Tribal health

Institute co-hosts Substance Use and Pain Management Gathering: Empowering Bemidji Area Tribes

The U-M Opioid Research Institute, along with Indian Country Echo and the U-M College of Pharmacy’s Collaborative for Indigenous Resources in Care, Learning and Excellence (UMCOP-CIRCLE), hosted a two-day gathering focused on substance use and pain management in July 2025. The gathering brought together clinicians from across the Indian Health Service (IHS) Bemidji Area, which ...

ORI faculty attend, participate in 4th Annual Michigan Tribal Prevention Conference: April 15-16, 2025

Multiple Opioid Research Institute faculty and faculty affiliate members attended and participated in the 4th Annual Michigan Tribal Prevention Conference, hosted by the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. April 15-16. The 1.5 day conference was designed to strengthen the prevention & recovery capacity of tribal communities, with a focus on prevention for substance misuse & related ...