The DSC is in the process of migrating to a brand new CTN website hosting Trial Progress Reports (TPR), study documents, and other resources, which is anticipated to go live March 4.  Existing active user accounts will remain intact, and users will retain the same permissions on the new website. Once the site goes “live,” users will be automatically navigated to the new site. However, please note that all users will be prompted to login and will need to set a new password. Users will enter their email address to request a new password. This will generate an email prompting users to set a new password and login. The new ctntpr.com website will include all of the same content and functionality as the existing website, with the exception of the training quiz functionality and some archived reports that will be permanently archived. Please contact the DSC Help Desk ctndsc2help@emmes.com for questions related to archived reports, or contact ctntraining@emmes.com for questions related to quiz reports. Posted on February 15, 2024

The Primary Care SIG aims to engage primary care in research, develop substance use treatment interventions relevant to community-based practice, and promote the transfer of evidence-based results from substance use research into community-based practices.   Next Primary Care SIG Meeting   “Are we there yet? 25 years of research on treating OUD in primary care.” March 25, 2024 | 12-1pm EST  Zoom link here. (Passcode: 201068) David Fiellin, MD Professor of Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Public HealthVice Chief, Faculty Affairs, General Internal Medicine Director, Program in Addiction MedicineYale School of Medicine  The Primary Care SIG is led by Joe LeMaster, MD, MPH and Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH, and meets every other month on the 4th Monday of the month from 9-10am PT/12-1pm ET.  To join the Primary Care SIG webinar series listserv, please provide your contact information here. Posted on February 14, 2024

The Publication Committee would like to remind authors that papers, presentations, posters, workshops and abstracts should be submitted to the Publications Committee for prior review and approval at least a month in advance of submission to journals or conferences.   Also, the Publication Committee welcomes volunteers to serve as protocol review team members for ongoing CTN studies.   Please email Jack Blaine (jblaine@nih.gov) and Susan Sonne (sonnesc@musc.edu). Thank you.

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Since 2012, the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network Dissemination Initiative (NIDA CTN DI) Mentor-Facilitated Training (MFT) awards have supported health care trainees in the dissemination of best practices in substance use disorder (SUD) screening, prevention, and treatment. Physicians, physician associates, nurses, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists across the country have benefited from the program, which funds year-long, mentored dissemination projects. MFT awardees identify gaps in evidence-based SUD knowledge and treatment delivery, and address these gaps by creating trainings, workshops, and tools and resources for their colleagues and other providers in health care settings, schools, and communities. “Being a part of the MFT program opened my eyes to the gateway of publishing,” R. Shavon Clark, DNP, APRN, AGNP, says. Clark had not considered a career path that included investigation and publishing before she participated in the 2022 MFT program. Her project focused on screening pregnant women for substance use disorders. After distributing her project beyond her institution to Healthy Start, Early Steps, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), First 1000 Days, and three obstetrics and gynecology practices in her community, she used her MFT award as a springboard to a secondary project that was published in The Journal of Addictions Nursing. “The NIDA CTN MFT awards are developing future health care leaders in substance use disorder treatment,” says NIDA CTN DI Contracting Officer’s Representative Quandra Blackeney. Ongoing partnerships with health care associations serving trainees are vital to sustaining the MFT program. The 2024 MFT…

CPDD is currently accepting poster abstracts for its June 2024 annual conference, with a deadline of December 29, 2023. CPDD poster abstracts require PC review and approval prior to CPDD submission. PC reviews these poster submissions quickly usually within two weeks. Many reviewers are out of the office the holiday week of Monday, December 25 – Friday, December 29. Please send your poster abstracts for PC review by December 1 to provide adequate time for PC review. Posters should be submitted to Jack Blaine (jblaine@nida.nih.gov) and Susan Sonne (sonnesc@musc.edu). Find out more about CPDD submissions and deadlines here. Posted 11/9/2023

We are doing some updates to our web server on Friday, October 6 that may result in the CTN Dissemination Library website and resources being unavailable for several hours between 8am-5pm PT. If you try to access the site and it’s down, try again in a few hours. If you need a resource immediately, please email the CTN Dissemination Librarian (Meg Brunner) at meganw@uw.edu and I can try to pull it for you!

The CTN Library’s What’s New blog provides updates on CTN Nodes and Protocols, news from NIDA, funding information/opportunities, invitations to CTN-related events and webinars, and more! (Submit your CTN-related content for the blog and the CTN Bulletin to us at ctnlib@uw.edu!) Tired of having to come to the site to see if any new posts are available? Sign up here to get our posts via email instead!

The Learning for Early Careers in Addiction and Diversity (LEAD) Program provides training to early-career research scientists from racial/ethnic minoritized groups that are underrepresented in the substance use and substance use disorder research field. [download/share flyer, updated 9/15/2023] The program uses the NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN) as a platform for training early-career investigators. This 3-year training program is based at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and visiting scholars spend three summers in a 4-week intensive program at UCSF. During the academic year, scholars work with their primary mentor to collaborate on substance use and substance use disorder treatment research conducted in the CTN, develop a professional research network, and conduct a pilot study that will serve as a preliminary study for subsequent NIH funding. The program provides travel and housing funds for scholars, as well as pilot study funding. The 2024 summer program begins on July 8th and ends August 2nd. Learn more about the eligibility and selection criteria and apply to the LEAD program here. The deadline is November 30, 2023.

The Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment (JSAT) is seeking abstracts for a special issue on addiction treatment implementation research, including: quantitative research, theory-driven or -generating qualitative studies, study protocols, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. One-page abstracts of the proposed paper are due by November 1, 2023, and must be submitted to Dr. Mark McGovern at mpmcg@stanford.edu. (Reminder that all CTN-related papers have to be approved by the Publications Subcommittee before being submitted for publication!  Please email Susan Sonne (sonnesc@musc.edu) and Jack Blaine (jblaine@nida.nih.gov) for more information.) Find more details about the JSAT submission here.