UConn Researchers Study Whether Reliable Public Transit Improves Substance-Use Treatment

Can a robust, mass-transportation system enhance treatment outcomes for people in recovery for substance use disorder while also reducing the cost of providing care?

That’s the question that Jeffrey Cohen, a finance and real estate professor in the School of Business, and Carla Rash, an assistant professor of medicine at UConn Health, hope to answer. They recently received a $500,000 grant from Systems for Action, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to further their investigation.