Speaker: Frederick L. Altice, MD, MA

Title:
Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Opportunities and Liabilities

Summary:
Since the early cases of COVID-19 were reported in China, Dr. Altice has used his expertise as a clinician and implementation science expert to work with international organizations to address pandemic spread of disease and has helped lead the COVID-19 response at Yale, having been the first clinician to care for COVID-19 patients at Yale.

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020 @ 12pm

Speaker Background: Dr. Altice is a Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University where he serves as the Director of Clinical and Community Research, the Community Health Care Van and the HIV in Prisons Program. As a clinician, he is board-certified in both Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine.  As a researcher, his interests are focused on the interface between infectious diseases (HIV, HCV, tuberculosis) and substance use disorders. Specifically, he is interested in both prevention and treatment issues and has been at the forefront of both behavioral and biomedical intervention research activities, including adaptation into the virtual community. He is also interested in creation of novel prevention and treatment programs for the treatment of infectious diseases and substance use disorders in vulnerable populations, including people who inject drugs, criminal justice populations, men who have sex with men, transgender women, and both female and transgender sex workers. He is especially interested in novel delivery programs for PrEP, addiction treatment and healthcare using mobile apps and digital interactions. Dr. Altice has spent considerable time devoted to developing and studying integrated systems of care for complex medical and psychiatric conditions. In more recent years, given the many successful prevention and treatment interventions available, he has increasingly become involved in implementation science to find improved ways to disseminate research and evidence-based practices, including mHealth strategies, and ensure that they are implemented using best-practice facilitation strategies. 
 
Professor Altice leads a multidisciplinary research and clinical team in Ukraine and other countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Peru, and the United States. In addition to publishing his research in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Altice has authored several significant books and book chapters. He lectures nationally and internationally on the subjects of infectious diseases, addiction medicine, implementation science, mHealth and the delivery and organization of healthcare services, including integrated healthcare.