Join the CTN Translation & Implementation SIG for their next meeting, July 21, 2026, 9-10am PT. Drs. Sabeeh Baig, Jeremiah Bertz, and Landhing Moran will describe the methods and findings from their comprehensive portfolio analysis of all studies within the CTN approved from 2000 through 2024. Their presentation will highlight scientific areas in the CTN portfolio, portfolio growth trends, and research impact through this period. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of the CTN’s achievements and the strengths of its trial infrastructure. Read more about the speakers. Contact Elena Rosenberg-Carlson at rosenbee@stanford.edu for the meeting link or to join the CTN T&I email list.

The recording from the CTN Translation & Implementation (T&I) SIG meeting on January 20, 2026 (9-10am PT), featuring guest speakers Camille Cioffi, PhD (Oregon Research Institute, University of OR), and Bryan Hartzler, PhD (Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute, University of WA), is now available! Stigma toward people with substance use disorders (SUD) remains a major barrier to care. In their session, titled, “A Scoping Review of Implementation Strategies to Reduce Stigma Toward People Who Use Substances in Healthcare Settings,” Drs. Cioffi and Hartzler described the methods, results, and implications of a scoping review completed by the CTN T&I SIG Implementation Strategies Workgroup to identify and describe implementation strategies used to reduce stigmatizing attitudes toward people with SUD in healthcare settings. Watch the recording! Posted on December 12, 2025, updated January 21, 2026

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 Whole Person Primary Care for Persons Who Use Methamphetamine: Hearts, Lungs, Bugs, and BrainsJanuary 26, 2026 | 12-1pm ET Steven Shoptaw, PhDGeorge F Kneller Term Chair in Family Medicine, UCLAVice Chair of Research and Professor in Family Medicine, UCLA Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 943 3434 2090Passcode: 370819 Primary Care SIG Schedule and Leadership The Primary Care SIG is led by Claire Simon, MD 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 December 18, 2025

Join the CTN Translation & Implementation (T&I) SIG on November 18, 2025 (9-10am PT) for their next session: Partnering with Tribal Clinics to Culturally Center the Delivery of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Primary Outcomes from a Formative Implementation Study, presented by Aimee Campbell, PhD and Kamilla Venner, PhD. American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people exhibit many cultural strengths and resiliencies, yet rates of opioid overdose mortality continue to be the highest of all racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. This presentation will describe the development and testing of an implementation intervention, in partnership with four AI/AN-serving clinics, to culturally center the delivery of MOUD in order to improve implementation outcomes. See flyer for more details. Contact Elena Rosenberg-Carlson at rosenbee@stanford.edu for the meeting link or to join the CTN T&I SIG listserv.

The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation/webinar: Advancing Equity Through Implementation Science in Adolescent Substance Use PreventionFriday, November 21, 2025 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET) Presenter:Cady Berkel, PhDAssociate ProfessorCollege of Health SolutionsArizona State University Culturally and contextually grounded preventive interventions can address upstream risk and protective factors to improve equity, but only if they are implemented in systems that serve underrepresented groups. This presentation will share findings a program of community-based research conducted in partnership with multiple settings (e.g., pediatric primary care, family courts, corrections) to advance equitable access to evidence-based substance use prevention for adolescents and families. The talk will also discuss implementation science frameworks and designs to incorporate equity and accelerate the translation of research into practice. About the presenter Dr. Cady Berkel is an Associate Professor in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University whose program of federally funded research focuses on advancing equitable access to evidence-based substance use prevention for adolescents and families. Her work to embed parenting interventions in primary care was recognized by NIDA’s Substance Use Prevention Services in Primary Care Challenge. She also serves in national leadership roles, including as a National Advisory Council member for SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, a Subject Matter Expert for the CDC’s Community Preventive Services Task Force review of substance use prevention, and Co-Chair of the Society for Prevention Research Standards of Evidence Task Force. Register for the webinar here!

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: Engaging Primary Care in Research: Lessons from a High-Performing CTN SiteSeptember 22, 2025 | 12-1pm ET  Jennifer LaHue, MBA, BSN Director of Strategic Initiatives, Clinical Informatics & Office-Based Addiction Treatment ProgramHarris Health System  Zoom InformationJoin the Zoom Meeting here!Meeting ID: 947 8237 5156Passcode: 790019 Interested in presenting at a future Primary Care SIG meeting? Email Sebastian Tong at setong@uw.edu or Claire Simon at clairebs@uw.edu Posted on September 16, 2025.

Join the CTN Youth SIG on September 19, 2025 (11am-12pm ET) for a presentation from Dr. Gregory Aarons on leadership, organizational, and team effectiveness implementation strategies. The design and results from multiple randomized leadership and organizational development trials will be presented. New emerging work on team effectiveness implementation approaches from the IN STEP Children’s Mental Health Research Center will be presented. About the speaker: Gregory Aarons, PhD, is a clinical and organizational psychologist specializing in implementation science for more than 25 years. He is currently Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego, Co-Director at UC San Diego ACTRI Dissemination and Implementation Science Center, and Director of the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center Register for this session here!