Older Adults and Opioid Overdose Death
When:
Thursday, March 10, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where:
Online
Webcast Link
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM)
Group: Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM)
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Description:
The presentation will provide data on older adult involvement in the opioid epidemic including the evolution of this population’s involvement opioid overdose deaths over the past 20 years. We will discuss implications of these findings for older adult screening, treatment, and recovery services.
Guests:
Maryann Mason, PhD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine/Associate Director Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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