Join Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, on July 31, 2024 (1-2pm ET) for the next NIDA HIV Seminar! Dr. Bluthenthal is a Distinguished Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He conducts community-partnered research at the intersection of harm reduction and health disparities among people who use drugs. In this session, Dr. Bluthenthal will talk about social and political determinants of HIV among people who use drugs. Register for the seminar here!

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are redefining the boundaries of medicine, unleashing potential like never before to ensure better health for all. Sponsored by the Stanford University Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Imagining (AIMI), the FREE AIMI Symposium serves as their flagship annual meeting, focusing on the pioneering developments and significant strides in AI that are shaping the future of healthcare. They will highlight cutting-edge research and methods, showcase current and emerging real-world clinical applications, and address critical issues related to fairness and societal impact.  This symposium serves as a pivotal forum for researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and anyone passionate about the future of healthcare to confront existing challenges,…

AHSR is still accepting individual presentation and symposium abstracts for innovative and impactful research that moves the field of addiction forward. Abstracts must be submitted by the person who intends to present the study in the case of an individual presentation, and by the chair/moderator in the case of a symposium session. We anticipate that accepted abstracts will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. The deadline for all submissions is Friday, May 10, 2024, at 11:59 PM PT. The AHSR Early Career Investigator Award recognizes scholars with early achievements and exceptional promise for future contributions to addiction health services research. Continuing the tradition of recognizing and supporting the next generation of researchers, we will select up to…

The Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) conference, held since 2005, brings together researchers, policymakers, and treatment providers to solve the problems of inequity, access, effectiveness, and implementation of addiction services. This conference has been hosted across the United States at leading institutions, including Weill Cornell Medicine, Brandeis University, the University of Utah School of Medicine, Brown University, and more. This year, the conference is hosted by the Center for Dissemination and Implementation (CDI), a Stanford University initiative, at the historic Palace Hotel in the beautiful and bustling city of San Francisco, near quintessential landmarks including the cable cars and Chinatown. The AHSR website is now live and registration is open!

The next Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Quarterly Steering Committee Meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 2:45 p.m.– 5:00 p.m. ET. Note: this is an updated start time! Join using this link | Download agenda If you would like to be added to the calendar invitation please email ctnsupport@leedmci.com. Also, while we will not convene in person this Spring, we are excited to announce our next in-person meeting will be held in the Fall of 2024 to coincide with the CTN 25th Anniversary. Please stay tuned for a formal announcement soon with the dates and location.

The Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) SIG is shifting focus to be the Primary Care SIG.  They meet every other month on the fourth Monday at 9 am PT/noon ET.  Please spread the word that all interested people are welcome to join! The next meeting will be Monday, March 25. Dr. David Fiellin is presenting.  Here are the login details: Primary Care SIG webinar on March 25th from 9-10am PDT/12-1pm EDT TOPIC: “Are we there yet? 25 years of research on treating OUD in primary care.”  SPEAKER: David Fiellin, MD Professor of Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Public Health Vice Chief, Faculty Affairs, General Internal Medicine Director, Program in Addiction Medicine Yale School of Medicine  Please join the webinar here (no registration required):Passcode: 201068 Interested in presenting at a future Primary Care SIG meeting? Email…

Join NIDA’s next HIV Research Program Seminar on April 17, 2024 at 10am PT, with our Avant-Garde Award recipient Dr. Schahram Akbarian, Professor of Psychiatric Epigenomics at Mount Sinai. Dr. Akbarian will present a talk on “Novel Neurogenomic Techniques to Explore #HIV in the Brain.” Dr. Akbarian’s laboratory explores the neurogenomics of HIV and drug use in human and mouse brains, including single-molecule and single-cell technologies.  Download flyer | Register here