The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy's Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) has received a five-year, $7.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to improve quality of care for patients with opioid use disorder across Pennsylvania.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: A report published today found that opioid overdose deaths in Pennsylvania counties were reduced after University of Pittsburgh researchers implemented new community-focused strategies, coordinating new and existing efforts. We speak with senior author Janice Pringle, who’s a professor of pharmacy and therapeutics and director of the Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) at the Pitt School of Pharmacy. (0:00 - 7:05) The National Hockey League deadline for trades ended Friday. We speak to Rob Rossi, senior writer for The Athletic, about where the Pittsburgh Penguins stand. (7:11 - 14:49) It’s egg-laying season for bald eagles, including those residing along Pittsburgh’s three rivers. Rachel Handel with the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania tells us why bald eagles choose certain environments, like areas near a steel plant, to nest. (14:54 - 22:30)
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy.
Researchers have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that deliver both a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy that can shrink colon and pancreatic tumors in mice.