Bridging the Information Gap: Tackling Opioid Misuse and Addiction
As big pharma promotes synthetic opioids, and patients more frequently self-diagnose, opioid addiction is booming. This course helps learners use entrepreneurial approaches to address the crisis.
These days, patients are relying less on traditional medical advice and making more decisions about how to medicate themselves, causing major distortions in diagnoses that are made worse by the increasing availability of synthetic opioids. TOMA seeks to address this situation by training entrepreneurs to provide innovative solutions for the problem. Course participants will learn to apply new, creative and entrepreneurial insights in order to help resolve the real-life correlation between misdiagnosis, misinformation and newer, more potent forms of opioid addiction.
Course dates and location
The course will be held in Dublin, Ireland and Groningen, Netherlands. It will run from late September (exact date tbc) until 25 November 2020.
Applications
Applicants are asked to register their interest in the course before 4 September 2020 by sending an email to: EITAPP@tcd.ie
Partners

CLC/InnoStars: UK-Ireland
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
Trinity College Dublin is Ireland's leading University and has a number of activities relevant for EIT Health: School of Nursing & Midwifery, with a focus on Ageing & Intellectual Disability, Mental Health, Population & Community Health and Improving Health & Wellbeing of Women, Children & Families; Trinity Centre for Practice & Healthcare Innovation; Bioengineering & Advanced Materials: Trinity College Institute for Neuroscience & Global Brain Health Institute; TILDA - Irish longitudinal ageing study; School of Computer Sciences & Statistics with expertise in AI, digital content technology, augmented reality and statistics & data science; Learnovate: Innovation in EdTech and learning technology; ADAPT: Digital content and media innovation; Tangent, Trinity's Ideas Workspace: innovation and entrepreneurship education and start-up support; Trinity Business School Centre for Social Innovation; Science Gallery.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland
Key Activities in Research and Developement
Other research, Biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Clinical research
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, ICT
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
incubation, Technology Transfer, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Business Schools, Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: Belgium-Netherlands
Partner classification: Education
Partner type: Linked/Affiliated Party
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 9712 CP Groningen, Netherlands


CLC/InnoStars: Belgium-Netherlands
Partner classification: Business, Education, Hospital / University Hospital
Partner type: Core Partner
The UMCG is a large university medical center focused on patient care, education, research and innovation aiming at societal impact and economic growth. The UMCG focuses on healthy ageing in all priority areas: research, clinical care and education.
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, Netherlands
