Events & News

Nov 1, 2021

An Uncommon Path to UMass: Story on Sam Tarplin

From UMass' SPHHS department: "MPH student Sam Tarplin's path to UMass is unlike most of his classmates'. As a former counselor...

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Oct 15, 2021

Registration open for NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival

Registration for the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival is now open. The research festival will take place virtually...

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Oct 14, 2021

Research Seminar Series on Policing and Health hosted by the SEICHE Center for Health & Justice

The SEICHE Center for Health & Justice is hosting a virtual fall research seminar series. Click the links below to learn more and...

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Sep 28, 2021

SAMHSA grant to fund trauma treatment for people with addiction

Along with many established community partners in Franklin County, MA, Dr. Liz Evans received a $2.6 million grant through the Substance...

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Sep 24, 2021

CPDD 2022 Symposia/Workshops/Forum Meeting Submissions Open

The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 2022 annual meeting submissions are now open! You can submit for the Symposia,...

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Sep 13, 2021

"Confronting the Public Health and Ethical Challenges of COVID-19" with Dr. Fauci & Dr. Grady

A Discussion with Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and Dr. Christine Grady, entitled "Confronting the Public Health and Ethical Challenges of...

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Register now for the 2021 virtual AHSR conference

Sep 8, 2021

The 2021 virtual Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) conference will be held October 13th - 15th 2021. Currently, free registration...

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Sep 8, 2021

ACCJH 2022 Conference Call for Abstracts

The 15th annual Academic & Health Policy Conference on Criminal Justice Health, hosted by the American Consortium on Criminal Justice...

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Sep 3, 2021

Making it Plain Town Hall Meeting

Making it Plain hosted by the Black Coalition Against COVID (BCAC) Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 7pm - 9pm Click here to learn more about...

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Aug 20, 2021

JCOIN launches JCOIN Training and Engagement Center (JTEC)

JCOIN recently launched an online learning center for anyone interested in "the science of addiction and evidence-informed practices to...

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Aug 19, 2021

Building Blocks to Success: A Doctoral Program Seminar Series

Attention all UMass Amherst graduate students! During the fall 2021 semester, a doctoral speaker series will be hosted at UMass Amherst...

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Aug 19, 2021

New JCOIN Mixed Methods course created by Liz Evans

Dr. Liz Evans created an online mixed methods course, now accessible on the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) portal. A...

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Jun 17, 2021

18th Annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive

Click here to sign up for the 18th Annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive, hosted by the UNC Odum Institute For Research In Social...

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Jun 17, 2021

Samantha Hano ('22) named Rising Researcher

May 20, 2021. Our very own Research Assistant, Samantha Hano, was a recipient of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Undergraduate...

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Jun 17, 2021

Alumna Devon Goldberg, MPH '20 : Helping End Addiction in New England

April 12, 2021. Congrats to Devon for her new position as a community coordinator on the HEALing Community Study funding by NIH Here is...

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Jun 17, 2021

Bailey, Michener, & Schwartz Selected as JCOIN LEAP Scholars

April 7, 2021. We would like to congratulate our very own Graduate Research Assistant, Amelia Bailey, for her acceptance into the Justice...

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Jun 17, 2021

Beyond the Classroom: HEART in Holyoke

March, 2021. Click here to watch the SPHHS featured video about the HEART initiative at the Holyoke District Court. This video features...

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Jun 17, 2021

Lemere Selected as JCOIN Scholar

May 14, 2020. Join us in congratulating Susan Lemere for her selection as a JCOIN Scholar. Click here for more information about Lemere's...

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Jun 9, 2021

National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS)

Subscribe to NDEWS Weekly Briefings to receive valuable information on emerging substance use trends.

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LATEST NEWS

May 12, 2023

Alumni Spotlight: School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Rithika Senthilkumar ’22 earned dual degrees in Public Health Sciences and Biochemistry with Honors from UMass Amherst. She is passionate...

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May 12, 2023

Scoping Review: Outcomes and Implications of Post-overdose Intervention Programs

An emergent intervention to address the opioid epidemic is the use of multidisciplinary outreach teams which connect an individual in the...

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May 12, 2023

Recent Publication on Court-Based Interventions for Reducing Opioid Overdoses

The District Court in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is among the first courts nationwide to provide access to medications for opioid use...

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Aug 22, 2022

Qualitative perspectives and experiences among jail staff in Massachusetts

Individuals with opioid use disorder released to communities after incarceration experience an elevated risk for overdose death....

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Aug 12, 2022

Opioid Overdoses Among Incarcerated People and the Effect of Treatment Continuity

New research from Tufts University School of Medicine, UMass Amherst and UMass Chan Medical School aims to reduce opioid deaths among...

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Aug 9, 2022

JCOIN HEAL Research Spotlight

Jails are thought to be ‘Ground Zero’ for the opioid epidemic in the nation. That’s because in addition to having high rates of opioid...

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Jul 15, 2022

Commentary on Adams et. al.: Using Administrative Big Data for the Public Good

Adams et al. demonstrate why US states should learn from Massachusetts on how to build ‘administrative big data’ warehouses for the...

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Jun 1, 2022

Recent publication on the MA public health data warehouse

Liz Evans and colleagues published a recent study entitled "The Massachusetts public health data warehouse and the opioid epidemic: A...

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Feb 22, 2022

"Toxic Intersections" webinar featuring Dr. Abigail Judge

The webinar "Toxic Intersections: Substance Use, Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation" will be hosted by the Opioid Task...

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Feb 7, 2022

NEPHTC Health Equity Internship Program Open to Applicants

The New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC) is accepting applications from both graduate and 3rd-4th year undergraduate...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

academic consortium on criminal justice health (accjh) conference

Past conference: April 6 - 8, 2022

the college on problems of drug dependence (CPDD) annual scientific meeting

Past conference: June 11 - 15, 2022

American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting & EXPO

November 6 - 9, 2022

Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference

To be determined: 2023

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