Researchers at UK are hosting a watch party for a video that showcases their work to better understand the barriers to substance use disorder program engagement in Kentucky.
Philip Westgate, acting chair and professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the UK College of Public Health, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.
Thomas Prisinzano, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the UK College of Pharmacy, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.
Jennifer Grisham, professor in the Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education program and faculty director of the Early Childhood Laboratory at UK has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.
The industries that suffered the most overdose deaths were surprising, according to research conducted by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) at UK's College of Public Health
A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky have found that both culturally tailored and culturally universal approaches can be effective for cocaine treatment in Black Americans.
UK doctoral student Kara Cook was recently awarded a Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) Graduate Student Grant to explore the unintended consequences of classifying controlled substances.
That’s according to a new RAND study, co-authored by Julie Cerel, Ph.D., professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky, and published in the American Journal of Public Health.
An unusual spike in drug overdoses in Lexington, recently has spurred the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department to advise people, especially those with substance use disorder or those connected to someone with it, to carry naloxone.
