Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH
Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
General Internal Medicine

MD, Baylor College of Medicine
MPH, Boston University
MA, Brandeis University
BA, Brandeis University



My research has focused on alcohol and drug use, HIV infection and primary medical care with the following specific projects: linkage of alcohol and drug use treatment and primary medical care; addressing alcohol and drug use issues in the primary care setting; the impact of alcohol and drug use in HIV-infected persons; HIV prevention and treatment in Russian substance users; and establishing medical care for HIV-infected persons.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

I have worked at Boston City Hospital and Boston Medical Center for the vast majority of the past 4 decades in large measure as a consequence of my desire to serve a safety net community. My focus clinically and from a research perspective has been on patients seen in this setting in primary care, many of whom have substance use disorders and some with HIV infection. Minority populations are disproportionately impacted by these medical conditions.

It is valuable to leverage the power of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives in solving complex problems. To achieve this goal, support for individuals from underrepresented groups is needed and I have sought to do this in my extensive mentoring efforts. Highlights of this work has been my support as the primary mentor for two black faculty on their NIH career development awards (K awards). Other work advancing these training goal occurs in my support and work with the CRIT (Chief Resident Immersion Training) Program, RAMS (Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars) Program and the Inclusion Diversity & Equity In Addiction medicine, Addiction health professions, and Addiction research (IDEAAA) program.

As Section Chief of General Internal Medicine for nearly 20 years (2002 – 2021), we recruited and supported the largest number of faculty from underrepresented groups in the Department of Medicine.

Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Community Health Sciences


Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research


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



Kaku So-Armah ZINC Diversity Supplement-Vanderbilt
04/30/2016 - 07/31/2016 (PI)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center


Kaku So-Armah ZINC Diversity Supplement: Vanderbilt
02/01/2015 - 04/29/2016 (PI)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center


Faculty Development Program Grant
09/30/1998 - 03/29/2002 (PI)
HHS/SAMHSA/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
5 T26 SP08355 03


Advancing Clinical Research Training within Addiction Residency Programs
04/01/2024 - 02/28/2029 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS

Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Program Renewal
07/01/2022 - 05/31/2027 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
2R25DA013582-21

The International URBAN Alcohol Research Collaboration on HIV/AIDS (ARCH) Center
09/10/2021 - 08/31/2026 (PI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
5P01AA029541-04

TRAC
09/10/2021 - 08/31/2025 (PI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
1P01AA029541-01

TALC
09/10/2021 - 08/31/2025 (PI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS

Administrative Supplement to The International URBAN Alcohol Research Collaboration on HIV/AIDS (ARCH) Center
09/10/2021 - 08/31/2025 (PI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
3P01AA029541-03S1

MA Opioid Abatement Technical Assistance Center
05/01/2023 - 06/30/2025 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH
JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. Mass DPH

Gabapentin to Reduce Alcohol and Improve Viral Load Suppression - Promoting Treatment as Prevention
09/20/2022 - 06/30/2025 (PI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
5R01AA030460-03

Pre notification Mentoring the next generation of addiction clinician scientists while responding to the opioid epidemic
05/01/2023 - 04/30/2025 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH
University of British Columbia NIH

MassHEAL - Reducing overdose deaths by 40% (2019-2023) (Administrative Supplement)
09/15/2023 - 03/31/2025 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Gabapentin to Reduce Alcohol and Improve Viral Load Suppression - Promoting "Treatment as Prevention" 5R01AA030460-03
2024 The International URBAN Alcohol Research Collaboration on HIV/AIDS (ARCH) Center 5P01AA029541-04
2024 Administrative Core 5P01AA029541-04-5222
2024 Advancing Clinical Research Training within Addiction Residency Programs 2R25DA033211-11A1
2024 Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Program 5R25DA013582-23
2023 MassHEAL - Reducing overdose deaths by 40% (2019-2023) 3UM1DA049412-04S2
2023 Gabapentin to Reduce Alcohol and Improve Viral Load Suppression - Promoting "Treatment as Prevention" 5R01AA030460-02
2023 The International URBAN Alcohol Research Collaboration on HIV/AIDS (ARCH) Center 3P01AA029541-02S1
2023 Administrative Core 5P01AA029541-03-5222
2023 The International URBAN Alcohol Research Collaboration on HIV/AIDS (ARCH) Center 3P01AA029541-03S1
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  1. Fuster D, So-Armah K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Patts G, Lioznov D, Gnatienko N, Long MT, Freiberg MS, Tindle H, Samet JH. Is There an Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Advanced Liver Fibrosis in Smokers with HIV, Heavy Drinking and High Prevalence of HCV? J Clin Med. 2025 Feb 11; 14(4).View Related Profiles. PMID: 40004700; PMCID: PMC11856725; DOI: 10.3390/jcm14041169;
     
