As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate the United States, the country is also battling the entwined epidemic of chronic pain, which affects more than… Read more
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The Opioid Epidemic: Protecting Our Protectors
Recent reports have highlighted a regional police officer who, after being exposed to potent opioids, had a possible associated toxicity. This report recognized the unpredictable… Read more
Wendy King Receives Prestigious Award for Bariatric Surgery Research
Wendy King, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, has been awarded the Circle of Excellence Award from the American Society… Read more
Pitt Researcher Turns to Lock-In Programs to Prevent ‘Doctor Shopping’
Julie Donohue, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, has been working with the… Read more
Pitt Researchers Analyze Patterns of Prescribed Opioid Misuse
Dr. Thomas Songer, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, discusses his research on the opioid epidemic. His… Read more