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Penn State program to prevent substance use the focus of $2.5 million NIH grant

Penn State researchers have embarked on a five-year, $2.5 million project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study outcomes for adults who participated in the substance misuse prevention system known as PROSPER while they attended middle school. The system, PROmoting…
News Topics: Substance UseEdna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research CenterCSUAEIC
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Max Crowley appointed new director of the Prevention Research Center

The College of Health and Human Development has announced that Max Crowley, professor of human development and family studies and public policy, has been appointed director of Penn State's Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC), beginning Aug. 15. Crowley succeeds…
News Topics: EICAdministrative Data AcceleratorEdna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research CenterHuman Development and Family StudiesPrevention ScienceSubstance Use

Ensuring fair distribution of the $1 billion+ opioid settlement in Pennsylvania

To ensure fair and impartial distribution of the $1.07 billion that was awarded to Pennsylvania as part of 2021’s massive settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors, a team of interdisciplinary researchers from Penn State worked with counties across the commonwealth to develop the…
News Topics: OpioidsSubstance UseCenter for Health Care Policy ResearchEIC
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Krug joins SSRI

Please welcome Public Relations Specialist Melissa Krug to SSRI. Melissa is responsible for the communications efforts of the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse (CCSA) and is coordinating the Evidence to Impact Collaborative (EIC) podcast series. Melissa previously worked as a poverty analyst at…
News Topics: SSRICCSAEIC
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Penn State, PA team up to promote treatments for substance abuse disorders

The opioid epidemic and larger problems of substance misuse continue to deeply impact communities across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the nation. In 2017, more than 70,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States, with Pennsylvania ranking third with the highest rates of death due…
News Topics: OpioidsAddictionCCSAPenn State ResearchSubstance AbuseEIC
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Penn State participates in Social Science Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.

Penn State researchers recently attended the Consortium of Social Science Association’s (COSSA) 2019 Social Science Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C., taking part in a full schedule of events to bring awareness to social and behavioral sciences.  During the advocacy day, COSSA members met with…
News Topics: Social ScienceCOSSASSRIPenn State ResearchPrevention ScienceCCSAChild MaltreatmentPrevention Research CenterPolicymakingGovernmentPublic PolicyEIC

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