Substance Use Disorder
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Erin Calipari receives $2M to study how alcohol use disorder develops in the brain
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research Associate Director Erin Calipari, with funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, will investigate what happens in the brain that makes individuals return to drinking after periods of abstinence. Read MoreSep 12, 2023
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Jeffery working with VU, VUMC and VA on substance use disorder prediction technology
Alvin Jeffery awarded $1.5M from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop artificial intelligence to predict substance use disorder through genetic information. Jeffery is the only nursing research faculty member with a dual VA appointment. Read MoreSep 1, 2022
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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