The College of Public Health (CoPH) at Kent State University (KSU) has received a 5-year, $1.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to develop and implement a real time drug use detection system to inform drug prevention efforts in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties. Dr. Deric Kenne, Associate Director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use in the Center for Public Policy and Health, and his team will collaborate with Dr. Ruoming Jin and his team in the Department of Computer Science, to develop the innovative drug use detection system. The system will integrate online social media and offline geospatial data, and will incorporate deep learning, natural language processing, and data mining to create a current and ongoing assessment of substance use in each county. The innovative approach to drug use detection and prevention will not only be able to focus prevention efforts but will assist community agencies in better utilizing often limited resources.
PROJECT TITLE: Northeast Ohio Tri-County Prevention Infrastructure
CONTACT INFORMATION
Deric R. Kenne, PhD
Principal Investigator/Project Director
Associate Professor, College of Public Health
Associate Director, Center for Public Policy and Health, Division of Mental Health and Substance Use
College of Public Health
Kent State University
330-672-7105
Website: https://www.kent.edu/mhsu
Ruoming Jin, PhD
Professor
Affiliate, Center for Public Policy and Health, Division of Mental Health and Substance Use
College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Computer Science
Kent State University
rjin1@kent.edu
330-672-9107
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services
Geauga Public Health
Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board
Lake County General Health District
The Mental Health and Recovery Board of Portage County
Portage County Combined General Health District
Prevention Action Alliance