July 2020

COVID-19 research grants awarded Research papers from Boston Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital will outline successes, challenges, and important lessons about addiction treatment learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to inform the field and empower...

March/April 2020

Rapid response grantees participate in a learning community Supporting the community during COVID-19 A recent study by the Addiction Policy Forum shows that 34% of the people with substance use disorder surveyed report changes or disruptions in accessing treatment or...

February 2020

RIZE Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sarah Wakeman moderates a panel of experts. RIZE hosts 4th Wave convening Between 2017 and 2018, the rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine more than tripled and increased nearly five-fold for psychostimulants such as methamphetamine....

November 2019

Insights and Solutions research grants awarded Insights and Solutions: Massachusetts Opioid Crisis grant program supports research that contributes to the evidence-base and advances public policy by identifying system-level and behavior-change level interventions....

September 2019

RIZE supports research to address the opioid crisis in Western Massachusetts MA Health Policy Forum report details the unique challenges facing small and rural communities in the fight against opioids. Read the report...