TxSUS 2023: Connecting Texas to Accelerate Access

TxSUS 2023 • Day I

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In-person attendees can pick up their name badge, bag and program in the registration area located next to the escalators on the Lower Level Riverwalk area. 

 

 

 

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 08:00 AM - 08:45 AM

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Welcome and Opening Remarks

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Welcome and Opening Remarks Location: Room 006

 

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Conference Chairs:

 

Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH

Vice President for Research

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

UT Health San Antonio

 

Lucas G. Hill, PharmD, BCACP 

Clinical Associate Professor, PhARM Program Director

UT Austin College of Pharmacy

 

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Bios

 

Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, is the Vice President for Research and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences. In 2008, Dr. Potter joined UT Health San Antonio from Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital. She completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship and research fellowship at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Georgia and her Master of Public Health from Emory University.

 

Lucas G. Hill graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Pharmacy and completed a combined family medicine residency and faculty development fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is now a clinical associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy where he serves as director of the Pharmacy Addictions Research and Medicine (PhARM) Program and holds the Bergen Brunswig Corporation Centennial Fellowship. Dr. Hill is the principal investigator for a Texas Targeted Opioid Response project which seeks to address the opioid crisis in Texas by educating health professionals and conducting pragmatic research.

 

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Date: 03/27/23

Time: 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM

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Keynote Day I: Health Equity - Challenges and Opportunities

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Keynote Day I: Health Equity - Challenges and Opportunities Location: Room 006

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize racial literacy and illiteracy in applications of medicine and science and resulting harms.
• Describe empirically based racial inequities in course of illness, treatment and recovery.
• Implement actionable strategies to practice structural competency the clinic, community, and policy.

 

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Speaker:

 

Corrie Vilsaint, PhD

Associate Director of Recovery Health Equity

Recovery Research Institute / Harvard Medical School

 

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Bio:

Dr. Corrie Vilsaint serves as the Associate Director of Recovery Health Equity at the Recovery Research Institute and Center for Addiction Medicine and fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. As a community psychologist and an international speaker, her research focuses on racial health equity in remission and recovery, reducing recovery-related discrimination, building recovery capital, and the effectiveness of recovery support services.

 

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Disclosure:

Corrie Vilsaint does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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0067-9999-23-002-L08-P/T

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 09:10 AM - 10:15 AM

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Break and Exhibitors

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In-Person attendees: Join us for a refereshment break and visit with our exhibitors who make this program possible.

 

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Virtual attendees: Please enjoy a quick break.  Be sure to visit any of our virtual exhibits in the tabs listed at the bottom of the page

 

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 10:15 AM - 10:35 AM

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Panel: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations in Peer Recovery Support Services

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Panel: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations in Peer Recovery Support Services Location: Room 006

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the role of peer recovery support specialists / supervisors in a variety of treatment settings (e.g., OBOT, OTP,  hospital, EMS, etc.).
• Discuss how peer recovery support specialists interface with other organizations.
• Explain how support specialists reconcile harm reduction and 12-steps mentalities.
• Examine the pros and cons of digital recovery support specialists.

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Moderator:

 

Robert Ashford, PhD, MSW

Executive Director

Unity Recovery

 

 

Panelists:

 

Nancy McConnell, MSW, MCAP, CRPS

CEO / Co-Founder

Rebel Recovery

 

Melisa Simmons, M Ed., RSPS

Recovery Support Services Director -Texas

Unity Recovery

 

Joe Powell, LCDC, PSS, RSPS

President / CEO

Association of Persons Affected by Addictions

 

Nikki Prince, RSPS, LCDC

Behavioral Health Services

Texas Health and Human Services

 

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Bios:

Robert Ashford is a recovery scientist focused on substance use, recovery communities, recovery support services and institutions, integrated behavioral health systems, linguistic patterns, and technological interventions for behavioral health disorders. Dr. Ashford received a doctorate in Health Policy from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, and also holds a Bachelor of Social Work with minors in Addiction Studies and Psychology from the University of North Texas, and a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2). Robert has completed fellowships with the Treatment Research Institute, the Center on the Continuum of Care in Addictions at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Substance Use Disorders Institute at the University of the Sciences. Robert has authored over 45 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters related to substance use, stigma and identity, recovery support services, and digital recovery support platforms. He is also a co-founder and CEO of RecoveryLink, a digital recovery support services technology company, as well as the Executive Director of Unity Recovery, a recovery community organization in Pennsylvania and Texas.

 

Nancy McConnell is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rebel Recovery FL. Nancy has been on the forefront of creating hybrid organizations that combine the values of harm reduction, syringe service programs, and increasing access to peer support services through recovery community organizations. Her passion is reducing stigma and barriers for returning citizens and expanding incarceration alternative programs. Nancy is also a devoted and passionate advocate for sex-workers and members of the LGBTQI+ community. Nancy education consist of an MSW, Certified Master’s Level Addiction Professional, (MCAP), Certified Recovery Peer Support, (CRPS), and is currently completing her second master’s degree in Nonprofit Management at Florida Atlantic University. Nancy is an advanced level facilitator of evidence-based practices such as Wellness Recovery Action Plans, (WRAP), Whole Health Action Management, (WHAM), Motivational Interviewing and is considered a subject matter expert within the peer support and harm reduction community. Nancy is a founding board member of Florida Harm Reduction Collective and currently serves as president and board chair. She is also a board member of Floridians for Recovery, Florida Certification Board Behavioral Health Advisory Board, and the Palm Beach County HIV Care Council.

 

Melisa Simmons is a family member with lived experience of recovery. She received her Masters of Education and certifications for Principal, ALTA and Special Education throughout a 30 year career. For the last several years, she has been working as a peer recovery support specialist helping family members and individuals in the recovery process. She recently joined the Unity Recovery team as the Texas Recovery Support Services Director and is certified as an RSPS, and trained in mental health first aid and is working to become a certified Family Recovery/Life Coach. Melisa’s passion is working with individuals or family members of those in or seeking Recovery and utilizing her skills from education to educate businesses and the community to create a Recovery Friendly community in Parker County.

 

Joe Powell - Bio coming soon

Nikki Prince - Bio coming soon.

 

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Disclosures:

The moderator and panelists of this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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0067-9999-23-003-L08-P/T

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 10:35 AM - 11:35 AM

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LUNCH BREAK: Lunch on Your Own

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Lunch on Your Own

 

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Please enjoy your lunch break.  Note, lunch is on your own for all attendees.  For in-person attendees, please enjoy lunch on the San Antonio Riverwalk!

 

The Program will start again at 1:15 PM

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 11:35 AM - 01:15 PM

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Plenary Day I: Stigma Kills: Addressing Opioid and Substance Use Disorder by Changing Health System Culture

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Plenary I: Stigma Kills - Addressing Opioid and Substance Use Disorder by Changing Health System Culture Location: Room 006

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Define stigma and describe its impact on delivering evidence-based addiction care. 
• Discuss opportunities for improved clinical outcomes for patients who use drugs. 
• Summarize interventions health system executives can perform within their respective organizations.

