Brown Alpert Medical School Opioid Experts to Join “Smart Health” LIVE Wednesday at 4

Brown Alpert Medical School Opioid Experts to Join “Smart Health” LIVE Wednesday at 4

Brown Warren Alpert Medical School professor Dr. Elizabeth Samuels and Brown School of Public Health's Dr. Brandon Marshall will join “Smart Health” on GoLocal LIVE Wednesday at 4 p.m., to talk about the latest in research at the university — and how they are working with the state of Rhode Island to address the opioid crisis.

Samuels will discuss the role of harm reduction in helping patients with opioid dependency — and efforts to get emergency room patients into treatment.

Samuels was a co-author of the publication, “A Quality Framework for Emergency Department Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder.”

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Marshall, whose work at the School of Public Health focuses on substance use epidemiology, serves as an expert adviser on the Governor’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force, which meets monthly.  

Marshall will provide an update as to how health professionals are working with medical experts in Rhode Island. 

About Warren Alpert Medical School

Since granting its first Doctor of Medicine degrees in 1975, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader in medical education and biomedical research.

By attracting first-class physicians and researchers to Rhode Island over the past four decades, the Medical School and its seven affiliated teaching hospitals have radically improved the state's health care environment, from health care policy to patient care.

"Smart Health" is a GoLocalProv.com segment featuring experts from The Warren Alpert Medical School GoLocal LIVE.