  2. Bhatraju EP, Kennedy DN, Gojic AJ, Iles-Shih M, Merrill JO, Samet JH, Hallgren KA, Tsui JI. mHealth Incentivized Adherence Plus Patient Navigation (MIAPP): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial to improve linkage and retention on buprenorphine for hospitalized patients with methamphetamine use and opioid use disorder. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Jan 29; 20(1):6. PMID: 39881397; PMCID: PMC11780921; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-025-00538-1;
     
  3. Lewis N, Eggleston B, Chandler RK, Goddard-Eckrich D, Luster JE, Beard DD, Rodgers E, Chahine R, Westgate PM, Benjamin SN, Holloway J, Clarke T, Lefebvre RC, Stein MD, Helme DW, Reynolds J, Walsh SL, Freedman D, El-Bassel N, Stephens K, Silwal A, Lofwall M, Childerhose JE, Surratt HL, Crockett BN, Farmer AL, David JL, Fanucchi L, Harness J, Wilburn B, Bursey K, Mattson K, Mann S, Jackson RD, Shadwick A, Calver K, Chassler D, Kimball J, Regan N, Samet JH, Sword-Cruz R, Slater MD. Stigma and efficacy beliefs regarding opioid use disorder treatment and naloxone in communities participating in the HEALing Communities Study intervention. PLoS One. 2024; 19(12):e0308965.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39630633; PMCID: PMC11616859; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308965;
     
  4. Weinstein ZM, Yu O, Wartko PD, Samet JH, Bobb JF, Braciszewski JM, Arnsten JH, Murphy MT, Horigian VE, Stotts AL, Beers D, Bradley K. Does implementation of office based addiction treatment by a nurse care manager increase the duration of OUD treatment in primary care? A secondary analysis of the PROUD randomized control trial. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Dec 01; 265:112497.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39550823; PMCID: PMC11608535; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112497;
     
  5. Lunze K, Carroll JJ, Ahuja N, Lira MC, Tsui JI, Ventura A, Colasanti JA, Liebschutz JM, Del Rio C, Samet JH. Opioid risk-reduction strategies for people with HIV on chronic opioid therapy: A qualitative study of patient perspectives. SSM Ment Health. 2024 Dec; 6.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39990723; PMCID: PMC11845234; DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100364;
     
  6. Lapham GT, Hyun N, Bobb JF, Wartko PD, Matthews AG, Yu O, McCormack J, Lee AK, Liu DS, Samet JH, Zare-Mehrjerdi M, Braciszewski JM, Murphy MT, Arnsten JH, Horigian V, Caldeiro RM, Addis M, Bradley KA. Nurse Care Management of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment After 3 Years: A Secondary Analysis of the PROUD Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2447447. PMID: 39576637; PMCID: PMC11584924; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.47447;
     
  7. Y Bernstein E, Magane KM, Dukes KA, Palfai TP, Lee JH, Saitz R, Samet JH. Correlates of post-hospitalization naltrexone adherence for alcohol use disorder. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Dec 01; 265:112470.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39461121; PMCID: PMC11884669; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112470;
     
  8. Nadareishvili I, Rao SR, Otiashvili D, Gnatienko N, Samet JH, Lunze K, Kirtadze I. Post-legalization shifts in cannabis use among young adults in Georgia-A nationally representative study. Addiction. 2025 Feb; 120(2):335-346.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39417804; PMCID: PMC11707321; DOI: 10.1111/add.16688;
     
  9. Freeman PR, Walley AY, Winhusen TJ, Oga EA, Villani J, Hunt T, Chandler RK, Oyler DR, Reilly B, Gelberg K, Douglas C, Lyons MS, Holloway J, Vandergrift NA, Adams JW, Asman K, Baker TJ, Brancato CJ, Cheng DM, Childerhose JE, David JL, Feaster DJ, Gilbert L, Glasgow LM, Goddard-Eckrich DA, Knott C, Knudsen HK, Lofwall MR, Marks KR, McMullan JT, Oser CB, Roberts MF, Shoben AB, Stein MD, Walters ST, Watson J, Zarkin GA, Jackson RD, Samet JH, Walsh SL, Bassel NE. Effect of the Communities That HEAL Intervention on Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution: A Cluster-Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Trial. Am J Public Health. 2025 Jan; 115(1):83-94.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39388670; PMCID: PMC11628717; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307845;
     
  10. Freisthler B, Chahine RA, Villani J, Chandler R, Feaster DJ, Slavova S, Defiore-Hyrmer J, Walley AY, Kosakowski S, Aldridge A, Barbosa C, Bhatta S, Brancato C, Bridden C, Christopher M, Clarke T, David J, D'Costa L, Ewing I, Fernandez S, Gibson E, Gilbert L, Hall ME, Hargrove S, Hunt T, Kinnard EN, Larochelle L, Macoubray A, Nigam S, Nunes EV, Oser CB, Pagnano S, Rock P, Salsberry P, Shadwick A, Stopka TJ, Tan S, Taylor JL, Westgate PM, Wu E, Zarkin GA, Walsh SL, El-Bassel N, Winhusen TJ, Samet JH, Oga EA. Communities That HEAL Intervention and Mortality Including Polysubstance Overdose Deaths: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2440006.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39432308; PMCID: PMC11581668; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.40006;
     
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This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 482 publications over 40 distinct years, with a maximum of 30 publications in 2007

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Ambitious federal effort to curb overdoses shows no impact on deaths, initial study finds

WBUR 6/17/2024

Community-Based Interventions for Opioid Overdoses Fail to Reduce Deaths in Trial

Med Page Today 6/17/2024

Hospitals have specialists on call for lots of diseases — but not addiction. Why not?

