AMERSA Talks

Episode 7: Innovative access to harm reduction support and linkage to treatmentFeaturing: Shelby ArenaHarm Reduction Manager, MATTERSJoshua Lynch, DO, FACEPAssociate Professor of Emergency & Addiction Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer, MATTERS Host:Shoshana V. Aronowitz, PhD, MSHP, FNP-BCAssistant Professor, Department of Family an

Episode 6: Putting Harm Reduction to the Test: Drug use, Pregnancy, and ParentingFeaturing:Leah Warner, NP, MPHStreet Medicine San Francisco Department of Public HealthSimone Vais, MDUCSF Department of Family and Community MedicineHost:Jamie LangNew Beginnings Case Manager, Homeless Prenatal ProgramPregnancy and the postpartum period challenge our notions of harm reduction and forc

Episode 5: Harm Reduction for Alcohol Use Disorder: Managed Alcohol Programs Featuring:Tanya Majumder, MD, MS Physician with the San Francisco Department of Public HealthAlice Moughamian, RN, CNSNurse Manager with the San Francisco Department of Public Health Hosted by:Soraya Azari, MDIn this episode, we present the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Managed Alcohol Prog

Episode 4: Leveraging technology: Expanding Veteran access to harm reduction resources through vending machines Featuring: Tessa Rife-Pennington, PharmD, BCGPHarm Reduction CoordinatorClinical Pharmacist PractitionerSan Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System Volunteer Clinical Assistant ProfessorUniversity of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy Andrew "Andie" Ruggl

Episode 3: Insights from the Front Line: Harm Reduction Interventions in an Urban HospitalFeaturing:Sophie ZhaiB.A. Public Health - University of California, BerkeleyPatient Navigator, Addiction Care Team at UCSFPatricia “Patty” MorenoB.S. Global Disease Biology - University of California, DavisPatient Navigator, Addiction Care Team at UCSFHosted by:Amelia Goff, NPAssistant Pro

Episode 2: Harm Reduction in the Hospital: Meeting People Where They AreFeaturing:Marlene Martin, MDAssociate Professor, University of California, San FranciscoDirector of Addiction Care Team, San Francisco General HospitalDirector of Addiction Initiatives, Latinx Center of ExcellenceKimberly Sue, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Yale School of Me

Episode 1: Test Your Drugs, Not Your Limits - The Role of Advanced Drug Checking in Harm ReductionFeaturing: Allyson Pinkhover, MPH, CPhT, CHOBrockton Neighborhood Health Center, Brockton, MAJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MDDarlene Andrade Fonseca, BSBrockton Neighborhood Health Center, Brockton, MAMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences,

Listen now to a sneak peek at episode one from AMERSA's new podcast series Harm Reduction: Compassionate Care for People Who Use Drugs, called Test Your Drugs, Not Your Limits - The Role of Advanced Drug Checking in Harm ReductionFeaturing:Allyson Pinkhover, MPH, CPhT, CHOBrockton Neighborhood Health Center, Brockton, MAJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD