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Overview

Eric D. Wish is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. The scientist's research primarily focuses on the medical field, with a specialization in epidemiology, public health, pharmacology, toxicology, and general health professions.

The scientific work encompasses the following main fields of study:

  • Medicine

Within this broader field, subfields of study include:

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Pharmacology
  • Toxicology
  • General Health Professions

Key research topics covered in their work are:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

Eric D. Wish has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Co-use of methamphetamine and opioids among people in treatment in Oregon: A qualitative examination of interrelated structural, community, and individual-level factors (2021) published in International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Introducing the National Drug Early Warning System (2020) published in Current Opinion in Psychiatry
  • Notes from the Field: High Prevalence of Fentanyl Detected by the Maryland Emergency Department Drug Surveillance System - Baltimore, Maryland, 2019 (2020) published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Effectiveness of Conditioned Open-label Placebo With Methadone in Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (2023) published in JAMA Network Open
  • Using socially-sensed data to infer ZIP level characteristics for the spatiotemporal analysis of drug-related health problems in Maryland (2020) published in Health & Place

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Health & Place
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Current Opinion in Psychiatry
  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

The scientist collaborates regularly with the following coauthors:

  • Amy S. Billing
  • Ebonie Massey
  • Eleanor Artigiani
  • Annabelle M. Belcher
  • Aaron D. Greenblatt

Best Publications

  • Suicide Ideation Among College Students: A Multivariate Analysis

    Amelia M Arria;Kevin E O'Grady;Kimberly M Caldeira;Kathryn B Vincent

  • Vietnam Veterans Three Years after Vietnam: How Our Study Changed Our View of Heroin

    Lee N. Robins;John E. Helzer;Michie Hesselbrock;Eric Wish

  • The occurrence of cannabis use disorders and other cannabis-related problems among first-year college students.

    Kimberly M. Caldeira;Amelia M. Arria;Kevin E. O'Grady;Kathryn B. Vincent

  • Increased alcohol consumption, nonmedical prescription drug use, and illicit drug use are associated with energy drink consumption among college students.

    Amelia M. Arria;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Sarah J. Kasperski;Kevin E. O'Grady

  • Drug exposure opportunities and use patterns among college students: results of a longitudinal prospective cohort study.

    Amelia M Arria;Kimberly M Caldeira;Kevin E O'Grady;Kathryn B Vincent

  • Perceived Harmfulness Predicts Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs Among College Students: Interactions with Sensation-Seeking

    Amelia M. Arria;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Kathryn B. Vincent;Kevin E. O'Grady

  • Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants and Analgesics: Associations with Social and Academic Behaviors among College Students

    Amelia M. Arria;Kevin E. O'Grady;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Kathryn B. Vincent

  • Reliability of Psychiatric Diagnosis: I. A Methodological Review

    John E. Helzer;Lee N. Robins;Mitchell Taibleson;Robert A. Woodruff

  • Predictors of Treatment Outcomes in Men and Women Admitted to a Therapeutic Community

    Nena Messina;Eric Wish;Susanna Nemes

  • Nonmedical use of prescription stimulants among college students: associations with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder and polydrug use.

    Amelia M Arria;Kimberly M Caldeira;Kevin E O'Grady;Kathryn B Vincent

  • Physical abuse, sexual victimization, and illicit drug use: replication of a structural analysis among a new sample of high-risk youths.

    Richard Dembo;Linda Williams;Lawrence La Voie;Estrellita Berry

  • Distance traveled to outpatient drug treatment and client retention.

    Kyle Beardsley;Eric D. Wish;Dawn Bonanno Fitzelle;Kevin O'Grady

  • College students rarely seek help despite serious substance use problems

    Kimberly M. Caldeira;Sarah J. Kasperski;Eva Sharma;Kathryn B. Vincent

  • Concordance of three measures of cocaine use in an arrestee population: hair, urine, and self-report.

    Tom Mieczkowski;David Barzelay;Bernard Gropper;Eric Wish

  • Sharing and selling of prescription medications in a college student sample.

    Laura M. Garnier;Amelia M. Arria;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Kathryn B. Vincent

  • Childhood Deviance as a Developmental Process: A Study of 223 Urban Black Men from Birth to 18

    Lee N. Robins;Eric Wish

  • Drug Testing by the Criminal Justice System: Methods, Research, and Applications

    Eric D. Wish;Bernard A. Gropper

  • The relationship between physical and sexual abuse and illicit drug use: a replication among a new sample of youths entering a juvenile detention center.

    R. Dembo;L. Williams;Emma Berry;A. Getreu

  • Social Context of Drinking and Alcohol Problems Among College Students

    Kenneth H. Beck;Amelia M. Arria;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Kathryn B. Vincent

  • A controlled study of siblings of hyperactive children.

    Zila Welner;Amos Welner;Mark Stewart;Helen Palkes

  • A Longitudinal Study of the Relationships Among Alcohol Use, Marijuana/Hashish Use, Cocaine Use, and Emotional/Psychological Functioning Problems in a Cohort of High-Risk Youths

    Richard Dembo;Linda Williams;Lawrence la Voie;Alan Getreu

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin E. O'Grady
Kevin E. O'Grady University of Maryland, College Park
Richard Dembo
Richard Dembo University of South Florida
Lee N. Robins
Lee N. Robins Washington University in St. Louis
Sherry Deren
Sherry Deren New York University
Bruce D. Johnson
Bruce D. Johnson National Development and Research Institutes
Linda M. Williams
Linda M. Williams Wellesley College
Kenneth H. Beck
Kenneth H. Beck University of Maryland, College Park
Roland R. Griffiths
Roland R. Griffiths Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David H. Epstein
David H. Epstein National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health

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