Opioid and Overdose
We work to not only prevent opioid dependence and overdose (such as targeting prescribing practices), but also to improve the care and outcomes for people who use opioids or who have experienced an overdose. Reducing stigma and improving the initiation and coordination of care are just a few examples of how we are tackling the opioid epidemic.
Projects
Publications & News
Toolkits
Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit – from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Opioid Data Dashboard – from Open Data Pennsylvania
Michigan Safer Prescribing Toolkit – from the University of Michigan
Briefs
Cues Location: A Community-Informed Approach – a PISC research brief on selecting a location for a supervised injection facility
Ending the Opioid and Overdose Crisis – an issue brief from the Penn Leonard Davis Institute (LDI)
Show Me the Money: Economic Evaluations of Opioid Use Disorder Interventions – an issue brief from the Penn Leonard Davis Institute (LDI)
Lowering the Barriers to Medication Treatment for People with Opioid Use Disorder – an issue brief from the Penn Leonard Davis Institute (LDI)
Our Experts
Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH, MA
Center Co-Director & Outreach Core Director
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Margaret Lowenstein, MD, MPhil, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Mary Regina Boland, MA, MPhil, PhD
Assistant Professor of Informatics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, University of Pennsylvania
Mucio "Kit" Delgado, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Nesoff, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
