News 4: With overdoses rising, local opioid task force fights for funding

June 22, 2020

Dr. Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, professor of psychiatry and vice dean for research in the Long School of Medicine, says it’s not surprising to see the uptick in opioid overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic. She explains the pandemic brought two key ingredients that can lead to overdoses: social isolation and financial woes. Her team […]


KSAT 12: Study: Opioid-addicted mothers share many risk factors

June 15, 2020

Lisa Cleveland, PhD, RN, CPNP, IBCLC, FAAN, School of Nursing, discusses her recent study analyzing the factors that contribute to expectant mothers and new mothers to use opioids, which also is related to neonatal abstinence disorder in their babies. Read and watch the full story.


WQAD: Your Health: Something better than Naloxone

April 14, 2020

Interview of UT Health San Antonio pharmacology professor Charles France, Ph.D., is carried by WQAD-TV, Moline, IL., on the topic of Your Health: Something better than Naloxone. Read and watch the story.