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Noa Krawczyk
Noa Krawczyk, PhD
NYU Langone Health, Division of Epidemiology, Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, Department of Population Health - Assistant Professor
Email: noa.krawczyk@nyulangone.org
Education
PhD, Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
BA, Biology, Hunter College at the City University of New York – Macaulay Honors College
Research Interests
Substance use, Opioids, Overdose, Health services, Mental health, Criminal justice, Treatment
BIO
Noa Krawczyk is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU School of Medicine and a member of the Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy. She completed her PhD in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she studied substance use epidemiology, and previously worked as a Fulbright research scholar to study treatment and health services among cocaine users in Brazil. Her research focuses on studying ways to address barriers to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders and improving quality and effectiveness of care, especially among vulnerable groups such as persons with criminal justice involvement. Her work centers on bridging research and practice by collaborating with health organizations, public health and government agencies and advancing science that can help inform evidence-based policies and practices that reduce harm and promote long term recovery.
Projects
Principal Investigator, Beyond Treatment Initiation: Enhancing Opioid Use Disorder Care Transitions Across Health System Touchpoints. Active
Principal Investigator, Trends in Psychosis Related to Hospitalizations Among Youth Following Cannabis Legalization in Colorado. Completed
Publications

Recent

Allen B, Basaraba C, Corbeil T, Rivera BD, Levin FR, Martinez DM, Schultebraucks K, Henry BF, Pincus HA, Arout C, Krawczyk N (2023).
Racial differences in COVID-19 severity associated with history of substance use disorders and overdose: Findings from multi-site electronic health records in New York City
Preventive Medicine, 172, 107533. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107533. PMCID: PMC10155467.

Krawczyk N, Rivera BD, Basaraba C, Corbeil T, Allen B, Schultebraucks K, Henry BF, Pincus HA, Levin FR, Martinez D (2023).
COVID-19 complications among patients with opioid use disorder: A retrospective cohort study across five major NYC hospital systems
Addiction, 118 (5), 857-869. doi: 10.1111/add.16105. PMCID: PMC9878119.

Cerda M, Krawczyk N, Keyes K (2023).
The future of the United States overdose crisis: Challenges and opportunities
Milbank Quarterly, 101 (S1), 478-506. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12602. PMCID: PMC10126987.

Frank D, Krawczyk N, Arshonsky J, Bragg MA, Friedman SR, Bunting AM (2023).
Covid-19-related changes to drug-selling networks and their effects on people who use illicit opioids
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 84 (2), 222-229. doi: 10.15288/jsad.21-00438. PMCID: PMC10171252.

Krawczyk N, Rivera BD, Levin E, Dooling BCE (2023).
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: Implications for policy
Lancet Public Health, 8 (3), e238-e246. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00023-3. PMCID: PMC9949855.


Notable

Krawczyk N, Buresh M, Gordon MS, Blue TR, Fingerhood MI, Agus D (2019).
Expanding low-threshold buprenorphine to justice-involved individuals through mobile treatment: Addressing a critical care gap
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 103, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.05.002. PMCID: PMC6612429.

Krawczyk N, Picher CE, Feder KA, Saloner B (2017).
Only one in twenty justice-referred adults in specialty treatment for opioid use receive methadone or buprenorphine
Health Affairs, 36 (12), 2046-2053. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0890. PMCID: PMC6035729.

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Selected Press