Paul Christine
@pauljchristine.bsky.social
Internist, addiction doc, epi researcher at University of Colorado and Denver Health
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🔥 Simultaneous publication in multiple @jama.com journals by Prof @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social of her RCT and the patient experience analysis
This is mic-drop science
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
This is mic-drop science
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Community Health Worker Support for Hispanic and Latino Individuals Receiving Hemodialysis
This randomized clinical trial evaluates if community health worker support reduces interdialytic weight gain among Hispanic and Latino individuals receiving hemodialysis.
jamanetwork.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🔥 Simultaneous publication in multiple @jama.com journals by Prof @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social of her RCT and the patient experience analysis
This is mic-drop science
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
This is mic-drop science
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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1/2 As a methadone patient, I spend accumulated months of my life taking PROMS-patient reported outcome measures. Honored to be a co-author w/Jarratt Pytell + others of this writeup of a review of opioid use disorder treatment PROMS. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Systematic review of patient‐reported outcome measures for opioid use disorder recovery
Background and aims
Recovery-focused measurement-based care of opioid use disorder (OUD) could inform clinical care by assessing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). We sought to identify and .....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
1/2 As a methadone patient, I spend accumulated months of my life taking PROMS-patient reported outcome measures. Honored to be a co-author w/Jarratt Pytell + others of this writeup of a review of opioid use disorder treatment PROMS. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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You're invited! ✉️
20th Kolokotrones Symposium: “Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"
Details in comments. In-person limited to Harvard ID holders due to space restrictions. Online attendance free & public.
Register:
www.eventbrite.com/e/acetaminop...
20th Kolokotrones Symposium: “Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"
Details in comments. In-person limited to Harvard ID holders due to space restrictions. Online attendance free & public.
Register:
www.eventbrite.com/e/acetaminop...
October 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
You're invited! ✉️
20th Kolokotrones Symposium: “Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"
Details in comments. In-person limited to Harvard ID holders due to space restrictions. Online attendance free & public.
Register:
www.eventbrite.com/e/acetaminop...
20th Kolokotrones Symposium: “Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Autism: What Does Causal Inference Take?"
Details in comments. In-person limited to Harvard ID holders due to space restrictions. Online attendance free & public.
Register:
www.eventbrite.com/e/acetaminop...
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As states around the country are mandated by HR1 to rush to implement Medicaid work requirements by HR 1 the risk for waste of taxpayer $$ to corporate vendors is huge.
Federal watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs apnews.com/article/geor...
Federal watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs apnews.com/article/geor...
Federal watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs
A government watchdog has raised concerns about high administrative costs in Georgia's Medicaid program. The U.S.
apnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
As states around the country are mandated by HR1 to rush to implement Medicaid work requirements by HR 1 the risk for waste of taxpayer $$ to corporate vendors is huge.
Federal watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs apnews.com/article/geor...
Federal watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs apnews.com/article/geor...
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Still time to sign for a @kff.org Wonkshop about #Medicaid and work requirements: www.kff.org/event/how-wi...
How Will States Implement Medicaid Work Requirements? | KFF
Four experts, including two state Medicaid directors, will join Health Wonk Shop series moderator Larry Levitt in an hour-long discussion of how states will go about implementing the new Medicaid work...
www.kff.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Still time to sign for a @kff.org Wonkshop about #Medicaid and work requirements: www.kff.org/event/how-wi...
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New paper w/ Brian McGarry, Ashvin Gandhi, and Drew Wilcock in @jamainternalmed.com!
Hospitals are complaining across the US that patients are "stuck" waiting for rehab beds at nursing homes when they are medically stable and ready for discharge. What is going on??
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Hospitals are complaining across the US that patients are "stuck" waiting for rehab beds at nursing homes when they are medically stable and ready for discharge. What is going on??
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
September 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New paper w/ Brian McGarry, Ashvin Gandhi, and Drew Wilcock in @jamainternalmed.com!
Hospitals are complaining across the US that patients are "stuck" waiting for rehab beds at nursing homes when they are medically stable and ready for discharge. What is going on??
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Hospitals are complaining across the US that patients are "stuck" waiting for rehab beds at nursing homes when they are medically stable and ready for discharge. What is going on??
