"For over a century, observers have noted that when police and militaries clamp down on illicit drug supply chains, it promotes the sale of increasingly dangerous drug formulations. This was seen with alcohol prohibition in the 1920s, for example."
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What is the COBRE on Opioids & Overdose?
The Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Opioids and Overdose, based at the Rhode Island Hospital, is the first center of its kind aimed to collaboratively address the opioid epidemic. This COBRE is a vibrant, interdisciplinary center that supports research essential to understanding the mechanisms underlying opioid use disorder and developing innovative solutions. A main objective of the NIH-Funded COBRE initiative is to support the development of junior investigators into independently funded investigators, and to develop a critical mass of investigators competitive for peer-reviewed external research funding.
Meet the Investigators
Awardees




Brendan Jacka, MSc, PhD
Awardees, Pilot ProjectsEvaluating trauma among overdose survivors and bystanders: a mixed methods study

Nicole H. Weiss, PhD
Awardees, Pilot ProjectsCo-Occurrence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Opioid Use Outcomes among Community Individuals

David W. Sobel, MD
Awardees, Pilot ProjectsEvaluation of a nonopioid recovery pathway after percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Patience Moyo, PhD
Awardees, Past ProjectsUse of non-opioid and non-drug treatment for chronic pain: trends and relationships with opioid prescribing and outcomes in Rhode Island All Payer Claims Data

Amy Lynn Salisbury, PhD
Awardees, Past ProjectsMonitoring newborn sleep to improve treatment and outcomes from opioid exposure

Rachel Wightman, MD
Awardees, Research ProjectsUnintentional fatal opioid overdose in women: toxicologic and pharmacologic sex differences in cause of death

Jaclyn White Hughto, PhD, MPH
Awardees, Research ProjectsCoMBAT Opioid Use Disorder: A Pilot RCT of a Combined Medication assisted and Behavioral Activation Treatment for People Living with Opioid Use Disorder.

Kirsten Langdon, PhD
AwardeesText message delivered intervention to promote engagement in medication assisted treatment among the criminal justice- involved population
Graduates

Francesca Beaudoin, MD, PhD
Graduates, Research Project Graduate ED-based behavioral interventions for opioid use disorders, a mixed-methods study.

Adam Czynski, DO
Graduates, Research Project GraduateNeonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): Fetus to First Years.

Sara Becker, PhD
Graduates, Research Project GraduateImplementing contingency management in opioid treatment centers across Rhode Island: Formative research to inform a cluster randomized trial.
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Impact of Funding
Link to: Publications
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Research papers published by investigators using COBRE support
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19
Research papers published by COBRE funded research and pilot leaders.
Link to: Funding
4
Research project leaders have graduated from COBRE with extramural funding.