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The Opioid Task Force at Texas A&M University Health Science Center is combating this growing public health emergency with a dedicated team of scholars and practitioners.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Serving Local Communities | Texas A&M UniversityIn a study of pregnancy-associated deaths of women from 2007 to 2016, researchers found that mortality involving opioids either during pregnancy or up to one year post-pregnancy more than doubled during that time.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | The Crisis | Stony Brook University - The State University of New York“Within the opioid epidemic, there may be a hidden suicide epidemic,” Michigan State University researcher Jennifer Johnson said.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | The Crisis | Michigan State UniversityResearch is underway to identify infants at risk of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome shortly after birth.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Texas A&M UniversityThe Penn State Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse will bring together experts from across Penn State to combat the opioid crisis through data-driven, evidence-based innovation.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Serving Local Communities | The Pennsylvania State UniversityThere is a strong link between depression and opioid-related deaths, according to a new study.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | The Crisis | Purdue UniversityClose to 9,000 children and teens in the United States died from opioid poisonings over the last two decades, representing a nearly three-fold increase in mortality rates, Yale researchers said.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | The Crisis | Yale UniversityResearchers at the University of Washington have developed a cellphone app, called Second Chance, that uses sonar to monitor someone’s breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University of WashingtonBoston Medical Center pediatrician Scott Hadland sees firsthand the effect prescription opioids are having on local youths. He says many adolescents he treats for opioid issues were introduced through prescription drugs.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | The Crisis | Boston UniversityUniversity of Washington alumni are working with the Tulalip Tribes in the central Puget Sound region to help nonviolent offenders whose crimes stem from drug abuse and mental health conditions.
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