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Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence is a free online newsletter summarizing the latest clinically relevant research on substance use and health. Through summaries of important alcohol and other drug research published in peer-reviewed journals, downloadable teaching presentations, and feature articles on substance use research ethics, the newsletter provides valuable information to improve clinical teaching, practice, and research. AOD Health is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center.
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Welcome to our 2026-27 ACAAM/AOD Health Rich Saitz Editorial Intern, Jessie Osborn, MD!
Dr. Jessica (Jessie) Osborn is currently an Addiction Medicine Fellow at Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon.
As a Family Medicine-trained physician, she deeply resonates with the difficulty of balancing a busy clinic schedule as a primary care provider and trying to stay up to date on current literature. Similarly, she feels that one of the most compelling and challenging parts of Addiction Medicine is the perpetual evolution of treatment options, in the age of novel substances and legal confines. She is excited to start the RSEI to help contribute to a solution to these challenges.
Outside of medicine, she enjoys reading, traveling, knitting and spending time with her partner and their 3 cats.
Now streaming: Season 5, episode 2 of the Behind the Evidence podcast
Co-host Marc Larochelle, MD spoke with five authors of abstracts presented at the 2026 Together for Hope conference, supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center.
Topics include: syringe service program-based drug checking services, transitioning from low-threshold shelters to permanent housing, outcomes from an innovative overdose prevention center, interest in PrEP and MOUD among people who inject drugs, and a community-based treatment program for youth with substance use and symptoms of psychosis. Click here to listen, or search for Behind the Evidence on your favorite streaming service.
Listen now: “Behind the Masthead,” a special series of our podcast, Behind the Evidence!
Editorial Director, Casy Calver, PhD, interviews addiction journal editors and other scholars on the impact of recent changes to the US federal funding of medical and public health research.
Listen to Behind the Evidence here (or on your favorite podcast platform)