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Ben Sommers and I have a new piece up at @jamahealthforum.com on how to think about generalizing lessons from unwinding to looming new Medicaid red tape requirements.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We appreciate support from the @commonwealthfund.org for this work!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We appreciate support from the @commonwealthfund.org for this work!
September 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ben Sommers and I have a new piece up at @jamahealthforum.com on how to think about generalizing lessons from unwinding to looming new Medicaid red tape requirements.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We appreciate support from the @commonwealthfund.org for this work!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We appreciate support from the @commonwealthfund.org for this work!
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Please give generously to this relative of my research collaborator. #MedSky #PsychSky www.gofundme.com/f/help-abdul...
Donate to Helping a Family That Lost Their Daughter in the War on Gaza, organized by Ibrahim Alwahidi
Abdallah never imagined reaching this point and asking for he… Ibrahim Alwahidi needs your support for Helping a Family That Lost Their Daughter in the War on Gaza
www.gofundme.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Please give generously to this relative of my research collaborator. #MedSky #PsychSky www.gofundme.com/f/help-abdul...
Overdose rates in rural Eastern Colorado are higher than in many urban areas. I talked to Rocky Mountain @pbs.org about why.
Shoutout to Chris Chavez and his friends for their grassroots efforts to help.
www.rmpbs.org/blogs/health...
@cumedicalschool.bsky.social @cuinternalmed.bsky.social
Shoutout to Chris Chavez and his friends for their grassroots efforts to help.
www.rmpbs.org/blogs/health...
@cumedicalschool.bsky.social @cuinternalmed.bsky.social
Grassroots recovery group brings hope to Las Animas | Rocky Mountain PBS
A Las Animas resident is now filling the gap he once fell through by starting a grassroots recovery group in a place where resources are limited.
www.rmpbs.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Overdose rates in rural Eastern Colorado are higher than in many urban areas. I talked to Rocky Mountain @pbs.org about why.
Shoutout to Chris Chavez and his friends for their grassroots efforts to help.
www.rmpbs.org/blogs/health...
@cumedicalschool.bsky.social @cuinternalmed.bsky.social
Shoutout to Chris Chavez and his friends for their grassroots efforts to help.
www.rmpbs.org/blogs/health...
@cumedicalschool.bsky.social @cuinternalmed.bsky.social
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New work laying foundations on somatic therapy for PTSD (and chronic pain?) in a primary care context. Really enjoyed conducting these interviews. Among our patients and staff, a body-first orientation to trauma resonates strongly. #MedSky #PsychSky pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The Acceptability of Somatic Therapy for PTSD Among Patients at an Urban Safety Net Primary Care Clinic
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has higher prevalence in safety net settings, which also face structural barriers to the use of gold-standard, exposure-focused treatments. Somatic therapies (STs)...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
New work laying foundations on somatic therapy for PTSD (and chronic pain?) in a primary care context. Really enjoyed conducting these interviews. Among our patients and staff, a body-first orientation to trauma resonates strongly. #MedSky #PsychSky pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Public health efforts are rightly focused on reducing opioid overdose deaths. We know relatively little about severe morbidity among overdose survivors. Our new paper in @journalgim.bsky.social provides the first national estimates of overdose-related hypoxic-ischemic brain injury
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rdcu.be/ezNUN
National Estimates of Opioid Overdose Hospitalizations Resulting in Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury
rdcu.be
August 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Public health efforts are rightly focused on reducing opioid overdose deaths. We know relatively little about severe morbidity among overdose survivors. Our new paper in @journalgim.bsky.social provides the first national estimates of overdose-related hypoxic-ischemic brain injury
rdcu.be/ezNUN
rdcu.be/ezNUN
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Our latest study @jamahealthforum.com shows the harms of work requirements for safety net programs. Women who were subject to harsher requirements and who received less cash assistance from TANF were less likely to breastfeed. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @donmoyn.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu 1/
August 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our latest study @jamahealthforum.com shows the harms of work requirements for safety net programs. Women who were subject to harsher requirements and who received less cash assistance from TANF were less likely to breastfeed. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @donmoyn.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu 1/
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Who is Arrested by ICE under Trump 2.0? A 🧵
New from me & @elizabethacox.bsky.social!
