NIH HEAL Initiative Accelerates Research to Combat Opioid Crisis

Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.

The NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term® (HEAL) Initiative is a government-wide effort aimed at combating the opioid crisis by improving prevention, treatment, and pain management strategies.

Launched in April 2018, the NIH HEAL Initiative is congressionally funded and seeks to accelerate scientific solutions for opioid misuse and addiction.

Multiple institutes and centers within the NIH collaborate through this initiative to advance research addressing the public health emergency posed by opioid addiction.