Southwest Node: Partnering with Tribal Serving Programs to Enhance Culture in the Delivery of Substance Use Disorder Treatment
2026-06-09 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar/Virtual
This project (CTN-0096) looked at adding culture to care for Alaska Native and American Indian people who had problems with opioid use. The care was medication treatment. We wanted to see if culture would help more people start and stay in treatment. We worked with four clinics. We invited Alaska Native and American Indian people to be on our Collaborative Board to help us with this project. Two American Indian women led groups at each clinic. Each clinic chose its own way to include culture in medication treatment. After culture was added, Alaska Native and American Indian customer-owners were more likely to start treatment and more likely to stay in treatment. These results suggest that including culture can help improve services for Alaska Native and American Indian people.
Presenters: Kamilla Venner, PhD, and Aimee Campbell, PhD, MSW
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Meeting ID: 977 4576 0996
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OV Node: Beyond Daily Dosing: Comparing Extended-Release and Sublingual Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy and Postpartum – Research Evidence and Lived Experience
2026-06-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar/Virtual
Join host Ohio Valley Node PI T. John Winhusen, PhD, this summer for the University of Cincinnati/UC Health Addiction Center’s webinar series!
This series will highlight cutting-edge UC addiction research and UC-community collaborations focused on prevention and treatment.
The first installment in the series will feature Dr. Winhusen and Recovery Advocate Kelsie Buchanan talking about extended-release and sublingual buprenorphine for OUD in pregnancy and postpartum.
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College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Annual Meeting
2026-06-13 - 2026-06-17 | Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR, 97232, United States
2026’s CPDD conference will be held June 13-17, 2026 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR. Check the website for updates!

Greater Intermountain Node: Psychedelic-Assisted Interventions for Mental Health & Substance Use
2026-06-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Phoenix) | Webinar/Virtual
Join the Greater Intermountain Node on June 16, 2026 (12-1pm MST) for their next GIN on the Rocks webinar:
Psychedelic-Assisted Interventions for Mental Health and Substance Use: Current Evidence and Emerging Directions
Presenter: Yitong Xin, PhD
Psychedelic-assisted interventions have gained significant scientific and public attention, yet many researchers and clinicians remain unfamiliar with the current state of the evidence. This presentation will provide an accessible overview of psychedelic science and emerging clinical evidence across depression, trauma, and substance use, with Dr. Xin highlighting her research program’s contributions across multiple populations
and substances. The presentation concludes with a discussion of where the addiction research community can contribute.

About the speaker:
Yitong Xin, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the College of Social Work, University of Utah. Her work focuses on clinical research at the intersection of mental health and substance use treatment, emphasizing harm reduction (e.g., psychedelic-assisted interventions) and strengths-based methodologies. Dr. Xin earned her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, where she trained at the
Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education.
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Meeting ID: 835 8472 5058
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OV Node: Characterizing Heavy Drinking in Midlife and Older Adults via Mixed Methods
2026-07-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar/Virtual
Join host Ohio Valley Node PI T. John Winhusen, PhD, this summer for the University of Cincinnati/UC Health Addiction Center’s webinar series!
This series will highlight cutting-edge UC addiction research and UC-community collaborations focused on prevention and treatment.
The second installment in the series will feature Victor Schneider, PhD, and Christian C. Garcia, PhD (both of U. Cincinnati) talking about heavy drinking in midlife and older adults.
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OV Node: Towards Personalized Medicine for Opioid Use Disorder: Analyses of Data from the Veterans Health Administration
2026-08-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar/Virtual
Join host Ohio Valley Node PI T. John Winhusen, PhD, this summer for the University of Cincinnati/UC Health Addiction Center’s webinar series!
This series will highlight cutting-edge UC addiction research and UC-community collaborations focused on prevention and treatment.
The third and final installment of this series will feature Corey J. Hayes, PharmD, PhD, MPH (U. Arkansas) and Daniel Bebo, MD (U. Cincinnati) talking about personalized medicine for opioid use disorder.
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