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December 2020
Emerging Addiction Conference
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Frank L. Greenagel, Jr.
MPAP, LCSW, LCADC, CASAC, ICADC, ACSW, CJC, CCS
Find out more »October 2020
7th Annual CAS Scholar Poster Session
Please mark your calendars for the CAS 7th Annual Scholar Poster Session focusing on Alcohol, Drugs, Addiction, and Health. The session will be on October 29, 2020 from 12:00-2:00 PM. Due to the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19 the poster session will be held virtually via Zoom. New data, pilot studies, and non-experimental process posters, as well as posters recently (past year) presented at national conferences, are acceptable for submission. This year, there are 4 poster categories: Animal and Basic Experimental,…
Find out more »July 2020
BEYOND POLICY AND THEORY: TAKING PRACTICE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Join us as we kick off our annual Summer School of Addiction Studies with one-day conference, Beyond Policy and Theory: Taking Practice to the Next Level. Stay tuned for more details!
Find out more »April 2020
Dr. Mateo Leganes-Fonteneau
In this seminar Dr. Leganes-Fonteneau will present some of the research he has been conducting over the past year and a half at the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies. His research focuses on interoception, the perception of bodily sensations, shapes cognitive and addictive processes. Dr. Leganes-Fonteneau will discuss novel findings on the relationship between cardiac physiology and alcohol cognitive biases, explaining how alcohol administration generates bodily states that can guide drug related behaviors. He will also present preliminary…
Find out more »CANNABIS CONFERENCE
Save the date for our upcoming Cannabis Conference, featuring our keynote speaker, Dr. Jason Kilmer and an interactive panel discussion about marijuana legalization.
Find out more »March 2020
February 2020
Dr. Antonio Morgan-Lopez
Project Harmony is an NIAAA-funded project that uses Integrative Data Analysis (IDA), meta-analysis of individual patient data (MIPD) and propensity score weighting to assess variation in treatment effect sizes across (up to ) 50 RCTs geared towards treating comorbid PTSD and AOD (Alcohol and Other Drug) disorders. In this colloquium, we explore critical issues in the conduct and execution of an IDA study focused on treatment outcomes. We then give an overview of a series of papers developed in the…
Find out more »PDS1444: Through a Trauma Informed Lens: Rethinking Addiction Treatment
Providers of substance abuse treatment recognize that most clients have trauma histories that complicate treatment and compromise recovery. Kaiser Permanente’s Adverse Childhood Experiences study has officially established the link between traumatic childhood experiences and the risk of developing addictions. Therefore, providing trauma-informed substance abuse treatment is imperative; and this requires a paradigm shift in how we think about addiction and how we interpret and respond to the behaviors commonly seen in individuals with substance use disorders. This session will define…
Find out more »January 2020
Dr. Chris Drue
Join us to learn about preparing a diversity statement with Dr. Chris Drue, Associate Director of teaching evaluation at the Center for Teaching Evaluation & Assessment Research (CTAAR) .
Find out more »December 2019
The Center for Great Expectations’s 3rd Annual Trauma at the Core Conference
We're co-sponsoring CGE's 3rd Annual Trauma at the Core Conference! Join us to earn CE's, hear from keynotes Andrew Tatarsky, PhD and Jeff Segal, PsyD, and to attend a panel of Rutgers Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Faculty and Affiliates, including Lorraine Howard, LCSW, LCADC, Natalie Moore-Bembry, Ed.D., MSW, LSW, and Marc Louie, Ed.D., LPC, with discussant Denise Hein, PhD, ABPP.
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