Piece: immresearch.org/publications...
1. ICE arrests spike in Jan & May 2025; when arrests increase, percent of those arrested who are convicted of a crime falls
Majority arrested have no criminal conviction
New from me & @elizabethacox.bsky.social!
Piece: immresearch.org/publications...
1. ICE arrests spike in Jan & May 2025; when arrests increase, percent of those arrested who are convicted of a crime falls
Majority arrested have no criminal conviction
July 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Who is Arrested by ICE under Trump 2.0? A 🧵
New from me & @elizabethacox.bsky.social!
Piece: immresearch.org/publications...
1. ICE arrests spike in Jan & May 2025; when arrests increase, percent of those arrested who are convicted of a crime falls
Majority arrested have no criminal conviction
New from me & @elizabethacox.bsky.social!
Piece: immresearch.org/publications...
1. ICE arrests spike in Jan & May 2025; when arrests increase, percent of those arrested who are convicted of a crime falls
Majority arrested have no criminal conviction
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1/ Excited to share recent paper, "Examining the Impact of Eliminating the X Waiver on Buprenorphine Dispensation in 63 Counties in Pennsylvania," in @sajamersa.bsky.social led by @beccabilden.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 8:49 PM
1/ Excited to share recent paper, "Examining the Impact of Eliminating the X Waiver on Buprenorphine Dispensation in 63 Counties in Pennsylvania," in @sajamersa.bsky.social led by @beccabilden.bsky.social
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How does immigration affect US workers?
This piece in @theatlantic.bsky.social was crafted through months of consultation with some of the top researchers in the field and represents an accessible summary of where the frontier is now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
This piece in @theatlantic.bsky.social was crafted through months of consultation with some of the top researchers in the field and represents an accessible summary of where the frontier is now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Truth About Immigration and the American Worker
In many domains, the conventional wisdom among progressives is mistaken, oversimplified, or based on wishful thinking. The economics of immigration is not one of them.
www.theatlantic.com
November 2, 2024 at 10:53 AM
How does immigration affect US workers?
This piece in @theatlantic.bsky.social was crafted through months of consultation with some of the top researchers in the field and represents an accessible summary of where the frontier is now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
This piece in @theatlantic.bsky.social was crafted through months of consultation with some of the top researchers in the field and represents an accessible summary of where the frontier is now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Please consider applying and joining us @UM_PSC for incredible demography and decent snacks!
🚨POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: @UM_PSC
is offering two NIH-funded T32 postdoc awards for research on aging. Please share! @burgards.bsky.social
Info: psc.isr.umich.edu/training/pos...
Apply via Interfolio by Dec. 1, 2024: myumi.ch/zX23y
is offering two NIH-funded T32 postdoc awards for research on aging. Please share! @burgards.bsky.social
Info: psc.isr.umich.edu/training/pos...
Apply via Interfolio by Dec. 1, 2024: myumi.ch/zX23y
October 2, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Please consider applying and joining us @UM_PSC for incredible demography and decent snacks!
🚨New Job Alert🚨
Come work us at the University of Colorado! Jarratt Pytell, Kate LeMasters and I are hiring a health research professional to work on a variety of projects at the nexus of substance use and criminal-legal involvement. Contact us with questions!
cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
Come work us at the University of Colorado! Jarratt Pytell, Kate LeMasters and I are hiring a health research professional to work on a variety of projects at the nexus of substance use and criminal-legal involvement. Contact us with questions!
cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
Addiction and Criminal-Legal Health Research Professional (Entry – Senior Level)
cu.taleo.net
September 24, 2024 at 3:01 PM
🚨New Job Alert🚨
Come work us at the University of Colorado! Jarratt Pytell, Kate LeMasters and I are hiring a health research professional to work on a variety of projects at the nexus of substance use and criminal-legal involvement. Contact us with questions!
cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
Come work us at the University of Colorado! Jarratt Pytell, Kate LeMasters and I are hiring a health research professional to work on a variety of projects at the nexus of substance use and criminal-legal involvement. Contact us with questions!
cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
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🚨🚨We (@pennmehp.bsky.social) are hiring up to two new faculty members (Assistant Professors) in #HealthPolicy!
