NATIONAL MEDIA APPEARANCES
- Goodhart, Barbara. Prior Authorizations of OUD Medications are at Times Dangerous, and May Violate Federal Parity Laws; the Support Act Fails to Help. ADDICTION TREATMENT FORUM (April 7, 2019) http://atforum.com/2019/04/oud-medications-support-act/
- Goodhart, Barbara. Medicare Part D Insurers are Making the Addiction Crisis Even Worse: It’s Much Tougher Now to Prescribe Buprenorphine, Easier to Prescribe Opioids. ADDICTION TREATMENT FORUM (April 7, 2019) http://atforum.com/2019/04/medicare-part-d-insurers-making-opioid-crisis-worse/
- Harper, Jake. Addiction Treatment Gap is a Driving Black Market for Suboxone, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, All Things Considered (October 5, 2018), https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/05/653360644/addiction-treatment-gap-is-driving-a-black-market-for-suboxone
- Harper, Jake. Questions Raised About Study of Device to Ease Opioid Withdrawal, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, Morning Edition (May 2, 2018), https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/02/602908208/questions-raised-about-study-of-device-to-ease-opioid-withdrawal
- Harper, Jake. To Grow Market Share, A Drug Maker Pitches its Product to Judges, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, Morning Edition (August 3, 2017), http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/03/540029500/to-grow-market-share-a-drugmaker-pitches-its-product-to judges
- Harper, Jake. A Drug Maker Tries to Cash in on the Opioid Epidemic, One State Law at a Time, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, All Things Considered (June 12, 2017), http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/12/523774660/a-drugmaker-tries-to-cash-in-on-the-opioid-epidemic-one-state-law-at-a-time
STATE & LOCAL MEDIA APPEARANCES
- Why Some Lawmakers are Pushing to Bring Medication for Addiction to County Jails. March 31, 2019. All News KCBS Radio. San Francisco, CA. https://omny.fm/shows/kcbsam-on-demand/california-lawmaker-pushes-to-bring-medication-for (radio interview)
- A Healthcare Course could soon be Required for Graduation. Knight News. February 23, 2019.http://knightnews.com/2019/02/a-health-care-course-could-soon-be-required-for-graduation/
- McDede, Holly. East Bay Doctors Treat Heroin Users on the Street. East Bay Express. January 15, 2019. https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/east-bay-doctors-treat-heroin-users-on-the-street/Content?mode=print&oid=24352942
- The Workaround: Street Treatment. Side Effects Public Media. August 15, 2018. https://podcasts.sideeffectspublicmedia.org/workaround/638783107/ (podcast)
- Harper, Jake. Alaska Plans to Spend Government Funds to Indiana-Made Addiction Treatment Device. Side Effects Public Media. July 19, 2018. http://www.sideeffectspublicmedia.org/post/alaska-plans-spend-government-funds-indiana-made-addiction-treatment-device
- Strange, Deborah. Three health experts discussed the controversies of opioid treatments at a UF HealthStreet panel Monday. Gainesville Sun. May 21, 2018. https://www.gainesville.com/news/20180521/experts-discuss-opioid-treatments
- Saliby, Sophia. Federal Grant Delivers Increase in Funds to Treat Opioid Abuse. INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA (September 15, 2017), http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/federal-grant-delivers-increase-funds-treat-opioid-abuse-127552/
- Associated Press, Indiana Gets Nearly $11 Million to Combat Heroin, Opioid Abuse, INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA (April 24, 2017), http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/indiana-11m-combat-heroin-opioid-abuse-118615/
- Fentem, Sarah. Indiana Could Receive $19M for Opioid Treatment through Cures Act, INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA (Dec. 16, 2016), http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/unclear-state-spent-money-federal-opioid- abuse-bill-110812/
- Fentem, Sarah. Far-Reaching Healthcare Bill Could Send Ripples through Indiana, INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA (Dec. 2, 2016), http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/farreaching-healthcare-bill-send-ripples-indiana-110069/
- Editorial Board. Awareness Key to Stemming Indiana’s Opioid Crisis: Lives in the Balance, THE JOURNAL GAZETTE (Nov. 15, 2016), http://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/editorials/Lives-in-the-balance-16315827
- Shawgo, Ron. Fight to get prescriptions for pain filled: Medical Schools Offering Education, THE JOURNAL GAZETTE (Nov. 13, 2016), http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/in-depth/Fight-to-get-prescriptions-for- pain-filled-16103960
- Editorial Board. Coverage of presentation to physicians, INDIANA STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, eReport (Nov. 3, 2016), http://www.ismanet.org/news/ereports/2016/email/128876/eReports.html?url=RxSymposium#.WBucA_orJPZ
- Costello, Becca. Panel Discusses CARA Funding to Combat Opioid Abuse, INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA (Sep. 30, 2016), http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/tonight-live-panel- discusses-cara- funding-combat- opioid- abuse-106264/ (Live Televised Panel Member)
- Jula, Megan. Untreated, INDIANA DAILY STUDENT (April 5, 2016), http://specials.idsnews.com/untreated/ (circulation 14,000)
- Jula, Megan. Medication-Assisted Treatments are Underused with Opioid Addictions, Speaker Says, INDIANA DAILY STUDENT (January 26, 2016), http://www.idsnews.com/article/2016/01/drug-treatments-for-opiate-are-addiction-underused (Press coverage of Poynter Center presentation) (circulation 14,000)
- Dave Stafford, Lawmakers table easing access to gun permits for alcohol abusers, INDIANA LAWYER (January 14, 2016), http://www.theindianalawyer.com/article/print?articleId=39236 (Press coverage of testimony to State Judiciary Committee)
- Editorial Board. CLAAD Recommends Policies to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse, WFHB RADIO (June 8, 2015) (Radio Interview)
OTHER HONORS
- Awarded the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s Award for Best Abstract by an Associated Professional for “Indiana Court Employees' Attitudes towards Medication-Assisted Treatments for OUD”. April 2019.
- Identified as “Top Professor” nationally and one of 15 “Healthcare Administration Professors to Know.” MHA Online. 2018. Available at https://www.mhaonline.com/blog/healthcare-administration-professors-to-know
- Solo-authored article (“What is Treatment for Opiate Addiction in Problem- Solving Courts? A Study of 20 Indiana Drug and Veterans Courts?”) cited in Federal Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Opinion. Tri-Cities Holdings LLC et al. v. Tenn. Admin. Procedures Div. et al., No. 17-5628/6046 (6th Cir. Feb. 28, 2018). Available at http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/18a0097n-06.pdf
VIDEOS
- Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - July 16 2016
- Oral Presentation at the Indiana Attorney General’s Bitter Pill: Rx Prescription Drug Abuse & Heroin Symposium, Indianapolis, Indiana (October 13, 2016):