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Blending Clinical Practice and Research: Forging Partnerships to Enhance Drug Addiction Treatment



Agenda

Thursday, March 14, 2002

TimeEvent
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Overview of Conference

Timothy P. Condon, Ph.D., Associate Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) [video]

John Rotrosen, M.D., Professor, New York University School of Medicine and New York Node, NIDA Clinical Trials Networ [video]

Edward V. Nunes, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University and Long Island Node, NIDA Clinical Trials Network [video]
9:00 a.m. Putting Drug Abuse Research to Use in Real-Life Settings

Glen R. Hanson, Ph.D., D.D.S., Acting Director, NIDA/NIH
10:00 a.m. Break
10:20 a.m. Building Bridges Between Practice and Research

Panel 1: Taking Action Nationally and Locally

Plenary Chair: Jack B. Stein, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Office of Science Policy and Communications, NIDA/NIH [video]

Taking Action: The NIDA National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network

Betty Tai, Ph.D., Center for Clinical Trials Network, NIDA/NIH [video]

The Blending Project

John Rotrosen, M.D., New York University School of Medicine and New York Node, NIDA Clinical Trials Network [video]

Motivating Organizational Change

Richard N. Rosenthal, M.D., St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center [video]

Panel 2: Real-Life Perspectives on Blending Practice and Research

Kathleen M. Carroll, Ph.D., Connecticut Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Yale University School of Medicine [video]
Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation [video]
11:30 a.m. Break
12:15 p.m. Lunch

Session Chair: Paul Puccio, Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services [video]

Applying Research in Community Settings

Keynote Speaker: Herbert D. Kleber, M.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University [video]
1:45 p.m. Workshops

  1. Innovations in the Treatment of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: Blending Research and Practice

    Chair: Paula Riggs, M.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
    Andrew R. Morral, Ph.D., RAND Corporation
    Robert Savitt, M.S.W., CSW, North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove
    Ramon Solhkhah, M.D., New York University School of Medicine

  2. Early Intervention with At-Risk Children and Adolescents Chair: Stephen J. Donovan, M.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University
    John Fitzgerald, CPP, New York City Board of Education
    Drew Humphries, Ph.D., Rutgers University
    Laurie S. Miller, Ph.D., New York University School of Medicine

  3. Substance Abuse and Infectious Diseases/Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse

    Chair: Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation
    Don DesJarlais, Ph.D., National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
    Francis A. McCorry, Ph.D., New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
    Susan Tross, Ph.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University

  4. Abuse of Prescription Drugs and Pain Management

    Chair: Eric Collins, M.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University
    Madeline A. Naegle, R.N., Ph.D., CS, FAAN, New York University
    Sidney H. Schnoll, M.D., Ph.D., Purdue Pharma, LP

  5. Club Drugs and Methamphetamine

    Chair: David McDowell, M.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute
    Gregory Bunt, M.D., Daytop Village
    Perry Halkitis, Ph.D., New York University
    Richard Rawson, Ph.D., Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Los Angeles

  6. Gender Issues

    Chair: Gloria M. Miele, Ph.D., St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
    Alexis Gadsden, M.S.W., CASAC, Outreach Project, Inc.
    S. Lala Ashenberg Straussner, D.S.W., CSW, CEAP, BCD, CAS, Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, New York University
    Cora Lee Wetherington, Ph.D., NIDA

  7. Alternatives to Incarceration

    Chair: Eileen Pencer, M.S.W., M.Ed., CSW, ACSW, Lower Eastside Service Center, Inc.
    Judge Alex M. Calabrese, J.D., Red Hook Community Justice Center, New York State Court System
    Jayme A. Delano, CSW, Brooklyn Treatment Court
    Judge Sol Wachtler, Law and Psychiatry Institute, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

  8. School-Based Interventions

    Chair: Cynthia Kuhn, Ph.D., Duke University Medical School
    Nancy E. Jones, M.H.S.A., CEAP, CPP, Capital Region BOCES-CAPIT
    Ellen Morehouse, Student Assistance Services Corporation

  9. Therapeutic Communities

    Chair: Robert L. Hubbard, Ph.D., M.B.A., Duke University Medical Center
    Allen Bray, M.H.S., Self Help Addiction Rehabilitation, Inc.
    George De Leon, Ph.D., National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
    Kevin McEneaney, Phoenix House Foundation, Inc.

  10. Acupuncture for Addiction Treatment

    Chair: Herbert D. Kleber, M.D., New York Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University
    Vincent Brewington, M.A., Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
    Mindy Fullilove, M.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University
    Paul McLaughlin, M.A., Hartford Dispensary

  11. Pregnancy and Maternal and Child Health

    Chair: Janet Lerner, D.S.W., Narco Freedom, Inc.
    Loretta P. Finnegan, M.D., Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH
    Angela M. Seracini, Ph.D., Babies and Children's Hospital of New York and Columbia University

  12. Guiding Treatment in the 21st Century

    Chair: Susan Brandau, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
    Ira J. Marion, M.A., Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center

  13. Employment Issues in Treatment Outcome

    Chair: Eileen Wolkstein, Ph.D., New York University
    Susan James, Ph.D., National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
    Timothy P. Janikowski, Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo
    Alice Ostrowsky, M.A., The Educational Alliance, Inc.

