{"id":3105,"date":"2022-05-02T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2024-06-19T19:03:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:03:49","slug":"dr-jerome-adams-to-provide-update-on-opioid-crisis-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/Q2\/dr-jerome-adams-to-provide-update-on-opioid-crisis-today","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jerome Adams to provide update on opioid crisis today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"purdue-initial-words-wrap\"><p class=\"purdue-initial-words wp-block-paragraph\">WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash;<\/p> \n<p>Dr. Jerome Adams, Purdue University executive director of health equity initiatives and the 20th U.S. surgeon general, and members of the Bipartisan Policy Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bipartisanpolicy.org\/press-release\/bpc-launches-opioid-crisis-task-force-to-address-u-s-epidemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opioid Crisis Task Force<\/a> will discuss the release of the BPC report, <a href=\"https:\/\/bipartisanpolicy.org\/download\/?file=\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FINAL-Combating-the-Opioid-Crisis-Smarter-Spending-to-Enhance-the-Federal-Response.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Combating the Opioid Crisis \u2013 \u2018Smarter Spending\u2019 to Enhance the Federal Response<\/a>,\u2019 live on CSPAN at 1 p.m. today (May 2).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WHAT \u2013 BPC Opioid Crisis Task Force report release and discussion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WHO \u2013 Task force members Dr. Jerome Adams, former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, former California Rep. Mary Bono, eMed\u2019s Dr. Patrice Harris, the Brookings Institution\u2019s Richard Frank, and former Health and Human Services Secretary and Florida Rep. Donna Shalala.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WHEN \u2013 1-2 p.m., May 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WHERE \u2013 live on CSPAN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information about the task force and report, or to register for the event <a href=\"https:\/\/bipartisanpolicy.org\/press-release\/bpc-recommends-smarter-spending-to-combat-the-opioid-crisis\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">can be found on the BPC website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To speak with Dr. Adams regarding Purdue health equity initiatives, contact Tim Doty <a href=\"mailto:doty2@purdue.edu\">doty2@purdue.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Purdue University<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purdue University is a top public research institution developing practical solutions to today\u2019s toughest challenges. Ranked in each of the last four years as one of the 10 Most Innovative universities in the United States by U.S. News &amp; World Report, Purdue delivers world-changing research and out-of-this-world discovery. Committed to hands-on and online, real-world learning, Purdue offers a transformative education to all. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue has frozen tuition and most fees at 2012-13 levels, enabling more students than ever to graduate debt-free. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash; Dr. Jerome Adams, Purdue University executive director of health equity initiatives and the 20th U.S. surgeon general, and members of the Bipartisan Policy Center\u2019s Opioid Crisis Task Force will discuss the release of the BPC report,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"department":[],"source":[29],"purdue_today_topic":[],"coauthors":[10],"class_list":["post-3105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","source-purdue-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3106,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3105\/revisions\/3106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3105"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=3105"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=3105"},{"taxonomy":"purdue_today_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/purdue_today_topic?post=3105"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}