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Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois

Description

Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois (ROMI) is 5-year research study led by the University of Chicago in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC) Community Outreach Intervention Projects (COIP), the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) and the American Institutes for Research (AIR). ROMI aims to understand and test strategies for linking individuals with a history of opioid use disorder who are released from Illinois jails and prisons to substance use treatment. ROMI is one of twelve grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) to support research on quality addiction treatment for opioid use disorder in criminal justice settings nationwide.

Conditions

Opioid UseOpioid-use Disorder
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Opioid UseOpioid-use Disorder

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Study Details

Study overview

Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois (ROMI) is 5-year research study led by the University of Chicago in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC) Community Outreach Intervention Projects (COIP), the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) and the American Institutes for Research (AIR). ROMI aims to understand and test strategies for linking individuals with a history of opioid use disorder who are released from Illinois jails and prisons to substance use treatment. ROMI is one of twelve grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) to support research on quality addiction treatment for opioid use disorder in criminal justice settings nationwide.

Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN): Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois

Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois

Condition
Opioid Use
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Chicago

Cook County Department of Corrections, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60608

Murphysboro

Jackson County Jail, Murphysboro, Illinois, United States, 62966

Ottawa

LaSalle County Jail, Ottawa, Illinois, United States, 61350

Springfield

Illinois Department of Corrections, Springfield, Illinois, United States, 62794

Waukegan

Lake County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division, Waukegan, Illinois, United States, 60085

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Participants must be at least 18 years old
  • * Reside in designated research site county or zip code
  • * Satisfy criteria for likely OUD based upon nonmedical use of prescription opioids, heroin, or synthetic opioids.
  • * Participants experiencing cognitive impairments that preclude informed consent.
  • * Reside out of the service area.
  • * Prior enrollment in a parallel JCOIN study.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Chicago,

Harold Pollack, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Chicago

Mai Pho, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Chicago

Study Record Dates

2026-08-30