 

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Speaker:

Richard Bottner, DHA, PA-C, CPHQ, FACHE

Vice President, Clinical Excellence

Colorado Hospital Association

 

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Bio:

Richard Bottner, DHA, PA-C, CPHQ, FACHE is the Vice President of Clinical Excellence at the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) and exceptionally passionate about effective, efficient, and interprofessional acute care in hospitals nationwide. In his current role, Dr. Bottner supports strategy and implementation related to a statewide alternative payment pilot associated with care delivery in hospitals. Dr. Bottner also focuses on statewide quality and process improvement programs surrounding several critical areas including substance use disorders, maternal health, rural and critical access hospitals, and social determinants of health.

 

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Disclosure:

Rich Bottner does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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Activity Number

0067-9999-23-004-L08-P/T

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM

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--------- Hands On Workshop #1 [CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS - CHOOSE ONE] ---------

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Concurrent Sessions • Hands On Workshops (HOWs)

 

See tabs below for Hands On Workshop #1 choices: 

 

In-Person Attendees:  Choose only ONE workshop to attend from the list below (Workshop 1A, 1B, 1C, or 1D)

 

Zoom Webinar Attendees:  The workshop included in the LIVE webinar broadcast will be preset for online attendees (NOTE:  online attendees may only claim CE credit for the workshop that is LIVE broadcasted).

 

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Workshop Location:  All symposium activities will be located on the River Level of the convention center

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Symposium Map:  A map of the meeting space will be provided during symposium check-in

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Date: 03/27/23

Time: 02:20 PM - 03:05 PM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 1A: Buprenorphine Induction Strategies in the Age of Fentanyl

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 1A: Buprenorphine Induction Strategies in the Age of Fentanyl Location: Room 006

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Assess factors impacting buprenorphine-based treatment of OUD in individuals using fentanyl.
• Report the rationale for the three approaches to initiate treatment with buprenorphine.
• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the three induction approaches.

 

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Speaker:

 

Carlos F. Tirado, MD, MPH, FASAM

Chief Medical Officer

CARMAhealth

 

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Bio:

Dr. Tirado earned his MD and MPH degrees at UT Health. He completed residency at UT Southwestern and fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He is now the chief medical officer for CARMAhealth and an associate professor of practice at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.

 

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Disclosure:

Carlos Tirado has disclosed the following financial relationship:

• Spark Biomedical, Medical Advisor and Co-PI for a funded project

All relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (aka, commercial interests) reported by speakers have been mitigated prior to starting their roles in the activity, by having a field expert without any financial relationships review their content to ensure it is evidence-based, unbiased, non-promotional.

 

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0067-9999-23-005-L08-P/T

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 02:20 PM - 03:05 PM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 1B: From Litigation to Impact: Building Opioid Abatement Initiatives in Texas

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 1B: From Litigation to Impact - Building Opioid Abatement Initiatives in Texas Location: Room 007A

 

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the legal and administrative processes for opioid litigation-related funding in Texas.
• Identify opportunities related to funding from the Texas Opioid Abatement Council within eligible uses.
• Collaborate within small groups to discuss potential funding opportunities within current and prospective opioid abatement strategies related to prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction.

 

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Speakers:

 

Amanda Lopez, JD

Director,

Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council

 

Douglas Thornton, PharmD, PhD, BCPS

Associate Professor

University of Houston

 

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Bios:

Amanda Lopez is the director of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council at the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Ms. Lopez is a licensed attorney and has served in various policy advising positions both within the agency and the Texas Legislature, including assistant general counsel and policy advisor on tax and financial institutions for the Office of the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Prior to leading the Council, she was senior counsel in the Fiscal and Agency Affairs Legal Services Division at the Comptroller’s office and part of the team that monitored and assisted with initial interpretation and implementation of the Council’s enabling legislation. Throughout her work across state government, she has worked with constituents, taxpayers, community leaders, members of the legislature, local government officials and statewide leaders. Ms. Lopez holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law.

 

Dr. Thornton is an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy and Director of the Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER) Center at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. Dr. Thornton practiced as a board-certified, clinical pharmacist while completing his PhD in Health Services and Outcomes Research at West Virginia University. Before finishing the PhD in 2017, he graduated from the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy with a professional pharmacy degree (PharmD) and completed a post-graduate year-1 pharmacy practice residency at Saint Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia where he saw opioid abuse destroying lives and families first-hand. His research focuses on optimizing the management of pain and opioid use disorder though the effective use of medications and related health care services. He is currently working with multiple federal and state organizations to prevent prescription drug misuse in Texas and beyond including being a member of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council.

 

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Disclosures:

The speakers in this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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0067-9999-23-006-L08-P/T

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 02:20 PM - 03:05 PM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 1C: Policy and Practice Development Opportunities in Outreaching Individuals At-Risk for Overdose

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 1C: Policy and Practice Development Opportunities in Outreaching Individuals At-Risk for Overdose: Lessons Learned from Deploying a Surveillance Tool Location:  Room 007B

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize parallels in policy and data collection challenges to drive the development of high impact prevention modalities related to overdose epidemic.
• Examine existing gaps in defining the scope and goals of interventions with street outreach targeting individuals at-risk for overdose.
• Explore opportunities for workforce development and strengthening of community capacity using CHW model to integrate modalities.

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Speakers:

  

Frederic J. Courtois, LMSW, LCDC, MHA

Associate Director of Community Engagement, Addiction Research Institute / TxCOPE

Steve Hicks School of Scoial Work

The University of Texas at Austin

 

Ariel Britt, MSW

Associate Director, Addiction Research Institute / TxCOPE 

Steve Hicks School of Scoial Work 

The University of Texas at Austin

 

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Bios:

Ariel “Air” Britt received her Master’s in Social Work from The University of Michigan. Most of her career has been focused on developing substance use prevention, intervention, and recovery support services for youth and young adults. Air’s interests are public relations, community building, and service. In 2019, she created an award-winning podcast Beauty in the Grit. It shares true stories from her own journey in recovery and others that have inspired her along the way. In 2021, she served as a political appointee for the Biden-Harris Administration at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Currently, Air is an Adjunct Professor and the Associate Director of Policy and Community Impact at the Addiction Research Institute (ARI) in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin.

 

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Disclosures:

The speakers in this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

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0067-9999-23-007-L08-P/T

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 02:20 PM - 03:05 PM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 1D: Using Novel Training Models to Advance Care

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 1D: Using Novel Training Models to Advance Care Location:  Room 007C

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe innovative training models that support providers to engage in MOUD and other evidence-based interventions.
• Compare and contrast the ECHO model with traditional training and workforce development efforts.
• Describe how an incentivized ECHO® program that contains a mentorship pathway has the potential to train professionals to a high level of expertise.
• Explain training adaptations and innovations that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

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Speakers:

 

Adrienne Lindsey, DBH

Assistant Professor

Director, Center for Substance Use Training & Telementoring (c-STAT)

UT Health San Antonio

 

Dennis Smithenry, PhD

Education Consultant

 

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Bios:

Adrienne Lindsey, Assistant Professor, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, serves as Director of the Center for Substance Use Training and Telementoring (c-STAT). Dr. Lindsey holds a masters degree in psychology from Northwest University, and a doctoral degree in integrated behavioral health from Arizona State University. Her areas of expertise include Motivational Interviewing, Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), integrated care, and medications to treat substance use disorder. Dr. Lindsey specializes in interprofessional workforce development efforts in the area of substance use disorders, primarily utilizing the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model.

