Sarah M. Bagley, MD
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
General Internal Medicine

MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine
MSc, Boston University School of Public Health
BA, Brown University



Sarah Bagley is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and is board certified in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Addiction Medicine. She is the founder of the CATALYST at Boston Medical Center, a clinical program providing integrated substance use care and primary care for youth where she sees patients. Her passion is to ensure that all youth who use substances have access to high quality, equitable care to promote their health. Her research focus is on the engagement of young adults who use drugs and their families in care to minimize risk for overdose and the complications of drug use. She has funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and PCORI to conduct research about engagement in treatment and overdose prevention of young adults after nonfatal opioid overdose and reducing stimulant related overdose.

Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine

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




A Universal Primary Care Based Intervention to Reduce Youth Overdose Risk
09/30/2024 - 09/29/2026 (Multi-PI)
PI: Sarah M. Bagley, MD
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
1R61DA062217-01

The Youth Empowerment Study (YES)
09/30/2024 - 08/31/2026 (Multi-PI)
PI: Sarah M. Bagley, MD
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
1R21DA062256-01

Integrating responses to stimulant overdose among post-overdose programs
09/30/2021 - 09/29/2025 (PI)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/CDC/DHHS


Building Capacity to Prevent Youth Overdose
01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 (PI)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)


Adolescent SBI vs. Family-based SBI for Adolescent Alcohol Use
03/01/2023 - 08/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Sarah M. Bagley, MD
Partnership to End Addiction Patient-Cntr (PCORI)


REBOOT Admin Supplement
04/01/2019 - 03/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Sarah M. Bagley, MD
Heluna Health, the new PHFE NIH NIDA
3R01DA045690-02S1

A Behavioral Intervention to Engage Emerging Adults in Addiction Treatment after a Non-fatal Opio…
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2023 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
5K23DA044324-03

Boston CATALYST Program
10/01/2019 - 09/30/2022 (PI)
Jack Satter Foundation, Inc.


OBOT/SOR Grant
12/03/2018 - 09/29/2020 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Sarah M. Bagley, MD
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health / DPH HHS SAMHSA


Youth & Young Adult Co-Occurring Engagement Model
05/01/2020 - 06/30/2020 (PI)
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health / DPH


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  1. Chatterjee A, Chase RP, Chahine RA, Davis J, Dsouza N, Ellison S, Bagley SM, Fisher T, Glasgow L, Harris MTH, Huang TT, Holloway J, Lounsbury DW, Oga E, Asman K, Roberts SM, Sabounchi N, Surratt HL, Lines LM, Stadler HW, Taylor JL, Davis A. Local level of social inequity moderates implementation of evidence-based practices tailored to minoritized populations to reduce opioid overdose deaths. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Oct 30; 180:209828.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41175975; DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209828;
     
  2. Walley AY, Wang J, To C, Duska M, Murray S, Wiggins M, Rolles A, Yan S, Kosakowski S, Bagley SM, Xuan Z, Hyde J, Formica SW. Post-overdose outreach programs in Massachusetts before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Dec; 179:209799.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40939693; PMCID: PMC12488249; DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209799;
     
  3. Cano M, Hernandez N, Mendoza NS, Bagley SM. Fewer Than 1 In 3 Adolescents With Past-Year Opioid Use Disorder Received Substance Use Treatment, 2022-23. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025 Sep; 44(9):1060-1069. PMID: 40893078
     
  4. Harris MTH, Hall M, Ellison S, Holloway J, Bridden C, Bagley SM, Bullard M, Chassler D, Chatterjee A, Dasgupta A, Drainoni ML, Gruss DE, Jadovich E, Katz R, Mayotte C, Neufeld JL, Oga E, Glasgow L. Tailored strategies to reduce opioid overdose deaths for pregnant and postpartum women: Examples and lessons learned from the HEALing Communities Study. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Oct; 177:209766.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40752834; DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209766;
     
  5. Calihan JB, Ventura AS, Wang J, Puppala R, Wiggins M, Renehan C, Garrity B, Bagley SM. Engaging Affected Family Members in Substance Use Disorder Care: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Addiction Care Teams. Subst Use Addctn J. 2025 Jul 30; 29767342251355135.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40737121
     
  6. Brown JL, Larochelle MR, Fanucchi LC, Calvert DC, Campbell ANC, Chandler RK, Feaster DJ, Glasgow LM, Gibson EB, Holloway J, Lofwall MR, Mack A, Mack N, Nunes EV, Talbert JC, Tan S, Vandergrift N, Villani J, Asman K, Babakhanlou-Chase H, Bagley SM, Battaglia TA, Blevins D, Bridden C, Cheng DM, Christopher M, Cogan LW, Cunningham CO, Eggleston B, Fareed N, Fernandez S, Freedman DA, Freiermuth CE, Freisthler B, Gilbert L, Hammerslag L, Harris D, Hunt T, Hussain S, Huynh P, Jackson RD, Kauffman EB, Knott C, Knudsen HK, Lefebvre RC, Levin FR, Massatti R, McAlearney AS, Morgan JR, Lopez RM, Lounsbury DW, Newman L, Nickels K, Oga EA, Oller DA, Parran TV, Quinn M, Ramsey KS, Rapkin BD, Salsberry P, Stein M, Taylor JL, Teater J, Walters ST, Zarkin GA, El-Bassel N, Winhusen TJ, Samet JH, Walsh SL. Effects of the Communities That HEAL intervention on initiation, retention, and linkage to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD): A cluster randomized wait-list controlled trial. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Sep 01; 274:112785.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40684522; PMCID: PMC12302724; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112785;
     
