
Jennifer McNeely, MD, MS
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health and Division of General Medicine
Education
MD, Albert Einstein College of MedicineMS, New York University School of Medicine
BA, Columbia University
Research Interests
Screening for substance use, Integrating care for substance use into general medical settings BIO
Jennifer McNeely is a clinical investigator and a practicing general internist. Dr. McNeely’s research focuses on the implications of substance use for individuals and health systems, and on improving the identification and treatment of addiction in general medical settings. In 2010 she received a K23 career development award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH/NIDA) to study patient self-administered substance use screening in primary care settings. She was Co-Lead Investigator of a NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN) study (CTN 0059) that developed and validated a brief substance use screening tool, and is currently Lead Investigator of a second NIDA CTN study (CTN 0062-Ot) that utilizes technology to address barriers to implementing substance use screening and brief interventions in primary care. Her prior work has included policy research on models of opioid maintenance treatment; clinical research on an HIV prevention intervention in a drug treatment program; and analysis of large public health data sets to describe the health burden of illicit opioid use in New York City. Dr. McNeely is also a clinician in the Adult Primary Care and HIV clinics at Bellevue Hospital. Projects
Principal Investigator, Collaborative Care for Polysubstance Use in Primary Care Settings (Co-Care). Active
Principal Investigator, Subthreshold Opioid Use Disorder Prevention (STOP) Trial. Active
Principal Investigator, Effectiveness of the Consult for Addiction Treatment and Care in Hospitals (CATCH) Model for Engaging Patients in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Pragmatic Trial in a Large Municipal Hospital System. Completed
Principal Investigator, Leveraging Technology to Address Unhealthy Drug Use in Primary Care Settings. Completed
Principal Investigator, Phased-Implementation Feasibility and Proof-of-Concept Study to Assess Incorporating the NIDA CTN Common Data Elements into the Electronic Health Record in Large Primary Care Settings. Completed
Principal Investigator, Randomized Controlled Trial of Relay – NYC’s Nonfatal Overdose Response Program. Completed
Principal Investigator, Screening for Substance Use with Computer Assisted Self Interview in Primary Care. Completed
Principal Investigator, Testing the Feasibility of a Computerized Approach for Screening, Brief Intervention and Overdose Prevention for Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs in a University Health Center. Completed
Principal Investigator, Validation of a Short Drug Screen in Primary Care. Completed
Publications
Recent
King C, Douglas D, Avalone L, Appleton N, Linn-Walton R, Barron C, McNeely J (2023).
Telephonic outreach to engage patients with substance use disorder post-hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research [Epub 2023 Apr 27]. doi: 10.1007/s11414-023-09837-4. PMCID: PMC10139664.
Telephonic outreach to engage patients with substance use disorder post-hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research [Epub 2023 Apr 27]. doi: 10.1007/s11414-023-09837-4. PMCID: PMC10139664.
Doran KM, Welch AE, Jeffers A, Kepler KL, Chambless D, Cowan E, Wittman I, Regina A, Chang TE, Parraga S, Tapia J, Diaz C, Gwadz M, Cleland CM, McNeely J (2023).
Study protocol for a multisite randomized controlled trial of a peer navigator intervention for emergency department patients with nonfatal opioid overdose
Contemporary Clinical Trials, 126, 107111. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107111.
Study protocol for a multisite randomized controlled trial of a peer navigator intervention for emergency department patients with nonfatal opioid overdose
Contemporary Clinical Trials, 126, 107111. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107111.
Bunting AM, Schwartz RP, Wu LT, Wahle A, Kline M, Subramaniam G, McNeely J (2023).
A brief screening and assessment tool for opioid use in adults: Results from a validation study of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substances tool
Journal of Addiction Medicine [Epub 2023 Feb 6]. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001139.
A brief screening and assessment tool for opioid use in adults: Results from a validation study of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substances tool
Journal of Addiction Medicine [Epub 2023 Feb 6]. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001139.
Bunting AM, Nowotny K, Farabee D, McNeely J, Beckwith CG (2023).
Characteristics of substance use screening at intake in a sample of U.S. jails
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 34 (1), 180-191. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0012.
Characteristics of substance use screening at intake in a sample of U.S. jails
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 34 (1), 180-191. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0012.
Sugarman A, Vittitow A, Cheng A, Malone M, McDonald R, Pace N, Williams O, Tofighi B, McNeely J, Schatz D, Roberts T, Hey SP, Garrity K, Lindquist K, Lee JD (2022).
Opioid use disorder treatments: An evidence map
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 241, 109657. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109657.
Opioid use disorder treatments: An evidence map
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 241, 109657. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109657.
Notable
A brief patient self-administered substance use screening tool for primary care: Two-site validation study of the Substance Use Brief Screen (SUBS)
American Journal of Medicine, 128 (7), 784.e9-784.e19. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.02.007. PMCID: PMC4475501.
McNeely J, Gourevitch MN, Paone D, Shah S, Wright S, Heller D (2012).
Estimating the prevalence of illicit opioid use in New York City using multiple data sources
BMC Public Health, 12, 443. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-443. PMCID: PMC3416644.
McNeely J, Arnsten JA, Gourevitch MN (2006).
Improving access to sterile syringes and safe syringe disposal for injection drug users in methadone maintenance treatment
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 31 (1), 51-57.
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