Grants
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NIH Awards TCU’s Institute of Behavioral Research $7.2 Million Grant
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The grant supports TCU researchers’ ongoing work with ‘deflection’ strategies that support local law enforcement and first responders as well as better help people with unmet substance use needs. When opioid addiction first entered the national conversation, it was portrayed as a problem of individual Americans. Health officials now agree America is dealing with a
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TCU IBR Secures $2.2 Million to Expand Evaluation of Federal Prison Drug Treatment Programs
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Funding will support evidence-based research aligned with First Step Act goals. FORT WORTH, Texas (January 7, 2025) — Texas Christian University’s (TCU) Institute of Behavioral Research (IBR) has been awarded an additional $2.2 million from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate substance use treatment programs in federal prisons. This funding is a critical step
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TCU, UK Awarded $4.7 Million to Reduce Overdose Among Justice-Involved Women
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FORT WORTH, Texas (Oct. 2, 2024) — Researchers at Texas Christian University (TCU)’s Institute of Behavioral Research (IBR) and the University of Kentucky (UK) have received a $4.7 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support a new study aimed at reducing overdose risk among women in the criminal legal system. Kevin Knight, Ph.D., from TCU and Michele