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D-Index
65
Citations
12654
World Ranking
3169
National Ranking
1472

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sandra D. Comer is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Toxicology.

Their research centers on topics related to opioid use and substance abuse, prominently featuring areas such as Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Pain Management and Opioid Use, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, and Poisoning and Overdose Treatments.

Frequent co-authors include Jermaine D. Jones, Suky Martinez, Rachel Luba, Laura Brandt, and Felipe Castillo, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts within the addiction and pharmacology research communities.

Publication venues where Sandra D. Comer has consistently contributed include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Addiction
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope of their research focus:

  • Pharmacotherapeutic strategies for treating cocaine use disorder-what do we have to offer?, 2020, Addiction
  • Therapeutic and Prophylactic Vaccines to Counteract Fentanyl Use Disorders and Toxicity, 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Neurocognitive impairments and brain abnormalities resulting from opioid-related overdoses: A systematic review, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • The Increasing Prevalence of Fentanyl: A Urinalysis-Based Study Among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder in New York City, 2020, American Journal on Addictions
  • Effects of lorcaserin on oxycodone self-administration and subjective responses in participants with opioid use disorder, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Sandra D. Comer was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2016, indicating peer acknowledgment within the professional community.

Best Publications

  • Injectable, Sustained-Release Naltrexone for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Sandra D. Comer;Maria A. Sullivan;Elmer Yu;Jami L. Rothenberg

  • Abstinence symptoms following smoked marijuana in humans.

    M. Haney;Amie S. Ward;Sandra D. Comer;Richard W. Foltin

  • Abstinence symptoms following oral THC administration to humans.

    Margaret Haney;Amie S. Ward;Sandra D. Comer;Richard W. Foltin

  • Risks, Management, and Monitoring of Combination Opioid, Benzodiazepines, and/or Alcohol Use

    Jeffrey A. Gudin;Shanthi Mogali;Jermaine D. Jones;Sandra D. Comer

  • Dronabinol and marijuana in HIV-positive marijuana smokers. Caloric intake, mood, and sleep.

    Margaret Haney;Erik W Gunderson;Judith Rabkin;Carl L Hart

  • Depot naltrexone: long-lasting antagonism of the effects of heroin in humans

    Sandra D. Comer;Eric D. Collins;Herbert D. Kleber;Elie S. Nuwayser

  • Fentanyl: Receptor pharmacology, abuse potential, and implications for treatment

    Sandra D. Comer;Catherine M. Cahill

  • Classification and definition of misuse, abuse, and related events in clinical trials: ACTTION systematic review and recommendations

    Shannon M. Smith;Richard C. Dart;Nathaniel P. Katz;Florence Paillard

  • Challenges in the development of prescription opioid abuse-deterrent formulations.

    Nathaniel P. Katz;Edgar H. Adams;Howard Chilcoat;Robert D. Colucci

  • Effects of THC and lofexidine in a human laboratory model of marijuana withdrawal and relapse

    Margaret Haney;Carl L. Hart;Suzanne K. Vosburg;Sandra D. Comer

  • Comparison of smoked marijuana and oral Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in humans

    Carl L. Hart;Amie S. Ward;Margaret Haney;Sandra D. Comer

  • Deficits in dopamine D(2) receptors and presynaptic dopamine in heroin dependence: commonalities and differences with other types of addiction.

    Diana Martinez;Phillip A. Saccone;Fei Liu;Mark Slifstein

  • Bupropion SR worsens mood during marijuana withdrawal in humans.

    Margaret Haney;Amie S. Ward;Sandra D. Comer;Carl L. Hart

  • The NMDA antagonist memantine attenuates the expression of opioid physical dependence in humans.

    Adam Bisaga;Sandra D. Comer;Amie S. Ward;Piotr Popik

  • Buprenorphine maintenance and mu-opioid receptor availability in the treatment of opioid use disorder: Implications for clinical use and policy

    Mark K. Greenwald;Sandra D. Comer;David A. Fiellin

  • Abuse liability of prescription opioids compared to heroin in morphine-maintained heroin abusers.

    Sandra D Comer;Maria A Sullivan;Robert A Whittington;Suzanne K Vosburg

  • Sex differences and hormonal influences on response to cold pressor pain in humans.

    William J. Kowalczyk;Suzette M. Evans;Adam M. Bisaga;Maria A. Sullivan

  • The role of human drug self-administration procedures in the development of medications

    S.D. Comer;J.B. Ashworth;R.W. Foltin;C.E. Johanson

  • Abuse liability of intravenous buprenorphine/naloxone and buprenorphine alone in buprenorphine‐maintained intravenous heroin abusers

    Sandra D. Comer;Maria A. Sullivan;Suzanne K. Vosburg;Jeanne Manubay

  • Impact of co-administration of oxycodone and smoked cannabis on analgesia and abuse liability

    Ziva D. Cooper;Gillinder Bedi;Divya Ramesh;Rebecca Balter

  • Acute Physiological and Behavioral Effects of Intranasal Methamphetamine in Humans

    Carl L Hart;Erik W Gunderson;Audrey Perez;Matthew G Kirkpatrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard W. Foltin
Richard W. Foltin Columbia University
Carl L. Hart
Carl L. Hart Columbia University
Adam Bisaga
Adam Bisaga Columbia University
Aimee N. C. Campbell
Aimee N. C. Campbell Columbia University Medical Center
Diana Martinez
Diana Martinez Columbia University
Frances R. Levin
Frances R. Levin Columbia University
Charles A. Dackis
Charles A. Dackis University of Pennsylvania
Marilyn E. Carroll
Marilyn E. Carroll University of Minnesota
Armin Raznahan
Armin Raznahan National Institutes of Health

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