Dr. Bohnert is a mental health services researcher with training in public health who serves as the Opioid Content Lead at the U-M Injury Prevention Center. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, and also a Research Investigator with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research (CCMR), an HSR&D Center of Innovation.
She has provided scientific guidance to the Governor’s Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse Task Force (MI) and is a member of the core expert group that provided guidance to the CDC in developing its opioid prescribing guidelines for chronic pain. She co-directs the Mental Health Innovation, Services and Outcomes Program (MHISO) within the U-M Department of Psychiatry.
Amy Bohnert, PhD, MHS,
Research Investigator, Ann Arbor, MIAssociate Professor, U-M Medical School
Opioids Content Lead, University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
Biography
Research Interests
Dr. Bohnert’s research focuses on prescription drug overdose and interventions regarding substance use and related disorders, including brief motivational interventions to improve safe use of opioids among VA patients and to reduce overdose risk among individuals in residential addictions treatment.
Publications
Primary Investigator
Brief Prescription Opioid Overdose Intervention in an Urban Emergency Department
Development of a Brief Prescription Opioid Overdose Prevention Intervention
Tailoring Opioid Prescribing after Major Trauma
The Effect of a Prescription Drug Coverage Policy on Risk of Falls and Overdose in Older Adults