CTN Youth SIG: Advancing Equity Through Implementation Science in Adolescent Substance Use Prevention (Nov. 21, 2025)
The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation/webinar:
Advancing Equity Through Implementation Science in Adolescent Substance Use Prevention
Friday, November 21, 2025 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET)
Presenter:
Cady Berkel, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Health Solutions
Arizona State University
Culturally and contextually grounded preventive interventions can address upstream risk and protective factors to improve equity, but only if they are implemented in systems that serve underrepresented groups. This presentation will share findings a program of community-based research conducted in partnership with multiple settings (e.g., pediatric primary care, family courts, corrections) to advance equitable access to evidence-based substance use prevention for adolescents and families. The talk will also discuss implementation science frameworks and designs to incorporate equity and accelerate the translation of research into practice.
About the presenter
Dr. Cady Berkel is an Associate Professor in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University whose program of federally funded research focuses on advancing equitable access to evidence-based substance use prevention for adolescents and families. Her work to embed parenting interventions in primary care was recognized by NIDA’s Substance Use Prevention Services in Primary Care Challenge. She also serves in national leadership roles, including as a National Advisory Council member for SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, a Subject Matter Expert for the CDC’s Community Preventive Services Task Force review of substance use prevention, and Co-Chair of the Society for Prevention Research Standards of Evidence Task Force.