opioid crisis

  1. November 9, 2023

    U-M project’s map highlights counties hit by opioid epidemic

    A new map and analysis created by U-M’s Poverty Solutions and Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network show demographic information with a connection to opioid use disorder.

  2. April 14, 2023

    U-M, MSU, WSU partner with state to aid opioid abatement

    Michigan’s three largest public research universities, including U-M, will work together to offer local governments help in developing abatement strategies to address the ongoing opioid epidemic.

  3. April 4, 2023

    New institute to support, catalyze opioid research

    U-M has launched the Opioid Research Institute, a new transdisciplinary institute that will bolster research collaborations and strengthen community engagement to address the national opioid overdose crisis.

  4. November 25, 2019

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the university.

  5. November 19, 2019

    U-M, state launch website to guide safe pain treatment

    U-M’s Injury Prevention Center helped launch an online toolkit that provides health providers and patients with guidance to make pain care safer, prevent opioid-related harms, and find substance use treatment.

  6. November 4, 2019

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the university campus.

  7. October 31, 2019

    Free new MOOC aims to educate all about opioid crisis

    U-M is launching a new MOOC to help providers understand every facet of the opioid crisis. The free course includes information on prevention, intervention, education and policy.

  8. September 30, 2019

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the university.

  9. September 27, 2019

    U-M teams receive $25.5M for opioid-related prevention, treatment research

    As the nation continues to battle addiction and overdose related to opioids and other drugs, several teams of U-M researchers have received millions of dollars in new federal funding to address the issue head-on.

  10. September 26, 2019

    UM-Flint program responds to opioid crisis

    The damage caused by the opioid epidemic has spurred UM-Flint to develop a bachelor’s degree-level program in Substance Use Treatment and Intervention within the social work department.