Opioid Overdose

• Opioid overdose prevention
• Prescription drug monitoring programs
• Prescriber education
• Surveillance
• Addiction treatment
• Opioid use and falls risk

Team Lead – Carri Casteel, Ann Saba

Team Membership

• Substance abuse
• Medical student eduation
• Psychiatry
• Pharmacy
• Emergency medicine
• Biostatistics
• Public Health
• Surgery
• Anesthesia/ Chronic Pain

Research/Outreach/Training Partners:

• Iowa Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse
• Cedar Rapids Police Department
• Eastern Iowa Heroin Initiative
• Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition
• Iowa Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy

See UI IPRC research projects related to prescription opioids.