The Bellwether Collaborative
for Health Justice
Current Research
PIERS
MPI: Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
Project Coordinator: Margaret Bordeaux
The main objective of this research is to work closely with correctional staff and community-based opioid treatment providers to better identify needs of justice-involved persons with OUD and facilitate treatment engagement upon release.
RADX
RADx
MPI: Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
Project Director: Madelene Travis
RADx (Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations) is a short-term funding mechanism that is designed to capitalize on the existing infrastructure and networks of funded projects to quickly engage historically at-risk and under-served populations in significant COVID-19 testing efforts.
SPECS
SPECS
PI: Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
The SPECS study is a 5-year, longitudinal cohort study with sites at Duke University, The University of Miami, and The University of Kentucky. The overall aim of the project is to assess the acceptability, utilization, and barriers/facilitators of preventative healthcare treatment for individuals with recent criminal justice experience.
TCN PATHS
Co-I: Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
The long-term goal of the study is to reduce morbidity and mortality from OUD among justice-involved individuals. The overall objective is to assess whether the Transitions Clinic Network (TCN), which provides enhanced primary care for people released from incarceration in 30 community health centers in the United States, improves the opioid cascade.
Project Coordinator: Madelene Travis