Events

Join the CTN Youth SIG for their next webinar, Friday, November 21, 2025 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET), featuring Cady Berkel on "Advancing Equity Through Implementation Science in Adolescent Substance Use Prevention." Presenter: Cady Berkel, PhD Associate Professor College of Health Solutions Arizona 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 speaker:  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 here  

This December, individuals on the frontlines of dissemination and implementation (D&I) science will convene to ensure that evidence is used to inform decisions that will improve the health of individuals and communities. Through a combination of plenaries, concurrent sessions, poster presentations, and workshops, the 18th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and AcademyHealth, supports the collective understanding of the research agenda, puts forth new findings, and identifies research priorities to set the field up for the next decade. 2025 Conference Theme Realizing the Benefits of Dissemination & Implementation Science This year’s conference theme will address our existing and future efforts to maximize the benefits of D&I science. While our field has identified and tested a range of strategies to ensure the adoption, integration, sustainment, and spread of effective health interventions, less attention has been focused on the ultimate benefits of successful dissemination and implementation studies. The 18th Annual Science of D&I Conference will explore success stories, methodological advancements, challenges, and opportunities to realize the benefits of our science across health care, community, and public health systems.

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 will describe 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.

This session will review changes in the opioid overdose crisis and innovations in opioid use disorder treatment, including novel approaches to initiating buprenorphine, use of long-acting injectable buprenorphine, and strategies for methadone initiation in general medical settings.

Join APA in May 2026 as they return to San Francisco for 4.5 days of engaging programming on the future of psychiatry! Registration opens November 12, 2025.

2026's CPDD conference will be held June 13-17, 2026 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR. Check the website for updates!