Collaborative hub for emerging adult recovery research (chearr)

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R24DA057632
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Awarding agency
Obligated
$6,653,285

Award facts

Assistance listing
93.279 Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs
Completion date 84% complete
Originally
Place of performance
Farmington, CT 06030, USA

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Description

Abstract
Emerging adults (ages 16-25) have been particularly impacted by the opioid crisis. Although medications are crucial for reducing mortality, return to opioid use, and other harms associated with opioid use disorder (OUD), persons in recovery who take or who have taken medications for ouds (mouds) have many unmet needs and ongoing risk factors that prevent their return to full functioning and to flourishing. The recovery needs of EAS following stabilization on mouds are not well documented and are likely unique to this age group. EAS face developmental milestones characterized by frequent transitions and instability in education, housing, and relationships. The recovery needs of EAS taking mouds are further complicated by high rates of CO-occurring mental health disorders, polysubstance use, and premature discontinuation of mouds. Recovery support services, particularly clinical continuing care delivered after a treatment episode, are likely to play a key role in the long-term management of OUD for EAS. Although such services can be found across the spectrum of real- world substance use treatment, very little high-quality research has evaluated the efficacy or effectiveness of recovery support services or continuing care specific to the needs of EAS. Further, continuing care research has been largely researcher-driven and focused on abstinence, symptom reduction, and reducing cost, rather than fostering recovery capital and the full range of outcomes valued by EAS in recovery from OUD. Genuine partnerships and collaborations are needed to ensure research on continuing care reflects the values and needs of EAS taking mouds. We will advance this critical but under-researched area by building a multidisciplinary, community-engaged network: the continuing care hub for emerging adult recovery research (chearr). Our proposed team has extensive expertise in recovery support services, research with real-world substance use treatment organizations, and partnerships with agencies that serve EAS taking mouds. We propose three overarching goals that each provide actionable deliverables: (1) use a community-based participatory approach to develop the critical tools to conduct high-quality research in this area by creating and partnering with two community boards comprised of EAS who take or who have taken moud and recovery supports specialists who have expertise with EAS; (2) provide a hub of science on continuing care for EAS on multiple platforms to educate and engage the larger scientific community, communities impacted by OUD, and other key partner communities; and (3) create a trainee-to-investigator pipeline through a) a postdoctoral fellowship and student internship program and b) funding pilot studies that will produce preliminary data for NIH grant applications. In addition, the chearr team and community boards will partner to develop an EA-specific measure of recovery capital, a crucial tool that is currently missing from the scientific literature. Psychometric data on this measure will be collected as part of the pilot study program. Through these aims, chearr will foster rapid expansion of science and develop the infrastructure necessary to investigate continuing care services for EAS taking moud.

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Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
University Of Massachusetts Medical School Lourah Kelly, PhD will serve as the Co-Investigator for the Collaborative Hub of Emerging Adult Recovery Research (site Principal Investigator for UMass Chan… $43,831
Chestnut Health Systems Inc. Chestnut will assist in the development and evaluation of the EA-specific measure of recovery capital and in providing secondary mentorship of the CHEARR… $20,878
East Tennessee State University Throughout the 2-year period, Co-investigator Hagaman will contribute 17% in year 4 and 15% effort for year 5 on this project. Dr. Hagaman will provide… $37,258
University Of Massachusetts Medical School The UMass PI will serve as the Co-Investigator for the Collaborative Hub of Emerging Adult Recovery Research (site Principal Investigator for UMass Chan Medical… $42,286
Chestnut Health Systems Inc. Chestnut will assist in the development and evaluation of the EA-specific measure of recovery capital and in providing secondary mentorship of the CHEARR… $17,743
East Tennessee State University Throughout the 2-year period, The East Tennessee Co-investigator will contribute 17% in year 4 and 15% effort for year 5 on this project. The PI will provide… $37,258
Chestnut Health Systems Inc. Chestnut will assist in the development of the EA-specific measure of recovery capital and in providing secondary mentorship of the CHEARR postdoctoral fellows.… $97,941
University Of Massachusetts Medical School Lourah Kelly, PhD will serve as Co-Investigator (site Principal Investigator) for years 2-5. under the subcontract from UConn Health. Dr. Kelly will collaborate… $63,891
East Tennessee State University Throughout the ô€€–-year period, Co-investig􀀃ator Hagaman will contribute ô€€â€�􀀘% effort on this project.􀀃Dr. Hagaman… $38,661
University Of Massachusetts Medical School Lourah Kelly, PhD will serve as Co-Investigator (site Principal Investigator) for years 2-5. under the subcontract from UConn Health. Dr. Kelly will collaborate… $63,891
Connecticut Community For Addiction Recovery, Inc. The subcontracted funds will provide salary support for Philip Valentine, RCP, the Executive Director of CCAR. Mr. Valentine will collaborate with UConn… $35,464
Chestnut Health Systems Inc. Chestnut will assist in the development of the EA-specific measure of recovery capital and in providing secondary mentorship of the CHEARR postdoctoral fellows.… $142,953
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Who received award R24DA057632?

R24DA057632 was awarded to University Of Connecticut Health Center by National Institute on Drug Abuse (National Institutes of Health) on September 30, 2022.

How much is award R24DA057632 worth?

$6,653,285 has been obligated on R24DA057632.

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