Sandra Ann Springer, M.D.

Roles:

• Professor of Medicine (AIDS), Yale School of Medicine

• Director, Infectious Disease Outpatient Clinic, Veterans Administration Healthcare Services, Newington

Biography:

Sandra Springer, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Springer is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine. In addition, she is an attending physician at the Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) and the Director of the Infectious Disease Clinic at the Newington site of the VACHS. She graduated from Harvard University, then later received her Medical Degree from University of Massachusetts Medical School. She did her Internal Medicine Residency and Infectious Disease Fellowship at Yale School of Medicine. She currently is the director of her clinical research lab InSTRIDE (Integrating Substance use Treatment Research with Infectious Disease for Everyone) https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/springer/.

CIRA Affiliated Projects:

• Addressing risk through Community Treatment for Infectious disease and Opioid use disorder Now (ACTION) among justice-involved populations

• Alcohol Pharmacotherapies Among Released Prisoners

• Coordinated Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease

• Evaluating the Role of Opioid Medication Assisted Therapies in HIV-1 Persistence for Persons Living with HIV and Opioid Use Disorders

• Evaluations of Medication Assisted Treatments for Substance Use Disorders Among Persons Living with and at Risk for HIV Infection

• Long-Acting Buprenorphine vs. Naltrexone Opioid Treatments in CJS-Involved Adults

• Medication Assisted Therapy as a Conduit to Care for HIV+ CJS Populations Transit

• Naltrexone for Opiod Dependent Released HIV+ Criminal Justice Populations

• The Impact of HIV Infection on Immunologic, Transcriptomic, and Metabolomic Signatures of Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Addiction