Criminal Justice Health

Criminal Justice Health

Grants:

• Implementation Science – Advancing Evidence-based Practices for Prison Inmates (AHRQ and NIDA) – Warren Ferguson, MD
• Dissemination and Implementation of Evidenced-based Treatments for Substance Abuse Disorders and HIV for Justice-involved Populations (NIDA – conference grant) – Warren Ferguson, MD

Publications:

• Valerie Coppenrath. Reflections from the Jury Box: Improving Evidence Based Practice through a Comparison with our Legal System. Innovations in Pharmacy 2017;8(3):article 15. http://pubs.lib.umn.edu/innovations/vol8/iss3/15/.

Presentations:

• Warren Ferguson et al: “Social Justice Behind and Beyond the Bars: Criminal Justice Health and Academic Medicine” (AAMC Annual Meeting)
• Jennifer Fishbein and Judy Savageau: “Enrichment of Health Education Curriculum for Teenagers in Correctional Facilities” (poster; Family Medicine Education Consortium conference)

Student Projects:

• Shakti Nochur

Implementation and Efficacy of the Massachusetts Immunization Information System (MIIS) at MCI-Concord: A Case Study of an Immunization Database in the Massachusetts Correctional System

Advisor: Patricia Ruze, MD

• Jennifer Fishbein

Enrichment of Health Education Curriculum for Teenagers in Correctional Facilities

Advisor: Judy Savageau, MPH

Research Forum Topics                    

• June 16, 2017:

Warren Ferguson, MD – “Implementation Science of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) of Opioid Use Disorders in 4 Jail and Prison Systems”