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Lara Coughlin @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks @VAResearch and @ASAMorg for highlighting our work

CM saves lives. Pass it on!

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Lara Coughlin @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks @d3center.bsky.social for
hosting us today! Think tanks are always so energizing and innovation-promoting with this crew!

d3center @d3center.bsky.social · 13d

@devtomlinson.bsky.social & @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social discuss the Incentives to Quit program—a hybrid human+digital contingency management approach using CO breath sensors, app check-ins + coaching to support quitting. Pilot results: 61% quit by 4 wks; 55% maintained at 1-mo. #SmokingCessation

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Lara Coughlin, PhD & Allison Lin, MD @addictioncaremi.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Breaking news!! Our new publication in Am J Psychiatry shows veterans who received incentives to stay in recovery from stimulants like meth & cocaine had a 41% lower risk of death from all causes compared to those who didn’t. Find out more! ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

Small rewards lead to big wins for saving veterans’ lives

41% drop in risk of death seen in veterans who got incentives to stick with recovery from using stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine, compared with those who didn’t

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Lara Coughlin @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social · Jul 16

The title is a little more sizzle than substance but always good to see mainstream coverage of addiction care that works! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/h...

Upended by Meth, Some Communities Are Paying Users to Quit

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Lara Coughlin, PhD & Allison Lin, MD @addictioncaremi.bsky.social · May 29

📌Part 3 - A message from MI-ACRE for researchers, clinicians or trainees interested in the field of addiction care.
Full article here: medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare

The MI-ACRE Program - Part 3 of 3 | Psychiatry | Michigan Medicine

The MI-ACRE Leadership team includes Allison Lin, M.D., M.S., Co-Director; Lara Coughlin, Ph.D., Co-Director; Erin E. Bonar, Ph.D., Director of Research Strategy; Anne Fernandez, Ph.D., Director of Cl...

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Lara Coughlin, PhD & Allison Lin, MD @addictioncaremi.bsky.social · May 29

💥📰Parts 2 & 3 of the MI-ACRE Program series are now live! Part 2 📌 Learn how MI-ACRE is transforming access to addiction care...
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...
#addictioncare

The MI-ACRE Program - Part 2 of 3 | Psychiatry | Michigan Medicine

The MI-ACRE Leadership team includes Allison Lin, M.D., M.S., Co-Director; Lara Coughlin, Ph.D., Co-Director; Erin E. Bonar, Ph.D., Director of Research Strategy; Anne Fernandez, Ph.D., Director of Cl...

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Univ. of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation @um-ihpi.bsky.social · May 22

And that’s a wrap!

Thank you to the @umich.edu faculty who took part in our Impact Accelerator program over the past 3 days - and to the faculty and staff who spoke to and worked with them!

We look forward to doing it again next year - applications open in the fall! ihpi.umich.edu/impact-accel...

A group of U-M faculty in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens conservatory

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Lara Coughlin @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social · May 22

Huge shoutout to our incredible program manager, Lisa Sulkowski, for bringing this piece to life! 💫

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Lara Coughlin, PhD & Allison Lin, MD @addictioncaremi.bsky.social · May 22

Curious about the MI-ACRE origin story?🤔 Check out Part 1 of a 3-part series highlighting how the MI-ACRE program is re-imagining addiction care 📰🙌🌎
medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychia...

The MI-ACRE Program - Part 1 of 3 | Psychiatry | Michigan Medicine

Lewei Allison Lin, M.D., M.S. Even with effective care available, including medications and behavioral therapies, more than 80% of people living with substance use disorders (SUD) still don’t receive ...

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Lara Coughlin, PhD & Allison Lin, MD @addictioncaremi.bsky.social · May 21

🎉🎉Congrats to MI-ACRE Co-Director @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social‬ on her recent University of Michigan faculty promotion! This accomplishment recognizes the expertise & dedication Dr. Coughlin gives EVERYDAY to addiction care & research👏We're proud to celebrate this well-deserved milestone with you!

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Lara Coughlin @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social · May 21

Grateful to be learning how to better communicate our science for actionable change this morning at the IHPI Policy Impact Accelerator!

Univ. of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation @um-ihpi.bsky.social · May 21

This morning, the @umich.edu faculty in our Impact Accelerator workshop are hearing from @bzikmund.bsky.social about communicating numbers and research findings to General audiences.

Check out his free tool for creating icon arrays to communicate risk: iconarray.com
#scicomm

Brian Zikmund-Fisher speaking to a group of faculty

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 20

New Forbes story about the economic consequences of science cuts.

www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

Thoughtful and thorough analysis.

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Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually

Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

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Lara Coughlin @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social · May 21

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Lara Coughlin @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social · May 21

A bit of a belated post, but still feeling energized from the 35th Silverman Conference! It was a joy to see all the CHOICE Lab posters—huge congrats to Vivian Kaufman for winning Best Undergraduate Poster! 🎉So much exciting work to display. #Silverman #UmichPsychiatry #goblue

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Lara Coughlin @laracoughlinphd.bsky.social · May 21

Just back from an incredible week in Alaska 🌲🏔️—grateful for the chance to work alongside our amazing Community Advisory Board and attend the inspiring Pathways to Recovery Conference. The natural beauty was breathtaking, the passion + wisdom in every room was unforgettable. #AKPathwaysToRecovery

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Lara Coughlin, PhD & Allison Lin, MD @addictioncaremi.bsky.social · Apr 10

📰Big News! MI-ACRE's Dr. Lara Coughlin & Dr. Erin Bonar are set to lead a 5-yr study designed to help people quit smoking menthol cigarettes. This PCORI-funded study is designed to deliver real-world data on PATIENT-CENTERED approaches that actually work! 🙌
www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release...

Quitting menthol cigarettes is extra hard, but a new U-M study will test the best way to do it

A multimillion dollar study will test two methods of helping people quit the highly addictive menthol form of cigarettes, including one that will use breath monitoring.

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