Pre notification Prevention Policy Modeling Lab
09/30/2024 - 09/29/2030 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Benjamin Linas, MD
Stanford University HHS CDC

Substance Use Modeling Consortium Workshop to Support the Public Health Response to the Overdose Crisis in North America
08/01/2024 - 07/31/2029 (Multi-PI)
PI: Benjamin Linas, MD
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
2R13DA052198-04

Core B - The Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) competitive renewal
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2028 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Benjamin Linas, MD
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIAID


The Massachusetts Community Engagement Alliance (MA-CEAL) (SUB-OTA No. 6922-03-COVID-S021)
04/01/2024 - 03/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Benjamin Linas, MD
WESTAT NIH NHLBI

Prevention Policy Modeling Lab Supplement
09/30/2021 - 09/29/2025 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Benjamin Linas, MD
Stanford University HHS CDC


HEAL Data2Action Modeling and Economic Resource Center
09/30/2022 - 08/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Benjamin Linas, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College NIH NIDA


Researching Effective Strategies to Prevent Opioid Death (RESPOND)
08/01/2024 - 07/31/2025 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
5R01DA046527-07

Researching Effective Strategies to Prevent Opioid Death (RESPOND)
09/15/2023 - 07/31/2025 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
2R01DA046527-06A1

BU Clinical HIV/AIDS Research Training Program (BU-CHART)
08/01/2021 - 07/31/2025 (PI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
5T32AI052074-19

Health Economics of Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV Treatment: Evaluating Intervention Outcomes for Individuals, Systems, and Communities
05/01/2020 - 04/30/2025 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Benjamin Linas, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College NIH NIDA


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1. Curtis MR, Munroe S, Biondi BE, Ciaranello AL, Linas BP, Epstein RL. Disparities in Linkage to Care Among Children With Hepatitis C Virus in the United States. Pediatrics. 2025 May 01; 155(5).View Related Profiles.

   Linas, Benjamin
   Epstein, Rachel
   

   PMID: 40246302
2. Linas BP, Weitz M, Pramanick T, Sulkowski M, Smeaton LM, Cardoso SW, Solomon S. Health economic outcomes of a minimal monitoring approach to providing HCV therapy. Hepatol Commun. 2025 May 01; 9(5). PMID: 40257357; PMCID: PMC12014070; DOI: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000579;
3. Barocas JA, Aldridge A, Adkins KF, Barbosa C, Battaglia TA, Bush J, Castry M, Corry G, Clarke T, El-Bassel N, Figueroa W, Freedman DA, Freisthler B, Gibbons B, Gibson EB, Glasgow L, Harlow K, Huerta TR, Hunt T, Johnson R, Larimore E, Linas BP, Luckey JM, Montoya I, Murphy SM, Oga E, Onuoha E, Orme S, Ryan D, Schackman BR, Seiber EE, Singer M, Speer D, Starbird L, Tin Y, Villani J, Walsh SL, Watson C, Zarkin GA, McCollister K. An economic analysis of community costs incurred to implement the communities that HEAL intervention to reduce opioid overdose deaths in four states. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Jul 01; 272:112671.View Related Profiles.

   Linas, Benjamin
   Barocas, Joshua
   Battaglia, Tracy
   

   PMID: 40311556
4. Singh RP, Biondi B, Gordon SH, Linas BP, Epstein RL. Hepatitis C Virus Screening in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women After Universal Screening Guidelines. JAMA. 2025 Apr 15; 333(15):1356-1358.View Related Profiles.

   Linas, Benjamin
   Epstein, Rachel
   Gordon, Sarah
   

   PMID: 39992633; PMCID: PMC11851293; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.28774;
5. Madushani RWMA, Wang J, Weitz M, Linas BP, White LF, Chrysanthopoulou SA. Empirical calibration of a simulation model of opioid use disorder. PLoS One. 2025; 20(3):e0310763.View Related Profiles.

   Linas, Benjamin
   White, Laura
   

   PMID: 40146669; PMCID: PMC11949371; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310763;
6. Zhu L, Havens JR, Rudolph AE, Young AM, Yazdi GE, Thompson WW, Hagan LM, Randall LM, Wang J, Earnest R, Nolen S, Linas BP, Salomon JA. Hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs in rural United States: mathematical modeling study using stochastic agent-based network simulation (AJE-00824-2024). Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Mar 10. PMID: 40069947
7. Jones MA, Jones M, Mazor KM, Linas BP. Health Concerns of Youths From Historically Marginalized Communities During the Postacute Phase of COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250837. PMID: 40085088; PMCID: PMC11909605; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0837;
8. Munroe S, Schackman BR, Madkins K, Saber R, Macapagal K, Vititow J, Sweeney N, Feder NM, Benbow N, Mustanski B, Linas BP. Economic Evaluation of Delivering an Evidence-Based Online HIV Prevention Program to MSM via Direct-To-Consumer Marketing Versus Community-Based Organization Recruitment. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Mar 01; 98(3):257-264. PMID: 39621530; PMCID: PMC11866060; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003572;
9. Torres TS, Saha PT, Smeaton L, Wimbish C, Kliemann DA, Avihingsanon A, Kityo C, Bennet JA, Van Schalkwyk M, Linas B, Nunes EP, Robbins GK, Wyles D, Naggie S, Sulkowski M, Cardoso SW, Solomon S. Impact of a minimal monitoring HCV treatment approach on Health-Related Quality of Life. Qual Life Res. 2025 Feb 28. PMID: 40019678; DOI: 10.1007/s11136-025-03922-1;
10. Epstein RL, Munroe S, Taylor LE, Duryea PR, Buzzee B, Pramanick T, Feld JJ, Baptiste D, Carroll M, Castera L, Sterling RK, Thomas A, Chan PA, Linas BP. Clinical- and Cost-Effectiveness of Liver Disease Staging in Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Microsimulation Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 24; 80(2):300-313.View Related Profiles.

    Linas, Benjamin
    Epstein, Rachel
    

    PMID: 39535186; PMCID: PMC11848265; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae485;

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