  14. Challenges of Blending Clinical Practice and Research Into Daily Program Operations

    Chair:
    Robert E. Sage, Ph.D., Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation/Urban Resource Institute
    Catherine A. Doherty, M.Ed., Albany Citizens Council on Alcoholism and Other Chemical Dependencies, Inc.
    Anthony S. Benedetto, CSW, CASAC, Samaritan Village, Inc.

  15. Motivational Enhancement Therapy

    Chair: Jon Morgenstern, Ph.D., National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
    Bruce J. Rounsaville, M.D., Connecticut Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, New England Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, and Yale University School of Medicine
    Larry Taub, M.A., CSW, Lower Eastside Service Center, Inc.

  16. Assessment of Addiction

    Chair: Deborah Hasin, Ph.D., Columbia University
    Thomas A. Coyne, M.S.W., National Training Services
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Workshops 1-16 (repeated)
5:00 p.m. Adjournment

Thursday, March 15, 2002

9:00 a.m. Plenary Session

Session Chair: John J. Coppola, M.S.W., Executive Director, Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State [video]

Science of Stress and Substance Abuse

Keynote Speaker: David Vlahov, Ph.D., Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine [video]

Coping in the Wake of Tragedy

Keynote Speaker: Beny J. Primm, M.D., Executive Director, Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation [video]
10:15 a.m. Workshops

  • Assessment for Psychiatric Comorbidity in Addiction Treatment

    Chair: Edward V. Nunes, M.D., Columbia University
    Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
    Jerome F.X. Carroll, Ph.D., New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
    Jeffrey Selzer, M.D., North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

  • Buprenorphine/Naloxone Treatment of Opiate Dependence

    Chair: Paul P. Casadonte, M.D., Department of Veterans Affairs and New York Harbor Healthcare System, Inc.
    Leslie Amass, Ph.D., Friends Research Institute, Inc.
    Paul J. Fudala, Ph.D., Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    Terry Horton, Phoenix House Foundation, Inc.

  • Innovations in Methadone and LAAM Treatment Regency

    Chair: Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., Rockefeller University [video]
    Ronald Brady, M.D., Bridge Plaza Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinic
    Ron Jackson, M.S.W., Evergreen Treatment Services
    Edwin A. Salsitz, M.D., Beth Israel Medical Center

  • Smoking Cessation Treatment in Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Programs

    Chair: Malcolm S. Reid, Ph.D., New York University School of Medicine
    Steven Schwartz, Margaret A. Stutzman Addiction Treatment Center, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
    Steven Shoptaw, Ph.D., Friends Research Institute, Inc.

  • Family Network Therapy

    Chair: Marc Galanter, M.D., New York University School of Medicine
    Peter Steinglass, M.D., Ackerman Institute
    José Szapocznik, Ph.D., University of Miami School of Medicine

  • Trauma and Addiction

    Chair: Denise Hien, Ph.D., St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
    Lisa Najavits, Ph.D., McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    Nancy J. Smyth, Ph.D., CSW, CASAC, State University of New York, Buffalo School of Social Work

  • Substance Abuse and Coexisting Disabilities

    Chair: Kenneth Perez, M.S., New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
    Wayne A. Gordon, Ph.D., ACSW, CASAC, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Deborah H. St. John, M.S., ACSW, CASAC, Private Practice
    Dennis C. Moore, Ed.D., Wright State University School of Medicine

  • How Does the AOD Provider Prepare to Integrate the Use of Addiction Medicines and Clinical Behavioral Treatment?

    Chair: Steven Kipnis, M.D., FACP, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
    Joy Davidoff, M.P.A., New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services

  • Treatment of Marijuana Abuse and Dependence

    Chair: Frances R. Levin, M.D., Columbia University
    Margaret Haney, Ph.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University
    Jonathan A. Spears, M.S.W., ACSW, Counseling Service of the Eastern District of New York

  • Craving, Addiction, and the Brain: How Can We Apply This to Treatment?

    Chair: Anna Rose Childress, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    Steven J. Grant, Ph.D., NIDA
    Kevin Michael Wadalavage, M.A., CASAC, Outreach Project, Inc.

  • Naltrexone Revisited

    Chair: Laura F. McNicholas, M.D., Ph.D., Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    Sherri Gillette, M.S., CASAC, St. Lawrence Addiction Treatment Center, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
    Jami Rothenberg, Ph.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University
    Maria A. Sullivan, M.D., Ph.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University

  • Motivational Incentives/Contingency Management

    Chair: Scott Kellog, Ph.D., Rockefeller University
    Joseph Krasnansky, CSW, Lower Eastside Service Center, Inc.
    Marion Schwartz, M.S.W., CSW, New York University School of Medicine
    Maxine Stitzer, Ph.D., Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • 12:15 p.m. Break
    12:15 p.m. Lunch

    Plenary Session

    Chairs: Michael Flaherty, Ph.D., Director, Northeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center [video]
    Gail Viamonte, Ph.D., Project Manager, Northeastern States Addiction Technology Transfer Center

    Methadone and Beyond: Medication and Its Role in Treating Addiction

    Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., Professor and Head, Senior Physician, Rockerfeller University Hospital

    Where Will We Be in 5 to 10 Years?

    Mitchell S. Rosenthal, M.D., President, Phoenix House Foundation, Inc. [video]
    2:00 p.m. Adjournment

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