Caleb Banta-Green is a Research Scientist at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute. He has a B.A. in Biology from the University of California in Santa Cruz, as well as Master's degrees in Social Work and Public Health, and a Ph.D. from the UW School of Public Health and Community Health.

Primary Research Interests:

Epidemiology

• Epidemiological measures of illicit drug use in rural and urban settings
• Drug-caused death analyses
• Youth abuse of prescription drugs
• Development of novel drug epidemiology surveillance tools

Services Research

• Drug treatment outcomes -- impact of access to treatment and drug use characteristics
• Health services research -- prescription opiate use patterns among chronic pain patients

Current Projects:

• Substance Abuse Trends in Washington State. This project involves the coordination of statewide epidemiology / surveillance activities related to alcohol and other drug abuse trends in Washington state. more...
• Quantitative Drug Surveillance System Development. This proposal aims to develop the methodology and establish the feasibility of a drug-surveillance system based on quantifying illict drugs, other drug-use indicators including metabolites and synthesis precursors, and human biomarkers in raw influent entering municipal wastewater treatment plants that process human waste. more...
• Long-Term Opioid Management of Chronic Pain: Trends and Risks. Health services research and epidemiologic methods will be used to understand who receives long-term opioid therapy and to assess associated risks including onset of opioid abuse and mortality. more...

View all ADAI projects Mr. Banta-Green has participated in, both current and completed.

Recent and Representative Publications:

1. Von Korff M, Saunders K, Ray GT, Boudreau DM, Campbell C, Merrill J, Sullivan MD, Rutter CM, Silverberg M, Banta-Green C, Weisner C. De facto long-term opioid therapy for non-cancer pain. Clin J Pain 2008 (in press).

2. Banta-Green C, Jackson TR, Freng S, Hanrahan M, Albert DH, Haruff R, Kingston S, Forbes A, Miller S, Burt R, Thiede H. Recent drug abuse trends in the Seattle-King County area, June 2007. Seattle: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, June 2007, 17pp. (download pdf) (BAN 07-02)

3. Banta-Green C, Merrill J, Jackson R, Hanrahan M. The Use & Abuse of Prescription-Type Opiates in Washington State. ADAI Research Brief, March 2007. (download pdf)

4. Banta-Green C, Goldbaum G, Kingston S, Golden M, Harruff R, Logan BK. Epidemiology of MDMA and associated club drugs in the Seattle area. Substance Use & Misuse 2005;40:1295-1315. (Pubmed abstract) (BAN 05-03)
   
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