About the 2021 Symposium

2021 Symposium on Substance Use Research

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE — NOVEMBER 9-11, 2021

We are happy to announce that the 2021 Symposium on Substance Use Research was co-hosted by:

The symposium was held virtually from November 9-11, 2021. The digital format included three daily presentation sessions and networking activities throughout the week to accommodate various schedules. Registration does not require attendance at all events, and registrants will be able to choose relevant online sessions sent from symposium communications prior to participation.

We are excited to continue leveraging research, knowledge, and insight on substance use from across the country. Thank you for joining!

 

The Symposium Agenda
 

DAY ONE: Tuesday, November 9th

  • 8:00am – 8:15am CT (9:00am – 9:15am ET)
    Opening Remarks: Traci Green - Deputy Director, COBRE on Opioids and Overdose, Rhode Island Hospital
     

  • 8:15am – 9:30am CT (9:15am – 10:30am ET)
    Keynote 1: Tom Coderre - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, SAMHSA

     

  • 9:30am – 10:00am CT (10:30am – 11:00am ET)


    Break

     

  • 10:00am – 11:15am CT (11:00am – 12:15pm ET)
    Short Research Presentations 1 (Lineup Here)

     

  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CT (12:15pm – 1:15pm ET)


    Lunch

     

  • 12:15pm – 1:45pm CT (1:15pm – 2:45pm ET)
    Panel Discussion on Policy

    • Panel Participants:
      • Patrick Habecker (Moderator) - Assistant Research Professor, RDAR Center, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
      • Magdalena Cerda (Panelist) - Director, Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
      • Brandon D.L. Marshall (Panelist) - Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health
      • Erin Winstanley (Panelist) - Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University
      • Jennifer Mills Price (Panelist) - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University

     

  • 1:45pm – 1:50pm CT (2:45pm – 2:50pm ET)


    Closing Remarks

 

DAY TWO: Wednesday, November 10th

  • 8:00am – 8:15am CT (9:00am – 9:15am ET)
    Opening Remarks: Daniel Morgan - Associate Professor and Associate Vice Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University

     

  • 8:15am – 9:30am CT (9:15am – 10:30am ET)
    Keynote 2: Colleen Hanlon - Professor, Department of Cancer Biology and Center for Substance Use and Addiction, Wake Forest School of Medicine

     

  • 9:30am – 10:00am CT (10:30am – 11:00am ET)


    Break

     

  • 10:00am – 11:15am CT (11:00am – 12:15pm ET)
    Poster Session (Lineup Here)

     

  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CT (12:15pm – 1:15pm ET)


    Lunch

     

  • 12:15pm – 1:30pm CT (1:15pm – 2:30pm ET)
    Community-Engaged Research Talk - Empowering Research Through Community Engagement presented by Jon Soske - Associate Researcher, Lifespan Transitions Clinic and COBRE on Opioids and Overdose & Michelle McKenzie - Director of Community Engagement, COBRE on Opioids and Overdose

     

  • 1:30pm – 1:35pm CT (2:30pm – 2:35pm ET)


    Closing Remarks

 

DAY THREE: Thursday, November 11th

  • 8:00am – 8:15am CT (9:00am – 9:15am ET)
    Opening Remarks: Sally Hodder - Associate Vice President for Clinical and Translational Science and Director, West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute
     

  • 8:15am – 9:30am CT (9:15am – 10:30am ET)
    Keynote 3: Ali Rezai - Executive Chair, Vice President, and Associate Dean, J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

     

  • 9:30am – 10:00am CT (10:30am – 11:00am ET)


    Break

     

  • 10:00am – 11:15am CT (11:00am – 12:15pm ET)
    Short Research Presentations 2 (Lineup Here)

     

  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CT (12:15pm – 1:15pm ET)
    Lunch

     

  • 12:15pm – 1:45pm CT (1:15pm – 2:45pm ET)
    Panel Discussion on Substance Use and Disease Risk

    • Panel Participants:
      • Tim Nelson (Moderator) - Associate Director, RDAR Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
      • Richard Egleton (Panelist) - Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
      • Peter Monti (Panelist) - Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, School of Public Health, Brown University
      • James Berry (Panelist) - Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University
      • Sabrina Assoumou (Panelist) - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center

     

  • 1:45pm – 2:15pm CT (2:45pm – 3:15pm ET)


    Break

     

  • 2:15pm – 3:30pm CT (3:15pm – 4:30pm ET)
    Keynote 4: William Stoops - Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, Psychiatry, and Psychology, University of Kentucky

     

  • 3:30pm – 3:35pm CT (4:30pm – 4:35pm ET)
    Closing Remarks: Rick Bevins - Director, RDAR Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

This event is supported by the Rural Drug Addiction Research COBRE at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln [P20GM130461], the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose at Rhode Island Hospital [P20GM125507], the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute [5U54GM104942], the WV-INBRE at Marshall University [P20GM103434], and the COBRE Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation at Brown University [P20GM130414]. All are funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. 

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