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  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Martin Y. Iguchi was affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States. Their research spanned several areas within medicine and health professions, with a focus on epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, cognitive neuroscience, and sociology and political science.

Their work mainly addressed topics related to opioid use disorder treatment, HIV, drug use, sexual risk, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, homelessness and social issues, food security and health in diverse populations, geriatric care and nursing homes, and crime, illicit activities, and governance.

The scientist's recent publications included the following papers:

  • Community perspectives on supervised consumption sites: Insights from four U.S. counties deeply affected by opioids, 2021, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • America's Opioid Ecosystem: How Leveraging System Interactions Can Help Curb Addiction, Overdose, and Other Harms, 2023, RAND Corporation eBooks
  • Smart Syringe Vending Machines: Research Capabilities and Implications for Research Data Collection, 2021, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • An Undergraduate Student-Led Neuroscience Outreach Program Shows Promise in Shifting Teen Attitudes About Drugs, 2020, Mind Brain and Education
  • Low-Frequency Heroin Injection among Out-of-Treatment, Street-Recruited Injection Drug Users, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors included Jirka Taylor, Beau Kilmer, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Allison J. Ober, and Mary E. Vaiana.

Publication venues featured in their work were diverse, with contributions to:

  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • RAND Corporation eBooks
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • Mind Brain and Education
  • UNC Libraries

Iguchi also authored books published by RAND Corporation eBooks. Notable titles included Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Social Services for Vulnerable Populations in Los Angeles: Lessons Learned from Community Providers (2020) and The Ecosystem Approach to Opioid Policy (2023).

Over the course of their career, Martin Y. Iguchi was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2000.

Best Publications

  • College on Problems of Drug Dependence taskforce on prescription opioid non-medical use and abuse: position statement

    James Zacny;George Bigelow;Peggy Compton;Kathleen A. Foley

  • Psychiatric symptoms in methamphetamine users.

    Joan E. Zweben;Judith B. Cohen;Darrell Christian;Gantt P. Galloway

  • A multi-site comparison of psychosocial approaches for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence.

    Richard A. Rawson;Patricia Marinelli-Casey;M. Douglas Anglin;Alice Dickow

  • Contingent take-home incentive: effects on drug use of methadone maintenance patients.

    Maxine L. Stitzer;Martin Y. Iguchi;Linda J. Felch

  • Reinforcing operants other than abstinence in drug abuse treatment: An effective alternative for reducing drug use.

    Martin Y. Iguchi;Mark A. Belding;Mark A. Belding;Andrew R. Morral;Richard J. Lamb

  • How Criminal System Racial Disparities May Translate into Health Disparities

    Martin Y Iguchi;James Bell;Rajeev N Ramchand;Terry Fain

  • Benzodiazepine and sedative use/abuse by methadone maintenance clients

    Martin Y. Iguchi;Leonard Handelsman;Warren K. Bickel;Roland R. Griffiths

  • Drug Courts: A Conceptual Framework:

    Douglas L. Longshore;Susan Turner;Suzanne L. Wenzel;Andrew R. Morral

  • Ethical aspects of data sharing and research participant protections.

    Michael W. Ross;Martin Y. Iguchi;Sangeeta Panicker

  • Simultaneous Recruitment of Drug Users and Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States and Russia Using Respondent-Driven Sampling: Sampling Methods and Implications

    Martin Y. Iguchi;Martin Y. Iguchi;Allison J. Ober;Sandra H. Berry;Terry Fain

  • Contingency management in methadone maintenance: effects of reinforcing and aversive consequences on illicit polydrug use.

    Martin Y. Iguchi;Maxine L. Stitzer;George E. Bigelow;Ira A. Liebson

  • Cocaine use and HIV risk behavior in methadone maintenance patients

    Donald A. Bux;R.J. Lamb;Martin Y. Iguchi

  • Facilitating Treatment Entry among Out-of-Treatment Injection Drug Users

    Robert E. Booth;Carol Kwiatkowski;Martin Y. Iguchi;Francesca Pinto

  • Racial differences in marijuana-users' risk of arrest in the United States

    Rajeev Ramchand;Rosalie Liccardo Pacula;Martin Y Iguchi

  • Elements of well-being affected by criminalizing the drug user.

    Martin Y. Iguchi;Jennifer A. London;Nell Griffith Forge;Laura J. Hickman

  • Stages of change in methadone maintenance: Assessing the convergent validity of two measures

    Mark A. Belding;Martin Y. Iguchi;R. J. Lamb

  • A DECADE OF DRUG TREATMENT COURT RESEARCH

    Susan Turner;Douglas L. Longshore;Suzanne L. Wenzel;Elizabeth Deschenes

  • RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG LATINA/OS NATIONWIDE

    Angie Denisse Otiniano Verissimo;Gilbert C Gee;Chandra L Ford;Martin Y Iguchi

  • Stages and processes of change among polydrug users in methadone maintenance treatment

    Mark A. Belding;Martin Y. Iguchi;R.J. Lamb;Martin Lakin

  • Hardcore drug users claim to be occasional users: drug use frequency underreporting

    Andrew R. Morral;Daniel F. McCaffrey;Martin Y. Iguchi

  • Reinforcing Operants Other Than Abstinence in Drug Abuse Treatment

    Martin Y. Iguchi;Mark A. Belding;Andrew R. Morral;Richard J. Lamb

  • Simultaneous Recruitment of Drug Users and Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States and Russia Using Respondent-Driven Sampling

    Martin Y. Iguchi;Allison J. Ober;Sandra H. Berry;Terry Fain

Frequent Co-Authors

Kimberly C. Kirby
Kimberly C. Kirby Rowan University
Steven Shoptaw
Steven Shoptaw University of California, Los Angeles
Suzanne L. Wenzel
Suzanne L. Wenzel University of Southern California
Robert A. Steer
Robert A. Steer Rowan University
Roland R. Griffiths
Roland R. Griffiths Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Richard A. Rawson
Richard A. Rawson University of California, Los Angeles
Warren K. Bickel
Warren K. Bickel Virginia Tech
Linda B. Cottler
Linda B. Cottler University of Florida
Laura M. Bogart
Laura M. Bogart RAND Corporation
Laura J. Bierut
Laura J. Bierut Washington University in St. Louis

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