 

Dennis Smithenry provides consulting services to health care professionals who wish to design and deliver strong educational experiences for their faculty, staff, or trainees. These services draw upon the expertise I have gained from nearly twenty years of work as a teacher educator and science teacher.

 

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Disclosures:

The speakers in this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

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0067-9999-23-008-L08-P/T

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 02:20 PM - 03:05 PM

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-- TTOR Summit [Invitation Only]

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TTOR Summit  [Invitation Only] Location:  Room 007D

 

This session is invitation only for TTOR funded program leaders.

There is no CE for this session.

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TTOR Summit Agenda

• Welcome & Opening Remarks - Kasey Strey, Director
• Presentations
• Q/A Discussion

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Presenters:

 

Susan Kirtz, MPH

Program Manager

Center for Health Communication

Moody College of Communication

Dell Medical School / The University of Texas at Austin

 

Dannielle Hodgson, MPH

Statewide Opioid Evaluator

Office of Mental Health Coordination

Medical & Social Services Division / Health & Human Services Commission

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Date: 03/27/23

Time: 02:20 PM - 03:55 PM

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--------- Hands On Workshop #2 [CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS - CHOOSE ONE] ---------

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See tabs below for Hands On Workshop #2 choices: 

 

In-Person Attendees:  Choose only ONE workshop to attend from the list below (Workshop 2A, 2B, 2C, or 2D)

 

Zoom Webinar Attendees:  The workshop included in the LIVE webinar broadcast will be preset for online attendees (NOTE:  online attendees may only claim CE credit for the workshop that is LIVE broadcasted).

 

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Workshop Location:  All symposium activities will be located on the River Level of the convention center

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Symposium Map:  A map of the meeting space will be provided during symposium check-in

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Date: 03/27/23

Time: 03:10 PM - 03:55 PM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 2A: The Other MAT - Medications for Alcohol and Stimulant Use Disorders

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 2A: The Other MAT - Medications for Alcohol and Stimulant Use Disorders Location: Room 006

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the current epidemiology of Alcohol and Stimulant Use Disorders.
• Describe factors responsible for underutilization of medications for substance use disorders.
• Discuss current evidence based pharmacotherapies for Alcohol and Stimulant Use Disorders.

 

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Speaker:

 

Sidarth Wakhlu, MD

Professor of Psychiatry, Distinguished Teaching Professor

Clinical Director, Addiction Psychiatry Service

UT Southwestern Medical Center

 

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Bio:

Dr Wakhlu is the Clinical Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Service in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern. He is also the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Director. He has been a Faculty member since 2003 with the rank of Professor. He is active in patient care and medical student/resident/fellow teaching and has been the recipient of several teaching awards. He is a member of the Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT). He has presented at national and regional conferences including conducting buprenorphine training seminars & published articles and book chapters on substance use disorders. He is an investigator in NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN) as well Industry supported studies.

 

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Disclosure:

Siddarth Wakhlu does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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Date: 03/27/23

Time: 03:10 PM - 03:55 PM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 2B: Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 2B: Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care Location:  Room 007A

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will have an increased understanding of a Recovery Oriented Systems of Care.
• Identify at least one strategy to bring community members to the table.
• Demonstrate knowledge of how a ROSC can support continuity of care.

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Moderator:

 

Javier Soto, PSS, RSPS

Program Coordinator of Peer Support and Recovery

Health and Human Services Commission

 

 

Panelists:

 

Barbara Hood, RSPS

Recovery Coach

Lifetime Recovery

 

Brett Foster, PSS, RSPS

Recovery Support Services Program Manager

East Texas Council On Alcoholism And Drug Abuse 

 

Melanie Cheek, ACPS 

Director of Operations 

Abilene Recovery Council

 

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Bios:

Javier Soto is Program Coordinator of Peer Support and Recovery with Health and Human Services Commission. Javier is a Recovery Support Peer Specialist (RSPS) and a Peer Specialist Supervisor (PSS). Before joining the Peer and Services Unit, Javier worked at Communities for Recovery for 8 years as a Recovery Support Peer Specialist, Justice Involved Coordinator, and Recovery Support Services Manager. He provided training for the Recovery Support Peer Specialist, Peer Specialist Supervisor, Developing Excellence in Recovery Coaching, and Naloxone. Javier is a person with lived experience from mental health and substance use recovery. Javier graduated from Texas A&M International University with a BA in Psychology

 

Barbara Hood is a Recovery Support Peer Specialist at Life8me Recovery here in San Antonio. She brings 10+ years of lived experience, sharing her own journey with others in recovery. Over the last several years Barbara has been ac8vely involved with individuals’ who have criminal jus8ce involvement through Haven for Hope’s Reentry Program and Alpha Home Treatment Center. She has worked extensively with homeless and mentally ill par8cipants. As part of Life8me Recovery Link’s Program, she will be the facilitator of The Alamo ROSC; Recovery Oriented System of Care for Region 8, 28 COUNTIES!!! She says some of her goals for this program are to unite and broaden the awareness of our many community resources. “Challenging as this may appear… I see the need every day and we are here for a purpose; THIS is definitely part of my purpose!”

 

Brett Foster:  I am person in long-term recovery and what that means for me is that I haven’t found it necessary to use any alcohol or other drugs since January 11, 2009. I completed a 12-month faith-based program and became a Program Director of that program. I was invited to and attended a local ROSC meeting called East Texas Recovery Initiative approximately 2011 where I became a member and have served in various capacities including: Event Coordinator, Co-Chair, and currently Chair. I took the Recovery Coach Training in 2012 at ETCADA and excepted a position as Recovery Coach Coordinator in 2013. I served in that capacity until 2019 when I excepted the position as Recovery Support Services Program Manager. I am a TCB certified Peer Specialist Supervisor (PSS) and a Recovery Support Peer Specialist (RSPS) as well as serving as ETCADA’s Lead Trainer and Training Entity Leader.

 

Melanie Cheek, BA, ACPS, began her career at the Abilene Recovery Council in 1997. During her early years at the agency, she was a Prevention Specialist for elementary and middle school substance use prevention curriculums. In 2009, Melanie became the Director of Operations for the Council where she oversees program implementation and quality assurance procedures for all the Council’s prevention, intervention, and recovery programs. In 2011, Melanie organized “Pathways to Recovery” symposiums in Abilene and Wichita Falls which introduced the concept of “Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care” to community members and organizations throughout HHSC Region 2. In Abilene, the Big Country ROSC group was formed as a product of the symposiums, of which Melanie is a founding member and remains actively involved.

