CITAR

Jennifer Daniels named director of Wright State’s Clinical Trials Research Alliance

Jennifer Daniels is responsible for oversight of clinical research activities at Premier Health campuses, Wright State Physicians sites and community clinic locations. Continue reading

Substance of concern

Wright State researcher Raminta Daniulaityte leads research effort on methamphetamine use

Researchers in the Department of Population and Public Health Science are studying methamphetamine use of people who have opiate-use disorders. Continue reading

Wright State medical school professor named to Ohio attorney general’s opioid committee

Robert Carlson joins a state committee that will look for the circumstantial, environmental, social, behavioral and psychological factors that incline some people to substance use disorder. Continue reading

Wright State research team finds increase in deaths from fentanyl and fentanyl analogs

Evidence from the study indicates the increasing and substantial role of illicitly manufactured fentanyl and the declining presence of heroin and pharmaceutical opioids in overdose fatalities. Continue reading

Researchers study nonpharmaceutical fentanyl abuse

Boonshoft School of Medicine researchers receive $407,814 two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse. Continue reading

Boonshoft School of Medicine researchers studied tweets to learn more about use of marijuana edibles

The study, which is the first to attempt to analyze Twitter data on marijuana edibles, is supported by a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse. Continue reading

Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine researchers identify predictors of transition to heroin use

The study is among the first to identify the predictors of heroin initiation among active, non-dependent illicit pharmaceutical opioid users using longitudinal data. Continue reading

Dayton area heroin crisis is topic of June 19 seminar

Seminar will cover the physiological aspects of addiction, impact of heroin addiction on the community and efforts and resources to address the heroin crisis. Continue reading