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2017 National Conference on Alcohol and Opioid Use in Women & Girls: Agenda

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Agenda 

 

Day 1:  Thursday, October 26, 2017

7:15 AM                    Registration

8:15 AM                    Opening Remarks: Dr. Deidra Roach, NIAAA                               

8:30 AM                    Welcome from ORWH:  Dr. Victoria Cargill, Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH

8:45 AM                    Welcome from NIDA: Dr. Cora Lee Wetherington, Women and Sex/Gender Research Coordinator, NIDA/NIH

9:00 AM                    Testimonial  Ms. Lucy Brown, Horizons at Sunrise, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

9:30 AM                    Panel I:  Overview of Harmful Substance Use Among Women  and Girls

                                   Moderator: Dr. Cora Lee Wetherington, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH

                                            (a) Epidemiology:  Dr. Deborah Hasin, Columbia University 

                                            (b) Health Impacts:  Dr. Rajita Sinha, Yale University  

                                            (c) Treatment:  Dr. Mary E. McCaul, Johns Hopkins University 

10:30 AM                  Q & A with Panel

10:45 AM                  Break

11:00 AM                  Panel II:  Model Programs for Mothers with Alcohol Use Disorder, other Substance Use Disorders,
                                                     and Children with Prenatal Substance Exposure 

                                   Moderator: Kathleen Mitchell, MHS, National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

                                            (a) Maternal Substance Use  

                                                      (i) Maternal Opiate Use Disorder:  Dr. Hendrée Jones, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

                                                      (ii) Maternal Alcohol Use Disorder:  Dr. Grace Chang, Harvard Medical School 

                                             (b) Fetal Alcohol and Other Substance Effects:  Dr. Claire Coles, Emory University School of Medicine 

12:00 PM                  Q & A with Panel

12:15 PM                  Lunch (on your own)

1:45 PM                  Welcome from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

                                   Dr. Shannon Taitt, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/DHHS

2:00 PM                    Panel III:  SBIRT and Beyond for Women and Girls

                                   Moderator:  Dr. Grace Chang, Harvard Medical School

                                            (a) SBIRT for Adolescents in Primary Care:  Dr. Stacy Sterling, Kaiser Permanente Northern California 

                                            (b) SBIRT for Women in Primary Care:  Dr. Connie Weisner, Kaiser Permanente Northern California 

                                            (c) SBIRT for Women of Childbearing Age:  Dr. Tatiana Balachova, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 

                                            (d) SBIRT for Women Living With/At-risk for HIV/AIDS: Dr. Geetanjali Chander, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
                                                  and Dr. Heidi Hutton, John Hopkins School of Medicine 

                                            (e) Screening Tools for Pregnant Women:  A Comparative Effectiveness Study:  Dr. Grace Chang, Harvard Medical School 

3:00 PM                    Q & A with Panel

3:15 PM                    Break

3:30 – 5:00 pm       Break-out Groups:  Research and Model Programs for Intervening with Special Populations

                                            Adolescents

                                                                 Moderator: Jon Dunbar Cooper
                                                                 Kristen Anderson
                                                                 Stacy Sterling 

                                                                  

                                          Pregnant and Pre-Conception Women

                                                                  Moderator: Mary Kate WeberHendree Jones 
                                                                  Hendree Jones 
                                                                  Kathleen Mitchell 
                                                                 Claire Coles 

                                           Co-occurring Mental Health Disorders

                                                                 Moderator: Norma Finkelstein  
                                                                 Tracy Simpson 
                                                                 Sudie Back   
                                                                 Ismene Petrakis 

                                            Native American Women

                                                                 Moderator: Ellen Hutchins
                                                                 Michelle Sarche
                                                                 Dedra Buchwald 

                                            HIV/AIDS

                                                                  Moderator Heidi Hutton
                                                                  Geetanjali Chander 
                                                                  Heidi Hutton
                                                                  Steffanie Strathdee  

5:00 PM                     Dinner (on your own)

Day 2:  Friday, October 27, 2017

7:30 AM                     Registration

8:15 AM                     Welcome from the Office of AIDS Research: Dr. Kendall Bryant, NIAAA

8:30 AM                     Keynote: “Beyond Recovery -- Achieving Mental Peace, Physical Well Being and Personal Productivity": Dr. Andrea Barthwell, Treatment Management Company

9:00 AM                     Keynote:   “Alcohol and the Female Brain”:  Dr. George Koob, Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH                                                                        

9:30 AM                     Panel IV:  Prevention and Treatment for Special Populations I

                                    Moderator:  Dr. Constance Weisner, Kaiser Permanent Northern California

                                               (a) Overview of Disparities in Addiction Services:  Dr. Ralph Diclemente, Emory University

                                               (b) Native American Populations: Dr. Dedra Buchwald, Washington State University
                                                    and Dr. Michelle Sarche, University of Colorado, Denver   

                                               (c) Adolescents:  Dr. Kristen Anderson, Reed College      

10:30 AM                 Q & A with Panel

10:45 AM                 Break

11:00 AM                 Panel V:  Prevention and Treatment for Special Populations II

                                  Moderator: Dr. Geetanjali Chander, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

                                                (a) African American Women: Dr. Anika Alvanzo, Johns Hopkins University 

                                                (b) HIV/AIDS: Dr. Jessy Devieux, Florida International University  

                                                (c) Incarcerated Women: Dr. Sandra Springer, Yale University

12:00 AM                Q & A with Panel

12:15 PM                Lunch (on your own)

1:30 PM                  Panel VI:  Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder  

                                 Moderator:  Dr. Lindsay Squeglia                        

                                                 (a) Research Overview:  Dr. Julianne Flanagan, Medical University of South Carolina 

                                                 (b) Behavioral Interventions:  Dr. Tracy Simpson, University of Washington 

                                                 (c) Pharmacological Interventions:  Dr. Ismene Petrakis, Yale University 

2:30 PM                  Q & A with Panel

2:45 PM                  Helping People Find Treatment: The NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator: Dr. Lori Ducharme, NIAAA

3:15 PM                  Break

3:30 PM                  Reducing the Stigma of Addiction and FASD: Creating a Circle of Hope: Kathleen Mitchell, National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

3:50 PM                  Closing Keynote:  Looking Forward:  Dr. Barbara McCrady, University of New Mexico                                                                                                                                                                  

4:10 PM                  Closing Remarks: Dr. Diedra Roach

4:45 PM                  Adjourn

 

 

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