Thomas Stopka

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Tufts University School of Medicine

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Professor Thomas Stopka is a faculty member at Tufts University School of Medicine in the United States. His research focuses on public health issues, particularly related to opioid use, environmental exposures, and infectious diseases. He has published extensively on topics such as spatial-temporal analysis of opioid-related incidents, hepatitis C virus associations among people who inject drugs, and strategies for improving access to medications for opioid use disorder. Professor Stopka's work aims to inform public health strategies and policies to mitigate the impacts of these critical health challenges.

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Assessing Optimal XR-Buprenorphine Initiation Points in Jail

Open Date: 2022-08-01

Close Date: 2025-06-30

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Predict to Prevent: Dynamic Spatiotemporal Analyses of Opioid Overdose to Guide Pre-Emptive Public Health Responses

Open Date: 2022-05-15

Close Date: 2027-03-31

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CISE: RI: Small: Amortized Inference for Large-Scale Graphical Models

Open Date: 2019-09-01

Close Date: 2022-08-31

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Drug Injection Surveillance and Care Enhancement for Rural Northern New England (DISCERNNE)

Open Date: 2017-08-15

Close Date: 2023-07-31

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Tufts Responds to the Epidemics of Addiction and hepatitis C Together (Tufts REACTs)

Open Date: 2015-05-01

Close Date: 2016-05-01

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Shikhar Shrestha

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Tufts University School of Medicine

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Assessing Spatial and Temporal Variation in Opioid-Related Incidents and Risk Factors in Lowell, Massachusetts, from 2011 to 2022: A Bayesian Spatial-Temporal Approach

Predicting fatal opioid-involved overdoses: A social-ecological framework matched to a linked-data warehouse

Public Health Data to Action: Reframing Surveillance to Build Trust in Public Health

Environmental Exposures and COVID-19 Experiences in the United States, 2020–2022

Barriers to accessing medications for opioid use disorder among rural individuals

‘Once that’s worn off, we could discuss whether you need more’: provider perspectives on communicating with patients and other providers about prescription opioids

Correction: Rapid Assessment Amid an Injection Drug Use-Driven HIV Outbreak in Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley: Highlights from a Case Study

Rapid Assessment Amid an Injection Drug Use-Driven HIV Outbreak in Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley: Highlights from a Case Study

More than Just Buying a Van: Lessons Learned from a Mobile Telehealth HCV Testing and Treatment Study

Spatiotemporal Forecasting of Opioid-Related Fatal Overdoses: Towards Best Practices for Modeling and Evaluation

Perceptions of extended-release buprenorphine among people who received medication for opioid use disorder in jail: a qualitative study

Syringe Access, Syringe Sharing, and Perceptions of HCV: A Qualitative Study Exploring the HCV Risk Environment in Rural Northern New England, United States

Barriers to opioid use disorder treatment among people who use drugs in the rural United States: A qualitative, multi-site study

Small Area Forecasting of Opioid-Related Mortality: Bayesian Spatiotemporal Dynamic Modeling Approach

Evaluating Technologies to Identify Fentanyl and Adulterants in Street Drug Paraphernalia: Qualitative Perspectives of Service Providers and Their Clientele

Perspectives of opioid prescribers in overdose hotspots and coldspots, Massachusetts, 2019

COVID-19 impact on opioid overdose after jail release in Massachusetts

Associations of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positivity with opioid, stimulant, and polysubstance injection among people who inject drugs (PWID) in rural U.S. communities

Medication for opioid use disorder treatment continuity post-release from jail: A qualitative study with community-based treatment providers

Jail-based reentry programming to support continued treatment with medications for opioid use disorder: Qualitative perspectives and experiences among jail staff in Massachusetts

Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020

Food Access, Dietary Intake, and Nutrition Knowledge of Adults on Probation

Assessing equity in health, wealth, and civic engagement: a nationally representative survey, United States, 2020

Women-centered drug treatment models for pregnant women with opioid use disorder: A scoping review

Collaborators (15)

Shikhar Shrestha

Sabrina Rapisarda

Olaf Dammann

Peter Friedmann

William C Miller

Elena Naumova

Peter Levine

David de Gijsel

Joseph A Delaney

David Kline

Michael Hughes

Wenjun Li

Elizabeth A. Evans

Laura Corlin

Cici Bauer

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