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NIH Awards TCU’s Institute of Behavioral Research $7.2 Million Grant


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 national public health crisis around opioids.   

For Jenny Becan, a senior research scientist at TCU’s Institute for Behavioral Research (IBR), the top-line goal of all her work is to help speed the development and implementation of scientific solutions to national problems for the benefit of our communities… Read the Full Article 

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  • NIH Awards TCU’s Institute of Behavioral Research $7.2 Million Grant

    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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