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UK’s KIPRC Awarded $23 Million to Help Fight Opioid Epidemic

Sep 6, 2019, 10:17 AM

The University of Kentucky’s Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) has been awarded a three-year, $23 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

UK Social Work Awarded $1 Million in Federal Dollars to Combat Opioid Crisis

Aug 27, 2019, 10:10 AM

The College of Social Work (CoSW) at the University of Kentucky will share in close to $1 billion in federal grants aimed at combating the nation's opioid epidemic.

UK College of Pharmacy Hosting Symposium on Substance Use Disorder Therapeutics

Aug 26, 2019, 10:16 AM

The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy will host its tenth annual Therapeutics, Outcomes, Discovery & Delivery (TODD) Symposium from 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in room 124 of the Lee T. Todd, Jr. Building.

UK Physician Helps Develop New Curriculum for Substance Use Disorder Care

Aug 2, 2019, 9:04 AM

Dr. Michelle Lofwall, UK College of Medicine, is one of three national addiction physician experts who led a team of healthcare professionals in developing a new core curriculum designed to educate primary care providers on the prevention, assessment and treatment of substance use disorders (SUD) throughout the continuum of care.

UK Launches New Website for HEALing Communities Study Updates

Jul 29, 2019, 8:27 AM

The University of Kentucky has launched a new website for information, news-related updates and excerpts regarding their recently awarded $87 million HEALing Communities Study cooperative agreement.

New Clinic Will Serve People with Substance Use Disorders

Jul 23, 2019, 8:22 AM

Few regions have been hit harder by the drug epidemic than Kentucky and need increased access to evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders. The University of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry saw that need and developed a new clinic to better support patients.

UK Awarded $6 Million from NIH to Study Decision-Making Processes Behind Substance Use Disorders

Jul 11, 2019, 8:43 AM

Faculty from the Dept of Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences and Behavioral Science in the College of Medicine have received two, five-year Research Project Grants from the NIH to study neurobehavioral processes involved in drug use disorders.

From Pilot Study to Culture Change: How UK HealthCare Is Reducing Opioid Prescriptions

Jun 26, 2019, 10:08 AM

As a busy trauma surgeon, Dr. Phillip Chang saw his fair share of patients who were dealing with significant pain. As per the standards then, these patients would receive opioids for pain management. Most recovered and were weaned off the medication as planned.

UK HealthCare Awarded National Top Quality Honor for Safer Opioid Practices

Jun 21, 2019, 9:15 AM

America’s Essential Hospitals, a national trade association, has recognized UK HealthCare for its work to develop safer opioid usage practices within an academic health system.

Project Aims to Eradicate Hepatitis C in Perry County

May 16, 2019, 8:39 AM

Jennifer Havens has spent the past decade studying the transmission of infectious disease and advocating for the expansion of harm reduction programs. That work entails understanding the link between two health burdens facing the nation, the opioid crisis and cancer.

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