The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center’s Behind the Evidence podcast is pleased to host "Behind the Masthead," a special series of episodes featuring conversations with addiction journal editors and other scholars on navigating current threats to addiction science and academic freedom.

In this episode, guest host Casy Calver, PhD speaks with Lynda Kellam, PhD, Snyder-Granader Director of Research Data & Digital Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania, and one of the founding members of the Data Rescue Project. This interview was recorded 23 October 2025.

Links: Data Rescue Project (DRP); DRP Resources page; IASSIST; RDAP; Data Curation Network; BRFSS; Internet Archive; “The Forgotten Egg: The Importance of Public Federal Data in the United States” (DRP); The Data Index; ICPSR; Safeguarding Research and Culture; “What you can do for restricted access data” (DRP); EDGI; America’s Essential Data; Save Our Signs (DRP).

Behind the Evidence is the addiction medicine podcast of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a project of the Center’s free bimonthly newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence (AODH). “Behind the Masthead,” is guest-hosted by Casy Calver, PhD.

Behind the Evidence hosts: Honora L. Englander, MD and Marc R. Larochelle, MD

Production: Raquel Silveira, MBA

Editing: Casy Calver, PhD

Music and cover art: Mary Tomanovich, MA

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction, and co-Editor-in-Chief of AODH, together with David Fiellin, MD

“Behind the Evidence” is supported by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. It is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. The views expressed here are our own, and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or the authors of the articles we review.

"Behind the Masthead" special series: a conversation with Lynda Kellam, PhD