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Devon Meadowcroft

Research: Exploring Opioid Treatment Programs and Overdose Deaths in Rural Areas

Devon Meadowcroft and Brian Whitacre · Jan 31, 2020

More than 90 percent of the opioid treatment programs in the South are in metropolitan areas. What is the impact on unserved communities? A preliminary study shows that the lack of treatment facilities doesn't necessarily associate with more overdose deaths.

The Rural Innovation Equation

Brian Whitacre, Roberto Gallardo and Devon Meadowcroft · Jun 27, 2019

The standard method of measuring innovation may miss the homegrown ways that rural firms introduce new ideas for operating their businesses. A new tool shows that innovation in rural America is associated with higher pay and growing…