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CTN Youth SIG Webinar: Neural Substrates of Risk-Reduction Interventions for Adolescents (July 18, 2025, 11am ET)
The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation/webinar: Neural Substrates of Risk-Reduction Interventions for Adolescents Friday, July 18th, 2025 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET) Presenter: Uma Rao, MDProfessor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Pediatrics, and Psychological Science at University of California, Irvine (UCI); Director of Education and Research in Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Adolescence is characterized by increased experimentation, which is helpful in the progression towards autonomy but also increases vulnerability to psychopathology. A temporal disassociation in the maturation of “socio-emotional” (reward) and “cognitive-control” (self-regulation) neural systems creates a period of poor decision-making and heightened vulnerability to risk-taking (reward-seeking) behavior with the onset of puberty. This presentation describes whether neural circuitry changes governing adolescent decision-making can be used to improve intervention programs seeking to deter risky behaviors, especially among African Americans who are disproportionately impacted by their negative consequences. Register for the Youth SIG webinar here! About the presenter: Dr. Uma Rao, is Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at UC Irvine. Her research is focused on adolescent mood and substance use disorders, including neurobiological and psychosocial predictors of first onset and longitudinal clinical course of these disorders among at-risk youth (especially early-life adversity). In addition, she is involved in translational intervention research, examining biopsychosocial predictors of response to pharmacological and psychosocial interventions for these conditions. Posted on June 13, 2025.
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CTN T&I SIG: Recording available! Implementation of ED-Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
In this webinar for the CTN Translation & Implementation SIG this month, Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS, and David A. Fiellin, MD, shared their study approach and results for CTN-0069: Opioid Use Disorder in the ED (Project ED Health), as well as considerations for integrating implementation outcome evaluations in efficacy/effectiveness protocols. Find the recording here! Posted May 27, 2025.
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CTN Primary Care SIG: Methadone in Primary Care (May 19, 2025, 12pm ET)
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. Primary Care SIG Key Objectives Primary Care SIG Webinars and presentations The Primary Care SIG is led by 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. Next Primary Care SIG Meeting Methadone in Primary CareMay 19, 2025 Claire Simon, MDClinician Researcher, FMUniversity of Washington Paul Joudrey, MD, MPHAssistant Professor, GIMUniversity of Pittsburgh Register for the Primary Care SIG meeting here!
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Recording available! CTN Youth SIG Webinar: Implications of Basic Emotion Science for SUD Treatment & Intervention
The CTN Youth SIG hosted the following webinar in March 2025: Implications of basic emotion science for substance use treatment and intervention Presenter: Michelle “Lani” Shiota, Ph.D.Professor, Department of PsychologyDirector, Substance use and Addiction Translational Research Network (SATRN)Arizona State University Dr. Michelle “Lani” Shiota is a Professor of Psychology at ASU conducting research on positive emotions, emotion regulation, and emotion-related mechanisms of health behavior. As Director of SATRN@ASU she guides a network of academic researchers and community partners in promoting community-engaged and interdisciplinary addiction science as well as evidence-based practice. A former junior high science teacher and teen dance instructor, Dr. Shiota also brings a unique perspective on issues related to youth substance use. Dr. Shiota’s presentation delved into implications of basic emotion science for innovative, mechanistic research on substance use prevention, treatment, and harm reduction. Informed by psychology, neuroscience, and addiction science, she highlighted distinct research questions revealed through this lens, as well as opportunities for intervention. Watch the recording here! Posted on April 10, 2025.
