Publications | UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Trends in first-time psychedelic and other hallucinogen use in the United States: Results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Montoy JCC, Wang RC, Coker AR, Anderson BT

Drug Alcohol Depend 2026 May doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113059

Setting an agenda for adolescent substance use research in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network.

Kelly S, Bakhireva LN, Buresh C, Camenga D, Castaneda R, Kaliamurthy S, Smith DC, Tolou-Shams M, Horigian VE, Marsch L, Karnik NS

J Subst Use Addict Treat 2026 Apr doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2026.209979

How foreign and domestic pressures on NGOs shape service provision for HIV in Tajikistan: a qualitative analysis.

McCrimmon T, Lunchenkov N, Metsch LR, Jonbekov J, Sangova F, Sirojiddinova M, Weine SM, Philbin MM

BMC Public Health 2026 Apr doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-27450-w

Evidence Over Eminence: Rethinking Specialty Guidelines Amid the ATS-IDSA Debate.

Spellberg B, Ghanem B, Morante-Ruiz M, Bortolussi-Courval É, Makam AN, Ergenc Z, Riccardi N, Meyer-Sautter P, Alharbi S, Rocha-Pereira N, Centor RM, Ryder J, Bhoojhawon G, Ahmed I, Cabanilla MG, Almeida F, Pimentel BV, Starkey J, Costa RPL, Maraolo AE, Tong SYC, Anderson DT, Murri R, McDonald EG, Lee TC

Clin Infect Dis 2026 Apr doi: 10.1093/cid/ciag267

Virtual and Remotely Conducted Trials: Connection Without Contact.

Huang AJ, Marcus GM, Chan AW

JAMA 2026 Apr doi: 10.1001/jama.2026.2777

"They're exhausted": Hospice staff views on caring for patients and families impacted by dementia.

Hunt LJ, Growdon ME, Smith AK, Margalit N, Harrison KL

J Pain Symptom Manage 2026 Apr doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2026.04.003

The neurosurgery sports medicine fellowship: a pioneering training paradigm for neurosurgery residents.

Alan N, Lavadi RS, Okonkwo DO, Muthiah N, DiGiorgio A, Wecht DA, Lunsford LD, Sekula RF Jr, Mares A, Bradley J, Mauro CS, Collins M, Norwig J, Amponsah G, Maroon J, Miele V

J Neurosurg 2026 Apr doi: 10.3171/2026.1.JNS252074

Satisfaction with and Feasibility of No-Test Telehealth Medication Abortion vs In-Person Care with Ultrasound in the United States.

Baba CF, Ralph LJ, Biggs MA, McNicholas C, Miller AH, Grossman D

Contraception 2026 Apr doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2026.111459

Individual, school, and neighborhood influences on disordered eating behaviors in adolescence and eating disorders in young adulthood.

Milliren CE, Zamora G, Acosta-Mercado L, Lin JA, Gooding HC, Richmond TK, Austin SB, Nagata JM

Health Place 2026 Apr doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2026.103664

Trends in Blood Pressure Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of 17 US Health Systems in the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network Blood Pressure Control Laboratory.

Chamberlain AM, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Fontil V, Park S, Shaw KM, Smith M, Carton T, O'Brien EC, Faulkner Modrow M, Wozniak G, Rakotz M, Smith SM, Kappelman MD, Ford DE, Williams DA, Reynolds Geary C, Litvin C, VanWormer JJ, Mosa ASM, Cowell LG, Taylor BW, Chrischilles EA, Pletcher MJ

J Am Heart Assoc 2026 Apr doi: 10.1161/JAHA.125.045694