Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory Committee

A group of University of Kentucky researchers in the Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) is working to make studies more responsive and inclusive. The group formed a community advisory board, called the Survivors Union of the Bluegrass (SUB), including those who identify as people who use drugs and/or people in non-abstinence-based recovery. Dr. Greg Davis talks with SUB chair Jeremy Byard and Amanda Fallin-Bennett, Ph.D., associate professor in the UK College of Nursing. She's also the co-founder of Voices of Hope, a local nonprofit recovery organization.

UK will use a new $1.5 M grant to craft a program for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse among adolescents.The UK Kentucky Kids Recovery…