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New CTN SIG: Secondary Data Analysis
We would like to announce the creation of a new Special Interest Group and extend an invitation to all who are interested in participating. The CTN Secondary Data Analysis SIG’s mission is to maximize the scientific knowledge gleaned from each CTN study conducted by standardizing, promoting, and supporting the use of existing CTN data to answer novel research questions. We discuss how to make data access and navigation easier, procedures and best practices for conducting secondary data analyses, and what research questions available data may be able to answer. Please reach out to Jerry Cochran (jerry.cochran@hsc.utah.edu) and Corey Hayes (cjhayes@uams.eduif) for more information! Posted April 3, 2025
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CTN T&I SIG Session: A Pragmatic Measure of Context at the Organizational Level: The IFASIS (March 18, 9am PT)
Title: A Pragmatic Measure of Context at the Organizational Level: The Inventory of Factors Affecting Successful Implementation and Sustainment (IFASIS)Date/time: March 18, 2025, 9-10am PTSpeaker: Helene Chokron Garneau, PhD, MPH (Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine and co-Director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation At Stanford (C-DIAS). Download/share the flyer (image file). Successful implementation and sustainment of interventions is heavily influence by context. Yet the complexity and dynamic nature of context make it challenging to connect and translate findings across implementation efforts, limiting potential replicability and utility. The Inventory of Factors Affecting Successful Implementation and Sustainment (IFASIS) was developed to be a pragmatic, quantitative, organizational-level assessment of contextual factors. The intention is to characterize context with a measure that may enhance replication and reproducibility of findings beyond single implementation case studies. This talk from the CTN Translation and Implementation (T&I) SIG will provide an overview of the development and validation of the IFASIS, as well as examples of its practical utility. To join the session, contact Elena Rosenberg-Carlson at rosenbee@stanford.edu
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CTN Primary Care SIG Webinar: Engaging Rural Communities and Practices in Substance Use Research (Jan. 27, 12pm ET)
The NIH recently launched a $30 million Communities Advancing Research Equity (CARE) for Health Initiative, which funds primary care research network hubs to engage rural communities and practices in research. As part of the pilot, CTN-0139 (Co-Care) is engaging with two newly funded rural hubs to expand engagement and recruitment in small rural practices. The January 27, 2025 Primary Care SIG meeting (12pm ET, 9am PT) will feature a panel to discuss how CARE for Health synergistically can enhance and contribute to CTN trials. The panel will include: Connect to the Zoom meeting.ID: 996 0835 1363Passcode: 291918 Questions? Contact Maria Prado at pradom@uw.edu.
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Youth SIG Webinar Recording Available: Scaling Out Evidence-Based Interventions Through Primary Care Settings: A Case Study of the PAAS Program
The CTN Youth SIG hosted the following webinar in November 2024. The recording is now available! Title: Scaling Out Evidence-Based Interventions Through Primary Care Settings: A Case Study of the Pathways for African Americans (PAAS) Program Presenter:Velma McBride Murry, PhDLois Autrey Betts Endowed ChairCo-Director, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program for Health Equity ResearchDistinguished University Professor, Departments of Health Policy & Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University This presentation highlighted the role of primary care setting as a conduit for evidence-based intervention access for families. In addition, attention was given the need to focus on system level interventions to reduce the need for families and youth to be “resilient.” Dr. Velma McBride Murry holds the Lois Autrey Betts Endowed Chair, previously held an appointed position of Associate Provost, Research and Innovation, currently serves as Co-Director of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program for Health Equity Research (PHER), and is a University Distinguished Professor in Departments of Health Policy [Vanderbilt School of Medicine] and Human and Organizational Development [Peabody College]. She is Past President of the Society for Research on Adolescence and current President of The International Consortium of Developmental Science Societies. McBride Murry is one of the 100 elected members to the 2020 Class of the National Academic of Medicine. She is an appointed standing member of National Institutes of Health National Advisory Mental Health Research Council. Her research examines the significance of context to everyday life experiences of African American families and youth, focusing on processes through which racism, and other social structural stressors, cascade through families to…
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CTN T&I SIG Webinar: Implementation Outcomes in NIDA Clinical Trials Network Studies (Nov. 19, 9am PT)
Join the Translation and Implementation SIG on November 19th (9am-10am PT) for their next session, titled, “Implementation Outcomes in NIDA Clinical Trials Network Studies: A Systematic Review of Studies Conducted Over 25 Years in the CTN.“ This webinar will be presented by Sophia Gonzalez, MPH and Joe Glass, PhD, MSW of the CTN T&I Implementation Outcomes Workgroup and will focus on a study to explore and document the evolution of the inclusion of implementation outcomes across trials conducted within the CTN, characterize outcomes included, identify gaps and potential opportunities to strengthen implementation research within the CTN, and inform the broader field of SUD treatment. Contact Helene Chokron Garneau at hchokgar@stanford.edu if you would like to attend!
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Recording available! CTN TH&TM SIG: California Contingency Management Project
Did you miss September’s Telehealth & Telemedicine SIG meeting? No worries, the recording from this presentation is now available in the CTN Dissemination Library! Lessons Learned from Implementation of the California Contingency Management Pilot Presenters: Thomas E. Freese, PhD, and Darren Urada, PhD More than half of individuals admitted for specialty substance use disorder treatment in California identify stimulants as their primary or secondary drug, yet many people who use stimulants do not seek treatment. Numerous studies have shown that contingency management (CM) is the most effective treatment for stimulant use disorder. California’s innovative Recovery Incentives Program is a groundbreaking initiative that benefits California and serves as a potential blueprint for other states. In this webinar, Drs. Freese and Urada will delve into the program’s achievements and challenges by providing an overview of the Program, and preliminary quantitative and qualitative evaluation findings. Presenters will talk about the connection to technology and the potential for telehealth implementation in the future. Time will be provided for Q&A and discussion with the audience. Check out the recording here!
