Curious about kratom? 🎙️✨ In our latest episode of Let's Talk About Drugs in the Intermountain West #LTAD, #PARCKA Director Dr. Adam Gordon breaks down what it is, where it comes from, the potential benefits and risks, and why everyone is talking about it right now. Tune in 🌿🔍
Huge congratulations to our #PARCKA Directors Adam Gordon & Jerry Cochran for achieving over $1M in annual external research funding for three years running! 🚀👏
Read more ➡️ medicine.utah.edu/internal-med...
Today #PARCKA spent the afternoon with the amazing mental health clinicians at First Step House to team up and level up our Motivational Interviewing #MI skills! 🙌🧠 Big thanks to everyone who joined us!
Learn more about #PARCKA’s MI trainings at tinyurl.com/parckami
Showing love can be as simple as celebrating each other’s strengths! ❤️
Our team recently took time to highlight what makes #PARCKA shine and the unique strengths each person brings to the table. 🌟
Wishing you all a wonderful Valentine’s Day! 💕
Utah is considering involuntary #mentalhealth + #addiction treatment. In a recent @sltrib.com Op-Ed, #PARCKA Affiliate Faculty Dr. Michael Incze warns of overdose risk after release and calls for evidence-based solutions like #HousingFirst 🏠
Read it here: www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
Back from the holiday break and straight into a winter! ❄️ The #PARCKA team is loving our first snowfall of the season, but we are ready for even more! Hope your holidays were full of yummy treats and cozy moments. ⛄✨
This season of giving, the #PARCKA team came together to support the Utah Food Bank with a food drive! 🥫✨ Want to make a difference too? Visit utahfoodbank.org to learn how you can give food, time, or funds to help our community. 🧡
✨ Our #PARCKA team had an amazing time at #AMERSA2025 in Portland! 🌲✈️ We loved presenting our work 🎤, connecting 🤝, learning 📚, and sharing ideas💡🌟🙌
The @uofuhealth.bsky.social @parcka.bsky.social representing at #amersa2025 with over 22 attendees. Time to
celebrate addiction research at UofU and #VASLCHCS. Go #PARCKA!!!
Nice to see Marcie Gray from #USARA present at #AMERSA2024 in Portland. USARA is doing an awesome job at providing rural peer support and peer support coaching. #PARCKA @parcka.bsky.social
#PARCKA is teaming up to support the Utah Food Bank this season! We're collecting items all month long to help our neighbors in need. 💛
Want to join us in giving back? Visit utahfoodbank.org to learn how you can donate food, time, or money. 🙌
One thing to know about the #PARCKA team: we love Halloween! 🎃👻 Wishing everyone a spooky, safe, and fun day. Now go get your Monster Mash on! 🧛🕺🪩 #HappyHalloween
Our team brought the color and the creativity at our latest #PARCKA retreat! 🌈 From tie-dye to teamwork, we’re always finding new ways to grow together and serve our community with heart. ❤️
Getting excited about #AHSR2026 hosted by #PARCKA and #UniversityofUtah in October! The agenda is looking fabulous for a 3 day conference, with a special day for #rural and #indiginouspopulation foci. Plenary speakers to be announced soon! medicine.utah.edu/internal-med...
Our #team wrapped up summer and kicked off fall with a retreat full of tie dye masterpieces, friendly competition, and lots of laughs. 🍁👕 From getting colorful to getting competitive, it reminded us why building up the #PARCKA team is always worth it.
Nothing brings people together like root beer floats 🥤✨ Today the #PARCKA Team celebrated #RecoveryMonth with our friends at First Step House sharing conversation, connection, and a sweet reminder that recovery is worth celebrating every day. 💜 Happy Recovery Month!
This Sunday is International Overdose Awareness Day.
Many from the #PARCKA team came together in the color of #RecoveryMonth to remember those we've lost and to honor every journey of recovery. 💜
#OverdoseAwarenessDay #RecoveryMonth #EndOverdose
That’s a wrap on #CPDD2025! 🎉 #PARCKA had a blast in #NOLA sharing our work, celebrating progress, and finally connecting IRL with so many amazing friends across the country.
We are headed home feeling inspired, energized, and #proud. Until next time! 💙
Big things ahead for Utah’s westside! 🏥 Mitch & Stephanie repped #PARCKA + #HREC at the groundbreaking of the new @utah.edu Eccles Health Campus & Hospital—the U’s first off-campus facility, expanding care + jobs in our community! Learn more ➡️ healthcare.utah.edu/press-releas...
#PARCKA Affiliate Faculty Drs. Magel and Smid will both be giving oral presentations on Tuesday - you don't want to miss them! ⭐️
🎉 Headed to New Orleans for the #CPDD2025 Annual Meeting? It officially kicks off this weekend, and #PARCKA is showing up strong! 💪
🔹 1 workshop
🔹 2 oral sessions
🔹 3 poster sessions
We’d love to connect—come check out our work and say hi! #CPDD2025 #ResearchInAction
🎉 Congratulations to our #PARCKA Director, Dr. Adam J. Gordon, on receiving the 2024 HSR Daniel Deykin Award for Outstanding Mentor from the VA! His commitment to improving care for those with #SUD and to #mentoring the next generation of researchers is truly inspiring. 👏
🌞 Hello, June! Before we dive into a brand new month, let’s rewind and take a look at everything #PARCKA was up to in May! 👀 From powerful #presentations to meaningful #celebrations, and we’re just getting started. 🚀
Catch up on all the highlights before we cruise into summer! 🌊
🎉 Huge congrats to our very own Mitchell Garets for receiving a @UofUGiving Golden Swoop Award for leading PARCKA’s first-ever University of Utah Giving Day campaign!
Congrats, Mitchell! 👏💛 #GoldenSwoop #UofUGivingDay #PARCKA #AddictionResearch #TeamHighlight
We couldn’t let #NationalNursesWeek end without celebrating the amazing #PARCKA nurses! 🩺💙 Your skill, compassion, & teamwork make a lasting impact across @UofUHealth and beyond. Thank you! 👏
#NursesWeek #HealthcareHeroes #ThankYouNurses #TeamPARCKA
🚨 Our next #PARCKA #Parleys is just around the corner — May 20th at 12 PM!
Join us and hear from Amber and Alex from UT's #DOPL Controlled Substance Database team. They’ll be sharing insights you won’t want to miss.
📅 Save the date and find out how to join below!
#PARCKA #PublicationHighlight 💡 Just published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence!
How are Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners prescribing #BUP for #OUD in a major health system?
Find out! ➡️ sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📢 Only one week to go until our next #PARCKA Parleys! We’re excited to welcome a group of stellar speakers for a powerful session on "Tribal/Academic Partnership for Substance Use Disorder Research."
🗓️ Tuesday, 04/22
🕛 12 PM MST
Don’t miss it! #ResearchMatters
Summer’s almost here—get ready for a #PARCKA #summer! 🌞 Donate $50+ to PARCKA this #UGivingDay and you’ll be entered to win a #PARCKA #YETI Rambler, lunchbox, and bucket hat!
Give now ➡️ uofuhealth.org/IntMedGD
*You must give before Giving Day ends on Weds. 04/09 to enter.
⏳ Only a few days left to give to #PARCKA!
Evan from our Advisory Board reminds us that real change happens when we come together. Your support can help us all #recover #together. 💙🌄
Don't wait, #donate now - every donation counts!👉http://uofuhealth.org/IntMedGD