 

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Disclosures:

The moderator and panelists of this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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Activity Number

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Date: 03/27/23

Time: 03:10 PM - 03:55 PM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 2C: Not Your Mother's Heroin: Using Analytical Chemistry to Monitor the Drug Supply, Improve Health, and View What's Coming Next

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 2C:  Not Your Mother's Heroin:  Using Analytical Chemistry to Monitor the Drug Supply, Improve Health, and View What's Coming Next Location: Room 007B

 

 

Learning Objective(s):

• Explain the existing options for chemical analysis of the illicit drug supply. 
• Describe the actual and potential health harms associated with novel drug supply components. 
• Compose a plan for implementing expanded drug checking options for their community.

 

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Speaker:

 

Claire Zagorski, MSc, LP

Graduate Research Assistant

Pharmacy Addictions Research & Medicine (PhARM) Program

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

 

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Bio:

Ms. Zagorski earned a Bachelor’s Degree at The University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s Degree at The University of North Texas Health Science Center. She has practiced clinically as a paramedic in multiple treatment settings, including as a member of the Austin Harm Reduction Coalition. She founded Longhorn Stop the Bleed and is committed to supporting healthcare professionals who seek to integrate harm reduction principles in their practice. Claire is now a PhD student in translational science at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

 

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Disclosure:

Claire Zagorski does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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0067-9999-23-011-L08-P/T

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 03:10 PM - 03:55 PM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 2D: Innovative Approaches to Advancing Screening and Interventions for SUDs

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 2D: Innovative Approaches to Advancing Screening and Interventions for SUDs Location:  Room 007C

 

 

Learning Objective(s):

• Examine the value of automated hospital-based screening for SUDs.
• Recognize or identify how digital therapeutics can address co-occurring youth violence and substance use.
• Identify strategies to integrate services and linkage models within community-based settings including mobile van and video-supported interventions.

 

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Speakers:

 

Sarah Messmer, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics

University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Chuka Emezue, PhD, MPH, MPA

Assistant Professor

Rush University Medical Center

 

Niranjan Karnik, MD, PhD 

Professor

University of Illinois Chicago

 

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Bios:

Sarah Messmer is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where she provides care to both adults and children. She completed her medical school training at Harvard Medical School and a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency at Massachusetts General Hospital before joining UIC as faculty. She has provided primary care and low-threshold buprenorphine at a clinic on the west side of Chicago that is integrated into a long-standing syringe service program run by the UIC School of Public Health for the last 5 years. In addition, she serves as the clinical lead for a state-funded mobile van-based program providing medication assisted recovery (MAR) to areas on the west side of Chicago with the highest rates of opioid overdose. Dr. Messmer also leads medical education initiatives in addiction training for medical students and residents in multiple disciplines at UIC, including the integration of the X-waiver training into the curriculum and development of supervised clinical experiences in addiction for trainees.

 

Chuka Nestor Emezue, Ph.D., MPH, MPA, CHES® is an assistant professor and digital health researcher at Rush University College of Nursing in the Dept. of Women, Children, and Family Nursing. His multidisciplinary research focuses on developing, implementing, or disseminating technology-enhanced interventions for interpersonal violence and co-occurring substance use prevention among underserved youth within the continuum of care in urban, justice-involved, and pediatric emergency contexts. Dr. Emezue is currently adapting and developing the BrotherlyACT intervention, a web- and mobile-compatible and culturally-tailored intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and guided by strengths-based and positive youth development approaches, to prevent co-occurring youth violence and substance-related violence among young Black boys and men, ages 15-24.

 

Dr. Karnik is Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Institute for Juvenile Research, and Co-Director of Digital Mental Health at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He serves as Director of the Great Lakes Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. His research focuses on data science, technology, and community-based interventions for vulnerable populations with psychiatric and substance use disorders. In the past, he has worked with refugee children on the Pakistan-Afghan border, street children in India, foster youth in Central Illinois, and incarcerated youth in California. He worked at a youth homeless shelter in San Francisco and is continuing work with youth experiencing homelessness youth in Chicago. He is presently a PI or Co-PI on grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. He is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

 

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Disclosures:

The speakers in this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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Activity Number

0067-9999-23-012-L08-P/T

Date: 03/27/23

Time: 03:10 PM - 03:55 PM

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In-Person attendees please join us for a reception, exhibitor visits, and the poster session!

All attendees please view electronic (PDF) versions of the posters below, where they are listed by title.

No CE credit is offered for this session.

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Date: 03/27/23

Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

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TxSUS 2023 • Day II

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Welcome and Opening Remarks

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Welcome and Opening Remarks Location: Room 006

 

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Conference Chairs:

 

Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH

Vice President for Research

Professor of Psychiatry

UT Health San Antonio

 

Lucas G. Hill, PharmD, BCACP 

Clinical Associate Professor, PhARM Program Director

UT Austin College of Pharmacy

 

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Date: 03/28/23

Time: 08:00 AM - 08:15 AM

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Keynote Day II: Unlocking Potential: A Professor's Path from Prison to Academia

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Keynote Day II: Unlocking Potential: A Professor's Path from Prison to Academia Location: Room 006

 

 

Learning Objective(s):

• Examine barriers, stigma, and harmful policies relating to prior justice involvement in academia and elsewhere.
• Describe how researchers with histories of addiction and legal system involvement are uniquely qualified to offer insight, guide protocols, and propose novel research.
• Describe collaborations with college administrators, health promotion specialists, clinicians, and diversity departments that provide support for students, faculty, and staff with conviction histories.

 

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Speaker:

 

Noel Vest, PhD

Assistant Professor

Boston University

 

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Bio:

Noel Vest, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. As a formerly incarcerated scholar, Dr. Vest is an advocate for social justice issues and public policy concerning substance use disorder recovery and prison reentry. His research interests include mental health, substance use disorders, poverty, social justice, addiction recovery, and pain. He was recently awarded a K01 early investigator award from NIDA to study collegiate recovery programs through an implementation science lens. He received his PhD and Master’s degrees in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University. He recently finished a postdoc in the Department of Pain Medicine at Stanford University.

 

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Disclosure:

Noel Vest does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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0067-9999-23-013-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 08:15 AM - 09:15 AM

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In-Person attendees: Join us for a refereshment break and visit with our exhibitors who make this program possible.

 

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Virtual attendees: Please enjoy a quick break.  Be sure to visit any virtual exhibitors in the tabs below

 

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Date: 03/28/23

Time: 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM

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Concurrent Sessions • Hands On Workshops (HOWs)

 

See tabs below for Hands On Workshop #3 choices: 

 

In-Person Attendees:  Choose only ONE workshop to attend from the list below (Workshop 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, or 3E)

 

Zoom Webinar Attendees:  The workshop included in the LIVE webinar broadcast will be preset for online attendees (NOTE:  online attendees may only claim CE credit for the workshop that is LIVE broadcasted).

