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

The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation/webinar: The Power of Play: Using Digital Health Games to Target Adolescent Substance Use and Mental Health Presenter: Lynn Fiellin, M.D. Friday, March 15th, 2024 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET)Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 977 1685 1154Passcode: 832521 This presentation will highlight the work of the play2PREVENT Lab, an academic games research program, and the use of serious videogame interventions to impact health outcomes, particularly substance use and mental health, in adolescents. This talk will outline the process and outcomes involved with the past 15 years of this NIH-funded research. About the presenter Dr. Lynn Fiellin is a Professor of Biomedical Data…

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Center for the Clinical Trials Network (CCTN) Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) SIG is transitioning to a Primary Care SIG (revitalizing the PBRN into primary care focus). To launch this, the Primary Care SIG is hosting a webinar titled Primary Care Practice Engagement: The SPARC Trial to Increase Alcohol-Related Prevention and Treatment. This virtual meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 22, 2024 from 12:00 p.m.– 1:00 p.m. ET. Speaker: Kathy Bradley, M.D. (Health Systems Node) Description: Dr. Bradley will speak on her team’s experience engaging primary care clinics in the SPARC trial. SPARC used practice facilitation, EHR tools and performance feedback, to implement alcohol-related prevention and treatment across 25 primary care clinics: 3 pilot…

The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation/webinar: Title: Unveiling Youth Perspectives on Fentanyl and the Adolescent Inpatient Addiction Treatment Landscape in the U.S.Presenters: Todd Korthuis, MD, MPH and Erin Stack, MSDate: Friday, January 19th, 2024 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET)Join Zoom Meeting: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/91937382102?pwd=OXJyK3NCOE1LaTZtQkVQUm42WlJhQT09Zoom Meeting ID: 919 3738 2102Passcode: 284403 Dr. Todd Korthuis is Professor of Medicine and Addiction Medicine Section Head at Oregon Health & Science University. He conducts addiction health services research and serves as Co-PI of the Western States Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Ms. Erin Stack has 15 years of experience supporting and leading research and evaluation projects,…

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Center for the Clinical Trials Network (CCTN) recently hosted a webinar titled Addictions Research Meets Lived Experience: Lessons Learned, Opportunities and Challenges (October 30, 2023). Peer support services have expanded to a wide variety of health service settings, and evaluating the impact of peer services is an important addition to the research agenda. In this webinar, the presenters and panel members shared lessons learned in conducting trials with persons with lived experience -peers-participating as an integral component of the intervention. The goal of the webinar was to assist investigators in designing future studies with peers as interventionists. The agenda included an overview of the development of peer services in addiction treatment, a brief description of three research projects, and…

Join the NIDA HIV Research Program for the upcoming NIDA HIV Seminar with Sandra Springer, M.D., of Yale School of Medicine, 2022 recipient of the NIDA HIV Avant-Garde Award. Dr. Springer will present on “Integrating Addiction and HIV Prevention and Treatment for Everyone and Bringing it to Where They Live.” Dr. Springer is a Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. Her research integrates aspects of substance use and infectious disease, with a focus on opioid use disorder treatment and the treatment and prevention of HIV among people with carceral experience. Learn more and register here!