Center for Addiction Research to hold Summer Speaker Series
Monthly seminar series will feature ongoing projects with the community
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The College of Medicine’s Center for Addiction Research will hold a Summer Speaker Series to discuss the innovative work and ongoing projects with the community related to prevention, intervention and treatment.
The series is hosted by the Urban Health Pathway of Next Lives Here. Monthly presentations begin in May and run through August.
Series topics and dates
Wednesday, May 5, 8 a.m.
“Addressing Disparities Through Community Collaboration” presented by Theresa Winhusen, PhD, Donald C. Harrison Endowed Chair in Medicine, professor and vice chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and director of the Center for Addiction Research, College of Medicine; Kathy Burlew, PhD, professor emerita, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences; and Jamahal Boyd Sr., chief executive officer, The Crossroads Center.
Wednesday, June 9, 8 a.m.
“Recreational Opioid Use and Viral Infections” presented by Jason Blackard, PhD, professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, College of Medicine, and John Cafardi, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, Christ Hospital.
Wednesday, July 14, noon
“Prenatal Opioids, Mothers and Babies” presented by Stephanie Merhar, MD, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine; Angie Scroggins, RN, nurse manager, Maternal Fetal Center, St. Elizabeth Healthcare; and Lucy Rolfes, RN, NOWS Community Nurse Liaison, St. Elizabeth Healthcare.
Wednesday, Aug. 11, noon
“QRT+: Role of Academic and Community Partnership in Evolution of Outreach Intervention to Engage Individuals in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder” presented by Michael Lyons, MD, associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, and Thomas Synan Jr., Newtown chief of police.
Featured image of Theresa Winhusen, PhD, director of the UC Center for Addiction Research, by Colleen Kelley.
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