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Bio: Dr. Cooperman’s current research focuses on evaluating mindfulness for opioid relapse prevention and chronic pain management among people in methadone treatment and peer recovery support for opioid overdose survivors in the emergency department. The National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, the state of New Jersey, and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation have funded Dr. Cooperman’s research. Dr. Cooperman oversees the Opioid Overdose Prevention Network, a program to educate the public on the opioid epidemic and distribute naloxone to professionals and community members across the state. Also, she teaches and mentors students, interns, and residents and conducts professional trainings in motivational interviewing, mindfulness, and tobacco dependence treatment.