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George E. Woody is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and specializes in the field of Medicine. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to opioid use disorder treatment, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, and prenatal substance exposure effects. Additional research interests include HIV/AIDS research and interventions, pharmaceutical practices and patient outcomes, HIV-related health complications and treatments, and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment.

Their work spans several subfields, notably Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, with contributions also in Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

George E. Woody has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • UNC Libraries
  • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Recent notable papers by George E. Woody include:

  • Extended release injectable naltrexone before vs. after release: A randomized trial of opioid addicted persons who are in prison, 2021, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Identifying Clinically Relevant Drug-Drug Interactions With Methadone and Buprenorphine: A Translational Approach to Signal Detection, 2022, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Health and economic outcomes of treatment with extended-release naltrexone among pre-release prisoners with opioid use disorder (HOPPER): protocol for an evaluation of two randomized effectiveness trials, 2020, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
  • Cost-effectiveness of extended-release injectable naltrexone among incarcerated persons with opioid use disorder before release from prison versus after release, 2022, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Burden of Chronic Conditions Among Persons with HIV/AIDS and Psychiatric Comorbidity, 2021, Current HIV Research

Throughout their career, George E. Woody has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Sabrina Poole
  • Evgeny Krupitsky
  • Sean M. Murphy
  • Philip J. Jeng
  • Ali Jalali

Best Publications

  • An improved diagnostic evaluation instrument for substance abuse patients. The Addiction Severity Index.

    A T McLellan;L Luborsky;G E Woody;C P O'Brien

  • The Effects of Psychosocial Services in Substance Abuse Treatment

    A T McLellan;I O Arndt;D S Metzger;G E Woody

  • Predicting Response to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatments: Role of Psychiatric Severity

    A T McLellan;L Luborsky;G E Woody;C P O'Brien

  • Therapist Success and Its Determinants

    Lester Luborsky;A. Thomas McLellan;George E. Woody;Charles P. O'Brien

  • Meta‐Analysis of Therapist Effects in Psychotherapy Outcome Studies

    Paul Crits-Christoph;Kathryn Baranackie;Julie S. Kurcias;Aaron T. Beck

  • Psychosocial treatments for cocaine dependence: National Institute on Drug Abuse Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study.

    Paul Crits-Christoph;Lynne Siqueland;Jack Blaine;Arlene Frank

  • Human immunodeficiency virus seroconversion among intravenous drug users in- and out-of-treatment: an 18-month prospective follow-up

    D S Metzger;G E Woody;A T McLellan;C P O'Brien

  • Time from HIV-1 seroconversion to AIDS and death before widespread use of highly-active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative re-analysis

    A Babiker;S Darby;D De Angelis;D Kwart

  • Motivational Interviewing to Improve Treatment Engagement and Outcome in Individuals Seeking Treatment for Substance Abuse: A Multisite Effectiveness Study

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Samuel A. Ball;Charla Nich;Steve Martino

  • Similarity of outcome predictors across opiate, cocaine, and alcohol treatments: Role of treatment services.

    A. Thomas McLellan;Arthur I. Alterman;David S. Metzger;Grant R. Grissom

  • Psychotherapy for Opiate Addicts: Does It Help?

    Woody Ge;Luborsky L;McLellan At;O'Brien Cp

  • Effective medical treatment of opiate addiction

    L. L. Judd;M. G. Marston;C. Attkisson;W. Berrettini

  • Sociopathy and Psychotherapy Outcome

    George E. Woody;A. Thomas McLellan;Lester Luborsky;Charles P. O'Brien

  • Extended vs Short-term Buprenorphine-Naloxone for Treatment of Opioid-Addicted Youth: A Randomized Trial

    George E. Woody;Sabrina A. Poole;Geetha Subramaniam;Karen Dugosh

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of addiction treatments: Reasonable expectations, appropriate comparisons.

    A. Thomas McLellan;George E. Woody;David Metzger;James McKay

  • The economic costs of heroin addiction in the United States.

    Tami L Mark;George E Woody;Tim Juday;Herbert D Kleber

  • Increased effectiveness of substance abuse treatment. A prospective study of patient-treatment "matching".

    A. McLELLAN;George Woody;Lester Luborsky;Charles O'brien

  • DSM-IV antisocial personality disorder field trial.

    Thomas A. Widiger;Remi Cadoret;Robert Hare;Lee Robins

  • A postmarketing surveillance program to monitor Ultram (tramadol hydrochloride) abuse in the United States.

    Theodore J Cicero;Edgar H Adams;Anne Geller;James A Inciardi

  • Extended vs. short-term buprenorphinenaloxone for treatment of opioid addicted youth: A randomized trial

    George Woody;Sabrina Poole;Geetha Subramaniam;Karen Dugosh

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles P. O'Brien
Charles P. O'Brien University of Pennsylvania
David S. Metzger
David S. Metzger University of Pennsylvania
Lester Luborsky
Lester Luborsky University of Pennsylvania
A. Thomas McLellan
A. Thomas McLellan University of Pennsylvania
Walter Ling
Walter Ling University of California, Los Angeles
Dan G. Blazer
Dan G. Blazer Duke University
Jack Blaine
Jack Blaine National Institute on Drug Abuse
Roger D. Weiss
Roger D. Weiss Harvard University
Paul Crits-Christoph
Paul Crits-Christoph University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen M. Carroll
Kathleen M. Carroll Yale University

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