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Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction

Empowering people to thrive


Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. reached their highest point ever recorded last year, with more than 100,000 deaths over 12 months, according to data from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control.

At the same time, the American Chronic Pain Association reports that 1 in 3 people are living with chronic pain, and 1 in 10 people suffer from high impact pain that prevents them from participating in work and family life. Pain is among the most common reasons adults seek medical care and is associated with decreased quality of life, increased isolation, anxiety, depression, risk of opioid dependence and poor mental health.

The University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction (CCPA) is unique in that it focuses on all aspects of pain and addiction, including clinical care, education, research, clinical trials, neonatal abstinence, medication-assisted training, legislation and technology to improve health outcomes.

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Wednesday, Oct. 23 • 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Health Sciences Innovation Building, 1670 E. Drachman St., Tucson, AZ

This all-day event features the field’s foremost experts, including Dr. George Koob, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and Dr. Rita Valentino, director of the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.


Breakfast, lunch and evening reception included thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Arizona Department of Health Services’ Arizona Biomedical Research Center. Presented by: University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction, Center of Excellence in Addiction Studies, National Center for Wellness and Recovery at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Pharmacology

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Center of Excellence in Addiction Studies

The National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded Center of Excellence in Addiction Studies (CEAS) is focused on improving chronic pain while decreasing opioid use by establishing a Southwest region addiction science network to encourage research and education into the overlapping neurobiology of pain and addiction.

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