Pilot Grants Expand Substance Use Research Opportunities uky.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uky.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A package of buprenorphine, one medication used to treat opioid use disorder, and a naloxone nasal spray. UK Photo | Pete Comparoni
RICHMOND, Ky. (May 25, 2021) – The University of Kentucky’s $87 million HEALing Communities Study has partnered with Voices of Hope and the Madison County Detention Center to increase access to medication for opioid use disorder for people who are being released from the jail.
The Madison County Detention Center, under the leadership of Jailer Steve Tussey, detains about 5,600 people per year. The jail is located in Richmond, Ky. and does not currently have a substance use treatment program. Madison County is one of the 16 Kentucky counties participating in the HEALing Communities Study. The study has the ultimate goal of reducing opioid overdose deaths by 40% in participating communities that represent more than a third of Kentucky’s population.
(Top, left to right) Adebola Adegboyega, Jean Fry, Joseph Benitez. (Bottom, left to right) Michael Samaan, Lauren Whitehurst, Cetewayo Rashid.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 19, 2021) A new program aimed at ensuring diversity and inclusion in research by promoting faculty success began this month with the first cohort of junior faculty from six University of Kentucky colleges.
The Research Scholars Program (RSP) was created by the Office of the Vice President for Research, with support from the Office for Faculty Advancement, Center for Health Equity Transformation, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, and the colleges of Nursing, Public Health, Health Sciences, Medicine, Education, and Arts and Sciences.
DREAM Program Expands Community, Career Development for Health Equity Researchers from Underrepresented Minorities uky.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uky.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.