# Greater Intermountain Node

> **NIH NIH UG1** · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2022 · $336,995

## Abstract

PROJECT ABSTRACT
The scope of the current opioid crisis necessitates a broad-based health system response to addiction that
extends beyond the specialty addiction care system. There is a critical need to expand research infrastructure
to develop, test, and implement new clinical interventions and evidence-based opioid use disorder (OUD)
treatment into diverse clinical settings. We propose the University of Utah’s (UofU) Greater Intermountain Node
(GIN) to expand the existing NIH NIDA Clinical Trial Network’s (CTN) infrastructure by developing and testing
innovative OUD interventions, expanding the settings for CTN research, and bringing new research acumen to
the CTN. The GIN brings expertise in three spheres of OUD research: 1) non-addiction health care settings, 2)
large health systems of care, and 3) implementation science. GIN’s sphere of non-addiction specialty care
settings research will enable the CTN to continue and further establish these settings for OUD research by
leveraging environments where GIN faculty are conducting ongoing research, for example, in primary care,
obstetrical, and community pharmacies. GIN’s sphere of health systems of care research will enable the CTN
access to Utah’s comprehensive, linked health/social service system databases and the Veterans Health
Administration integrated data system in addition to bringing extensive experience in data science and
informatics. GIN’s sphere of implementation science will allow CTN to promote and support implementation
research proposals, expertise, and environments with a focus on studying/improving implementation of
medication treatment for OUD, OUD identification and treatment in rural clinical settings, and improving
provider knowledge, attitudes, and clinical behaviors toward patients with OUD. Advancing the work of these
targeted spheres will enable the GIN to successfully achieve the following Specific Aims (SA): SA1: Enhance
CTN’s ability to conduct research in primary care and non-addiction care settings (e.g. primary care, inpatient,
pharmacy); SA2: Enhance CTN’s ability to conduct research within integrated systems of care with “big data”
resources (Utah population-level databases, VA); and SA3: Enhance CTN’s ability to conduct implementation
science research to rapidly and effectively integrate and disseminate evidence-based addiction care into
diverse non-addiction and health system targets. The GIN’s interdisciplinary leadership team has a proven
track record in addiction investigative scholarship. We will leverage a robust institutional commitment and
infrastructure, institutional centers focused on addiction-related research, and training programs with strong
regional and national connections to clinicians, educators, and community stakeholders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10583147
- **Project number:** 3UG1DA049444-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
- **Principal Investigator:** Gerald T. Cochran
- **Activity code:** UG1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $336,995
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-06-01 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10583147

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10583147, Greater Intermountain Node (3UG1DA049444-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10583147. Licensed CC0.

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