Archive: recovery

• “Help is Here:” Jacob Lignell ’26 and Professor LaBelle in The Hoya

  As The Hoya reflects on International Overdose Awareness Day, the student newspaper spotlights recovery and harm reduction measures across Georgetown, including the training and distribution of naloxone that the M.S. Addiction Policy & Practice program developed with HOYADOPE.

  Category: News Tags: director, overdose, publication, recovery, student spotlight

• Campus Surge Comes to Georgetown on October 7th!

  RSVP for Campus Surge 2025 In partnership with Hoyas for Recovery, the Master of Science in Addiction Policy and Practice program at Georgetown’s School of Health, and the O’Neill Institute’s Ce

  Category: News Tags: events, overdose, recovery, research, resources

• MS ADPP Honors National Recovery Month

  This National Recovery Month, the Addiction Policy & Practice program honors the work of those in recovery, and the workers and community that support them. As Noel Vest and his colleagues highlight,

  Category: News Tags: advocacy, events, recovery, recovery month, research

• Curious About Addiction Policy? New Info Session Dates Just Announced!

  Are you passionate about improving recovery outcomes, but not sure how to turn that drive into a career? Are you looking to join a community of dedicated policy professionals and learn from experts a

  Category: News Tags: admissions, director, info session, recovery

• The First 100 Days: Regina LaBelle in the Journal of Addiction Medicine

  Last week, the American Society of Addiction Medicine highlighted a commentary piece written by our Director, Regina LaBelle, on the first 100 days of the Trump administration and its impacts on the

  Category: News Tags: director, government, politics, publication, recovery

• Student Publication: Substance Use Disorder Recovery Research Opportunities

  Mary Davis (MS ADPP '23) has co-authored a newly-published article on substance use disorder recovery research opportunities in Frontiers, a leading publisher of peer-reviewed, open-source scientific

  Categories: Announcements, News Tags: publication, recovery, research, student spotlight

• Tales of Hope, Love, and Resilience: Grief to Action Event

  This Thursday, we were honored to bring our community together for Grief to Action: Families Shaping the Nation's Response to Addiction. In partnership with Song for Charlie and the O'Neill Institute

  Category: News Tags: adpp, community, event, grief, overdose, recovery

• Saving Medicaid: Molly McGrath ’22 Published in Pittsburgh Gazette

  Congress must see the indispensable role of Medicaid in reducing overdose deaths, and not haphazardly freeze lifesaving federal grant programs that also provide medication treatment to the uninsured

  Category: News Tags: medicaid, overdose, publication, recovery, student spotlight

• Moving Forward Together: Director Testifies Before Congress on the Need for Bipartisan Policy Solutions

  On February 6, 2025, Professor Regina LaBelle, Director of the M.S. in Addiction Policy & Practice program, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee’s hearing on

  Categories: Announcements, News Tags: director, government, politics, recovery

• NPR Feature: Regina LaBelle on the First State-Sanctioned Overdose Prevention Center

  This week, Program Director Regina LaBelle spoke to NPR about the opening of the nation’s first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center in Rhode Island. She discusses how the incoming administrat

  Category: News Tags: director, overdose, politics, publication, recovery