The University of Cincinnati/ UC Health Opioid Task Force will demonstrate its commitment to this significant public health issue by bringing together researchers, educators, clinicians and leaders/advocates who are dedicated to having a positive impact on opioid addiction locally, regionally and nationally.
February 8, 2019
The UC College of Allied Health Sciences and the College of Education, Criminal Justice & Human Services are collaborating on a program to teaching Social Work and Counseling graduate students about treating substance use disorders.
February 19, 2019
Pain management guidelines developed by faculty at the UC College of Nursing are designed to lower opioid usage in women who give birth by cesarean section.
January 22, 2019
Like many cities across the country, Cincinnati has been rocked by the opioid epidemic, with an ever-fluctuating range of 50 to 80 overdoses per week across the Tristate. Many of those victims are revived by the overdose reversal medication, naloxone, which has proven to be a crucial lifesaving tool during this crisis. Claudia Rebola, graduate studies coordinator in UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), designed a device to make naloxone more accessible to those in need, bringing a model she helped create first in Providence, Rhode Island, to spaces in Cincinnati that are most at risk.