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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/
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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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