Research Scientist, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute
University of Washington
1107 NE 45th St., Suite 120
Box 354805
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 685-3919
calebbg@u.washington.edu
Educational Background:
- BA, University of California in Santa Cruz- Santa Cruz, CA, Biology
- MPH, University of Washington, School of Public Health- Seattle, WA
- MSW, University of Washington, School of Public Health- Seattle, WA
- PhD, University of Washington, School of Public Health- Seattle, WA
Current Research Interests:
- Epidemiological measures of illicit drug use in rural and urban settings
- Drug-caused death analyses
- Youth abuse of prescription drugs
- Development of novel drug epidemiology surveillance tools
- Drug treatment outcomes -- impact of access to treatment and drug use characteristics
- Health services research -- prescription opiate use patterns among chronic pain patients
CHAMMP-Related Projects:
Pain and Opiate Project
Role: Co-Investigator
Sponsor: CHAMMP Research Initiatives
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Selected Publications:
- Campbell C. I., Weisner, C., LeResche, L., Ray, T., Saunders, K., Sullivan, M. D., et al. (in press). Age and sex trends in long-term opioid analgesic use for non-cancer pain. American Journal of Public Health.
- Sullivan, M. D., Von Korff, M., Banta-Green, C., Merrill, J. O., & Saunders, K. (2010). Problems and concerns of patients receiving chronic opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain. Pain, 149: 345-53.
- Dunn, K. M., Saunders, K. W., Rutter, C. M., Banta-Green, C. J., Merrill, J. O., Sullivan, M. D., et al. (2010). Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain and Overdose: A Cohort Study. Annals of Internal Medicine, 152: 85-92.
- Banta-Green, C. J., Von Korff, M., Sullivan, M. D., Merrill, J. O., Doyle, S., & Saunders, K. (2010). The prescribed opioids difficulties scale: A patient-centered assessment of problems and concerns. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 26: 489-97.
- Dunn, K. M., Saunders, K. D., Rutter, C. M., Banta-Green, C. J., Merrill, J. O., Sullivan, M. D., et al. (2010). Overdose and prescribed opioids: associations among chronic non-cancer pain patients. Annals of Internal Medicine, 152, 85-92.
- Boudreau D Von Korff, M., Rutter, C., Saunders, K., Ray, G.T., Sullivan, M.D., et al. (2009). Trends in long-term opioid therapy for non-cancer pain. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Safety, 18, 1166-75.
- Banta-Green, C. J., Maynard, C., Koepsell, T. D., Wells, E. A., & Donovan, D. M. (2009). Retention in methadone maintenance drug treatment for prescription-type opioid primary users compared to heroin users. Addiction, 104(5):775-783.
- Braden, J. B., Sullivan, M. D., Ray, G. T., Saunders, K., Merrill, J. O., Silverberg, M. J., et al. (2009). Trends in prescribed opioid therapy for non-cancer pain for persons with a history of depression. General Hospital Psychiatry, 31, 567-570.
- Weisner, C., Campbell, C. I., Ray, G. T., Saunders, K., Boudreau, D., Sullivan, M. D., et al. (2009). Trends in prescribed opioid therapy for non-cancer pain for individuals with prior substance use disorders. Pain, 145, 287-93.