Sharon Walsh, Ph.D.

Professor, Behavioral Science
Director for the Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR)
Director, Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR)
Joint Appointment, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Joint Appointment, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
Joint Appointment, Psychiatry
Substance Use Priority Research Area
UNITE Research Priority Area

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Education/Academic qualification

Post Doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

1992

Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers State University-Queens Campus

1990

Master of Science, Rutgers State University-Queens Campus

1988

Bachelor of Arts, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

1982

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Emergency Department and Bridge Clinic Services (C5339): KORE/SOR III/Bridge
Walsh, S. (PI), Akpunonu, P. (CoI), Arora, A. (CoI), Fanucchi, L. (CoI), Fourie, E. (CoI), Lofwall, M. (CoI), Micciche, A. (CoI), Murphy, J. (CoI), Naidu, L. (CoI), Nickels, K. (CoI), Oller, D. (CoI), Polly, R. (CoI), South, A. M. (CoI) & Weaver, D. (CoI)
KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services
7/1/24 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
Emergency Department and Bridge Clinic Services (C5339): KORE/SOR IV/Bridge
Walsh, S. (PI), Akpunonu, P. (CoI), Arora, A. (CoI), Fanucchi, L. (CoI), Fourie, E. (CoI), Lofwall, M. (CoI), Micciche, A. (CoI), Murphy, J. (CoI), Naidu, L. (CoI), Nickels, K. (CoI), Oller, D. (CoI), Polly, R. (CoI), South, A. M. (CoI) & Weaver, D. (CoI)
KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services
7/1/24 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
Emergency Department and Bridge Clinic Services (C5339) - KORE/SOR IV/ACES
Fanucchi, L. (PI), Akpunonu, P. (CoI), Arora, A. (CoI), Fourie, E. (CoI), Micciche, A. (CoI), Naidu, L. (CoI), Oller, D. (CoI), South, A. M. (CoI), Walsh, S. (CoI) & Weaver, D. (CoI)
KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services
7/1/24 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
Diversity Supplement for Hammerslag - Rapid Actionable Data for Opioid Response in Kentucky (RADOR-KY)
Slavova, S. (PI), Bumgardner, V. (CoI), Freeman, P. (CoI), Hammerslag, L. (CoI), Harris, D. (CoI), Lofwall, M. (CoI), Walsh, S. (CoI), Westgate, P. (CoI) & Talbert, J. (CoPI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
7/1/24 → 9/29/25
Project: Research project
Rapid Actionable Data for Opioid Response in Kentucky (RADOR-KY)
Slavova, S. (PI), Bumgardner, V. (CoI), Freeman, P. (CoI), Harris, D. (CoI), Lofwall, M. (CoI), Thompson, K. (CoI), Walsh, S. (CoI), Westgate, P. (CoI) & Talbert, J. (CoPI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
7/1/24 → 9/29/25
Project: Research project