We are specifically looking for researchers interested in #populationhealth (highlighted below) -- a key growth area for us.
Join us!
apply.interfolio.com/152931
We are specifically looking for researchers interested in #populationhealth (highlighted below) -- a key growth area for us.
Join us!
apply.interfolio.com/152931
September 4, 2024 at 2:07 PM
🚨🚨We (@pennmehp.bsky.social) are hiring up to two new faculty members (Assistant Professors) in #HealthPolicy!
We are specifically looking for researchers interested in #populationhealth (highlighted below) -- a key growth area for us.
Join us!
apply.interfolio.com/152931
We are specifically looking for researchers interested in #populationhealth (highlighted below) -- a key growth area for us.
Join us!
apply.interfolio.com/152931
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Interested in the latest quasi-experimental difference-in-differences policy evaluation methods but not sure where to start? Our new tutorial in Epidemiology is out now with detailed info for beginners!
journals.lww.com/epidem/abstr... #episky #econsky @justinwhite.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social
journals.lww.com/epidem/abstr... #episky #econsky @justinwhite.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social
July 8, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Interested in the latest quasi-experimental difference-in-differences policy evaluation methods but not sure where to start? Our new tutorial in Epidemiology is out now with detailed info for beginners!
journals.lww.com/epidem/abstr... #episky #econsky @justinwhite.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social
journals.lww.com/epidem/abstr... #episky #econsky @justinwhite.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social
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So many great opportunities to work with us at the University of Colorado School of Medicine!
: bioethics asst prof: cu.taleo.net/careersectio... geriatrics & economics asst prof: cu.taleo.net/careersectio... DM me w/ ?s and share w mentees please
: bioethics asst prof: cu.taleo.net/careersectio... geriatrics & economics asst prof: cu.taleo.net/careersectio... DM me w/ ?s and share w mentees please
November 15, 2023 at 10:12 PM
So many great opportunities to work with us at the University of Colorado School of Medicine!
: bioethics asst prof: cu.taleo.net/careersectio... geriatrics & economics asst prof: cu.taleo.net/careersectio... DM me w/ ?s and share w mentees please
: bioethics asst prof: cu.taleo.net/careersectio... geriatrics & economics asst prof: cu.taleo.net/careersectio... DM me w/ ?s and share w mentees please
We have new work out today at JAMA Health Forum exploring if removal of Medicaid prior auths for buprenorphine changed buprenorphine prescriptions
Hypothesis: PAs are a barrier to care and removal will result in more prescriptions
Results: There was minimal change after PA removal
ja.ma/45GSLSD
Hypothesis: PAs are a barrier to care and removal will result in more prescriptions
Results: There was minimal change after PA removal
ja.ma/45GSLSD
Removal of Prior Authorization for Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Explore the latest in national and global health policy, including health care pricing, delivery, access, quality, safety, equity, and reform.
ja.ma
October 20, 2023 at 7:53 PM
We have new work out today at JAMA Health Forum exploring if removal of Medicaid prior auths for buprenorphine changed buprenorphine prescriptions
Hypothesis: PAs are a barrier to care and removal will result in more prescriptions
Results: There was minimal change after PA removal
ja.ma/45GSLSD
Hypothesis: PAs are a barrier to care and removal will result in more prescriptions
Results: There was minimal change after PA removal
ja.ma/45GSLSD
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Tons!! The Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University are the gurus, and they have a huge amount of free resources (see link card).
There's also fantastic material available from ChangeLab Solutions, Inc.
www.changelabsolutio...
#LegalEpi
There's also fantastic material available from ChangeLab Solutions, Inc.
www.changelabsolutio...
#LegalEpi
LEGAL EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES | Public Health Law Research
phlr.org
September 27, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Tons!! The Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University are the gurus, and they have a huge amount of free resources (see link card).
There's also fantastic material available from ChangeLab Solutions, Inc.
www.changelabsolutio...
#LegalEpi
There's also fantastic material available from ChangeLab Solutions, Inc.
www.changelabsolutio...
#LegalEpi