PARC is pleased to share that UCSF faculty member Leslie Suen, MD, MAS, of the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, has been selected as the PARC Fellow of 2025-2026.
The PARC Fellowship, supported by an anonymous donor, provides an award to UCSF faculty conducting innovative pre-clinical or clinical research in pain, addiction, and the intersection thereof. Recipients of the award receive $100,000, which can be used flexibly to advance the fellow’s research. PARC is pleased to support research that advances the mission of developing and testing new approaches to treat pain and addiction.
Dr. Suen’s research project is entitled, “Buprenorphine Injection for Safety Net Treatment of Pain and addiction (B-INSTEP).” B-INSTEP seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of direct-to-inject long-acting injectable (LAI) buprenorphine for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), comparing treatment outcomes between those with and without chronic pain. Leveraging electronic health records across San Francisco Department of Public Health and Highland Hospital in Alameda County, Dr. Suen and research team members, Drs. Sarah Rosenwohl-Mack, Alexander Bazazi, and Phillip Coffin, will assess buprenorphine retention, non-prescribed opioid use, and changes in pain outcomes over time.
Congratulations to this year’s PARC awardee!