 

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Workshop Location:  All symposium activities will be located on the River Level of the convention center

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Date: 03/28/23

Time: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3A: Screening, Intervention, and Successful Collaborative Care Models for Primary Care (NIDA - CTN) - Part 1

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3A: Screening, Intervention, and Successful Collaborative Care Models for Primary Care (NIDA - CTN) - Part 1  Location: Room 006

 

Overview:

Opioid and other substance related deaths continue to rise in the U.S. (CDC, May 2022). A treatment model that includes professionals working across disciplines and settings, especially primary care - which is the most common point of healthcare contact - could help address the opioid and substance use crisis by increasing access to evidence based screening and interventions. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Drug Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) has conducted several trials in these settings and this session will provide insights from investigators on successful models for substance and opioid use disorders (SUD/OUD) screening, prevention, and treatment in primary care.

 

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Learning Objectives:

• Identify approaches for incorporating alcohol and drug screening into primary care practices, integrated with the electronic health record (EHR.
• Examine lessons learned from SUD collaborative care trials in primary care settings.
• Describe how to establish collaborative care models in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), including pharmacists, in SUD/OUD treatment and management.

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Speakers:

 

Carmen Rosa, MS

Scientific Officer

Center for the Clinical Trials Network

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Presentation: CTN and the Expansion of SUD Treatment Delivery in Non-Traditional Settings

 

Gavin Bart, MD PhD FACP DFASAM
Director, Division of Addiction Medicine

Hennepin Healthcare

Professor of Medicine

University of Minnesota Medical School

Presentation: Primary Care Provider Role in SUD Screening, Prevention, and Treatment

 

Jennifer McNeely, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Dept. of Population Health

New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Presentation: Feasibility of Implementing Alcohol And Drug Screening in Primary Care

 

Katharine A. Bradley, MD, MPH

Senior Investigator

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute 

Presentation: Lessons Learned and Unanswered Questions from Trials of Collaborative Care for Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders

 

Lisa Marsch, PhD

Andrew G. Wallace Professor

Geisel School of Medicine

Dartmouth College 

Presentation: Pharmacist-Integrated Collaborative Care in OUD Treatment

 

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Bios:

Ms. Carmen Rosa, MS, RAC works at the Center for Clinical Trials Network, within the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Health (NIH). She has been with NIDA since 1999, when NIDA established the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) serving in various roles in the network research management, implementation, and oversight.

 

Dr. Gavin Bart is Director of the Division of Addiction Medicine at Hennepin Healthcare and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He received his MD from the University of Minnesota and trained in internal medicine at the Hennepin County Medical Center. His PhD is in experimental and clinical pharmacology, also from the University of Minnesota. His areas of expertise include clinical pharmacology and the pharmacological management of opioid use disorders. His current research areas include the population pharmacokinetics of methadone, genetic influences of methadone pharmacology and treatment outcome, and implementation of opioid use disorder treatment in hospital and primary care settings. He is PI of NorthStar Node of the NIDA National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network and has provided extensive international technical assistance including to the PEPFAR /Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s capacity building HIV and addiction efforts in Vietnam and South East Asia and the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs’ effort to develop international technology transfer centers for addiction prevention and treatment.

 

Jennifer McNeely, MD, MS is Associate Professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. As a clinician investigator, Dr. McNeely’s research focuses on utilizing health care contacts to identify and provide effective interventions to address unhealthy substance use, and includes studies of screening instruments and their implementation in primary care, hospital addiction consult services, and collaborative care interventions for opioid use.

 

Katharine Bradley, MD, MPH is a primary care general internist and health services researcher who has conducted research aimed at practically improving care for substance use and substance use disorders in medical settings for the past 30 years and is a Multiple PI, along with Dr. Campbell, of the Health Systems Node of the NIDA CTN.

 

Lisa A. Marsch, PhD is the Founding Director of the Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH), a designated “Center of Excellence” supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. She is also the Director of the Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network and the Andrew G. Wallace Professor within the Departments of Psychiatry and Biomedical Data Science at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.

 

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Disclosures:

Carmen Rosa, Jennifer McNeely, Katharine A. Bradley, and Gavin Bart do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

Lisa Marsch has disclosed the following financial relationships:

• Pear Therapeutics, Licensing/Stock Ownership
• Square2 Systems, Co-Owner

All relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (aka, commercial interests) that are reported by planners and speakers have been mitigated prior to starting their roles in the activity.

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Activity Number

0067-9999-23-018-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3E: SUD Treatment in Youth - Promoting Patient and Family-Centered Harm-Reduction Approaches

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3E: SUD Treatment in Youth - Promoting Patient and Family-Centered Harm-Reduction Approaches Location: Room 007A

 

 

Learning Objective(s):

• Explore the inter-relationship between mental illness, trauma and substance use disorders.
• Describe Medication-Assisted Treatment, with a focus on pharmacological interventions for opioid use disorder and the challenges that patients, clinicians and community support systems experience when accessing/providing substance use treatments.
• Identify evidence-based practices that reduce harm and enhance treatment engagement for youth with substance use disorders.

 

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Speaker:

 

Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, MD

Assistant Professor

UT Health San Antonio

 

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Bio:

Dr. Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy is a triple board-certified Adult, Child and Adolescent and Forensic Psychiatrist. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health San Antonio where she is the Director of Psychiatric Services at the Bexar County Juvenile Detention Center and the Director of the South Texas Psychiatric Practice-based Research Network. She is the founder of Teku, an online platform supporting family mental health through education and caregiver empowerment to promote justice and healing-center practices. Her scholarly work and research have focused on improving community care and advocacy for historically marginalized communities. She is a nationally recognized leader in mental health equity as it relates to child development with a focus on communities interacting with multiple systems, such as healthcare, immigration, child welfare and juvenile justice and has served on national committees in the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is a visionary for improving child and family mental health through a holistic and justice-oriented approach that nourishes not only the child and family, but also their communities and the world.

 

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Disclosure:

Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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0067-9999-23-014-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3C: Current Issues in Cannabis

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3C: Current Issues in Cannabis Location: 007B

 

 

Learning Objective(s):

• Describe the changing marijuana climate with spreading legalization in the country and internationally.
• Examine emerging synthetic cannabinoids, their potential effects, and their accessibility.
• Summarize evidence related to the impact of cannabis use on patient outcomes in medication-based treatment of opioid or stimulant use disorder.

 

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Speaker:

 

Jacquelyn L. Bainbridge, BSPharm, PharmD, FCCP, MSCS, FAES

Professor

Department of Neurology Anschutz Medical Campus University of Colorado 

 

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Bio:

Jacquelyn L. Bainbridge, BSPharm, PharmD, FCCP, MSCS, FAES, is a Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where she holds joint appointments in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and the Department of Neurology in the School of Medicine. Dr Bainbridge received her doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Colorado in Denver, where she subsequently completed a specialty residency in neurology. Dr Bainbridge is a Multiple Sclerosis Certified Specialist (MSCS) who is actively involved in clinical research in many areas of neurology, including epilepsy, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease (PD), back pain and cannabis. She has reviewed and written several book chapters on MS, epilepsy, migraine, chronic pain, women’s issues, pharmacokinetics, and the practice of pharmacy. Dr Bainbridge is a frequent lecturer on topics of neurologic and pharmacologic interest, including chronic pain disorders, epilepsy, migraines, movement disorders, MS, neuroprotection, restless legs syndrome, Huntington’s disease and the administration of cannabis for therapeutic intent.

