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University of Michigan researchers from a wide range of disciplines are working together to formulate and answer critical questions about opioids. These collaborative efforts have placed U-M at the forefront of opioid research.
OVPR awards two faculty Collegiate Research Professorships
The Office of the Vice President for Research will award two faculty members with Collegiate Research Professorships for their exceptional scholarly achievements and advanced knowledge in their field. Inbal Nahum-Shani and Megan Patrick, both faculty affiliates of the...
Eight faculty members recognized with research awards
The Office of the Vice President for Research will award eight research faculty members from across the University of Michigan for their leadership and significant contributions in fields ranging from environmental health sciences and natural products chemistry to...
Media Mention: Federal budget, Medicaid cuts could jeopardize Michigan’s dramatic drop in opioid overdose deaths
Michigan's statewide effort to reduce the number of people dying from opioid overdoses has been working. A collaboration among state and county agencies, hospitals, first responders, and community non-profits across the state — along with federal money for drugs to...
ORI is hiring!
The Opioid Research Institute (ORI), housed at the University of Michigan, is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Research Fellow to support its mission of advancing impactful, policy-relevant research on the opioid crisis. This is an excellent opportunity...
1 in 4 kids live with parents who have substance use disorder
A large percentage of American children are growing up in households with at least one parent who uses alcohol or other drugs in problematic ways — raising the risk that those children will go on to do the same, a new study suggests. Using data from 2023 to give as...
Media Mention: Medicaid unwinding linked to disruptions in opioid addiction treatment
The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may have disrupted the care of people receiving treatment for opioid addiction, a new University of Michigan study suggests. The researchers call...
Media Mention: Chua named Director of the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center
Kao-Ping Chua, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics, was appointed director of the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center effective April 15, 2025. He replaces Interim Director Jeremy Adler, M.D., M.Sc., clinical professor of...
Media Mention: New study tests mobile intervention tool for opioid use disorder
Family and friends of those with opioid use disorder could soon have an intervention tool for them to help loved ones. Wayne State University Assistant Professor Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Erin Fanning Madden, Ph.D., M.P.H., is co-leading the...
U-M faculty named to Michigan Legislative Council’s Opioid Advisory Commission
In 2022, the Michigan Legislature created the Opioid Advisory Commission (OAC) to "[r]eview local, state, and federal initiatives and activities related to education, prevention, treatment, and services for individuals and families affected by substance use disorders...
Media Mention: U-M research team selected as a winner of NIDA’s drug repurposing challenge
As the United States continues to look for solutions to address the epidemic of drug overdose deaths, one University of Michigan research team is exploring whether an existing drug could be repurposed to help treat overdoses caused by a combination of fentanyl and...