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Jennifer Grisham: 2024-25 University Research Professor Q&A

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.

HEALing Communities Study intervention impacted by pandemic, fentanyl crisis

A research project focused on addressing the opioid crisis in Kentucky and three other states reported its primary results in the New England Journal of Medicine.

COVID-19 shutdown flips drug overdose mortality rates among industries

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

UK study reviews approaches to cocaine treatment for Black Americans

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 study will look at unintended consequences of classifying controlled substances

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.

More than 40% of Americans know someone who died from drug overdose, UK researcher finds

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.

KIPRC develops detection map for responding to unusual overdose spikes

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.

Survivors Union of the Bluegrass marks year of impact on UK research

A community advisory board is marking more than a year of impacting research at the University of Kentucky.

Translational cannabis, polysubstance use science is focus of 6th annual UK Substance Use Research Event

The Substance Use Research Priority Area has set the date for its sixth annual Substance Use Research Event (SURE) and registration is currently open.

UK research team studies maternal opioid use impact on placenta, baby

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky is working to better understand the impact of opioid use disorder on mothers and babies.

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