Mission
To connect individuals and organizations interested in advancing addiction knowledge, treatment, research, or policy with resources and experts in the field to promote a higher level of understanding, innovation, and impact.
Introduction
An aim of the University of Utah’s Greater Intermountain Node (GIN) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institution on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is to conduct a myriad of research regarding opioid use, misuse, and use disorder and other substance use disorders within existing large databases (e.g., claims, administrative, addiction) and health systems databases (e.g., hospital, outpatient clinics) using traditional and emerging methodologies (e.g., machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing).
Program Objectives
- Provide quarterly, free educational sessions on topics surrounding the evolving addiction landscape, addiction treatment, addiction research, and addiction policy to clinicians, researchers, policy-advocates, and decision makers.
- Provide expert consultation on addiction and addiction medicine topics in order to enhance the ability of professionals, organizations, and activists to implement best practices for care, conduct evaluations, expand knowledge, or improve policies.
- Collaborate with researchers to design and execute addiction-related study procedures including study design, statistical analysis plans (SAPs), visualizations, reports, and dissemination.
Program Meetings
August 6th, 12pm MDT - A Brief Overview of Substance Use led by John Saunders, PharmD
To be added to the AARMS mailing list with information about upcoming meetings and program updates, please email AARMS-PARCKA@hsc.utah.edu
Services and Fees
For questions regarding services and fees, please contact AARMS-PARCKA@hsc.utah.edu
AARMS Team
| Adam Gordon, MD MPH FACP DFASAM | Principal Investigator |
| Jerry Cochran, PhD MSW | Principal Investigator |
| Jacob D Baylis, MPH | Sr. Research Analyist |
| John A Saunders, PharmD | Pharmacist Supervisor |
| Sophie Huebler, MS | Graduate Research Assistant |