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For this “UK at the Half,” Lisa Cassis, vice president for research at the University of Kentucky, shares how leaders across campus came together to find a path forward for research during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Opioid overdose death rates increased by 40% among non-Hispanic Black individuals between 2018 and 2019, according to study results published in the American Journal of Public Health this September.

The projects support SUPRA’s mission to prevent and reduce the burdens of substance use disorders.

The 2021 summit will highlight best practices, statutes and policies related to implementing and maintaining harm reduction programs. The free, virtual conference will be held Aug. 11-12.

The book is edited by UK faculty members Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr. and Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield.

UK’s HEALing Communities Study and Voices of Hope are teaming up for the free virtual June Learning Collaborative, “Come as You Are: Transformational Housing.”

Jill Turner, Ph.D., was recently awarded the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Neuropharmacology Early Career Award.

The study has the ultimate goal of reducing opioid overdose deaths by 40% in participating communities.

The second annual Edward Kremers Seminar in the History of Pharmacy & Drugs continues the conversation surrounding addiction and recovery.

Researchers at the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) have released the findings of a study conducted to understand possible factors contributing to declining overdose mortality rates in Eastern Kentucky.