With over $3.5M in support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Brown investigators hope to identify best practices for navigating Medicaid policies and ultimately improve patient and population health.
Opioids
Posted inFaculty
Faculty Profile: Brandon Marshall, Ph.D.
We spoke to Brandon Marshall, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, about the opioid epidemic within the pandemic.
Posted inOn Campus
Conference on addressing the health disparities of the opioid epidemic features Dr. Joshua Sharfstein
Rhode Island is no stranger to the dangers of opioid addiction and overdose. In 2015 there were 258 opioid overdose deaths in the state, more than those due to homicide, motor vehicle accidents, and suicide, combined. This represents the 6th highest rate of opioid overdoses in the nation.
Posted inOn Campus, Research, Spring 2016
Brown Experts Advise Governor’s Overdose Task Force
The statistics are startling. In 2014, 239 people in RI lost their lives to overdose, more than the number of homicides, motor vehicle deaths, and suicides combined. The problems of opioid dependence and accidental drug overdose have been growing for some time. And growing in direct relation to a dramatic increase in the amount of […]