Associate ProfessorMedicine Director of UW Medical Student Addiction Research ProgramAssociate Director of the UW Addiction Medicine FellowshipRelated Links: Research ActivitiesUW Addiction Medicine FellowshipCenter for Aids Research - Behavioral Science CoreMedical Student Addiction Research (MedStAR) Program Faculty Information Biography Dr. Judith Tsui sees patients at the Adult Medicine Clinic at Harborview and at Evergreen Treatment Services. She is an internist who is also certified in Addiction Medicine through the American Board of Addiction Medicine since 2013. Dr. Tsui assumed the role of Associate Director for the Addiction Medicine Fellowship at the University of Washington in 2019. In 2020, she founded the UW Medical Student Addiction Research (MedStAR) Program and currently serves as Program Director. Education & Training: BAPrinceton UniversityPrinceton, NJ1991 MDNew York UniversityNew York, NY1997 ResidencyOregon Health Sciences UniversityPortland, OR1998–2000 MPHRollins School of Public Health, Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA2004 FellowUniversity of CaliforniaSan Francisco, CA2004–2008 Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University1991 Stanley Foundation Research Award, NYU School of Medicine1994 Internal Medicine Wards Attending Teaching Award, Emory University School of Medicine2002 Research paper selected for NIDA “Director’s Report” by Dr. Nora Volkow2015 Research paper selected for NIDA “Director’s Report” by Dr. Nora Volkow2016 Outstanding Research Mentor Award, UW Medical School Class of 20172019 Nominee, UW School of Medicine Excellence in Mentoring Women Faculty Award2020 Contact Email: tsuij@uw.edu Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Opioid use disorder Stimulant use disorder Pain HIV HCV People who inject drugs Community models of care Mobile Health Publications PubMed: PubMed BibliographyPublications: Tsui JI, Evans JL, Lum PJ, Hahn JA, Page K. Association of opioid agonist therapy with lower incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in young adult injection drug users. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(12):1974–81. PMCID: PMC4506774. Carey K, Huang W, Linas BP, Tsui JI. Hepatitis C virus testing and treatment among persons receiving buprenorphine in an office-based program for opioid use disorders. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2016 Jul;66:54–9. PMCID: PMC5097249. Tsui JI, Lira M, Cheng DM, Winter MR, Alford DP, Liebschutz JM, Edwards RR, Samet JH. Chronic pain, craving, and illicit opioid use among patients receiving opioid agonist therapy. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Sep 1; 166:26–31. PMCID: PMC4983520. Tsui JI, Miller CM, Scott JD, Corcorran MA, Dombrowski JC, Glick SN. Hepatitis C continuum of care and utilization of healthcare and harm reduction services among persons who inject drugs in Seattle. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Feb 1; 195:114-120. Epub 2018 Dec 26. PMCID: PMC6440747. Godersky ME, Saxon AJ, Merrill JO, Samet JH, Simoni JM, Tsui JI. Provider and patient perspectives on barriers to buprenorphine adherence and the acceptability of video directly observed therapy to enhance adherence. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2019 Mar 13; 14(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s13722-019-0139-3. PMCID: PMC6417248. Tsui JI, Mayfield J, Speaker EC, Yakup S, Ries R, Funai H, Leroux BG, Merrill JO. Association between methamphetamine use and retention among patients with opioid use disorders treated with buprenorphine. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2019 Nov 18. PMID: 31810594. Samet JH, Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Liebschutz JM, Lira MC, Walley AY, Colasanti JA, Forman LS, Christin Root C, Shanahan CW, Sullivan MM, Bridden CL, Abrams C, Harris C, Outlaw K, Armstrong WS, Del Rio C. Improving the Delivery of Chronic Opioid Therapy among People Living with HIV: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 22]. Clin Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 32697847. Tsui JI, Lapham G, Boudreau DM, Johnson E, Binswanger IA, Cunningham CO, Thakral M, Arnsten JH, Saxon AJ, Merrill JO, Samet JH, Bart G, Campbell CI, Bradley KA. Opioid use disorder among persons with Hepatitis C and HIV: Data from 6 health systems. Journal of General Internal Medicine, In press.