Co-Hosted Seminar on Using a Health Equity Framework to Understand Trauma and SU
Join the RDAR Center and the Minority Health Disparities Initiative on September 14, 2023, at 1:30 PM CT via Zoom for a jointly hosted Seminar Series event featuring Christal Badour, a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky. She will present “Using a Health Equity Framework to Understand Trauma and Substance Use in Rural Appalachia.”
Thursday, August 17, 2023 by Halley Horne
RDAR Center Seminar Series on October 12, 2023
Hugh Garavan, Professor at the University of Vermont, will be featured at the RDAR Center's Seminar Series event on October 12th at 1:30 PM CT via Zoom. He will present “Differential Associations of Adolescent vs Young Adult Cannabis Initiation with Longitudinal Brain Change and Behavior.”
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 by Halley Horne
Event and Program Associate Job Opening
The Rural Drug Addiction Research Center and the Minority Health Disparities Initiative (MHDI) are searching for an Event and Program Associate!
This position will manage the event coordination for both units and be responsible for the comprehensive management of special programming within the MHDI.
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 by Halley Horne
The 2023 Symposium on Substance Use Research is November 7-9
The annual Symposium on Substance Use Research (SOSUR) focuses on leveraging research, knowledge, and insight on substance use from across the country. This year it will be held on November 07-09, via Zoom. The virtual format will include expert keynotes, panels, and research presentations on a wide variety of substance use topics. There is no cost to attend and it is open to the public.
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 by Halley Horne
RDAR Center Seminar Series on May 11, 2023
Patrick Habecker will present “The First 600: What We Learned about 600 People Who Use Drugs in the Great Plains” on May 11, 2023, at 1:30pm CT via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Register here to attend: https://unl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-KqRvCMTQpGbjsLA_DEEAg#/registration
Saturday, April 15, 2023 by Nora Crimmins
KLKN-TV: Research Shows Many Nebraskans are Unaware of Life-Saving Drug Narcan
KLKN-TV discusses RDAR Center's recent study on Narcan with Patrick Habecker, one of the authors of the publication.
View the story: https://www.klkntv.com/research-shows-many-nebraskans-are-unaware-of-life-saving-drug-narcan/
Thursday, March 16, 2023 by Halley Horne
Nebraska Today: New Data Show Most Nebraskans are Unaware of Narcan
Nebraska Today reports on RDAR Center Researchers, Patrick Habecker, Nova Gocchi Carrasco, and Rick Bevins, new publication on "Knowledge of, and Access to Narcan (Naloxone) among Nebraskan Adults: in 2020, 2021, and 2022."
View the Article: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/new-data-show-most-nebraskans-are-unaware-of-narcan/
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 by Halley Horne
April Seminar on Subcortical Brain Circuits Gate Motivation
On April 13, 2023, Patricia Janak will present “Subcortical Brain Circuits Gate Motivation: Implications for Addiction" at the RDAR Center Seminar Series. The virtual event is free and open to the public. Register here to attend: https://unl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O_nXnXEETpGEyPFekFeneA.
More Event Details: https://events.unl.edu/RDAR/2023/04/13/171394/
Thursday, March 2, 2023 by Halley Horne
RDAR Researchers Publish New Report on Knowledge of, and Access to Narcan (Naloxone) among Nebraskan Adults
Researchers at the Rural Drug Addiction Research Center (RDAR) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) recently published a report titled "Knowledge of, and Access to Narcan (Naloxone) among Nebraskan Adults: in 2020, 2021, and 2022."
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 by Halley Horne
RDAR Center Seminar Series on March 9, 2023
The RDAR Center's March Seminar Series event will feature a presentation by Justin Strickland on “Behavioral Economics in Substance Use Public Policy: Across a Translational Continuum.” It will be held on March 9, 2023, at 1:30 PM CT via Zoom. Register here to attend: https://unl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hP-aDeX6ROuICUDbeykCjw.
More Event Details: https://events.unl.edu/RDAR/2023/03/09/170330/
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 by Halley Horne