  7. Calihan JB, Liu G, Raftery K, Goullaud L, LaFleur J, Walt G, Chaiyachati BH, Bagley SM, Gray JR, Schiff DM. Perspectives of Mothers With Substance Use Disorder on Naloxone Education: "I'm Ready to Have Those Conversations About Who I Was, Because That's Not Who I Am". J Addict Med. 2025 Jun 20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40539630
     
  8. Renehan CM, Wiggins M, Puppala R, Chatterjee A, Obando A, Coleman KR, Raj A, Schmill DM, Flynn D, Bagley SM. A Scoping Review of Youth Overdose Prevention Interventions. J Addict Med. 2025 May 09.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40344021
     
  9. Chavez LJ, Yu O, Wartko PD, Braciszewski JM, Glass JE, Horigian VE, Arnsten JH, Murphy MT, Stotts AL, Bagley SM, Lapham GT, Samet JH. Opioid use disorder medications among youth in primary care: Subgroup analysis of the PROUD trial. Pediatr Open Sci. 2025; 1(2).View Related Profiles. PMID: 40718732; PMCID: PMC12288600; DOI: 10.1542/pedsos.2024-000392;
     
  10. Gilbert L, Chahine R, Chandler R, Feaster DJ, Kim E, Aldridge A, Bagley S, Balvanz P, Fernandez S, Rock P, Vickers-Smith RA, Villani J, Battaglia T, Brown J, Bush H, Chase RP, Collins T, D'Costa L, Damato-MacPherson C, David JL, Defiore-Hyrmer J, Freeman PR, Glasgow L, Hammerslag LR, Hotchkiss J, Hunt T, Hussain S, Kamanu V, Knott C, Knudsen HK, LaRochelle M, Laudate A, Lyons M, McMullan J, Nakayima J, Schackman BR, Slavova S, Tan S, Vandergrift N, Walters ST, Westgate PM, Wu E, Young AM, Zarkin GA, Freisthler B, Oga E, Samet JH, Walsh SL, Winhusen J, Jackson R, El-Bassel N. The effectiveness of the communities that HEAL intervention on reducing non-fatal opioid overdoses: A prespecified secondary analysis of a waitlist cluster control randomized controlled trial. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Jun; 140:104798.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40220509; PMCID: PMC12103987; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104798;
     
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Bar chart showing 95 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2024

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Deadlier drugs, younger addiction and no help in sight

The Seattle Times 9/8/2024

Q&A: How Pediatricians Can Counsel Patients and Parents on Overdose Prevention

Healio 4/11/2024

Effective Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder — Finding Recovery and Staying Safe

New England Journal Medicine 1/25/2024

Treating Opioid Use Disorder in General Practice — Diagnosis, Harm Reduction, and Medications

New England Journal of Medicine 1/11/2024

Bill eyes on-campus safety net for students in recovery

Amherst Bulletin 6/8/2023

Bill Eyes On-Campus Safety Net For Students In Recovery

WBZ News Radio 5/31/2023

Fentanyl deaths have spiked among U.S. children and teens

Science News 4/28/2023

After a wave of teen fentanyl overdoses, a Texas community grapples with shock and anger at the epidemic's toll

NBC News 3/16/2023

Community Is Critical in Stemming the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis

HealthCity 2/9/2023

Web Extra: How opioid crisis is affecting teens

CBS Boston 10/12/2022

Driven by fentanyl, rates of fatal teen overdoses doubled in 2020

STAT 4/12/2022

End Involuntary Addiction Treatment in Prison, BMC Experts Urge Mass. Lawmakers

HealthCity 12/14/2021

Hearing shows setting matters for addiction, mental health care

WWLP 11/9/2021

‘I am so deeply concerned’: Mass. lawmakers consider addiction treatment, civil commitment options

MassLive 11/8/2021

Can Primary Care Help Youth Better Access Medication for Opioid Addiction?

HealthCity 9/21/2021

Mandatory Reporting Law Is Harmful for Pregnant People with Substance Use Disorder

HealthCity 6/29/2021

I Am Not Burned Out

JAMA A Piece of My Mind 3/23/2021

Principles of Family Engagement in Treatment for Young Adults with Substance Use Disorder

HealthCity 1/27/2021

Treating Youth’s Substance Use Disorder Using Telehealth: Clear Benefits, New Challenges

HealthCity 12/8/2020

Collision Of Crises: How Covid-19 Will Propel Drug Overdose From Bad To Worse

Forbes 5/23/2020

Helping Teenagers Quit Vaping

The New York Times 10/14/2019

Post-Overdose Interventions Grow, but Few Have Been Evaluated

Addiction Professional 9/9/2019

Study: 1 in 3 Young Adults Medicated Within Year of Opioid Overdose

UPI 9/8/2019

An overview about emerging prevalence of post opioid-overdose interventions in the U.S.

News Medical 8/30/2019

Review: Post Opioid-Overdose Interventions Emerge in US

Science Codex 8/29/2019

Urine Testing for Opioid Addiction

BYU Radio 1/28/2019

Drug Testing Early in Treatment Can Enhance Care

Addiction Professional 1/17/2019

Urine Tests Useful in Primary Care Monitoring of Opioid and Cocaine Use

Medical Research.com 1/3/2019
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Adolescents
Opioid Agonist Therapy
Opioid Use Disorder
Substance Use Disorders
Young adults

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