Social Work Solutions for Addiction Recovery That Lasts | Breakthroughs Can't Wait
What if research didn’t just study addiction recovery, but helped shape it?That’s the driving force behind the work of Jay Unick, PhD, MSW. Through Implementation Research to Improve Services (IRIS), Unick is helping bring stronger, evidence-based support to people with opioid use disorder (OUD).Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, IRIS builds recovery research infrastructure by fostering community-academic partnerships designed to develop and scale effective recovery practices.IRIS works closely with community-based organizations like Baltimore’s People Encouraging People, which conducts street outreach to individuals experiencing homelessness and OUD, helping them access housing and treatment.#breakthroughscantwaitumb #RecoverySupport #IRISProject #PublicHealthResearch #AddictionRecovery #CommunityHealth #HealthEquity
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