In a perspective published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association , National Institutes of Health leadership detail components of a newly released research plan for the Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative . The HEAL Initiative is a trans-NIH effort launched in April 2018 to advance national priorities in addressing the opioid crisis through science. With a focus on two primary areas--improving treatments for opioid misuse and addiction, and enhancing strategies for pain management--the plan describes a multifaceted program encompassing pre-clinical, clinical, drug repurposing, and community-based approaches.
NIH outlines initial investments of the $500 million appropriated by Congress for fiscal year 2018 to bolster NIH's research efforts in addiction and pain. Critical components of the HEAL research plan for FY2018 include:
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Collins FS, Koroshetz WJ, Volkow ND. Helping to End Addiction Over the Long-term: The Research Plan for the NIH HEAL Initiative. Journal of the American Medical Association DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.8826. For a copy of the article, please email mediarelations@jamanetwork.org .
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