Substance Use Disorder
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Watch now: Lab-to-Table Conversation: Beyond Addiction: Therapeutic Developments and Societal Impact
Join the next Lab-to-Table conversation, “Beyond Addiction: Therapeutic Developments and Societal Impact” on Jan. 24 at 11:30 a.m. CT. Read MoreJan 11, 2024
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Quanta Magazine: She studies how addiction hijacks learning in the brain
Erin Calipari works to understand how drugs like opioids and cocaine alter learning circuits and neurochemistry in one of the country's epicenters of substance use disorder and addiction. Read MoreDec 14, 2023
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Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research joins Discovery Vanderbilt; Calipari appointed director
The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, led by Erin Calipari, advances research to understand how addiction and substance use disorder develops in the brain. VCAR’s goals are to develop new pharmaceutical strategies and to destigmatize addiction as a personal failing. Read MoreDec 14, 2023
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Tennessee receives grant from federal government to address opioid crisis
The Division of TennCare will partner with VUMC as part of the MOM program focusing on 26 rural and urban counties to improve the outcomes for women with opioid use disorder and their infants. Read MoreDec 20, 2019