Published 20 July 2016
Six researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health will be part of a pilot program launched by Dean Donald Burke to answer new questions on the opioid epidemic. Jeanine Buchanich, Zan Dodson, Julie Donohue, Mary Hawk, Christina Mair and Tom Songer, researchers with expertise ranging from Injury epidemiology to health geography, will collect data using various sources such as social media and on-the-ground research. A computer model of the epidemic will be created from the findings of this multidisciplinary program, allowing researchers to better understand the factors that lead to addiction and its progression and to consider interventions and policy options to address this ever-growing epidemic. Read more at post-gazette.com.
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