Xylazine and Other Opioids
Dates: May 20, 2026
Meets: W from 12 N to 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom Webinar
Zoom - No Charge: $0.00
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Join Dr. Alison Oliveto for a one-hour Lunch and Learn covering trends and general information about Xylazine and other opioids.
| Fee: | $0.00 |
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| Hours: | 1.00 |
Zoom Webinar
Alison Oliveto
Alison Oliveto, Ph.D., is Professor, Vice Chair for Research and Director of the Center for Addiction Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Oliveto is a behavioral pharmacologist by training. For almost 3 decades, she has been primarily focused on researching potential medications and evidence-based behavioral interventions to improve treatments for opioid, cocaine and/or methamphetamine use disorders. Having become increasingly frustrated with the life-long struggle drug use disordered patients face, Dr. Oliveto started shifting her efforts toward investigating effective prevention strategies. Given the opioid crisis and rise in young people using prescription drugs such as opioids, Dr. Oliveto is working on the development of an effective, easily-accessed gamified adolescent prescription drug misuse prevention intervention with UAMS colleagues and Little Rock Games. She leads the UAMS team, partnering with Midsouth and OSAMH, to expand the capacity of the Statewide Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup, which guides effective prevention efforts in the state.
