{"id":150465,"date":"2026-01-14T09:58:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465//?p=150465"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:09:03","slug":"health-informatics-school-director-curates-ai-powered-drug-tracking-tool-with-local-nonprofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465//health-informatics-school-director-curates-ai-powered-drug-tracking-tool-with-local-nonprofit/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Researcher, Nonprofit Create AI-Powered Tool to Reduce Florida Overdoses"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 5,500 fatal overdoses occurred in Florida last year, with 353 occurring in Orange County alone, according to data compiled by the Florida Department of Health. School of Global Health Management and Informatics Director Kendall Cortelyou aims to reduce this number by helping predict when and where overdoses could occur before it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465/u2019s too late, an area health researchers have long suffered a disadvantage./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465/n

The needed breakthrough may be just around the corner with the development of an online dashboard DrugTRAC, which uses an AI-powered algorithm to synthesize information provided from statewide lab records /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465/u2014 allowing for nearly real-time insights on the local drug supply./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150465/n