UK Awarded $7.2 Million to Reduce Overdose Risk Among Justice-Involved Women

UK awarded $7.2 million to reduce overdose risk among justice-involved women

LEXINGTON — University of Kentucky researchers have been awarded a five-year grant, projected to total $7.2 million, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test overdose prevention strategies for women transitioning from jail back into rural Kentucky communities.

UK researchers awarded $7.2 million to reduce overdose risk among former female prisoners - Mountain Top Media

LEXINGTON, Ky. — University of Kentucky researchers have been awarded a five-year grant, projected to total $7.2 million, from the National Institutes of Health to test overdose prevention strategies for women transitioning from jail back into rural Kentucky communities. The new project is supported by the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse as part of its Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network, a nationwide program that tests strategie