The COBRE on Opioids and Overdose is thrilled to welcome its newest Pilot Awardees, Dr. David Sobel and Dr. Brendan Jacka.
Brendan Jacka, PhD, is an Investigator in Epidemiology at the Centers for Epidemiology and Environmental Health at Brown University. His pilot project, titled, “Trauma and stressor-related disorders among layperson opioid overdose responders”, seeks to understand the traumatic effects of responding to a drug overdose on community member responders in Rhode Island. This study is one of the first in the United States to examine and characterize stressor-related disorders related to overdose exposure in community members.
David Sobel, PhD, is a board-certified urologist at the Minimally Invasive Urology Institute and Kidney Stone Center at The Miriam Hospital. He is also an assistant professor of surgical urology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His pilot project, titled, “Evaluation of a nonopioid recovery pathway after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)”, will examine the feasibility and acceptability of a nonopioid recovery pathway after PCNL, a minimally invasive procedure performed by urologists for larger stone burden in the kidney. His hypothesis is that a novel nonopioid pathway after PCNL is both feasible and safe and will reduce postoperative prescriptions for opioids without impacting clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction or outpatient resources.
Brendan and David’s pilot projects will aid the COBRE’s mission by helping to understand the mechanisms underlying opioid use disorder and by developing innovative solutions to help combat the opioid crisis.
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Michelle DeOrsey, Core Manager for the Translational and Transformative (T2) Core has been busy creating and editing videos for our YouTube channel as part of our initiative to increase the COBREs social media presence. With her help and expertise, we've been able to upload most of the seminars we've hosted, all the 2020 Symposium vidoes, the CME courses the Special Populations Core has sponsored and many more. She is currently working on a video archiving project for all our Research, Pilot and Feasibility projects. Please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all this great work.
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2020 National Opioid Leadership Summit
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2020 NAHEWD Virtual Conference on Substance Use, HIV, and HCV in Rhode Island.
Brown University AIDS Program
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December 14th
12:00 - 3:30 pm
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Recovery Science and Harm Reduction Reading Group
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December 17th
11:30 - 12:30 pm
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December 17th
11:30 - 12:30 pm
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For a list of upcoming COBRE, National and local events and webinars, visit the COBRE's Event page.
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DRIVEN/RI-INBRE Ignition Fund
Funding is sparse for commercial-focused biomedical projects due to their inherent risks. The DRIVEN Accelerator Hub, an NIH/NIGMS-funded consortium serving biomedical entrepreneurs in Northeast IDeA states (https://www.drivenacceleratorhub.com/), is pleased to offer funds for innovations or discoveries that need additional experimentation before company formation.
Eligibility: Faculty at RI-INBRE network institutions (https://web.uri.edu/riinbre/)
Complete details can be found here.
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Call for Proposals: JCOIN Rapid Innovation Grant (J-RIG) Program - Cycle 2
JCOIN's Coordination and Translation Center is excited to announce the call for proposals of the Rapid Innovation Grant (J-RIG) program. J-RIG is a rapid funding mechanism to support small research grants to study newly emerging policies, practices, or interventions that address prevention and treatment of addiction among justice-involved populations.
J-RIG welcomes both applicants who work in research environments AND those who do not work in research environments but could benefit from funding to study local initiatives, policy changes, or practice improvement efforts. J-RIG projects also are appropriate for developmental pilots, feasibility studies, or other research broadly defined as foundational work for further research and practice.
The J-RIG call for proposals will be released up to three (3) times per year. Funding will be provided for up to 24-months and may not exceed $100,000.
Applications are due by Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 at 11: 59 p.m. ET.
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For a list of federal and government related opioid and substance misuse related funding opportunities, visit here.
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