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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.
Henry Russel Lecturer, award winners named for 2024
The Henry Russel Lectureship is the university’s highest honor for senior active faculty members. It is awarded annually to a faculty member with exceptional achievements in research, scholarship or creative endeavors, as well as an outstanding record of distinguished...
Media Mention: Best Practices: Managing Opioid Risks in Older Adults
Polypharmacy and slow metabolism of drugs create a high risk among older adults for substance use disorder, raising the odds of intentional and unintentional overdoses. However, screening, assessment, and treatment for substance use disorder occurs less often in...
Media Mention: From ‘trial and error’ to targeted precision: $17.9M grant accelerates U-M mental health research
People with depression, anxiety, and other mental health concerns face many options to try and ease their symptoms, from talk therapy and medication to movement, sleep and mindfulness. However, finding an option or combination that works can take months or years for...
Media Mention: Many Doctors Hesitant to Accept Patients Using Opioids or Cannabis
Chronic pain patients who use either opioids or cannabis are still finding it hard to find new primary care physicians, according to new research at the University of Michigan. Lead author Mark Bicket, MD, and his colleagues surveyed more than 1,000 U.S. primary care...
A few surgical procedures account for high number of opioid prescriptions
A handful of common surgical procedures account for large shares of all opioids dispensed after surgery in children and adults, according to two studies recently published by researchers at the University of Michigan. The studies, published this week...
Cost may not keep people from filling opioid addiction treatment prescriptions
Only a small percentage of buprenorphine prescriptions go unfilled, even when patients have to pay more out of pocket, suggesting need to remove other barriers to continuous prescriptions. When people get a prescription for the opioid addiction medication called...
High out-of-pocket costs may be barrier to filling naloxone prescriptions, study shows
Patients are less likely to fill prescriptions for naloxone when they face increases in out-of-pocket costs, according to research by the University of Michigan. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the study utilized data from a national...
Digital Contingency Management Resource – Key Takeaways
Digital Contingency Management (CM) is an evidence-based tool implemented to improve addiction outcomes and promote health equity among people with opioid and other substance use disorders. Opioid Research Institute faculty affiliate members Drs. Anne Fernandez and...
Media Mention: Michigan researchers create a new tool to aid in observing interactions within neuronal signals
Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute have created a tool that aids in discovering how neuronal signals are utilized by neurons, which they announced in an article published April 22. The new tool called a SPOTIT, or a Single-chain...
Faculty Feature: Six research faculty members recognized with OVPR awards
The Office of the Vice President for Research will honor six research faculty members from across the University of Michigan for their significant contributions and leadership in fields ranging from firearm injury prevention and multi-scale computation to Earth remote...