Dr. Hoopsick was interviewed by the Illinois News Bureau on recent changes to federal policy on marijuana and psychedelics and featured WGN-TV (Chicago CW) and WFLD-TV (Fox 32 Chicago)
Dr. Hoopsick was interviewed on The Fulcrum Roundtable to discuss moral injury among National Guard service members being asked to militarize US cities.
Dr. Hoopsick was quoted by MedPageToday about the recent removal and censoring of public health data under presidential executive orders: Archives Host Missing CDC Data | MedPageToday
Our study on methamphetamine-related mortality was cited in a 2024 White House Report from the Office on National Drug Control Policy.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded Dr. Hoopsick and Dr. Gregory Homish (University at Buffalo) with a 5-year $3 million research grant to examine the substance use, mental health, and suicidality of healthcare workers in the United States.
PhD student Benjamin Campbell was selected for the 2024 Karin A. Rosenblatt Community Health Graduate Scholarship, and undergraduate student Savannah Guzman was selected for the 2024 Aurelio E. “Joe” Florio Scholarship. Congratulations on your well-deserved departmental awards!
PhD student Benjamin Campbell was selected as a Policy and Research Legislative Fellow for the 2023-2024 academic year with the Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Congratulations on this prestigious fellowship, Ben!
Dr. Hoopsick had the opportunity to take over the social media account for the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) to highlight the air quality across the University of Illinois campus – an important indicator in the context of an airborne pandemic! Check out this thread on Twitter: Society for Epidemiologic Research
Several of Dr. Hoopsick’s research articles were highlighted by Military REACH, an organization at Auburn University that aims to bridge the gap between research and practice for military-connected families. Her work was highlighted in the Translating Research Intro Practice (TRIP) Report series: Military REACH Library (auburn.edu)
As first-gen faculty, Dr. Hoopsick was accepted into the 2022 cohort of the NIDA Diversity Scholars Network, a competitive, rigorous, and comprehensive program aimed at enhancing the funding success of underrepresented early-stage investigators conducting substance use and addiction research: NIDA Diversity Scholars Network (NDSN) | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (nih.gov)