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- Our Book on Harm Reduction is Now Available! - Drs. Collins and Clifasefi have released a book that goes over the history of harm reduction, empirical evidence for harm reduction treatment (HaRT), and provides practitioners with the tools to integrate harm reduction in daily practice.
- HaRP secondary article published in the Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion - A new study from the HaRRT Center shows that — in the context of harm-reduction treatment — participants who received more XR-NTX injections reduced their drinking and alcohol-related harm over time. Number of counseling sessions delivered an early bump that tapered after the third session. Here’s the link to the full text: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26320770261441789
- Many thanks to our students! - The HaRRT center came together to celebrate our undergraduate students presenting on the eHaRT-A project at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium. We have had a great time working on these two projects together over the past year and they did a wonderful job presenting their posters! Then, to celebrate our graduating seniors and the end […]
- HaRRT at the Housing First Partners Conference - Seema and Aaron presenting on LEAPLink — our Center’s collab with HaRT3S testing a digital training for providers in Housing First.
- Secondary HaRP Manuscript Published - Harm reduction builds equity in substance use treatment! Our new open-access paper shows that harm-reduction treatment for AUD produced similar outcomes across race, ethnicity, and sex assigned at birth among adults experiencing homelessness.
- 2nd CHaRRM-CN Article Published Online! - Our second CHaRRM-CN article has been published online at the Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology! This article highlights American Indian tribal citizens’ perceptions of substance-use treatment – with and without medication for opioid use disorder – and community-informed suggestions for its improvement. Shinagawa, E., Mednansky, S., Nelson, L. A., King, R. J., Taylor, E. […]
- Dr. Susan Collins Op-Ed on Involuntary Treatment - In an op-ed in PubliCola, HaRRT Center codirector, Dr. Susan Collins, highlights the importance of defining terms in policy discussions about involuntary treatment.
- Honoring Overdose Awareness Day - We are standing in solidarity with friends and community during Overdose Awareness Day at 2 local events hosted by Vocal Washington and DESC, respectively.
- Our Students Presented eHaRT-A Findings! - We are so proud of our student research assistants who created and presented a poster at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium! Kazu, Rachel, and Ryan (above) did a wonderful job presenting some of our findings from the eHaRT-A Phase 1 data. In short, participants found the eHaRT-A to be feasible, acceptable, and usable. Click the […]
- HaRRT Center at CPA - This year some of our HaRRT members were honored to present a symposium at the 2025 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction (CPA) Conference! We shared our ongoing work with colleagues from all over the US, highlighting how we center lived experience, promote equity, and strengthen the impact of harm reduction interventions by using community-based participatory research […]
- New Article Published Online! - Our first CHaRRM-CN article has been published online! This article is a content analysis of perceptions of combined pharmacobehavioral treatment for American Indian people with opioid use disorder (OUD). You can read the article here: https://depts.washington.edu/harrtlab/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nelson-et-al-2025.pdf