Signature Projects

The ABCs of Prescription Drug Safety

The DASH Center has created an educational brochure and poster to inform patients and families about the proper use, control, and disposal of prescription medications.

The Recovery Opioid Overdose Team (ROOT)

The Recovery Opioid Overdose Team (ROOT) assists individuals who have been involved in an opiate/heroin overdose, rescued with naloxone/Narcan by first responders and transferred to the emergency department for medical services. ROOT provides the individual a safe pathway with adequate support to promote long-term recovery including but not limited to referral to treatment and other resources.

HopeHQ

The DASH Center and Wayne State University have teamed up with over 30 community, academic, and health care partners to develop HopeHQ™, an evidence-based program for children aged 5-17 years and their families who have experienced the death of a parent or significant person from an opioid/other drug overdose. HopeHQ™ is currently focused on children and families in southeast Michigan where the majority of drug overdose deaths in the state occur. Our multidisciplinary team is currently fundraising to expand year-round services for children and their families throughout the state and beyond.

YES - Positive Futures

Youth Empowerment Solutions for Positive Futures (YES-PF) is 6-week summer enrichment program to prevent substance misuse and improve school outcomes in 7th grade students with early warning signs for school drop out. The goals of YES-PF are to foster psychological empowerment and future orientation, and promote relationships and connections to school through interactive group activities that include planning and implementing a student-driven school-change project.

Pathways of Public Science

Basic and clinical research on substance use disorders has been a science since its inception in the 1920s research on “the opium problem.” With the support of major funders, historians Drs. Campbell and Spillane interviewed dozens of scientists and clinicians who identified as contributors to the science of substance use disorders.

ArtSpective™

ArtSpective is an evidence-based training program meticulously crafted to aid individuals in recognizing and rectifying implicit biases through the ingenious use of art-based methods.

ArtSpective boldly confronts a wide array of biases, encompassing: Substance use, Minority sex & gender populations, Obesity, Racial/ethnic minorities and more.