Table 1.

Actions to Develop the Field of Infectious Disease/Addiction Medicine

Actions to enhance training in addiction medicine

For infectious disease fellows

○ DATA waiver training for all ID fellows

○ Fellow rotations in addiction medicine

○ Cross-disciplinary training programs (FIT, Ruth Fox Scholarship)

○ Development of ID/addiction tracks within ID fellowship programs

○ Creation of combined ID/addiction fellowship programs

For all infectious disease physicians

○ Joint ID and addiction medicine case conferences and grand rounds

○ Multidisciplinary care teams for infectious complications of SUD syndromes (eg, endocarditis teams)

○ ID and addiction attendings with “office hours” in each other’s clinics

○ Experience visiting harm reduction programs, including syringe exchange programs

Actions at the ID society level

○ ID/addiction interest groups and dedicated message boards

○ Mentorship programs

○ Inclusion of ID/addiction specialists on guidelines committees (eg, endocarditis)

○ ID/addiction early career investigator society grant awards

○ Addiction track at ID Week with dedicated presentations and meetings

○ Support for publication of ID/addiction research in society-sponsored journals

Actions to improve research

○ Encourage investigators to apply for funding through NIDA and NIAID for ID/addiction projects

○ Earmarked NIH funding for research of ID/addiction topics, including demonstration projects and implementation science

○ Fast-track grant evaluations for ID/addiction topics with reviews every 3 months, rather than 6 months.

Abbreviations: DATA, Drug Abuse Treatment Act of 2000; FIT, Fellows Immersion Training in Addiction Medicine Program; ID, infectious disease; NIAID, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease; NIDA, National Institute on Drug Abuse; NIH, National Institutes of Health; SUD, substance use disorders.