National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) at the University of Maryland, College Park, to develop this nationwide public health surveillance system from 2014 to 2020. As of August 2020, the NDEWS C..
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The University of Maryland Extension (UME) and CESAR have launched the Maryland Rural Opioid Technical Assistance project (ROTA) which is focused on providing training and outreach for practitioners and drug users in rural Maryland. CESAR is the subj..
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CESAR is evaluating two opioid misuse prevention strategies in Carroll County, Maryland. Funded by the Maryland Opioid Misuse Prevention Program (OMPP), the strategies will increase awareness and understanding among residents and local law enforcemen..
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CESAR participates in the MPowering the State (MPower) Opioid Use Disorders Research Collaboration, which supports work between research scientists at the University of Maryland’s Baltimore (UMB) and College Park (UMCP) campuses.  The mission is to d..
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CESAR has worked on a multitude of national, state, and local projects over the past 30 years, across many domains. Below are just a few examples of our completed projects. Epidemiological Monitoring State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW): i..
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