Jason G. Roop, PhD

Director of Research and Development- Assistant Professor of Business
Hometown Health Systems - Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, Kentucky

Dr. Jason Roop serves as Director of Research and Development for Hometown Health Systems and Professor of Business for Campbellsville University and Lander University. Dr. Roop spent 17 years in active addiction and would ultimately become homeless before entering recovery in 2013. Since then, he has earned his Master of Theology and a Ph.D. in Business Management. He was recently appointed to the Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission by the Kentucky Attorney General and serves as board member for Hometown Connect, a nonprofit organization focused on making addiction treatment and health education accessible for all. Dr. Roop’s research interests focus on the positive qualities and traits found in people with substance use disorder. His work is changing how people view addiction through understanding the underlying traits which provide a pathway for effective approaches to treatment, as reflected in his Trait-Based Recovery Model.

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Presentation(s):

• 222 - Incorporating Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Leadership Development as Effective Models of Treatment

  Friday, September 8, 2023
  10:45 AM – 12:15 PM ET