In 2005, Ryan LaLumiere dabbled in studying the connection between the brain and heroin in a lab at the Medical University of South Carolina. When the opioid crisis’ second wave hit the U.S. five years later, LaLumiere ran his own lab at the University of Iowa and geared all his efforts toward investigating cocaine and … Continue reading UI professor Ryan LaLumiere receives $2.13 million grant for heroin relapse study