The Social Science Research Institute’s Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction will host its sixth annual conference, in-person and via Zoom on Monday, May 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Barron Innovation Hub at the University Park campus. The all-day event is free, but all in-person and virtual attendees must register in advance. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to in-person attendees.
The keynote speaker will be Edward Nunes, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and research psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Nunes is an is an internationally recognized leader in research on treatments for opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders, and on co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. For the past 30 years, with continuous funding from the NIH, mainly from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, including a series of Career Development Awards, he has led clinical trials on medication and behavioral treatments for cocaine and opioid use disorders. He has over 250 peer-reviewed scientific publications, including papers in JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, and Lancet, in addition to numerous book chapters and a textbook on diagnosis and treatment of co-occurring psychiatric disorders among patients with substance use disorders.
The conference will have several panels, a poster session and a series of research talks from researchers, students and community members. The poster session and research talk sessions will occur in the afternoon portion of the conference. The research talks will be “flash talks” targeted at 7 to 10 minutes in length.
Attendees interested in participating in the poster session or research talks sessions should submit a short abstract of 300-350 words about their poster or research talk presentation. The deadline for participating in the poster session and/or research talks has been extended to Monday, April 7. The Social Science Research Institute will cover the cost of poster printing, and finalized posters must be submitted by Friday, April 25, to csua@psu.edu in order to ensure adequate time for printing. Submissions can be sent here. Please note that you must still register for the conference here even if you apply for the poster session or research talks session.
Joel Segel, CSUA’s director and associate professor of health policy and administration, encouraged researchers, students and community members to attend this free and informative event.
“Anyone who shares our vision for a brighter world, and who wants to work to solve the complex problems of substance use and addiction is welcome,” Segel said.
Housed in the Social Science Research Institute, the Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction draws on the expertise of researchers, educators, and practitioners from across Penn State to develop and implement effective programs, policies and practices aimed at preventing and treating addiction and its spillover effects on children, families, and communities.
Visit this link to register for the conference.