Placing Racial Equity at the Center of Substance Use Research: Lessons From the HEALing Communities Study

Avik Chatterjee1, LaShawn Glasgow1, Mackenzie Bullard1

  • 1Avik Chatterjee is with Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. LaShawn Glasgow and Emmanuel A. Oga are with RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC. Mackenzie Bullard is with Boston University School of Medicine. At the time of study, Mariah Sabir was with Boston University School of Medicine. Greer Hamilton, Deborah Chassler, and Linda Sprague Martinez are with the Boston University School of Social Work. Danelle Stevens-Watkins is with the University of Kentucky College of Education, Lexington. Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Emma Rodgers, and Sandra Rodriguez are with the Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY. Joan Chaya is with the Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. Damara N. Gutnick is with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Pamela Salsberry is with The Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus.

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