata K, Baker T, Chatterjee A, Lunze K. Mobile addiction treatment and harm reduction services as tools to address health inequities: a community case study of the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center mobile unit. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1407522.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38957203; PMCID: PMC11217472; DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1407522;
     
  10. Yeo EJ, Hausman E, Noyes E, Chatterjee A. Evaluating mobile harm reduction services for youth and young adults. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1375323. PMID: 38841665; PMCID: PMC11150819; DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1375323;
     
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