UVM CORA produces newsletters each quarter, which highlight our recent work and offerings, share news items, and provide a list of relevant resources and upcoming events from organizations nationwide.
February 12, 2024
New data report on Northern New York needs assessment: rural practitioners, an overview of UVM CORA’s technical assistance work supplying xylazine test strips with a feature from OPTIONS in Kennebec, Maine, and updates on the placement of a second naloxone vending machine.
Link to Xylazine test strips; new data report; and moreNewsletterNovember 13, 2023
Updates on UVM CORA’s support to continue and the placement of a naloxone vending machine, new resource guide on xylazine, new national report on rural substance use disorder stigma and treatment needs, and a feature on UVM CORA’s technical assistance work with Somerset Public Health of Skowhegan, Maine.
Link to Xylazine resource guide; naloxone vending machine; and moreNewsletterMay 15, 2023
New Research Spotlight on the role of stigma among health care providers in the treatment of opioid use disorder, new data brief on stigma and opioid use disorder in northern New England, feature on UVM CORA’s technical assistance work with Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield, Vermont, Inc., UVM CORA faculty awards, and intranasal naloxone vending machine news highlights
Link to Stigma & OUD; technical assistance feature; and moreNewsletterFebruary 13, 2023
New weekly Clinician Office Hours program, new Research Spotlight on increased fatal overdoses involving stimulants and fentanyl, new report on 2020 rural opioid overdose mortality, feature on UVM CORA’s technical assistance work with AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, and intranasal naloxone vending machine pilot program.
Link to Clinician Office Hours; new reports; technical assistance featureNewsletterNovember 14, 2022
Research Spotlight on rural-urban disparities in U.S. cigarette smoking quit rates, information about drug deactivation bags (and how to request from UVM CORA), new UVM CORA staff and open positions, and UVM CORA goes on the road.
Link to Research on rural-urban smoking disparities; drug deactivation bagsNewsletterAugust 15, 2022
Research Spotlight on increasing prevalence of xylazine in fatal opioid overdoses, educational resources about MOUD, UVM CORA’s strategic partners share results of their states’ Baseline Needs Assessments.
Link to Research on xylazine and overdoses; MOUD resources; upcoming conferences and eventsNewsletterMay 31, 2022
Research Spotlight on expanded naloxone distribution to reduce rural opioid overdose mortality, an example of UVM CORA’s technical assistance process from work with a rural substance use prevention coalition, and a new UVM CORA data report: The Maine Baseline Needs Assessment — Rural Practitioners and Stakeholders Report.
Link to Research on intranasal naloxone; behind the scenes of UVM CORA’s technical assistanceNewsletterFebruary 14, 2022
Research Spotlight on COVID-19 vaccine uptake in rural populations with substance use disorder, three briefs from the Maine Baseline Needs Assessment, and two UVM CORA resources: a training video for providers on using contingency management, and a resource guide on contingency management for stimulant use disorder.
Link to Research on COVID-19 vaccine uptake and UVM CORA contingency management resourcesNewsletterNovember 15, 2021
Research spotlight on peer-based recovery support services, commentary from a peer recovery specialist after our webinar Peer Recovery as an Evidence-Based Practice: From Science to Impact, and a tool for providers on treating stimulant use disorder using contingency management.
Link to Peer recovery research and tools for providersNewsletter