166 Article
11 Review article
3 Meeting Abstract
3 Comment/debate
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Description of implementing a mail-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program in community supervision settings during COVID-19
Oser, C. B., McGladrey, M., Oyler, D. R., Knudsen, H. K., Walsh, S., Stitzer, S., Goetz, M., Booty, M., Hargis, E., Johnson, S., Staton, M. & Freeman, P., Mar 2025, In: Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. 170, 209618.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Medication disposal within reach: Assessing implementation of permanent disposal receptacles in community pharmacies
Miracle, D. K., Stinson, L., Roberts, M. F., Oyler, D. R., Matson, A., Knudsen, H. K., Walsh, S. L. & Freeman, P. R., Jan 1 2025, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 266, 112500.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Alternatives to dental opioid prescribing after tooth extraction (ADOPT): protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial
Oyler, D. R., Westgate, P. M., Walsh, S. L., Dolly Prothro, J., Miller, C. S., Roberts, M. F., Freeman, P. R., Knudsen, H. K., Lang, M., Dominguez-Fernandez, E. & Rojas-Ramirez, M. V., Dec 2024, In: BMC Oral Health. 24, 1, 414.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Communities That HEAL Intervention and Mortality Including Polysubstance Overdose Deaths: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Freisthler, B., Chahine, R. A., Villani, J., Chandler, R., Feaster, D. J., Slavova, S., Defiore-Hyrmer, J., Walley, A. Y., Kosakowski, S., Aldridge, A., Barbosa, C., Bhatta, S., Brancato, C., Bridden, C., Christopher, M., Clarke, T., David, J., D'Costa, L., Ewing, I. & Fernandez, S. & 26 others, Gibson, E., Gilbert, L., Hall, M. E., Hargrove, S., Hunt, T., Kinnard, E. N., Larochelle, L., MacOubray, A., Nigam, S., Nunes, E. V., Oser, C. B., Pagnano, S., Rock, P., Salsberry, P., Shadwick, A., Stopka, T. J., Tan, S., Taylor, J. L., Westgate, P. M., Wu, E., Zarkin, G. A., Walsh, S. L., El-Bassel, N., Winhusen, T. J., Samet, J. H. & Oga, E. A., Oct 21 2024, In: JAMA network open. 7, 10, p. e2440006
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths
Samet, J. H., El-Bassel, N., John Winhusen, T., Jackson, R. D., Oga, E. A., Chandler, R. K., Villani, J., Freisthler, B., Adams, J., Aldridge, A., Angerame, A., Babineau, D. C., Bagley, S. M., Baker, T. J., Balvanz, P., Barbosa, C., Barocas, J., Battaglia, T. A., Beard, D. D. & Beers, D. & 143 others, Blevins, D., Bove, N., Bridden, C., Brown, J. L., Bush, H. M., Bush, J. L., Caldwell, R., Calver, K., Calvert, D., Campbell, A. N. C., Carpenter, J., Caspar, R., Chassler, D., Chaya, J., Cheng, D. M., Cunningham, C. O., Dasgupta, A., David, J. L., Davis, A., Dean, T., Drainoni, M. L., Eggleston, B., Fanucchi, L. C., Feaster, D. J., Fernandez, S., Figueroa, W., Freedman, D. A., Freeman, P. R., Freiermuth, C. E., Friedlander, E., Gelberg, K. H., Gibson, E. B., Gilbert, L., Glasgow, L. S., Goddard-Eckrich, D. A., Gomori, S., Gruss, D. E., Gulley, J., Gutnick, D., Hall, M. E., Harger Dykes, N., Hargrove, S. L., Harlow, K., Harris, A., Harris, D., Helme, D. W., Holloway, J. N., Hotchkiss, J., Huang, T., Huerta, T. R., Hunt, T., Hyder, A., Ingram, V. L., Ingram, T., Kauffman, E., Kimball, J. L., Kinnard, E. N., Knott, C., Knudsen, H. K., Konstan, M. W., Kosakowski, S., Larochelle, M. R., Leaver, H. M., Lebaron, P. A., Lefebvre, R. C., Levin, F. R., Lewis, N., Lewis, N., Lofwall, M. R., Lounsbury, D. W., Luster, J. E., Lyons, M. S., Mack, A., Marks, K. R., Marquesano, S., Mauk, R., Mcalearney, A. S., Mcconnell, K., Mcgladrey, M. L., Mcmullan, J., Miles, J., Munoz Lopez, R., Nelson, A., Neufeld, J. L., Newman, L., Nguyen, T. Q., Nunes, E. V., Oller, D. A., Oser, C. B., Oyler, D. R., Pagnano, S., Parran, T. V., Powell, J., Powers, K., Ralston, W., Ramsey, K., Rapkin, B. D., Reynolds, J. G., Roberts, M. F., Robertson, W., Rock, P., Rodgers, E., Rodriguez, S., Rudorf, M., Ryan, S., Salsberry, P., Salvage, M., Sabounchi, N., Saucier, M., Savitzky, C., Schackman, B., Schady, E., Seiber, E. E., Shadwick, A., Shoben, A., Slater, M. D., Slavova, S., Speer, D., Sprunger, J., Starbird, L. E., Staton, M., Stein, M. D., Stevens-Watkins, D. J., Stopka, T. J., Sullivan, A., Surratt, H. L., Sword Cruz, R., Talbert, J. C., Taylor, J. L., Thompson, K. L., Vandergrift, N., Vickers-Smith, R. A., Vietze, D. J., Walker, D. M., Walley, A. Y., Walters, S. T., Weiss, R., Westgate, P. M., Wu, E., Young, A. M., Zarkin, G. A., Walsh, S. L. & The HEALing Communities Study Consortium, H. C. S. C., Sep 19 2024, In: New England Journal of Medicine. 391, 11, p. 989-1001 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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UK Alumni Professorship
Walsh, S. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Honorary award
Wethington Excellence in Research Award
Walsh, S. (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Honorary award
B.F. Skinner Lectureship
Walsh, S. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award
Marian W Fischman Lectureship Award
Walsh, S. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Honorary award
Fellow, College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Walsh, S. (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Honorary award

Sharon Walsh, Ph.D.

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Emergency Department and Bridge Clinic Services (C5339): KORE/SOR III/Bridge

Emergency Department and Bridge Clinic Services (C5339): KORE/SOR IV/Bridge

Emergency Department and Bridge Clinic Services (C5339) - KORE/SOR IV/ACES

Diversity Supplement for Hammerslag - Rapid Actionable Data for Opioid Response in Kentucky (RADOR-KY)

Rapid Actionable Data for Opioid Response in Kentucky (RADOR-KY)

Description of implementing a mail-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program in community supervision settings during COVID-19

Medication disposal within reach: Assessing implementation of permanent disposal receptacles in community pharmacies

Alternatives to dental opioid prescribing after tooth extraction (ADOPT): protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial

Communities That HEAL Intervention and Mortality Including Polysubstance Overdose Deaths: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths

UK Alumni Professorship

Wethington Excellence in Research Award

B.F. Skinner Lectureship

Marian W Fischman Lectureship Award

Fellow, College on Problems of Drug Dependence

Sharon Walsh, Ph.D.

Personal profile

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Projects & Grants

Research output

Prizes