Opioid Epidemic
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Advancing Evidence-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Policies
Penn LDI/CHERISH Conference Explores State Licensure Trends in Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid Epidemic
Finding sustainable, humane, and effective solutions to the opioid epidemic.
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Opioid Epidemic
Blog Post
What Can Pennsylvania Learn from the Opioid Epidemic?
Penn LDI Senior Fellow and Emergency Medicine Physician Testifies at House Health Committee Hearing
Opioid Epidemic
Blog Post
Providing Naloxone in the Emergency Department Can Save Lives
At-Risk Patients who Received Education Plus Naloxone in the Emergency Department Reported Increased Likelihood of Carrying it
Anish Agarwal, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Nancy Aitcheson, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease, Perelman School of Medicine
Zarina Ali, MD
- Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Abby Alpert, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Health Care Management, Wharton School
Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD, FNP-BC, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
Michael Ashburn, MD, MPH, MBA
- Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Chethan Bachireddy, MD, MSc
- Chief Medical Officer, Department of Medical Assistance Services, Virginia
Wade Berrettini, MD, PhD
- Karl E. Rickels Professor, Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
Opioid Epidemic Working Group
Penn LDI is collaborating with researchers and policymakers throughout the country to identify evidence-based, sustainable, and effective solutions to combat the nation’s unprecedented opioid epidemic. LDI Senior Fellows and staff regularly produce research and policy briefs, blogs, and publications, as well as convene key stakeholders with the goal of addressing treatment, harm reduction, and the social determinants of health that are driving the opioid epidemic.
Research Updates
What Can Pennsylvania Learn from the Opioid Epidemic?
Penn LDI Senior Fellow and Emergency Medicine Physician Testifies at House Health Committee Hearing
Providing Naloxone in the Emergency Department Can Save Lives
At-Risk Patients who Received Education Plus Naloxone in the Emergency Department Reported Increased Likelihood of Carrying it
Why Does the Opioid Mortality Rate Continue to Rise?
Penn LDI Convenes Four Top Experts to Discuss What Works and What’s Needed
Overcoming Barriers to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Research Shows That Emergency Departments Can Be a Gateway to MOUDs
Do Stories and Numbers Change How People Consider Opioid Pain Treatment in the Emergency Department?
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Visual Interventions
Advancing Evidence-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Policies
Penn LDI/CHERISH Conference Explores State Licensure Trends in Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Lowering the Barriers to Medication Treatment for People with Opioid Use Disorder
Evidence for a Low-Threshold Approach
The Origins of the Opioid Epidemic
Study points to marketing of OxyContin
Targeting Emergency Department Resources to Address the Opioid Epidemic
How to Have the Greatest Population Impact