OU-SBIRT Project

The Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, College of Dentistry, Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Medicine have been awarded a three-year grant totaling $932,357 from SAMSHA to provide interprofessional training in Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT).  SBIRT is an evidenced-based practice for screening patients for alcohol misuse and addiction, providing brief in-office interventions, and referring those with serious problems to needed treatment.