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Edward V. Nunes is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a significant publication record within the field of Medicine, particularly focusing on public health and substance use disorders. Their research output includes 287 publications primarily in medical sciences, with a detailed emphasis on subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (98 publications), Epidemiology (91 publications), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (27 publications), General Health Professions (21 publications), and Pharmacology (16 publications).

Their main topics of work cover several aspects of addiction and treatment outcomes, including:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Frequent publication venues for Edward V. Nunes include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence (28 publications)
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine (13 publications)
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (11 publications)
  • Addiction (8 publications)
  • American Journal on Addictions (6 publications)

Collaborative work features several frequent co-authors, among them:

  • John Rotrosen (53 collaborations)
  • Aimee Campbell (41 collaborations)
  • Martina Pavlicová (36 collaborations)
  • Matisyahu Shulman (33 collaborations)
  • Frances R. Levin (28 collaborations)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Edward V. Nunes are:

  • "Bupropion and Naltrexone in Methamphetamine Use Disorder," 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for smoking cessation: a pivotal multicenter double-blind randomized controlled trial," 2021, World Psychiatry
  • "The HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-term SM) Communities Study: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial at the community level to reduce opioid overdose deaths through implementation of an integrated set of evidence-based practices," 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "The Opioid-overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach (ORCCA): Evidence-based practices in the HEALing Communities Study," 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "The application of digital health to the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders: The past, current, and future role of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network," 2020, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Best Publications

  • Treatment of depression in patients with alcohol or other drug dependence: a meta-analysis.

    Edward V. Nunes;Frances R. Levin

  • Comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone for opioid relapse prevention (X:BOT): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial.

    Joshua D Lee;Edward V Nunes;Patricia Novo;Ken Bachrach

  • Injectable extended-release naltrexone for opioid dependence: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre randomised trial

    Evgeny Krupitsky;Edward V Nunes;Walter Ling;Ari Illeperuma

  • Cognitive deficits predict low treatment retention in cocaine dependent patients

    Efrat Aharonovich;Deborah S. Hasin;Adam C. Brooks;Xinhua Liu

  • Effects of major depression on remission and relapse of substance dependence.

    Deborah Hasin;Xinhua Liu;Edward Nunes;Steven McCloud

  • Zero-inflated and hurdle models of count data with extra zeros: examples from an HIV-risk reduction intervention trial.

    Mei-Chen Hu;Martina Pavlicova;Edward V. Nunes

  • Rates of Psychiatric Comorbidity Among U.S. Residents with Lifetime Cannabis Dependence

    Vito Agosti;Edward Nunes;Frances Levin

  • Cognitive impairment, retention and abstinence among cocaine abusers in cognitive-behavioral treatment

    Efrat Aharonovich;Edward Nunes;Deborah Hasin

  • Do treatment improvements in PTSD severity affect substance use outcomes? A secondary analysis from a randomized clinical trial in NIDA's Clinical Trials Network.

    Denise A. Hien;Huiping Jiang;Aimee N.C. Campbell;Mei-Chen Hu

  • Multisite randomized trial of behavioral interventions for women with co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders.

    Denise A. Hien;Elizabeth A. Wells;Huiping Jiang;Lourdes Suarez-Morales

  • Divalproex treatment for youth with explosive temper and mood lability: a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover design.

    Stephen J. Donovan;Jonathan W. Stewart;Edward V. Nunes;Frederic M. Quitkin

  • Extended-Release Naltrexone to Prevent Opioid Relapse in Criminal Justice Offenders

    Joshua D. Lee;Peter D. Friedmann;Timothy W. Kinlock;Edward V. Nunes

  • Development of a Cascade of Care for responding to the opioid epidemic

    Arthur Robin Williams;Arthur Robin Williams;Edward V. Nunes;Edward V. Nunes;Adam Bisaga;Adam Bisaga;Frances R. Levin;Frances R. Levin

  • Internet-delivered treatment for substance abuse: A multisite randomized controlled trial

    Aimee N.C. Campbell;Edward V. Nunes;Abigail G. Matthews;Maxine Stitzer

  • Imipramine treatment of alcoholics with primary depression: A placebo-controlled clinical trial.

    Patrick J. McGrath;Edward V. Nunes;Jonathan W. Stewart;Deberah Goldman

  • Diagnosis of comorbid psychiatric disorders in substance users assessed with the Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders for DSM-IV.

    Deborah Hasin;Sharon Samet;Edward Nunes;Jakob Meydan

  • Dronabinol for the Treatment of Cannabis Dependence: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Frances R. Levin;John J. Mariani;Daniel J. Brooks;Martina Pavlicova

  • Imaging Dopamine Transmission in Cocaine Dependence: Link Between Neurochemistry and Response to Treatment

    Diana Martinez;Kenneth M. Carpenter;Fei Liu;Mark Slifstein

  • The Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule-5 (AUDADIS-5): procedural validity of substance use disorders modules through clinical re-appraisal in a general population sample

    Deborah S. Hasin;Eliana Greenstein;Christina Aivadyan;Malki Stohl

  • Changes in the prevalence of non-medical prescription drug use and drug use disorders in the United States: 1991-1992 and 2001-2002

    Carlos Blanco;Donald Alderson;Elizabeth Ogburn;Bridget F. Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

Frances R. Levin
Frances R. Levin Columbia University
Aimee N. C. Campbell
Aimee N. C. Campbell Columbia University Medical Center
Adam Bisaga
Adam Bisaga Columbia University
Frederic M. Quitkin
Frederic M. Quitkin Columbia University
Patrick J. McGrath
Patrick J. McGrath Columbia University
Deborah S. Hasin
Deborah S. Hasin Columbia University
Jonathan W. Stewart
Jonathan W. Stewart Columbia University
Peter D. Friedmann
Peter D. Friedmann University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Charles P. O'Brien
Charles P. O'Brien University of Pennsylvania
Donald F. Klein
Donald F. Klein New York University

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