Dr. O’Grady Awarded NIH/NIDA Grant on Overdose Prevention

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Megan O'Grady

Dr. Megan O’Grady, Associate Professor in Public Health Sciences, received funding as a co-investigator for a newly awarded NIH/NIDA UG3-UH3 grant titled “Preventing Overdose in Supportive Housing: Stepped Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multi-Sector, Upstream Intervention” lead by NYU Langone (PI: Doran). This 2-phase, 7-year grant will partner UConn Health, Rutgers, and NYU to develop and test strategies for implementing evidence-based practices to prevent drug overdoses in permanent supportive housing settings.