Dr. Benjamin Linas, MD

• Infectious Disease Medicine

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• New York University

  Medical School, 2000

• Projected Estimates of Opioid Mortality After Community-Level Interventions Projected Estimates of Opioid Mortality After Community-Level Interventions, 2021-02-15

• Implementation of a nationwide health economic consultation service to assist substance use researchers: Lessons learned, 2018-03-24

• Hepatitis C screening trends in a large integrated health system, 2014-01-28

• Metamodeling for Policy Simulations with Multivariate Outcomes, 2022-06-23

• The Determining Effective Testing in Emergency Departments and Care Coordination on Treatment Outcomes (DETECT) for Hepatitis C (Hep C) Linkage-to-Care Trial: rationale and design of an emergency department-based randomized clinical trial of linkage-to-care strategies for hepatitis C, 2023-01-27

• Estimated Clinical Outcomes and Cost-effectiveness Associated With Provision of Addiction Treatment in US Primary Care Clinics Clinical Outcomes and Cost-effectiveness Associated With Addiction Treatment, 2023-04-12

• Community-based Naloxone Coverage Equity for the Prevention of Opioid Overdose Fatalities in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 2021-12-05

• Variation in initiation, engagement, and retention on medications for opioid use disorder based on health insurance plan design, 2022-03-01

• Comparison of Rates of Overdose and Hospitalization After Initiation of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in the Inpatient vs Outpatient Setting Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in the Inpatient vs Outpatient Setting, 2020-12-15

• Association of Limited In-Person Attendance in US National Football League and National Collegiate Athletic Association Games With County-Level COVID-19 Cases Limited In-Person Attendance at NFL and NCAA Football Games and County-Level COVID-19 Cases, 2021-08-17

• Hepatitis C Testing Increased Among Baby Boomers Following The 2012 Change To CDC Testing Recommendations, 2017-11-16

• Relationship Between Hepatitis C Clinical Testing Site and Linkage to Care, 2014-05-14

• Prevalence of elevated liver transaminases and their relationship with alcohol use in people living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy in Uganda, 2021-06-01

• Overdose following initiation of naltrexone and buprenorphine medication treatment for opioid use disorder in a United States commercially insured cohort, 2019-05-03

• Cost-effectiveness of rapid HCV testing and simultaneous rapid HCV and HIV testing in substance abuse treatment programs, 2014-10-07

• Hepatitis C Testing and Patient Characteristics in Washington State's Prisons Between 2012 and 2016, 2018-11-19

• Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis C screening and treatment linkage intervention in US methadone maintenance treatment programs, 2018-02-21

• A guide to the economics of HCV cure in 2017, 2018-04-24

• "Community members have more impact on their neighbors than celebrities”: leveraging community partnerships to build COVID-19 vaccine confidence, 2023-02-16

• The role of increasing pharmacy and community distributed naloxone in the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City, 2022-07-27

• Comparing Projected Fatal Overdose Outcomes and Costs of Strategies to Expand Community-Based Distribution of Naloxone in Rhode Island Projected Fatal Overdose Outcomes and Costs of Expanding Naloxone Disribution in Rhode Island, 2022-11-09

• 58. Cost-Effectiveness of Emerging Antibiotic Strategies for the Treatment of Drug-Use Associated Infective Endocarditis, 2021-12-04

• Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus: Defining the Cascade of Care, 2018-08-28

• Estimated Costs and Outcomes Associated With Use and Nonuse of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder During Incarceration and at Release in Massachusetts Use and Nonuse of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder During Incarceration and at Release, 2023-04-14

• The Hepatitis C Cascade of Care: Identifying Priorities to Improve Clinical Outcomes, 2014-05-19

• HCV Core Antigen Testing for Diagnosis of HCV Infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2016-06-21

• Medicaid Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Policies: Impact on Testing and Treatment in the Commercially Insured, 2022-06-18

• Economic evaluation of HCV testing approaches in low and middle income countries, 2017-11-01

• Economic Evaluation of Extended-Release Buprenorphine for Persons With Opioid Use Disorder Extended-Release Buprenorphine for Persons With Opioid Use Disorder, 2023-09-13

• Simulated Cost-effectiveness and Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Addiction Care and Antibiotic Therapy Strategies for Patients With Injection Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis Simulated Care Strategies for Addiction and Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis, 2022-02-28

• A study protocol for Project I-Test: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a practice coaching intervention to increase HIV testing in substance use treatment programs, 2023-06-28

• Impact of New Therapeutics for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Incarcerated Populations, 2013-12-18

• Sociodemographic factors and social determinants associated with toxicology confirmed polysubstance opioid-related deaths, 2019-05-08

• Tuberculin skin test positivity among HIV-infected alcohol drinkers on antiretrovirals in south-western Uganda, 2020-07-02

• Modeling the cost-effectiveness and impact on fatal overdose and initiation of buprenorphine-naloxone treatment at syringe service programs, 2022-04-03

• Population-level impact of initiating pharmacotherapy and linking to care persons with opioid use disorder at inpatient medically managed withdrawal programs: an effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analysis, 2022-04-12

• Short-term Effects and Long-term Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Hepatitis C Testing in Prenatal Care, 2019-04-18

• A study protocol for Project I-Test: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a practice coaching intervention to increase HIV testing in substance use treatment programs, 2023-09-26

• Cost-effectiveness of integrating buprenorphine-naloxone treatment for opioid use disorder into clinical care for persons with HIV/hepatitis C co-infection who inject opioids, 2019-05-10

• Projecting COVID-19 Mortality as States Relax Nonpharmacologic Interventions Projecting COVID-19 Mortality as States Relax Nonpharmacologic Interventions, 2022-04-01

• Impact of medications for opioid use disorder among persons hospitalized for drug use-associated skin and soft tissue infections, 2020-08-01

• Association of Treatment With Medications for Opioid Use Disorder With Mortality After Hospitalization for Injection Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis Medications for Opioid Use Disorder and Mortality in Injection Drug Use-Associated Endocarditis, 2020-10-14

• At the intersection of trust and mistrust: A qualitative analysis of motivators and barriers to research participation at a safety-net hospital, 2023-03-10

• Estimation and correction of bias in network simulations based on respondent-driven sampling data, 2020-04-14