Dane Minnick, PhD, LMSW, CPS
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Ball State University
Dr. Minnick is an academic who specializes in substance use prevention, treatment, and policy topics. He completed his undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech University in 2011, and received both his masters (2015) and PhD (2019) in social work from the University at Albany, SUNY.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

This Lightning Talk session will focus on the process and benefits of establishing a university-community partnership to address the opioid epidemic. The Indiana University Interprofessional Practice and Education Center and the Ball State University College of Health, in collaboration, hosted the Delaware County Substance Use Disorder Symposium. The symposium focused on an interdisciplinary, interprofessional and collaborative approach to the prevention of substance use disorder, detection, treatment, and recovery in Delaware County. This Lightning Talk session aligns primarily with placing…