Aiming to reduce treatment gaps and guide state policy, a diverse set of voices from Brown University and the State of Rhode Island developed a cascade of care model for opioid use disorder.
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Nearly $6.8 million in new federal grants will enable researchers to collaborate with agencies across the state, including the Rhode Island Department of Health, to investigate innovative ways to tackle the opioid crisis.
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Specialization in a chosen sport is associated with a higher volume of activity — and it could increase young athletes’ risk of sustaining both traumatic- and overuse-based injuries, new study says.
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News from Brown Epidemiology
Gregory Wellenius receives Tony McMichael Mid-Term Career Award
Congratulations to Gregory Wellenius, who was the receipient of the Tony McMichael Mid-Term Career Award at the 31st annual conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology!
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Simin Liu awarded Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Global Health
Dr. Simin Liu has been selected by the Presidential Fulbright Board for a Distinguished Chair in Global Health award 2019-2020. The Fulbright Distinguished Chair Awards are widely considered as one of the most prestigious appointments, with approximately 40 eminent scholars selected from all disciplines across America's Universities each year.
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While the precise reasons are unclear, an analysis of overdose deaths in Rhode Island and Connecticut showed that cold snaps raised the risk of fatal opioid overdoses by 25 percent.
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News from Brown Epidemiology
Wellenius and Braun speak on climate change and environmental chemicals
Researchers in the Brown University School of Public Health investigate the complex connections between our environment and our health.
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News from Brown Epidemiology
Dr. Karl Kelsey was awarded the 2019 AACR - Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Innovation Science Grant
Dr. Karl Kelsey was awarded the 2019 AACR - Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Innovation Science Grant at The American Association for Cancer Research 2019 Annual Meeting.
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Confronting Opioids
Jody Rich recalls sitting in the Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s office in Providence, a two-foot high stack of folders piled on the table in front of him.
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Young adults who use drugs find fentanyl test strips useful, residue testing more convenient and testing at home more private, a Brown study found.
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