 

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Disclosure:

Jacquelyn L. Bainbridge has disclosed the following financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence):

GW/Jazz Pharmaceuticals via Colorado Department Public Health and Education (CDPHE) / grant funding recipient

 

All relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (aka, commercial interests) reported by speakers have been mitigated prior to starting their roles in the activity, by having a field expert without any financial relationships review their content to ensure it is evidence-based, unbiased, non-promotional.

 

This presentation is not supported by the Texas Targetedd Opioid Response initiative.

 

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Activity Number

0067-9999-23-016-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3D: Treatment Access in Criminal Justice Settings: Challenges and Opportunities

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3D: Treatment Access in Criminal Justice Settings - Challenges and Opportunities Location: Room 007C

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the overlap of substance use and justice involved populations.
• Summarize trends of medication based treatments for OUD in criminal justice settings.
• Highlight strategies to incorporate peer support with incarcerated populations.

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Andrea Yatsco, PhD, CADC/LCDC, CCS

Assistant Professor / Associate Director

UT Health Houston - Heroes

 

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Bio:

Andrea J Yatsco, PhD, CADC, LCDC, is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, and a Certified Clinical Supervisor. Dr. Yatsco received her PhD in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State and wrote her dissertation on the impact of military service on delinquency and substance use over the life course. Her undergraduate work at University of Arizona focused on psychological and sociological predictors of deviant behavior. She has counseled incarcerated populations in Massachusetts and worked with families and adolescent offenders in Vermont. She is a previous adjunct professor of Becker College, teaching curriculum in the undergraduate forensic psychology concentration and developed grant funded substance education. Dr. Yatsco is an Assistant Professor at UT Health Science Center at Houston working as the Associate Director for clinical research with opioid use disorders at Houston Emergency Opioid Engagement System (HEROES) and related substance use and mental health expansion projects across the state.

 

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Disclosure:

The speaker in this activity does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

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Activity Number

0067-9999-23-017-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3B: Buprenorphine by EMS for Opioid Withdrawal - A Community Harm Reduction Intervention

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 3B: Buprenorphine by EMS for Opioid Withdrawal - A Community Harm Reduction Intervention  Location: Room 007D

 

 

Learning Objective(s):

• Identify the target populations in need for easier access to treatments for opioid use disorder.
• Examine innovative treatment strategies that lower the threshold or remove barriers for undertreated populations to gain easier access to medications for opioid use disorder.
• Assess how to replicate innovative treatment strategies in various other target populations.

 

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Speakers:

 

David Miramontes, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, NREMTP

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio

EMS Medical Director, San Antonio Fire Department

 

John De La Garza

Paramedic and MAT Team Lead

San Antonio Fire Department

 

 

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Bios:

Dr. David Miramontes started as a volunteer Firefighter-EMT while still in high school and went on to the level of EMT-II, Registered Nurse (he worked a total of ten years as a Registered Nurse in ER and ICU), Mobile Intensive Care Nurse, and then received his BS in Physiology at UC Davis. He attended the Medical College of Ohio and Emergency Medicine Residency at the St Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo Ohio, where he also was a Lifeflight Physician. He served as the Pre-hospital EMS Director at St Vincent Mercy Medical Center and provided medical direction for the City of Toledo Fire Dept. and 18 rural and suburban EMS agencies. He was the Assistant Fire Chief and Medical Director for District of Columbia Fire Department (Wash. DC) from 2011-14 and currently serves at EMS Medical Director for the San Antonio Fire Department.

 

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Disclosures:

The speakers in this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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Activity Number

0067-9999-23-015-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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See tabs below for Hands On Workshop #4 choices: 

 

In-Person Attendees:  Choose only ONE workshop to attend from the list below (Workshop 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, or 4E)

 

Zoom Webinar Attendees:  The workshop included in the LIVE webinar broadcast will be preset for online attendees (NOTE:  online attendees may only claim CE credit for the workshop that is LIVE broadcasted).

 

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Workshop Location:  All symposium activities will be located on the River Level of the convention center

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Date: 03/28/23

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4A: Screening, Intervention, and Successful Collaborative Care Models for Primary Care (NIDA - CTN) - Part 2

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4A: Screening, Intervention, and Successful Collaborative Care Models for Primary Care (NIDA - CTN) - Part 2  Location: Room 006

 

Overview:

Opioid and other substance related deaths continue to rise in the U.S. (CDC, May 2022). A treatment model that includes professionals working across disciplines and settings, especially primary care - which is the most common point of healthcare contact - could help address the opioid and substance use crisis by increasing access to evidence based screening and interventions. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Drug Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) has conducted several trials in these settings and this session will provide insights from investigators on successful models for substance and opioid use disorders (SUD/OUD) screening, prevention, and treatment in primary care.

 

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Learning Objectives:

• Identify approaches for incorporating alcohol and drug screening into primary care practices, integrated with the electronic health record (EHR.
• Examine lessons learned from SUD collaborative care trials in primary care settings.
• Describe how to establish collaborative care models in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), including pharmacists, in SUD/OUD treatment and management.

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Speakers:

 

Carmen Rosa, MS

Scientific Officer

Center for the Clinical Trials Network

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Presentation: CTN and the Expansion of SUD Treatment Delivery in Non-Traditional Settings

 

Gavin Bart, MD PhD FACP DFASAM
Director, Division of Addiction Medicine

Hennepin Healthcare

Professor of Medicine

University of Minnesota Medical School

Presentation: Primary Care Provider Role in SUD Screening, Prevention, and Treatment

 

Jennifer McNeely, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Dept. of Population Health

New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Presentation: Feasibility of Implementing Alcohol And Drug Screening in Primary Care

 

Katharine A. Bradley, MD, MPH

Senior Investigator

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute 

Presentation: Lessons Learned and Unanswered Questions from Trials of Collaborative Care for Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders

 

Lisa Marsch, PhD

Andrew G. Wallace Professor

Geisel School of Medicine

Dartmouth College 

Presentation: Pharmacist-Integrated Collaborative Care in OUD Treatment

 

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Bios:

Ms. Carmen Rosa, MS, RAC works at the Center for Clinical Trials Network, within the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Health (NIH). She has been with NIDA since 1999, when NIDA established the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) serving in various roles in the network research management, implementation, and oversight.

 

Dr. Gavin Bart is Director of the Division of Addiction Medicine at Hennepin Healthcare and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He received his MD from the University of Minnesota and trained in internal medicine at the Hennepin County Medical Center. His PhD is in experimental and clinical pharmacology, also from the University of Minnesota. His areas of expertise include clinical pharmacology and the pharmacological management of opioid use disorders. His current research areas include the population pharmacokinetics of methadone, genetic influences of methadone pharmacology and treatment outcome, and implementation of opioid use disorder treatment in hospital and primary care settings. He is PI of NorthStar Node of the NIDA National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network and has provided extensive international technical assistance including to the PEPFAR /Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s capacity building HIV and addiction efforts in Vietnam and South East Asia and the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs’ effort to develop international technology transfer centers for addiction prevention and treatment.

