{"id":12,"date":"2016-06-03T15:22:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T19:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:30:51","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence<\/em>&nbsp;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&nbsp;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. <em>AOD Health<\/em> is supported by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/addiction\" target=\"_blank\">the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-very-dark-gray-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/current-issue\/\"><strong>Read the current issue of <em>AOD Health<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3><em>News:<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4>Now streaming: Season 5, episode 2 of the <em>Behind the Evidence<\/em> podcast<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:41% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"652\" height=\"653\" src=\"\/aodhealth\/files\/2023\/02\/BTE-cover-with-names.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4813 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2023\/02\/BTE-cover-with-names.jpg 652w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2023\/02\/BTE-cover-with-names-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2023\/02\/BTE-cover-with-names-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Co-host Marc Larochelle, MD spoke with five authors of abstracts presented at the 2026 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/event.fourwaves.com\/togetherforhope2026\/pages\" target=\"_blank\">Together for Hope conference<\/a>, supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">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. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/podcast\/\">Click here<\/a> to listen, or search for <em>Behind the Evidence<\/em> on your favorite streaming service.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 38%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/podcast\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/11\/Behind-the-masthead-podcast-art_w-name-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5336 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/11\/Behind-the-masthead-podcast-art_w-name-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/11\/Behind-the-masthead-podcast-art_w-name-636x636.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/11\/Behind-the-masthead-podcast-art_w-name-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/11\/Behind-the-masthead-podcast-art_w-name-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/11\/Behind-the-masthead-podcast-art_w-name.png 1257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Listen now: &#8220;<strong>Behind the Masthead<\/strong>,&#8221; a special series of our podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/podcast\/\"><em>Behind the Evidence<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/podcast\/\">Listen to <em>Behind the Evidence<\/em> here<\/a><\/strong> (or on your favorite podcast platform)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/09\/Fomeche-pic-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5301 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/09\/Fomeche-pic-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/09\/Fomeche-pic-424x636.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/09\/Fomeche-pic-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/files\/2025\/09\/Fomeche-pic.jpeg 832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Meet John Fomeche, MD, our 2025 ACAAM\/<em>AOD Health <\/em>Rich Saitz Editorial Intern! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Dr. Fomeche is an Addiction Medicine Fellow at Yale University and a recent graduate of&nbsp; 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