SIU Professor Doing Research to See If Virtual Reality Can Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths
August 17, 2023
August 17, 2023
CARBONDALE, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023:
In 2020, more than 90,000 people died in the United States of opioid overdose with half of those deaths occurring in their own homes. Southern Illinois University faculty member Wasantha Jayawardene and his colleagues believe a virtual reality-based training tool may offer the key to saving lives and they've received an Illinois Innovation Network seed gran . . .
In 2020, more than 90,000 people died in the United States of opioid overdose with half of those deaths occurring in their own homes. Southern Illinois University faculty member Wasantha Jayawardene and his colleagues believe a virtual reality-based training tool may offer the key to saving lives and they've received an Illinois Innovation Network seed gran . . .