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Building connections between researchers and communities to rapidly advance recovery support services for young adults affected by the opioid crisis.

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Joined June 2023
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Excited to share that our CHEARR post-doc, Dr. Jessica Flori, is featured in the recent SoAP Box sharing her journey and the work she's doing in addiction research.  Check out the story here: addictionpsychology.org/soap…
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CHEARR investigator, Kristyn Zajac, is presenting at the National Conference on Addiction Recovery Science on September 23! Learn more here: recoveryanswers.org/coarscon…
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CHEARR investigators and collaborators attended NIDA's Pushing the Boundaries meeting in Bethesda earlier this month to discuss next steps in recovery science. Picture L-R: Lourah Kelly, Kristyn Zajac, Tess Drazdowski, Ashli Sheidow, & Angela Hagaman.
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Congratulations to Kathryn Gallardo on being awarded CHEARR’s second pilot grant in Spring of 2026! 🎉 Her project aims to strengthen outpatient linkages for emerging adults to MOUD-supportive recovery housing.
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The 2027 Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery call for proposals is now open! The portal is open for submissions at: youthrecoveryanswers.org/nat… The submission deadline is October 6, 2026.
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CHEARR is looking for young adults (ages 18-28) who are in recovery and have lived experience receiving treatment involving medications for opioid use disorder to join our community board. No research experience needed! Apply at chearr.org
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CHEARR student intern, Luciana, presented at the UConn Health Summer Research Day. Her project examined somatic symptom severity among emerging adults with substance use disorder. Pictured here with her CHEARR mentor Bridget Hayes
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📢 CHEARR is looking for both young adults (ages 18-28) who are in recovery AND certified peer recovery specialists & recovery coaches who have experience working with young adults Visit chearr.org for more info about the Community Boards
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CHEARR is looking for young adults (ages 18-28) who are in recovery and have lived experience receiving treatment involving medications for opioid use disorder to join our community board. No research experience needed! Apply at chearr.org
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CHEARR is looking for certified peer recovery specialists & recovery coaches who have experience working with young adults in settings where medications for opioid use disorder are offered as a treatment option to join our community board! chearr.org for more info
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Staff highlight 🌟 Meet Luciana D'Orio! Luciana is one of our CHEARR student interns and is pursuing a degree in physiology & neurobiology. She hopes to apply the knowledge she gains through CHEARR to a career in medicine.
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Don't forget 📢 June 1st is the deadline for submissions for a special issue of the journal Emerging Adulthood, focused on recovery from substance use disorders! Learn more at the link in our bio.
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Collab Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research retweeted
Recovery Research Institute at MGH@RecoveryAnswersMay 5
Young adults have the highest rates of substance use disorder but lowest rates of recovery. ~22% of young adults report having a substance use disorder but only 5% say they are in recovery. Adults 26+ are nearly 2X as likely to report being in recovery. recoveryanswers.org/research…
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DEADLINE APPROACHING: 6/1/26. CHEARR & JEAP investigators are serving as guest editors for a special issue of the Emerging Adulthood journal focused on recovery from substance use disorders. Consider submitting a manuscript & sharing this opportunity. Learn more at link in bio.
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Check out this article from UConn Today out about CHEARR's post-doc, Jess Flori's, K99 award examining mechanisms of action for peer recovery support services.  today.uconn.edu/2026/04/ucon…
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DEADLINE EXTENDED to 6/1/26. CHEARR & JEAP investigators are serving as guest editors for a special issue of the Emerging Adulthood journal focused on recovery from substance use disorders. Consider submitting a manuscript & sharing this opportunity. Learn more at link in bio.
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CHEARR post-doc Bridget Hayes presents at the Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment & Recovery in Baltimore last week!
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Lots of representation from Connecticut at the Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment & Recovery in Baltimore, including CHEARR’s Kristyn Zajac and Bridget Hayes and our colleagues at CHDI and Yale.
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CHEARR's post-docs Bridget & Jess (pictured here) presented at the UConn Health's Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) last week!
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The Call for Proposals is now open for the National Conference on Addiction Recovery Science (NCARS), submission deadline 5/6/26. Learn more here: recoveryanswers.org/coarscon…
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