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'' 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 Dr. Banta-Green has participated in, both
current and completed.
Recent and Representative Publications:
- Banta-Green CJ, Field JA, Chiaia AC, Sudakin DL, Power L, de Montigny
L. The spatial epidemiology of cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA
use: A demonstration using a population measure of community drug
load derived from municipal wastewater. Addiction 2009 (PubMed
abstract) (BAN 09-05)
- Weisner CM, Campbell CI, Ray GT, Saunders K, Merrill JO, Banta-Green
C, Sullivan MD, Silverberg MJ, Mertens JR, Boudreau D, Von Korff
M. Trends in prescribed opioid therapy for non-cancer pain for individuals
with prior substance use disorders. Pain 2009 (in press). (PubMed
abstract) (BAN 09-04)
- Banta-Green C, Merrill JO, Doyle S, Boudreau DM, Calsyn DA. Measurement
of opioid problems among chronic pain patients in a general medical
population. Drug Alcohol Depend 2009;104(1-2):43-49. (PubMed
abstract) (BAN 09-03)
- Banta-Green C, Merrill JO, Doyle S, Boudreau DM, Calsyn DA. Opioid
use behaviors, mental health and pain -- Development of a typology
of chronic pain patients. Drug Alcohol Depend 2009;104(1-2):34-42.
(PubMed abstract)
(BAN 09-02)
- Banta-Green CJ, Maynard C, Koepsell T, Wells E, Donovan D. Retention
in methadone maintenance drug treatment for prescription type opioid
primary users compared to heroin users. Addiction 2009;104(5):775-783.
(PubMed
abstract) (BAN 09-01)
- Chiaia AC, Banta-Green C, Field J. Eliminating solid phase extraction
with large-volume injection LC/MS/MS: Analysis of illicit and legal
drugs and human urine indicators in US wastewaters. Environ Sci
Technol 2008;42: 8841–8848. (PubMed
abstract) (BAN-08-02)
- 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 (Pubmed abstract).
(BAN 08-01)
- 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)
- 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)
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more publications by Mr. Banta-Green.
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