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SUMMARY:TRACC Seminar Series: Manesh Gopaldas\, MD
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URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/tracc-seminar-series-manesh-gopaldas-md/
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SUMMARY:Implementing a Human Ecology and Equity Framework to Develop Multi-level Interventions for Cannabis\, Alcohol and Tobacco Use
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URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/implementing-a-human-ecology-and-equity-framework-to-develop-multi-level-interventions-for-cannabis-alcohol-and-tobacco-use/
LOCATION:Busch Campus – Smithers Hall Room 200\, 607 Allison Road\, Piscataway\, NJ\, 08854
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SUMMARY:Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use in Veterans: Implementing Internet-Based Interventions
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URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/comorbid-ptsd-and-substance-use-in-veterans-implementing-internet-based-interventions/
LOCATION:Busch Campus – Smithers Hall Room 200\, 607 Allison Road\, Piscataway\, NJ\, 08854
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SUMMARY:Investigating the Current Ketamine Landscape in the United States
DESCRIPTION:This is now a virtual event.  \nFor the zoom link click here  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/investigating-the-current-ketamine-landscape-in-the-united-states/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Annual Scholar Virtual Poster Session
DESCRIPTION:Event Cancelled Notice \nThe Center of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Studies regrets to inform you that this year’s poster session will be postponed until the Fall of 2025. We will keep you updated on any changes or future opportunities.\n 
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/annual-scholar-virtual-poster-session/
LOCATION:NJ
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SUMMARY:TRACC Seminar Series - Whiteout: How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Helena Hansen\, MD\, PhD
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/tracc-seminar-series-whiteout-how-racial-capitalism-changed-the-color-of-opioids-in-america/
LOCATION:https://ccny.zoom.us/j/81033133854?pwd=qm VHOS3NY7LUxlokPfLMioOp73EwWO.1
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SUMMARY:TRACC Seminar Series - So you think you can mix?’ Understanding Tobacco-Marijuana Co-Administration
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Gideon St Helen\, PhD
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/tracc-seminar-series-so-you-think-you-can-mix-understanding-tobacco-marijuana-co-administration/
LOCATION:https://ccny.zoom.us/j/87993431052?pwd= BsQVUYi1hmFGyybsi3JAhpKan0d6ER.1
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SUMMARY:Cooper Colloquium Endowed Lecture: Women and Addiction
DESCRIPTION:Presenter Bio:\nDr. Greenfield is a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Kristine M. Trustey Endowed Chair of Psychiatry at McLean Hospital\, where she also serves as Chief Academic Officer. She is renowned for her work in addiction psychiatry\, particularly on gender differences in substance use disorders\, and developed the Women’s Recovery Group (WRG)\, an evidence-based group therapy model for women with substance use disorders. Dr. Greenfield has held prominent leadership roles\, including Past President of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry\, and has received numerous awards for her contributions to addiction research\, mentoring\, and community service.
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/cooper-colloquium-endowed-lecture-women-and-addiction/
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SUMMARY:CAS Virtual Talk\, Dr. Lorna Crean - Raise the Roof: Cognitive Effects of Homelessness and Implications for Problematic Substance Use Recovery
DESCRIPTION:Prior to her PhD\, Dr. Crean completed a B.S. in Psychology at the Dublin City University\, followed by two years of work with the Irish homelessness NGO in the Dublin Simon Community. At the Dublin Simon Community\, she primarily worked as a lead researcher using mixed methodology to investigate their blood-borne virus\, and drug stabilization unit service users’ physical and psychological health\, as well as their substance use\, accommodation and\, civic and social trajectories from pre-admission to six months post-discharge. \nDr. Crean’s dissertation stemmed from this work\, and investigated cognitive functioning in individuals experiencing homelessness and how these examined traits interact with recovery trajectories for people struggling with problematic substance use. This project holds implications for problematic substance use treatment approaches\, as well as psychological therapies for people with homelessness experience. \nRegister using the link below.
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/cas-virtual-talk-dr-lorna-crean-raise-the-roof-cognitive-effects-of-homelessness-and-implications-for-problematic-substance-use-recovery/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:CTN New York Node's Annual Meeting
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URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/ctn-new-york-nodes-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:NYU Langone Tisch Hospital\, Kimmel Pavilion\, 7-203 Boardroom\, 424 E 34th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10016
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SUMMARY:CAS Colloquium Lecture\, Dr. Shannon Kehle-Forbes: Centering Patients' Voices in the Study of Co-Occurring Post-Traumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders
DESCRIPTION:Shannon Kehle-Forbes\, PhD is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota and a Research Psychologist in the Women’s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD. She is also a Research Scientist and Deputy Director at the Center for Care Delivery & Outcomes Research\, a VA Health Systems Research Center of Innovation at the Minneapolis VA. Dr. Kehle-Forbes’s research program is focused on improving the clinical effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies PTSD\, particularly for those with co-occurring conditions. Her research in this area has been continuously funded since 2010 by the Patient-Centered Research Outcomes Institute\, Department of Defense\, and Department of Veterans Affairs.
