The NIH recently launched a $30 million Communities Advancing Research Equity (CARE) for Health Initiative, which funds primary care research network hubs to engage rural communities and practices in research. As part of the pilot, CTN-0139 (Co-Care) is engaging with two newly funded rural hubs to expand engagement and recruitment in small rural practices.  The January 27, 2025 Primary Care SIG meeting (12pm ET, 9am PT) will feature a panel to discuss how CARE for Health synergistically can enhance and contribute to CTN trials. The panel will include: Connect to the Zoom meeting.ID: 996 0835 1363Passcode: 291918 Questions? Contact Maria Prado at pradom@uw.edu.

The CTN Youth SIG hosted the following webinar in November 2024. The recording is now available! Title: Scaling Out Evidence-Based Interventions Through Primary Care Settings: A Case Study of the Pathways for African Americans (PAAS) Program Presenter:Velma McBride Murry, PhDLois Autrey Betts Endowed ChairCo-Director, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program for Health Equity ResearchDistinguished University Professor, Departments of Health Policy & Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University This presentation highlighted the role of primary care setting as a conduit for evidence-based intervention access for families. In addition, attention was given the need to focus on system level interventions to reduce the need for families and youth to be “resilient.” Dr. Velma McBride Murry holds…

Join the Translation and Implementation SIG on November 19th (9am-10am PT) for their next session, titled, “Implementation Outcomes in NIDA Clinical Trials Network Studies: A Systematic Review of Studies Conducted Over 25 Years in the CTN.“ This webinar will be presented by Sophia Gonzalez, MPH and Joe Glass, PhD, MSW of the CTN T&I Implementation Outcomes Workgroup and will focus on a study to explore and document the evolution of the inclusion of implementation outcomes across trials conducted within the CTN, characterize outcomes included, identify gaps and potential opportunities to strengthen implementation research within the CTN, and inform the broader field of SUD treatment. Contact Helene Chokron Garneau at hchokgar@stanford.edu…

The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation/webinar: Falling Through the Cracks: The Struggle of Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorder in the Face of Limited Treatment Options Friday, September 20th, 2024 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET) Presenter: Sivabalaji Kaliamurthy MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry, Howard UniversityDirector, Addiction Program at Children’s National, Washington, DC Dr. Kaliamurthy, a physician specialized in pediatric addictions, is board-certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine. He was pivotal in establishing the Addiction Clinic at Children’s National to treat children with psychiatric and substance use disorders. Dr. Kaliamurthy’s current research centers on evaluating the clinical outcomes associated with…

Join the CTN Primary Care SIG on July 22, 2024 (12-1pm EST) for their next webinar, featuring David Fiellin, MD from Yale School of Medicine presenting “Are we there yet? 25 years of research on treating OUD in primary care.”  Please join the webinar here (no registration required).Passcode: 201068 Interested in presenting at a future Primary Care SIG meeting? Email Joe LeMaster at jlemaster@kumc.edu or Sebastian Tong at setong@uw.edu Posted July 15, 2024