The PIs of the CTN Big South/West Node attended this year’s Texas Substance Use Symposium (TxSUS) for a panel titled, “Screening, Interventions and Collaborative Care Models for Increasing SUD Treatment in Primary Care.” The panel session provided an overview and rationale of establishing primary care models for screening and interventions for SUD. The main objectives were to learn about (1) approaches for incorporating alcohol and drug screening into primary care practices, integrated with the electronic health record (EHR); (2) lessons learned from SUD collaborative care trials in primary care settings; and (3) establishing collaborative care models in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), including pharmacists, in SUD/OUD treatment and management. Find…

The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation/webinar: Getting Evidence-Based Treatments to Youth and Families Who are Involved in the Juvenile Legal System Ashli J. Sheidow, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Oregon Social Learning CenterFriday, May 19th, 2023 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET) Dr. Sheidow’s services research examines methods and tools for getting substance use interventions to youth with juvenile legal system involvement. She will present lessons learned, with a focus on a task-shifting study with juvenile probation officers delivering contingency management treatment to youth and their parents/caregivers. The presentation will include insights into training and support for different providers, as well as lessons learned about services research design…

The Office of Research Training, Diversity, and Disparities is offering a series titled Profiles of Excellence: Focus on Diversity. This webinar, held on March 6, 2023 from 4-5pm EST, featured Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD, of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, talking about “Cultural Considerations for Addiction Research: Looking to the Past to Inform the Future.” View the recording here. (Passcode: Yyr!6b?j)

March 2, 2023 Registration is now open for this year’s CTN Annual Steering Committee Meeting, April 24-26, 2023! The 2023 CTN Annual Steering Committee Meeting is being held in-person at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center (book your reservation here!) in Rockville, Maryland, from April 24–26, 2023.  For those unable to attend in person, all plenary sessions and some ancillary sessions will be broadcast via Zoom. The level of interaction available virtually will vary by session. Both in-person and virtual attendees will register on the Zoom Events platform: Both methods will give you the same virtual experience and will not affect in-person attendance! The “Information” tab includes hotel, travel, agenda…

Mark your calendars for Wednesday April 26th, 1-2 pm ET for this unique opportunity to interact with a leading researcher at the intersection of HIV and substance use. The NIDA HIV Research Program  (HRP) is pleased to announce the next presentation in its Seminar Series: A vicious cycle: The impact of inflammation and substance use on the control of HIV latency in microglia by Dr. Jonathan Karn, Reinberger, Professor & Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Karn has been studying transcriptional control in HIV since the mid-1980s. His current research focuses on the impact of substance use on the regulation of…

February 3, 2023 Save the Date The 2023 CTN Steering Committee meeting will be held at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center (North Bethesda, MD) on April 24-26, 2023. More information on registration and logistics coming soon! Call for Posters Sharing of the results, experiences, techniques, and observations from performing our trials is a critical and exciting part of the CTN experience. To that end, CTN members are encouraged to submit posters for display at the 2023 CTN Annual Steering Committee Meeting Poster Session to be held on April 24, 2023. Poster submissions should be relatable to the CTN either directly (i.e. reporting on CTN studies, data, etc.)…

February 15, 2023 | 11am-12:30pm PT | Register here! Digital therapeutics–software used to prevent, treat, or manage a medical disorder or disease–are redefining the future of healthcare. Digital therapeutics package an entire model of care that can be delivered with fidelity and in accordance with state-of-the-science best practices into a unified, seamless digital delivery system. Digital therapeutics have been particularly transformative in the field of substance use, mental health, and other behavioral health conditions and can markedly improve access to care, quality of care, and treatment outcomes, while reducing costs, for a wide array of audiences in diverse settings. In this presentation, Dr. Lisa A. Marsch (Dartmouth Center for Technology…