Research

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Abraham, A., Steuart, S. R., Harris, S. J., Bethel, V. (2025) “Older Adult Opioid Poisoings Before and During COVID-19” Health Science Reports.

Rojas, F. L., Bethel, V., Gupta, S., Steuart, S. R., Bradford, W. D., Abraham, A. J. (2025) “Cannabis Laws and Opioid Utilization Among Commercially Insured Patients with Cancer Diagnoses in the United States” JAMA Health Forum.

Steuart, S. R., Bethel, V., and Bradford, W. D. “Cannabis Legalization and Pediatric Cannabis Exposure – Evidence from America’s Poison Centers” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Steuart, S. R., Estrada M. A. G., Andrews, C., Grogan, C., Hinds, O., Lawler, E., Peterson, L., Lozano-Rojas, F., Westlake, M., Wing, C., Abraham, A. J. “Medicaid MCO Plan Coverage and Diagnosis and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Evidence from Plan Assignment in Kentucky Medicaid” Health Affairs Scholar.

Steuart, S. R., Abraham, A., and Bethel, V. (2025). “Adolescent Opioid-Related Exposures Before and During COVID-19” Journal of Adolescent Health.

Steuart, S. R. (2024). “The addition of cannabis to prescription drug monitoring programs and medication fills in Medicaid” Health Economics.

Steuart, S. R. and Bradford, W. D. (2024) “The association between medical cannabis laws and flows of opioids by dosage strength to US pharmacies – Evidence from detailed ARCOS data, 2006-2014” Contributions in Health Economic Analysis.

Steuart, S. R., Lawler, E. C., Adams, G. B., Shone, H., and Abraham, A. (2023). “Comparison of Postpartum Opioid Prescriptions Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” JAMA Network Open

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATON

Active Funding

Principal Investigator. The Impact of Telehealth Policy on SUD and Mental Health Care for Older Adults, National Institute of Aging (P30 Center for SUNSHINE (Seniors Uniting Nationwide to Support Health, INtegrated care, and Economics) Pilot Program), 2025-2027, $75,000.

Co-Investigator. Building a Quantitative Dataset of Medicaid 1115 SUD and Criminal Justice Waivers. Arnold Ventures, $108,400

Co-Investigator for the Policy Core. Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Methodology and Advanced Analytics Resource Center (MAARC) Renewal 2024-2029, NIDA Center Grant No. U2C DA050098, Co-Directors of the Policy Landscape Core: Harold Pollack and Colleen Grogan; Policy Core Budget: $2,131,518. MPI (MAARC): Jon Schneider and Harold Pollack, University of Chicago, $17,249,630