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[PAST EVENT] Ryan Mutter Talk: Responding to the Opioid Crisis

November 4, 2021
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location
Chancellors Hall (formerly Tyler Hall), Room 322
300 James Blair Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
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Ryan Mutter

Please join us in-person to hear Ryan Mutter, Ph.D., speak about “Responding to the Opioid Crisis.” Dr. Mutter, a W&M alum, is an Analyst at the Health Policy Studies Unit, Health Analysis Division of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office. He received a BA in economics from W&M, and later obtained a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Dr. Mutter has written extensively on substance use as well as mental health. Among his many articles are the following:

* Recreational Marijuana Laws and the Use of Opioids: Evidence form NSDUH Microdata

* Medical Marijuana Laws, Marijuana Use, and Opioid-Related Outcomes Among Women in the United States

* Elevated Prevalence of Antisocial Behavior in Adolescent Children Whose Mothers Misuse Opioids

In 2019, Dr. Mutter received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant under its Health Data for Action program. The project, entitled “Use of Pharmacotherapy and Psychosocial Therapy for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder,” was designed to help “inform payers and policymakers about the resource use and potential outcomes of different courses of treatment for patients with OUD.”

To register, please click here.

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Dr. Mutter’s talk is the fourth of five talks on “State Policy on Mental Health and Substance Abuse” sponsored by the Schroeder Center for Health Policy during the Fall 2021 semester. The remaining talk, which is open to the William & Mary community, is:

• November 15, 5-6 pm, virtual: Jodi Kwarciany (Senior Manager, Mental Health Policy) and Stephanie Pasternak (Senior Manager, State Affairs, Government Relations, Policy & Advocacy), National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) -- "988: Putting Mental Health Policy to Practice" (to register click here)




Contact

Kelly Metcalf-Meese ([[klmetcalfmeese]]) at the Schroeder Center for Health Policy