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ASPIRE Lab Research Projects!

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(Missouri Enhancing Effectiveness Research on Recovery Housing for Persons Prescribed Medication for Opioid Use Disorder)

The ISTARR project is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R24DA051974) and aims to enhance infrastructure needed to establish an evidence base on recovery housing for persons being treated with medications for opioid use disorders (MOUD). MO ISTARR is a branch of overall ISTARR project dedicated to studying the recovery housing system in Missouri specifically!

Students in the ASPIRE Lab also work in close collaboration with the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH) arm of the Addiction Science team, adding research support and vision to multiple grants focused on improving services for people who use drugs across Missouri. Learn more about each grant below!

SOR (State Opioid Response) - The SOR Grant works to expand access to prevention, treatment, recovery support, and harm reduction services or folks with opioid use disorder or stimulant use disorder throughout Missouri. The Missouri Department of Mentalh Health (DMH) is leading this project with support from Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH) and community workers, academic institutions, healthcare agencies, and other experts around the state. 

CENTER (Community ENgagement, Trauma, Equity, Renewal) - The CENTER Initiative is a partnership between Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH), The T, Family Care Health Centers, the Community Healthcare Coalition, the Regional Health Commission, Integrated Health Network, and the Behavioral Health Network that aims to invest in the long term wellbeing of Black people impacted by addiction, drug use, and overdose in St. Louis.

DOTS (Drug Overdose Trust and Saftey) - The DOTS project develops and facilitates trainings to reshape interactions between first responders and people who use drugs. Additionally, DOTS establishes a partnership between first responders and public health agencies to direct resources and support to high need communities and to get survivors connected with services post-overdose.

ENACT (Expanding Naloxone Access and Community Trainings in Missouri) - ENACT works toward reducing fatal opioid overdose rates and adverse events by increasing naloxone distribution and training.

Please check out some of the projects we're working on on the UMSL-MIMH Addiction Science team - including our relatively updated list of papers and presentations!