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/cas-colloquium-lecture-dr-shannon-kehle-forbes-implementation-dissemination-science-pcori-using-mixed-methods/
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SUMMARY:Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies 11th Annual Scholar Poster Session with Keynote Speaker Dr. Lydon-Staley!
DESCRIPTION:The Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies (CAS) Research Poster Session offers a platform to present a poster on innovative research that advances understanding of alcohol\, drugs\, addictions\, and recovery. This event fosters interdisciplinary exchange\, highlights emerging science\, and supports professional growth across several substance use research domains. \nTopics\nPublic Health/Epidemiology\nAnimal and Basic Science Research\nClinical Research (Qualitative or Quantitative)\nHuman Experimental Research\nCommunity Engagement\nData Science & Artificial Intelligence \nImportant Dates and Times\nAbstract Submissions: Closed\nAbstract Submission Deadline: March 9\, 2026\nNotice of Acceptance: March 20\, 2026\nPoster Setup: April 29\, 2026\, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.\nKeynote Speaker: April 29\, 2026\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.\nPoster Session: April 29\, 2026\, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.\nAwards Lunch: April 29\, 2026\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.\nOutstanding posters will receive monetary awards recognizing excellence in research rigor\, significance/impact\, and presentation. \nThe Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies 11th Annual Scholar Poster Session is proud to host Dr. David Lydon-Staley\, Associate Professor of Communication\, University of Pennsylvania as a keynote speaker! \nRethinking Curiosity in Substance Use: Data-Driven Insights from Dynamic Systems and Intensive Longitudinal Research \nCuriosity plays a complex role in substance use as it can contribute to initiation\, but it also offers a powerful avenue for intervention. This presentation explores research examining curiosity as a motivational process that can be deliberately engaged through health communication to promote behavior change\, with applications to tobacco and alcohol use. Evidence shows that curiosity-eliciting messages reliably enhance attention to and recall of substance-related health information among adolescents and U.S. priority populations. Research on persistence dynamics demonstrates how tightly coupled symptom systems during tobacco withdrawal can sustain discomfort and undermine cessation efforts. Bridging these perspectives\, curiosity emerges as a modifiable lever for disrupting maladaptive persistence. Daily-life interventions that incorporate brief psychological distance reminders designed to foster curiosity during alcohol encounters are associated with reductions in alcohol consumption frequency. These findings highlight curiosity not only as a potential risk factor but also as a motivational mechanism with practical implications for health communication\, addiction science\, and intervention design. \nSeminar Takeaways: \n\nUnderstanding curiosity as a driver of attention\, recall\, and behavior\nchange\nInsights on leveraging curiosity to support substance use\ninterventions\nApplications for health messaging and intervention strategies across\ndiverse populations\n\nQuestions? Contact Alyssa Juntilla (alyssa.juntilla@rutgers.edu)
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/center-of-alcohol-and-substance-use-studies-11th-annual-scholar-poster-session/
LOCATION:Life Sciences Atrium
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SUMMARY:Resilience Collective Conference: Advancing Health Equity Addiction Research in Challenging Times
DESCRIPTION:Keynote speaker: Sarah Pedersen\, Ph.D. \nKeynote title: For the Communities Counting on Us: Addiction Research Moves Forward \nSarah Pedersen\, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry\, Psychology\, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Pedersen is a licensed clinical psychologist with a long-standing interest in providing mental health care to individuals with minoritized identities and examining social and structural drivers of inequities in substance use related problems. She is currently the principal investigator on two 5-year R01 research grants from the National Institutes of Health. In these projects\, she has integrated stress exposure\, discrimination\, personality characteristics\, environmental contexts\, and cognitions to identify when and why people are at risk for alcohol and substance use-related problems. Dr. Pedersen is the Director of Research for Community-engagement and Partnership and the Research Equity and Community Health Collaborative within the Department of Psychiatry. In these roles\, she and colleagues are committed to returning research back to communities\, growing and sustaining community partnerships to conduct high impact research\, and training future scientists in equitable and just research design. 
