Publications & Presentations


Journal Publications

Claborn, K., Creech, S., Conway, F.N. et al. Development of a digital platform to improve community response to overdose and prevention among harm reduction organizations. Harm Reduct J 19, 62 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00636-2

A lightweight and interpretable machine learning framework for opioid overdose surveillance

Graham, S. S., Shifflet, S., Ramos, T., Claborn, K. (2022, July.). A lightweight and interpretable machine learning framework for opioid overdose surveillance. Addiction. (under review)

Manuscript available upon request.

Oral/Poster Presentations

First Author

Development of a State-of-the-Art Response to Overdose Reporting in Texas- Phase 1 .pdf

Development of a State-of-the-Art Response to Overdose Reporting in Texas: Phase 1

Ramos, T., Brinkley, K., Welch, A., Jhaveri, A., Samora, J., Clinton, N., & Claborn, K. (2021, April). In Development of a State-of-the-Art Response to Overdose Reporting in Texas: Phase 1. Poster Presentation. Texas Substance Use Symposium, Virtual Conference.

Providers’ Perceptions of the Texas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program & Mandate of 2020.pdf

Providers’ Perceptions of the Texas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program & Mandate of 2020

Ramos, T., Baysinger, A., Brinkley, K., Kioumarsi, A., Hill, R., Claborn, K. (2020, February). Providers’ Perceptions of the Texas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program & Mandate of 2020. Poster Presentation. 30th annual meeting of the Texas Research Society on Alcoholism Scientific Meeting, Bryan, TX.

Mental Health and Substance Use Patterns among People who use Drugs during the COVID-19 Pandemic.pdf

Mental Health and Substance Use Patterns among People who use Drugs during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ramos, T., Brinkley, K., Conway, F., Samora, J., Clinton, N., Jeong, H., Claborn, K. (2021, August) Addressing the Syndemic Effects of COVID-19 and Illicit Drug Use among People who use Drugs. Symposium proposal accepted to the 2021 American Psychological Association Convention, virtual. 

Cross-training in HIV and substance use among community-based clinicians_final draft.pdf

Cross-training in HIV and substance use among community-based clinicians

Ramos, T., Claborn, K. (2020, December) Cross-training in HIV and substance use among community-based clinicians. Oral Presentation. 2020 Texas HIV/STD Conference, Virtual Conference

Co-Author

Designing and pilot testing TxCOPE- An anonymous overdose reporting platform for harm reduction organizations .pdf

Designing and pilot testing TxCOPE: An anonymous overdose reporting platform for harm reduction organizations

Samora, J., Brinkley, K., Ramos, T., Welch, A., Jhaveri, A., Clinton, N., & Claborn, K. (2022, March). Designing and pilot testing TxCOPE: An anonymous overdose reporting platform for harm reduction organizations. Poster Presentation. 2nd Annual Texas Substance Use Symposium, Corpus Christi, TX.

Understanding perspectives and gaps on overdose data: Perspectives from first responders and PWUD.pdf

Understanding perspectives and gaps on overdose data: Perspectives from first responders and PWUD 

Brinkley, K., Claborn, K., Samora, J., Ramos, T., & Clinton, N. (2022, January). Understanding perspectives and gaps on overdose data: Perspectives from first responders and PWUD. Poster Presentation. St. David’s CHPR 20th Annual Conference, Austin, TX.

Design Sprint to Develop a Digital Opioid Overdose Reporting Platform.pdf

Design Sprint to Develop a Digital Opioid Overdose Reporting Platform

Brinkley, K., Welch, A., Ramos, T., Jhaveri, A., & Claborn, K. Design Sprint to Develop an Opioid Overdose Reporting Digital Platform. Abstract accepted as a Research Spotlight at the 42nd annual meeting & scientific sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, virtual. (2021, April)

Development of an Adherence Intervention amongPeople With HIV Who Use Drugs- A Qualitative Study.pdf

Development of an adherence intervention among people with HIV who use drugs: A qualitative study

Samora, J., Ramos, T., Jhaveri, A., Claborn, K. (2021, November). Development of an Adherence Intervention among People With HIV Who Use Drugs: A Qualitative Study. Poster Presentation. 2021 ABCT Annual Convention, Virtual. 

Exploring the Impact of Anxiety, Depression, and Fear of COVID-19 on Overdose and Sexual Risk Behaviors.pdf

Exploring the impact of anxiety, depression, and fear of COVID-19 on overdose and HIV/sexual risk behaviors

Ogle, K., Conway, F., Shifflet, S., Ramos, T., Brinkley, K., Claborn, K. (2022, February). Exploring the Impact of Anxiety, Depression, and Fear of COVID-19 on Overdose and HIV/Sexual Risk Behaviors. Oral Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Texas Research Society on Alcoholism, Virtual.