SAMHSA grant.
Reamer Bushardt is a co-director on a two-year, $200,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that will bring together faculty members from SMHS, the GW School of Nursing (SON), and the Milken Institute School of Public Health. The GW team will develop an interprofessional educational approach to help students and health professionals better understand stigma around substance use disorders (SUD). The project also will provide evidence-based guidance for prevention, screening, diagnosis, and management for individuals affected by a SUD. Zeina Saliba, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at SMHS, is leading the project. An interprofessional faculty advisory council, including numerous HS reps, will review and approve the curriculum. Other GW colleagues on the grant include Linda Cotton of IMPACT, Karen McDonnell of the Department of Prevention and Community health at Milken; and Kate Malliarakis, of the Policy, Populations and Systems Community at SON.