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/resilience-collective-conference-advancing-health-equity-addiction-research-in-challenging-times/
LOCATION:Rutgers University Institute for Health\, Health Care Policy and Aging Research  112 Paterson Street New Brunswick\, NJ\, Rutgers University Institute for Health\, Health Care Policy and Aging Research 112 Paterson Street New Brunswick\, NJ
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T100000
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SUMMARY:The Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies (CAS) Fall 2026 Colloquium Talk
DESCRIPTION:Save the Date: Dr. Chyrell Bellamy!  \nThe Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies (CAS) Fall 2026 Colloquium Talk: \nThe Power of Community Engagement and Co-Creation: Who Has a Voice\, Who Has Power\, and Who Benefits? \nThis presentation will explore the power of community engagement and co-creation in research and practice. Drawing on examples from addiction\, mental health\, workforce development\, and community-academic partnerships\, we will discuss the importance of relationships\, lived and living experience\, meaningful roles\, and attention to power. The presentation will also consider practical ways to strengthen individuals\, communities\, and partnerships to create and sustain change in research\, practice and communities. Who has a voice? Who has power? And who benefits? \nChyrell D. Bellamy\, PhD\, MSW is Professor of Yale University’s Department of Psychiatry\, Director of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH)\, Director of Peer Support Services & Research and Director of the Yale Lived Experience Transformational Leadership Academy (LET(s)Lead). In addition\, Dr. Bellamy is a Senior Policy Adviser for the Office of the Commissioner for the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). Dr. Bellamy’s expertise is in 1) community based participatory research and co-design with communities of color and with communities of people living with psychiatric illness\, substance use and addictions\, HIV\, homelessness\, and incarceration histories; 2) research expertise on healthcare disparities: sociocultural pathways of recovery from illness and other transformative experiences; 3) development of culturally responsive interventions; 4) qualitative research methods; and 5) development and training on community and clinic based psychosocial and wellness interventions. \nIn her capacity as Director of Peer Services and Research she provides instruction on peer curricula development and training based on her research and practice experience with peer employees since 1993 (beginning with women living with HIV); training of peers to conduct research; research and evaluation on the effectiveness of peer support; and leadership training for people with lived experiences\, via the LET(s)LEAD: Lived Experience Transformation Leadership Academy. \nDr. Bellamy brings personal and professional expertise as a frontline service provider\, clinician\, social worker\, community educator and organizer\, trainer\, program evaluator\, community and academic researcher in the health and behavioral health fields\, and openly identifies as a person with lived experience of multiple marginalized identities including mental illness\, trauma\, and addictions\, and these experiences inform her research and community practice. \nDr. Bellamy’s research is multifaceted\, community and lived experience centered. Here are a few examples: \n-PI PCORI awarded to examine health care choice and health outcomes for people with mental illness and whether a co-located primary health care facility is effective in providing care\, coordinating care\, and increasing health indicators for people with mental illness. An intervention was developed/piloted based on the 8 dimensions of wellness for people diagnosed with serious mental illness and other multiple health conditions and named Harambee (Swahili for Let’s come together). \n-PI NIMH R34 awarded to study the target mechanisms of a whole health intervention for people with mental and physical illnesses. This intervention was primarily peer support based and delivered. The state of Connecticut has recently funded Harambee to pilot in 3 sites throughout the state\, Middletown\, Bridgeport\, and New Haven. \n-PI CT DMHAS/SAMHSA State Opioid Recovery funds to develop and provide a faith-based opioid recovery program\, named Imani Breakthrough (Imani is Swahili for Faith). CBPR process involved working with community to develop a culturally attuned faith-based opioid recovery intervention which combines the 8 dimensions of wellness and the 5Rs of Citizenship (roles\, relationships\, responsibilities\, resources\, and rights; and belonging). It takes place in 4 Latinx churches and 4 Black churches in CT. \n-Imani Breakthrough is now being implemented in Rhode Island with Black and Latinx communities. Soon headed to New Orleans. \n-PI NIH Common Fund/NIDA 1U01OD033241-01. Dr Jordan and I are mPIs on a NIH Common Fund U01: Culturally responsive community-driven substance use recovery for Black and Latinx populations. The main goal of this current study is to increase the methodological rigor of Imani by conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine whether adding a Church-based Telehealth MAT option to Imani (Imani + CTM) will improve outcomes for Black and Latinx people with AUD or OUD compared to Imani + traditional MAT Referral and Linkage (Imani + MAT R&L) in the community. \n-PI NIH R34 1 R34 MH131238-01. Adaptation and Implementation of Peer Support to Optimize Engagement and Outcomes for People with Serious Mental Illness in Campinas\, Brazil with mPIs with Maria O’Connell and Rosana Onocko Campos. \n-PI NIH NIMHD 1R01MDO18255-01. Recovery Finance: Financial health and mental health after incarceration. mPIs Harper & Bellamy. This is a multilevel study which explores effective ways to address financial structural barriers for particularly for Black and Latinx individuals with histories of incarceration and mental health challenges. \nMore about Dr. Bellamy: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/chyrell-bellamy/
URL:https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/event/the-center-of-alcohol-substance-use-studies-cas-fall-2026-colloquium-talk/
LOCATION:Life Sciences Auditorium\, 604 Allison Road\, Piscataway\, NJ\, 08854\, United States
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