 

Jennifer McNeely, MD, MS is Associate Professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. As a clinician investigator, Dr. McNeely’s research focuses on utilizing health care contacts to identify and provide effective interventions to address unhealthy substance use, and includes studies of screening instruments and their implementation in primary care, hospital addiction consult services, and collaborative care interventions for opioid use.

 

Katharine Bradley, MD, MPH is a primary care general internist and health services researcher who has conducted research aimed at practically improving care for substance use and substance use disorders in medical settings for the past 30 years and is a Multiple PI, along with Dr. Campbell, of the Health Systems Node of the NIDA CTN.

 

Lisa A. Marsch, PhD is the Founding Director of the Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH), a designated “Center of Excellence” supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. She is also the Director of the Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network and the Andrew G. Wallace Professor within the Departments of Psychiatry and Biomedical Data Science at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.

 

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Disclosures:

Carmen Rosa, Jennifer McNeely, Katharine A. Bradley, and Gavin Bart do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

Lisa Marsch has disclosed the following financial relationships:

• Pear Therapeutics, Licensing/Stock Ownership
• Square2 Systems, Co-Owner

All relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (aka, commercial interests) that are reported by planners and speakers have been mitigated prior to starting their roles in the activity.

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Activity Number

0067-9999-23-019-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4E: School-Based Interventions to Address the Opioid Crisis

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4E: School-Based Interventions to Address the Opioid Crisis Location: Room 007A

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how the current, and always evolving opioid crisis, is affecting youth.
• Examine the public health response to the opioid crisis in Texas schools.
• Identify innovative public health interventions to prevent opioid addiction, reduce overdose death, & eliminate diversion of unused medication. 

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Speakers:

 

Darrien Skinner, MS

Opioid Generalist

Texas Health & Human Services

 

Willa Rosen, LCSW, LCDC

Education Specialist

Education Service Center, Region 13

 

Lisa M. Cleveland, PhD, APRN, CPNP, IBCLC, FAAN

Professor

UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing

 

Douglas Thornton, PharmD, PhD, BCPS

Associate Professor

University of Houston

 

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Bios:

Darrien Skinner assists with the implementation of prevention programs funded by the Texas Targeted Opioid Response program. He has over thirteen years of experience in health promotion initiatives in Texas; first working in youth tobacco prevention at the age of fifteen. Darrien’s passion for finding creative ways to improve health communication and promotion programs has guided his work to address two of the most significant public health issues in America, opioid misuse and youth nicotine addiction.

 

Willa Rosen, LCSW, LCDC is a social worker serving students and families in the education system. She has over thirty years of professional experience in a variety of settings including K-12 education, the community mental health system and substance abuse services. She has frequently presented at the state and national level on services for at-risk populations. Currently, Ms. Rosen serves as an Education Specialist at Region 13 Education Service Center in Austin, Texas. Ms. Rosen previously served in Round Rock Independent School District, working on state and federal programs serving students identified as being at-risk and comprehensive school wellness and safety initiatives. She has been successful in locating many federal, state and local resources to fund programs for children and youth with complex needs and sustained key elements of these programs.

 

Dr. Lisa Cleveland is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, a Mary Jane Ihle Clark Professor in Caregiving, and a tenured Professor at UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing. She is a leader in the Texas Targeted Opioid Response to ensure access to Narcan, and opioid overdose identification and reversal education: moreNARCANplease.com. Further, Dr. Cleveland has also served as a leader in the statewide community paramedicine response to the prevention of overdoses and has spearheaded the establishment of 6 overdose prevention resource centers throughout the state.

 

Dr. Thornton is an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy and Director of the Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER) Center at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. Dr. Thornton practiced as a board-certified, clinical pharmacist while completing his PhD in Health Services and Outcomes Research at West Virginia University. Before finishing the PhD in 2017, he graduated from the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy with a professional pharmacy degree (PharmD) and completed a post-graduate year-1 pharmacy practice residency at Saint Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia where he saw opioid abuse destroying lives and families first-hand. His research focuses on optimizing the management of pain and opioid use disorder though the effective use of medications and related health care services. He is currently working with multiple federal and state organizations to prevent prescription drug misuse in Texas and beyond including being a member of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council.

 

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Disclosures:

The speakers in this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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Activity Number

0067-9999-23-020-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4C: TxCOPE Update

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4C: TxCOPE Update Location:  Room 007B

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe what Texas Connecting Overdose Prevention Efforts (TxCOPE) is and how it will improve overdose prevention efforts across Texas.
• Discuss the co-design process between community and academic partners to develop TxCOPE.
• Identify how TxCOPE can be used in your organization.

 

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Speaker:

 

Kasey Claborn, PhD

Assistant Professor

The University of Texas at Austin

Steve Hicks School of Social Work

 

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Bio:

Kasey Claborn, PhD is a research scientist and clinical psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the Director for the Addictions Research Institute. Dr. Claborn received her Ph.D from Oklahoma State University and postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. Her work focuses on identifying gaps in the healthcare system and strategies to use technology to improve the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. Dr. Claborn has received over $10 million in extramural funding for her work from the National Institute of Health, SAMHSA, Health Resources and Services Administration, Google, and Texas Health and Human Services. She has received numerous awards for her innovative work in technology and addiction science, including being the recipient of a Google Cloud Services Award for building technology for social impact.

 

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Kasey Claborn does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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0067-9999-23-022-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4D: Drug User Organizing - A Path to Saving Lives

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4D: Drug User Organizing - A Path to Saving Lives Location: 007C

 

 

Learning Objective(s):

• Review the history of drug user organizing throughout the world.
• Explain the unique benefits of organizing directly impacted people.
• Examine how criminalization contributes to isolation and overdoses.
• Describe drug user organizing being done nationally and locally.

 

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Speakers:

 

Aaron Ferguson, BSW

Community Outreach Manager - Leadership Team

Member - Methadone Liaison

Community Medical Services - Urban Survivor's Union

 

Dinah Adames

Drug User Organizing Expert

NCSU Board Co-Chair

Drug User Human Rights Activist

 

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Bios:

Aaron is on the leadership team of the Urban Survivors Union, a national group of directly impacted drug user health advocates where he serves as a drug user activist and Methadone Liaison. Aaron is also a Regional Outreach Manager with Community Medical Services, a national methadone provider that operates the nation’s first 24/7 methadone clinics. In addition to national efforts, Aaron works to organize people who use drugs for collective action in the rural, urban and suburban south, and coordinates the Texas Drug User Health Alliance, a statewide network of drug user activists in Texas. As a directly impacted person, Aaron has over 30 years of experience implementing harm reduction personally and with other people who use drugs. As a hobby, Aaron co-produces a long-standing harm reduction podcast about drugs and the people who use them called “Narcotica”. Aaron is passionate about helping science prevail over ideology and cultivating a scientifically literate culture. Aaron is a happily married father who encourages skepticism, reason, and science as the paths to enlightenment and a good life. When Aaron is not working, he enjoys running marathons, producing music, breakdancing, scuba diving, reading everything in sight and most of all spending quality time with his wife and two kids.

