CTN Dissemination Library

Health System Node: Effects of Cannabis Legalization on Mental Health and Substance Use in Adults and Thoughts on Future Directions in Cannabis Research
2026-04-02 10:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar/Virtual
Dr. Christian Hopfer, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and addiction psychiatrist, will briefly review the pharmacology of cannabinoids, present results of a recently completed study on the effects of cannabis legalization on mental health and substance use, and discuss ongoing projects including a randomized clinical trial of cannabidiol as a possible harm reduction intervention for cannabis use disorder in young adults. He will also discuss future directions for cannabis research with a particular emphasis on how large health system records could be leveraged to address critical questions in cannabis research.
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Meeting ID: 250 658 877 216 6
Passcode: [REDACTED]

CTN Annual Scientific and Steering Committee Meeting
2026-04-13 08:00 - 2026-04-15 17:00 UTC | Natcher Building, NIH, 45 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20894, United States
The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) will hold its Annual Scientific and Steering Committee Meeting on Monday-Wednesday, April 13-15, 2026.
The meeting will be held at the Natcher Building on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
Find more information and register here!

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Annual Conference
2026-04-23 - 2026-04-26 | Manchester Grand Hyatt, 1 Market Pl, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
The ASAM Annual Conference is the defining event in addiction medicine, bringing together all professionals to connect, learn, and inspire. For 57 years, ASAM has been convening the addiction treatment community to showcase best practices and the latest science, research, and innovations in the field. This year, attendees will have the opportunity to:

Connect and network with over 2,500 colleagues
Learn from nationally recognized experts at 60+ sessions and 120+ posters
Be Inspired by thought-provoking conversations with peers and powerful presentations highlighting actionable and practical skills

American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting
2026-05-16 - 2026-05-20 | CA
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.

CTN Northeast Node: Injecting Hope: Repurposing GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Treating SUDs
2026-05-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar/Virtual
Join the CTN Northeast Node for the next installment of their virtual Science Series, featuring presenter Joji Suzuki, MD, FACLP, PI of the SuzukiLab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, speaking about the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists for treatment substance use disorders (SUDs).
This 1-hour session on May 21, 2026 (12-1pm ET) will cover the basic pharmacology of GLP-1 receptor agonists and related medications. Then the emerging evidence-base for their use in treating substance use disorders in humans will be reviewed. Finally, the talk will cover the various issues and concerns that are now being raised when using GLP-1 receptor agonists.
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Advancing Health Equity Addiction Research in Challenging Times (New Brunswick, NJ)
2026-05-22 11:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Rutgers Institute for Health, 112 Paterson St., New Brunswick, NJ, United States
(NOTE: This is not CTN-related event but may be of interest to CTN members.)
Join the Rutgers Resilience Collective for this in-person event on May 22, 2026, 11am-3:30pm ET.
This conference is fere to attend. Lunch will be provided for attendees who register by April 15. Students and early-stage investigators may apply for travel awards and data blitz talks.
Keynote speaker: Sarah Pederson, PhD: For the Communities Counting on Us: Addiction Research Moves Forward

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
Passcode: [REDACTED]

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
Passcode: [REDACTED]

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.
Register here.
