Center for Opioid Epidemiology & Policy Publications

Researchers in NYU Langone’s Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy publish on a wide range of topics related to the opioid crisis.

Recent Publications

Stemming the Tide of the US Overdose Crisis: How Can We Leverage the Power of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence?

Cerdá, Magdalena; Neill, Daniel B; Matthay, Ellicott C; Jenkins, Johnathan A; Marshall, Brandon D L; Keyes, Katherine M

The Milbank quarterly. 2025 Jun 04;

Changes in psychosis-related emergency department and hospitalization rates among youth following cannabis legalization in Colorado

Joshi, Spruha; Snyder, Kyle M; Thurstone, Christian; Rivera, Bianca D; Feldman, Justin; Cerdá, Magdalena; Krawczyk, Noa

Drug and alcohol dependence. 2025 May 23; 273:112719

Changes in Synthetic Opioid-Involved Youth Overdose Deaths in the United States: 2018-2022

Miller, Megan; Wheeler-Martin, Katherine; Bunting, Amanda M; Cerdá, Magdalena; Krawczyk, Noa

Pediatrics. 2025 May 20;

The effect of lifting eviction moratoria on fatal drug overdoses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US

Rivera-Aguirre, Ariadne; Díaz, Iván; Routhier, Giselle; McKay, Cameron C; Matthay, Ellicott C; Friedman, Samuel R; Doran, Kely M; Cerdá, Magdalena

American journal of epidemiology. 2025 May 15;

An Overdose Forecasting Dashboard for Local Harm-Reduction Response

Krieger, Maxwell; Yedinak, Jesse; Duong, Ellen; Macmadu, Alexandria; Skinner, Alexandra; Allen, Bennett; Pratty, Claire; Ahern, Jennifer; Cerdá, Magdalena; Marshall, Brandon D L

Health promotion practice. 2025 May 05; 15248399251335620

Considerations for the epidemiological evaluation of hyperlocal interventions: A case study of the New York City overdose prevention centers

Allen, Bennett; Moore, Brandi; Jent, Victoria A; Goedel, William C; Israel, Khadija; Collins, Alexandra B; Marshall, Brandon D L; Cerdá, Magdalena

Social science & medicine (1982). 2025 May 03; 378:118156

Investigating heterogeneous effects of an expanded methadone access policy with opioid treatment program retention: A Rhode Island population-based retrospective cohort study

Allen, Bennett; Krawczyk, Noa; Basaraba, Cale; Jent, Victoria A; Yedinak, Jesse L; Goedel, William C; Krieger, Maxwell; Pratty, Claire; Macmadu, Alexandria; Samuels, Elizabeth A; Marshall, Brandon D L; Neill, Daniel B; Cerdá, Magdalena

American journal of epidemiology. 2025 May 01;

Mediation of chronic pain and disability on opioid use disorder risk by pain management practices among adult Medicaid patients, 2016-2019

Rudolph, Kara E; Inose, Shodai; Williams, Nicholas T; Hoffman, Katherine L; Forrest, Sarah E; Ross, Rachael K; Milazzo, Floriana; Díaz, Iván; Doan, Lisa; Samples, Hillary; Olfson, Mark; Crystal, Stephen; Cerdá, Magdalena; Gao, Y Nina