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2059
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Overview

Ricky N. Bluthenthal is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics of their work include:

  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Bluthenthal has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with research frequently published in venues such as:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • BMC Public Health

Some recent papers by Bluthenthal include:

  • Transition from injecting opioids to smoking fentanyl in San Francisco, California (2021), published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Within Syringe Service Programs - United States, 2019 (2020), published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Population-Level Health Effects of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness Who Inject Drugs in US Cities (2023), published in JAMA
  • The naloxone delivery cascade: Identifying disparities in access to naloxone among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA (2021), published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Ingenuity and resiliency of syringe service programs on the front lines of the opioid overdose and COVID-19 crises (2021), published in Translational Research

Bluthenthal's frequent co-authors include:

  • Alex H. Kral
  • Lynn D. Wenger
  • Kelsey A. Simpson
  • Jesse L. Goldshear
  • Barrot H. Lambdin

Their collaborative work spans multiple studies on substance abuse, harm reduction, opioid overdose prevention, and public health interventions targeted at vulnerable populations, including people who use drugs and those experiencing homelessness. This multidisciplinary approach integrates epidemiological methods, clinical insights, and public health strategies.

Best Publications

  • Sexual Transmission of HIV-1 Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, USA: Risk-Factor Analysis

    Alex H Kral;Ricky N Bluthenthal;Jennifer Lorvick;Lauren Gee

  • High Prevalence of Abscesses and Cellulitis Among Community-Recruited Injection Drug Users in San Francisco

    Ingrid A. Binswanger;Alex H. Kral;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Daniel J. Rybold

  • Measuring the Food Environment: Shelf Space of Fruits, Vegetables, and Snack Foods in Stores

    Thomas A. Farley;Janet Rice;J. Nicholas Bodor;Deborah A. Cohen

  • The effect of syringe exchange use on high-risk injection drug users: a cohort study.

    Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Alex H. Kral;Lauren Gee;Elizabeth A. Erringer

  • A Public Health Strategy for the Opioid Crisis.

    Brendan Saloner;Emma E. McGinty;Leo Beletsky;Ricky Bluthenthal

  • Predictors and Prevention of Nonfatal Overdose Among Street-Recruited Injection Heroin Users in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1998–1999

    Karen H. Seal;Alex H. Kral;Lauren Gee;Lisa D. Moore

  • Impact of law enforcement on syringe exchange programs: A look at Oakland and San Francisco

    Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Alex H. Kral;Jennifer Lorvick;John K. Watters

  • HIV seroprevalence among street-recruited injection drug and crack cocaine users in 16 US municipalities.

    Alex Kral;RN Bluthenthal;RE Booth;JK Watters

  • Racial disparities in completion rates from publicly funded alcohol treatment: economic resources explain more than demographics and addiction severity.

    Jerry O Jacobson;Paul L Robinson;Ricky N Bluthenthal

  • Collateral damage in the war on drugs: HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users

    Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Jennifer Lorvick;Alex H. Kral;Elizabeth A. Erringer

  • Are racial disparities in alcohol treatment completion associated with racial differences in treatment modality entry? Comparison of outpatient treatment and residential treatment in Los Angeles County, 1998 to 2000.

    Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Jerry O. Jacobson;Paul L. Robinson

  • Higher syringe coverage is associated with lower odds of HIV risk and does not increase unsafe syringe disposal among syringe exchange program clients

    Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Rachel Anderson;Neil M. Flynn;Alex H. Kral;Alex H. Kral

  • Risk factors among IDUs who give injections to or receive injections from other drug users.

    Alex H. Kral;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Elizabeth A. Erringer;Jennifer Lorvick

  • Transition from injecting opioids to smoking fentanyl in San Francisco, California.

    Alex H. Kral;Barrot H. Lambdin;Erica N. Browne;Lynn D. Wenger

  • Reducing Crime by Shaping the Built Environment with Zoning: An Empirical Study of Los Angeles

    James M. Anderson;John M. MacDonald;Ricky Bluthenthal;J. Scott Ashwood

  • A Framework for the Specificity of Addictions

    Steve Sussman;Adam Leventhal;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Marilyn Freimuth

  • Alcohol outlets, gonorrhea, and the Los Angeles civil unrest: a longitudinal analysis.

    Deborah A. Cohen;Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar;Richard Scribner;Angela Miu

  • Drug Paraphernalia Laws and Injection-Related Infectious Disease Risk among Drug Injectors

    Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Alex H. Kral;Elizabeth A. Erringer;Brian R. Edlin

  • Policing space in the overdose crisis: A rapid ethnographic study of the impact of law enforcement practices on the effectiveness of overdose prevention sites

    Alexandra B. Collins;Jade Boyd;Samara Mayer;Al Fowler

  • HIV Risk Behaviors Associated with the Injection Process: Multiperson Use of Drug Injection Equipment and Paraphernalia in Injection Drug User Networks

    R H Needle;S Coyle;H Cesari;R Trotter

  • Alcohol outlet density and alcohol consumption in Los Angeles County and Southern Louisiana

    Matthias Schonlau;Richard Scribner;Thomas A. Farley;Katherine P. Theall

  • Sexual Transmission of HIV-1 Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, USA

    Alex H. Kral;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Jennifer Lorvick;Lauren Gee

  • Racial Disparities in Completion Rates from Publicly Funded Alcohol Treatment

    Jerry O. Jacobson;Paul L. Robinson;Ricky N. Bluthenthal

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex H. Kral
Alex H. Kral RTI International
Brian R. Edlin
Brian R. Edlin National Development and Research Institutes
John M. MacDonald
John M. MacDonald University of Pennsylvania
David E. Kanouse
David E. Kanouse RAND Corporation
Deborah A. Cohen
Deborah A. Cohen Kaiser Permanente
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati University of Southern California
Merrill Singer
Merrill Singer University of Connecticut
Kathryn Pitkin Derose
Kathryn Pitkin Derose RAND Corporation
Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
Martin Y. Iguchi
Martin Y. Iguchi Georgetown University

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