Assistant Professor
Alpert Medical School of Brown Universtiy
Rachel Wightman, MD is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is triple board-certified in medical toxicology, emergency medicine, and addiction medicine. She is a Consulting Medical Director at Rhode Island Department of Health and Director of Medical Toxicology Education for Brown Emergency Medicine.
Her research interests are emerging drug use patterns, evaluation of toxicology testing results, and medication management of opioid use disorder. She co-founded the Rhode Island Buprenorphine Hotline, a statewide telehealth low-threshold buprenorphine treatment access line in partnership with RIDOH/BHDDH funded by SAMSHA. Dr. Wightman is currently the PI on a NIDA funded study evaluating cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (R21 DA055023), MPI on a NIDA funded study identifying optimal buprenorphine dosing for OUD treatment and prevention of overdose (UG3DA056880), and MPI on a Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) study evaluating local drug supply changes (testRI). She also serves as Site-PI for DoD and NIDA funded studies. She is the medical toxicology consultant for the Massachusetts Drug Supply Data Stream (MADDS), a collaborative project between Brandeis researchers and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
