The New England ATTC is co-hosting the Recovery Science and Harm Reduction Reading Group meeting on January 20, 2022 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM, in partnership with RICARES and the People Place and Health Collective. This discussion will focus on the work of Nicolas Khatmil and colleagues that explores how frontline community partners feel when participating in research projects can greatly influence the study. This project interviewed harm reduction outreach workers who could provide clients with safe injection education and resources if the client enrolled into a research study. Issues around how and why the scientific process occurs (compared to the reality of service provision for people who use drugs) were raised by outreach workers.