Rate My Professor Jeffrey Samet

Samet's research specializations center on alcohol and drug use, HIV infection, and primary medical care. His projects address the linkage of alcohol and drug use treatment with primary medical care, substance use issues in primary care settings, the impact of alcohol and drug use on HIV-infected persons, HIV prevention and treatment among Russian substance users, and establishing medical care for HIV-infected persons. He is Principal Investigator of the NIAAA Alcohol-HIV Consortium known as URBAN ARCH, as well as two NIDA R25 grants supporting the Chief Residents Immersion Training (CRIT) program and the Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) program to advance physician addiction education and research careers. His international work spans Russia, India, Uganda, Ukraine, and Vietnam. Key publications include "Acute pain management for patients receiving maintenance methadone or buprenorphine therapy" (Annals of Internal Medicine, 2006), "Screening and brief intervention for drug use in primary care: the ASPIRE randomized clinical trial" (JAMA, 2014), and "Alcohol use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: current knowledge, implications, and future directions" (Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2016). Samet serves as Editor of the journal Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. In 2016, he was named the incumbent John Noble Professor of Medicine.