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2020

• October
  • WVU collaboration earns $1.35 million POWER grant to reduce impact of substance abuse, develop a healthy workforce
  • Whitney awarded SAMSHA grant
• September
  • Brain surgery may combat opioid addiction
• August
  • WVU researcher to study fentanyl test strips as an opioid overdose prevention strategy
• March
  • WVU addiction studies expert addresses the effects of social distancing on individuals in recovery

2019

• November
• Fighting opioids with an unlikely supplemental painkiller: anti-itch medicine
• October
  • WVU researchers study effects of new opioid law on doctors, pharmacists, patients
  • WVU receives CDC award to curb vaping and opioid abuse, improve health outcomes in West Virginia
• June
  • WVU joins WVSSAC in historic collaborative effort to fight state’s opioid epidemic
  • WVU to Partner with Pitt to Study Opioid Use in Appalachia
• May
  • WVU Social Workers Support Opioid Recovery through New Trainings
• March
  • WVU researchers investigate the impact of the statewide opioid crisis on teachers
• January
  • WVU Researchers Awarded $1 Million to Develop AL Technologies to Combat Opioid Epidemic, Trafficking

2018

• November
  • WVU First Site to Launch Clinical Trial Utilizing Non-Opioid Micropellet Implant for Chronic Pain
• October
  • WVU School of Public Health, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institution Collaborate to Combat State’s Opioid Epidemic
• September
  • WVU Professor to Conduct Opioid Epidemic Research at Harvard Law School
• August
  • WVU Faculty Investigate Safety of Suboxone Use in Pregnant Opioid-Dependent Women
• July
  • WVU Researcher Investigates Risk for Opioid Overdose in Rural West Virginia
• May
  • Four Factors Predict Chronic Opioid Use, Suggests Study by WVU Researchers
  • Opioid Epidemic, Suicide Rates Related, WVU Expert Says

2017

• November
  • WVU Chief Economist: Opioid Crisis Has Cost West Virginia Nearly $1 Billion
• August
  • WVU Researchers, Health Professionals Lead New Effort to Prevent HIV and Hepatitis C Outbreaks Related to Opioid Epidemic