NPR 9/30/2022

Hospitals have many disease specialists, but often not for addiction. Now, that's changing

WBUR 9/14/2022

Nicotine Patches, Nasal Sprays May Also Cut Alcohol Consumption: Study

Newsweek 8/10/2022

Studies conducted with aim to hinder smoking and drinking

Healthcare Purchasing News 8/9/2022

Varenicline and cytisine not more efficacious than nicotine to treat risky drinking and smoking, study says

News-Medical 8/8/2022

With ‘fentanyl everywhere’ and Black deaths soaring, advocates in Brockton test ways to save lives

WBUR 6/16/2022

Drug overdose deaths hit all-time high in the U.S.

WGBH 11/18/2021

A Massachusetts Study Aims to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths

HealthCity 7/7/2021

‘Gold standard’ underused for substance misuse

ACP Internist 11/1/2020

Opioid treatment trailer coming to Brockton thanks to Kraft donation

The Enterprise 10/7/2020

Program Improves Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in HIV Care

Psychiatry Advisor 9/2/2020

Program Improves Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in HIV Care

Drugs.com 8/27/2020

Fighting the Opioid Overdose Epidemic

Wicked Local 7/10/2020

Column: Offering Hope for Those Struggling with Opioids

The Salem News 6/18/2020

Study Will Help Combat Opioid Use In Bourne, Sandwich

The Bourne Enterprise 5/15/2020

'The world is going to hell': Coronavirus can be deadly for people recovering from addiction

USA Today 4/9/2020

An Historic Opioid Study

Public Health Post 10/25/2019

Stories are Powerful

Harvard Magazine 10/13/2019

A Moon Shot for the Opioid Crisis

Boston Globe 8/23/2019

As Scotland's 'Trainspotting' Generation Ages, the Dead Pile Up

New York Times 8/7/2019

Opioid-Related ER Visits Decline in Mass. – but Not Everywhere

Boston Globe 6/26/2019

ACP Issues Guidance for Physician Impairment

Healio 6/5/2019

ACP Guidance on Physician Impairment Emphasizes Rehabilitation

MedScape 6/3/2019

Reintegration of Previously Impaired Physicians Must Balance Patient Safety and Physicians’ Rights

MD Alert/Reuters Health 6/3/2019

Western Mass Participates in $89 Million Opioid Study

WGBY 5/28/2019

Greater New Bedford Community Health Center To Take Part In Opioid Research Study

SouthCoast Today 4/29/2019

Athol, Orange Included In $89M National Opioid Study

Athol Daily News 4/23/2019

Mass. Researchers Receive $89 Million To Combat Opioid Overdose Deaths

WBUR 4/19/2019

Boston Medical Center Receives $89m Federal Grant

The Boston Globe 4/18/2019

Boston Medical Center Receives $90M In Federal Funds To Fight Opioid Epidemic

Boston Business Journal 4/18/2019

Alcohol use disorder therapy could improve chronic liver disease outcomes

Healio 9/26/2018

Leaders call restricting methadone treatment to clinic settings outdated

Behavioral Healthcare Executive 7/5/2018

2019-2019 Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM): Recognition Award of Exceptional Leadership, Contributions & Accomplishments as Division Chief
2018-2018 American College of Physicians (ACP): First Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award from The Rosenthal Family Foundation
2017-2020 Best Doctors in America: Best Doctors, Information When it Matters Most
2017-2017 Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM): Quality and Practice Innovation Award - Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit
2016-2016 Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA): John P. McGovern Award for Excellence in Medical Education
2016 Boston University School of Medicine: Endowed Professor - John Noble, MD, Professor in General Internal Medicine
2015-2015 Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM): "Best Paper of the Year"
2013-2013 Boston University School of Medicine: Robert Dawson Evans Research Mentoring Award
2011-2011 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Program: Excellence in Mentoring Award
2010-2010 Massachusetts Medical Law Report: RX For Excellence Award - Leaders in Quality - Honoring Best Practices in Medicine
2010-2022 Boston Magazine: Best of Boston General Internal Medicine Physician
2003-2014 The Best Doctors in America: Best Doctors, Information When it Matters Most
2003-2003 The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA): Excellence in Mentorship, Annual National Award
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