Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
An assistant professor at Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine received a two-year grant for a project with the goal to provide addiction recovery services to 18,000 Ohioans over the next two years.
Nicole Kinzeler, assistant professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences and associate director of the Substance Abuse Resources and Disability Issues (SARDI) Program, received $1,450,207 in funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHSA) for the first year of the grant.
The funding was distributed by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and it is part of the State Opioid Response project, which provides evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery services to address opioid and stimulant use disorders among Ohioans.
Wright State’s SARDI provides services to people with disabilities or to people who have substance abuse disorders. The program has a staff of about 20 people and currently manages around 15 grants ranging from program evaluation to implementation projects.
Kinzeler’s role in the project includes data collection training for providers that receive federal and state funding. That includes health care providers, emergency department staff, professionals in the criminal justice system, as well as churches and faith-based organizations.