 

Dinah is a Drug User Activist whose expertise focuses on working specifically with pregnant and parenting women who use drugs. After spending almost a decade at The Bronx Defenders she moved on to work as an independent consultant to follow her heart after an impactful realization there was something missing in representing parents who use drugs. Her voice, relaying the fact that parents do not have to remain abstinent to parent their children despite what the courts, public policy and the many structural systems of oppression dictate. For over 12 years, Dinah has been advocating for vulnerable womxn, specifically women of color in a variety of contexts from substance use to incarceration. Dinah has appeared on hundreds of panels nationwide to discuss harm reduction strategies and the unique challenges facing parents involved with the family regulation system who happen to use illicit substances. Dinah served as a member of several not-for-profit organizations focusing on educating doctors, lawyers, and social workers — specifically those in the child regulation system known as PWSUD (people with substance use disorder) with the necessary tools to better service women and mothers who use drugs. Dinah, currently the Chair of the North Carolina Survivors Union, is sought out by many organizations as well as hospital staff to train or share her expertise.

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Disclosures:

Aaron Ferguson and Dinah Adames do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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0067-9999-23-023-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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-- HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4B: Texas Mobile Methadone Needs Assessment

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HANDS ON WORKSHOP 4B: Texas Mobile Methadone Needs Assessment Location: Room 007D

 

 

Learning Objective(s):

• coming soon

 

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Speakers:

 

Claire Zagorski

Graduate Research Assistant

Pharmacy Addictions Research & Medicine (PhARM) Program

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

 

Tara Karns-Wright, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor, UT Health San Antonio

Director of Clinical Science & Evaluation

Be Well Texas

 

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Bios:

Ms. Zagorski earned a Bachelor’s Degree at The University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s Degree at The University of North Texas Health Science Center. She has practiced clinically as a paramedic in multiple treatment settings, including as a member of the Austin Harm Reduction Coalition. She founded Longhorn Stop the Bleed and is committed to supporting healthcare professionals who seek to integrate harm reduction principles in their practice. Claire is now a PhD student in translational science at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

 

Dr. Karns-Wright (she/her) is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Clinical Science and Evaluation for Be Well Texas at UT Health San Antonio. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA, and her master’s degree and a doctorate in Life-Span Developmental Psychology at West Virginia University. Dr. Karns-Wright completed her postdoctoral fellowship at UT Health San Antonio as a National Institute of Drug Abuse T32 fellowship recipient (PI: Charles France, PhD; Training in Drug Abuse Research: Behavior & Neurobiology). As the Director of Clinical Science and Evaluation, Dr. Karns-Wright leads Be Well Texas in its effort to use data-driven decision-making as a tool for creating a collaborative system of care for people who use substances that is accessible to all.

 

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Disclosures:

The speakers in this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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0067-9999-23-021-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Networking Lunch - Lunch Provided

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In-Person Attendees: Please join us for lunch.

 

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Virtual Attendees: Please enjoy your lunch break.  We will be back online at 12:00 PM for the State of the State panel discussion.

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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State of the State: The View from Bexar County

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Final Panel Discussion State of the State: The View from Bexar County Location: Room 006

 

 

Learning Objectives:

• Briefly review Texas Legislative Updates.
• Examine the growing role of South Texas Advisory Council as a convening body for a sustained public health approach that addresses substance use and substance use disorders in Bexar County.
• Identify barriers and facilitators towards integrating evidence-based practices for substance use into our public health systems.

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Opening - Texas Legislative Updates

Cynthia Humphrey

Executive Director

Association of Substance Abuse Programs

 

Panel:  State of the State: A View from Bexar County

 

Moderator:

 

Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH

Vice President for Research

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

UT Health San Antonio

 

 

Panelists:

Jessie Higgins, MA, LPC, LMFT

Chief Mental Health Officer

City of San Antonio

 

Kellie Burnam, LP

Director, Southwest Texas Crisis Collaborative (STCC)

Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC)

 

Rev. Gavin Rogers

Executive Director, Corazon San Antonio

Associate Pastor, Travis Park Church

 

Andrew Estrada

Deputy Fire Chief

San Antonio Fire Department

Emergency Services

 

Lisa M. Cleveland, PhD, APRN, CPNP, IBCLC, FAAN

Professor

UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing

 

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Bios:

Cynthia Humphrey currently serves as the executive director of the Association of Substance Abuse Programs (ASAP). She has over 30 years of experience in health association management with a focus on public policy and grassroots advocacy at the local, state and federal levels. Prior to joining ASAP, she worked for the Alzheimer’s Association and American Heart Association. She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work and enjoys life today as a person in long term recovery from a substance use disorder.

 

Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, is the Vice President for Research and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences. In 2008, Dr. Potter joined UT Health San Antonio from Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital. She completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship and research fellowship at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Georgia and her Master of Public Health from Emory University.

 

Jessie Higgins is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has a passion for improving community systems so that they are better able to provide excellent patient care and vulnerable populations are able to improve. Jessie currently serves as the City of San Antonio’s Chief Mental Health Officer. This position in the Metropolitan Health District and works to coordinate internal and external partnerships to improve the mental wellbeing of the residents of San Antonio.

 

Rev. Gavin Rogers is the Executive Director of Corazon San Antonio, a local non profit for the unhoused and marginalized. He also serves as the Associate Pastor at Travis Park Church in downtown San Antonio. He is the founder of the interfaith community group Pub Theology San Antonio. He is a native Texan and is a graduate The Divinity School at Duke University. In 2013 he was selected as the Young San Antonian of the Year for his work of solidarity with the homeless when he lived on the streets of San Antonio for Lent. This award has been given to one San Antonian each year since 1931. In 2018, Gavin traveled with the migrant caravan to better understand the immigration issue and learn the personal stories of migrants. His work can be found on CNN, NPR, San Antonio Report, and the San Antonio Express News. Gavin’s mission is to engage the community to seek unconditional love and justice in action to all of our neighbors.

 

Dr. Lisa Cleveland is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, a Mary Jane Ihle Clark Professor in Caregiving, and a tenured Professor at UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing. She is a leader in the Texas Targeted Opioid Response to ensure access to Narcan, and opioid overdose identification and reversal education: moreNARCANplease.com. Further, Dr. Cleveland has also served as a leader in the statewide community paramedicine response to the prevention of overdoses and has spearheaded the establishment of 6 overdose prevention resource centers throughout the state.

 

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Disclosures:

The speakers in this activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

 

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Activity Number

0067-9999-23-024-L08-P/T

Date: 03/28/23

Time: 12:00 PM - 01:50 PM

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TxSUS 2023 Concludes

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Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

 

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Clean Cause   UT Health San Antonio Center for Research to Advance Community Health   Charlie Health Starlite Recovery Center

 

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Texas Association of Community Health Centers Lifetime Recovery Hill Country MHDD Rise Recovery Turn To HHS North Texas Addiction Counseling Sobering Center WestCare TxCope

 

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