Joseph Glass, PhD, MSW, is a senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI). Before joining KPWHRI in July 2016, he was an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Social Work.
Dr. Glass’s research seeks to identify how effective health care interventions for unhealthy alcohol and drug use can reach more people. Much of his work aims to develop, test, and implement modern models of care that proactively deliver evidence-based treatments within health care settings and that provide support to patients while they seek substance use treatment.
Dr. Glass’s work is informed by his practical experience in the field. After receiving a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan, Dr. Glass was a psychiatric social worker at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System. There he developed expertise in social work case management and evidence-based treatments for anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders.
He completed a 5-year career development award funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in 2021, which allowed him to obtain intensive training in clinical trials and implementation science. Currently, he has 2 active randomized controlled trials.
Dr. Glass also co-leads a 2-year study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to validate and improve approaches for monitoring the quality of care for alcohol use disorder. He also enjoys serving as a co-investigator and consultant, providing expertise and support to studies led by his colleagues.
Dr. Glass is an affiliate associate professor of health systems and population health, and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, at the University of Washington.
Unhealthy alcohol and drug use
Access and treatment-seeking patterns
Smartphone and web-based interventions in health care
Prevention and treatment
The SPARC trial successfully implemented behavioral health care into primary care. On our website, you can access tools for behavioral health integration, as well as frequently asked questions and publications.
Frost MC, Malte CA, Hawkins EJ, Glass JE, Hallgren KA, Williams EC. Impact of an intervention to implement provision of opioid use disorder medication among patients with and without co-occurring substance use disorders. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023 Dec:155:209175. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.209175. Epub 2023 Sep 24. PubMed
Mogk JM, Matson TE, Caldeiro RM, Garza Mcwethy AM, Beatty T, Sevey BC, Hsu CW, Glass JE. Implementation and workflow strategies for integrating digital therapeutics for alcohol use disorders into primary care: A qualitative study. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2023;18(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s13722-023-00387-w. PubMed
Frost MC, Soyer EM, Achtmeyer CE, Hawkins EJ, Glass JE, Hallgren KA, Williams EC. Treating opioid use disorder in Veterans with co-occurring substance use: A qualitative study with buprenorphine providers in primary care, mental health, and pain settings. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2023;18(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s13722-023-00382-1. PubMed
Magill M, Maisto S, Borsari B, Glass JE, Hallgren K, Houck J, Kiluk B, Kuerbis A. Addictions treatment mechanisms of change science and implementation science: A critical review. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2023 Mar 13. doi: 10.1111/acer.15053. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Lee AK, Bobb JF, Richards JE, Achtmeyer CE, Ludman E, Oliver M, Caldeiro RM, Parrish R, Lozano PM, Lapham GT, Williams EC, Glass JE, Bradley KA. Integrating alcohol-related prevention and treatment into primary care: A cluster randomized implementation trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Apr 1;183(4):e227083. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.7083. PubMed
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