opioid crisis
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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.
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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.
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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.
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November 25, 2019
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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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.
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November 4, 2019
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university campus.
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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.
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September 30, 2019
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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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.
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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.