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Erin L. Winstanley, PhD
General Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Email:
elw194@pitt.edu
Contact
E-mail:
elw194@pitt.edu
Education and Training
Education
BA, Sociology, Southern Connecticut State University, 1993
MA, Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996
PhD, Health Policy & Management (Health Services Research Track), Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2006
Research Interest
Dr. Winstanley has 25+ years of experience as a behavioral health services researcher. She is the Multiple Principal investigator (mPI) of the Appalachian Node of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN), and she is a member of the Tailored Retention and Engagement for Equitable Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Pain (TREETOP) study team. Her current research is focused on reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with the overdose epidemic, as well as the use of technology to improve access and quality of behavioral health services. She has expertise in rural health, clinical trials, patient-reported outcomes, and health policy. Her work is committed to discovering and implementing evidence-based strategies to improve health outcomes for individuals with behavioral health problems.
Educational Interest
Dr. Winstanley currently mentors trainees and junior faculty that are interested in clinical research on substance use disorders. She collaborates with Dr. Jane Liebschutz to facilitate the NIDA-funded University of Pittsburgh Collaboration in Addiction Training Scholars (PittCATS) Program (K12). She currently Co-Chairs the NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Training Consortium. While at West Virginia University (WVU), she collaborated with the Office of Interprofessional Education (IPE) to facilitate an annual event for ~650 WVU health professional students with the goal of improving medically-accurate non-stigmatizing language when interacting with patients with substance use disorders (see Winstanley et al. 2020).
Dr. Winstanley routinely collaborates with organizations like the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs), the Opioid Response Network (ORN), and community-based organizations to deliver trainings for practicing health professionals across the United States. She developed a Clinical Trials course for the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training, and she developed an intensive week-long course for practicing public health professionals for the Ohio University.
Publications
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Selected Publications:
Winstanley, E. L. The bell tolls for thee & thine: Compassion fatigue & the overdose epidemic.
International Journal of Drug Policy
. 2020; 85: 102796.
Winstanley, E. L., Mahoney, J. J., Castillo, F., Comer, S. D. Neurocognitive impairments and brain abnormalities resulting from opioid-related overdoses: a systematic review.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
. 2021; 226: 108838.
Winstanley, E. L., Thacker, E. P., Choo, L. Y., Lander, L. R., Berry, J. H., Tofighi, B. Patient-reported problems filling buprenorphine prescriptions and motivations for illicit use.
Drug Alcohol Depend Rep
. 2022; 5: 100091.
Winstanley, E. L., Newhouse, A., Law, K. B. Chapter 44: The Impact of Opioid Use Disorders Families and Children.
Dunn K (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Opioids and Opioid Use Disorders, Oxford University Press
. 2023.
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