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Monnat discusses the US drug crisis on CBS News Radio

Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, was interviewed on CBS News Radio's "America: Changed Forever" podcast about drug abuse and the role the COVID-19 pandemic may have played in last year's drug-related deaths.
July 28, 2021

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, Health Policy, Longevity, United States

Monnat Discusses Overdose Crisis on NBCLX

Watch the full interview on NBCLX's LX News (beginning at 14:20). 
July 23, 2021

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, Health Policy, Longevity, United States

In AP report, Monnat weighs in on record US overdose deaths

Read more in the Associated Press article, "US overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year." 
July 15, 2021

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, United States

Executive Education grad serves on panel merging mental health, addiction services

Lisa Hoeschele ’03 M.A. (PA) recently served on a committee guiding a merger of NY's Office of Mental Health and Office of Addiction Services and Supports.
May 17, 2021

See related: Addiction, Health Policy, Mental Health, State & Local, United States

Monnat discusses increase in overdoses during the pandemic in VICE

"At its core, I think addiction is about a need for connection," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "My research shows that work, family and community are the three most important factors for understanding why drug overdose rates are higher in some places than others. Work, family and community are the three arenas where we derive meaning and purpose from our lives. If we don’t have those connections, we might seek it out elsewhere, for example with drugs."
February 22, 2021

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, United States

Monnat featured in Institute for New Economic Thinking article on deaths of despair, COVID-19

Read more in the Institute for New Economic Thinking article, "Epidemic of Despair Could Haunt America Long After COVID." 
February 4, 2021

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, United States

Monnat discusses COVID’s role in rising drug overdose deaths with the Associated Press

December 23, 2020

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy, United States

Monnat part of team recognized for research on rural America

November 4, 2020

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, Grant Awards, Longevity, Opioids, Rural Issues, State & Local, United States

Monnat study on opioids cited in CityLab article

While the urban opioid crisis is a crisis of heroin and illegal drugs, the rural opioid crisis of prescription drugs is largely a story of growing spatial inequality and of places left behind, most often occurring in places that tend to have a declining industrial base, finds a study co-authored by Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

December 12, 2019

See related: Addiction, Opioids, Rural Issues, United States, Urban Issues

Monnat takes part in White House roundtable aimed at reducing opioid overdoses

“Many people who misuse opioids are also misusing other substances, and a common driver of this is self-medicating,” says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, whose research examines the connections between social disadvantage, place, public policy and health.

November 15, 2019

See related: Addiction, Federal, Opioids, U.S. Education, U.S. Health Policy, United States

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