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Heller Researchers Receive Grant to Build and Curate Online Repository of Opioid Epidemic Research
Heller News Release
December 03, 2018
Researchers at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management have received a two-year, $332,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to build the Brandeis Opioid Research Clearinghouse. The project is headed by Principal Investigator (PI) Cindy Parks Thomas, PhD’00 and co-PI Andrew Kolodny.
This new online project will help community-level agencies and programs respond to the ongoing opioid addiction epidemic by acting as a resource hub for state legislation, new relevant research, public data, case studies and innovative care models.
