Rutgers Addiction Research Center (RARC)

Rutgers R2C Webinar - Communicating with Impact: The Art of Storytelling
2023-10-12 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Strategic communication is an important skill that encompasses active listening, precise message delivery, and asking for feedback. Learn how to tell the story of your research effectively and in a way that is meaningful to industry and investors. Hear from experts on how to gain attention and interest from industry for your innovative research/start-ups.
Hear from keynote speakers Otto Pohl and Dena Seidel who will share their expertise, do’s and don’ts and tested framework/s to help us tell the story of our research effectively and in a way that is meaningful to industry and investors and others listening to it.
Registration, click here.
Rutgers R2C Road to Commercialization Fall Symposium The Art of Storytelling PDF

ECR peer mentoring networking event (social hour)
2023-10-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Rutgers Club, Livingston Campus
Join the new Peer Mentoring Network, hosted by early career faculty for early career faculty, funded by the Office of University Equity & Inclusion!
Register here: https://forms.gle/ujiVVa1MKbPDkEoh9
Questions? Contact Jessica Hamilton (jessica.hamilton@rutgers.edu) or Ann Nguyen (anguyen@ifh.rutgers.edu).

SAS Webinar - Opioids: How Do They Work and How Do We Help?
2023-10-11 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
Opioid use has increased dramatically in the United States and across the globe. It is an issue for entire communities, not just for those professionals working in addiction medicine. This webinar will look at how opioids affect the human nervous system as well as the human body. Specific pharmacologic interventions, especially methadone and buprenorphine, will be discussed in opioid addiction. Finally, the use of Narcan for opioid overdose will be discussed. (This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.)

Instructor:
Craig Strickland, PhD

For more information, click here.

Substance Use Navigation Training
2023-10-10 12:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
As part of our work supporting office-based addiction treatment (OBAT) in New Jersey. The Camden Coalition provides multiple training and support to anyone helping individuals navigate addiction/SUD care, including navigators, case managers, peers, prescribers, and more. The SUD Navigation training will take place in three virtual sessions throughout the month of October, occurring every Tuesday afternoon from 12p-4p. Each training session will cover different areas of engagement strategies, foundational knowledge, and supportive resources for this important work.

-October 10, from 12p-4p
-October 17, from 12-4pm
-October 24, from 12-4pm

For registration, click here.

RWJMS Medical Student Research Networking Event
2023-10-09 12:00 - 13:00
This event is specifically for medical students in their first and second year (M1 and M2) who are interested in research to have the opportunity to meet and discuss research opportunities with faculty and members of their research teams, including research staff and other students.
This is an excellent opportunity for you to recruit medical students for your research!
Please CLICK HERE to Register
Monday, October 9, 2023, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location:
RWJMS – Great Hall
675 Hoes Lane West,
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Organized by:
RWJMS Students Interested in Research (SIR) and the RWJMS Office of Research
If you or someone from your research team is interested in participating at the event, please CLICK HERE toRSVP by Monday, October 2, 2023

TARP Monthly Meeting: "Non-academic career paths in science: Medical communications"
2023-10-05 16:00 - 17:30 | Deans Conference Room, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854
“Non-academic career paths in science: Medical communications”
Speakers:
Dan Jackson, PhD, CMPP, Senior Director, Scientific Services, CiTRUS Health Group
Carol Sledz Keys, PhD, CMPP, Senior Vice President, Medical and Scientific Services, CiTRUS Health Group

Thursday, October 5, 2023 – 4:00 PM EDT
Dean’s Conference Room, Research Tower, Busch Campus – 671 Hoes Ln W, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Zoom Meeting Link: Click Here
Meeting ID: 956 6002 9453; Password: [REDACTED]
Join by phone: +1646-558-8656
This event is for all TARP and RARC faculty and trainees, as well as collaborators and friends, so feel free to pass along the invitation to others. Food and drinks will be provided.
For questions, please contact rarc@bhi.rutgers.edu.

SAS Webinar: The Dynamics of Addiction, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
2023-10-05 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
It is clear that all forms of abuse are destructive. This webinar will address the interrelationships between addiction, domestic violence and child abuse and the devastating impact they have on all involved. We will explore the values of maintaining dysfunction and what it takes to interrupt the process. The increased concerns over stress in the hostile home environment will also be discussed.

Instructor:
John Kriger, MSM, LCADC, CPS

For more information and registration: click here

The Festival of Genomics & Biodata
2023-10-04 08:30 - 2023-10-05 19:00 | Boston Convention & Expo Center, 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA, 02210
The world’s largest Genomics & Biodata event is returning to Boston!
Whether you’re pushing the frontiers of scientific knowledge, supporting patients in a clinical setting, or working in drug discovery & development, here’s one event in 2023 that you can’t afford to miss.
From deciphering data to cracking cancer, the Festival is brimming with essential insights from world-class speakers, challenging discussions on emerging topics, and powerful learning and networking experiences. Not only that – it’s free for most attendees.
Registering will give you access to 7 theatres packed full of incredible speakers, as well as networking and access to a variety of unique features that will help you push your work forwards and have fun at the same time.

For more information and registration, CLICK HERE.

15th Annual Pioneers in Endocrinology Workshop
2023-10-03 10:00 - 15:00 | Busch Student Center, 604 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway, NJ, 08854
The Rutgers Endocrine Program is hosting its 15th Annual Pioneers in Endocrinology workshop. This year’s theme is Early-Life Stress and the Endocrine System. Featuring scientific presentations, a luncheon, and a poster presentation, this is an event you will not want to miss.
To register for the event and/or to submit an abstract for the poster presentation, click here.
The registration deadline is Monday, September 18, 2023.

GENA Hybrid Meeting with Dr. Peter Barr "Using the All of Us Research Program for Research into Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders"
2023-10-02 13:00 - 14:00 | UBHC Building, 671 Hoes Ln. W., Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
The All of Us Research Program is a rapidly growing, publicly available resource combining social, clinical, and biological data, with the broad goal of accelerating precision medicine and promoting equity in medical research. We will cover basic epidemiology of psychiatric and substance use disorders within the All of Us electronic health record (EHR) data, the sociodemographic correlates of these various diagnoses, and practical considerations for those interested in working within the All of Us Researcher Workbench.
Location: 671 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
UBHC, Room D203
*Note, this is a clinical building and so you will need one of us with keycard access to get into the wing after you get off the elevator on the second floor. You will also need to sign in as a visitor at the front desk.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94074497533?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 940 7449 7533
Password: [REDACTED]

TRACC Seminar with Dr. Manesh Gopaldas
2023-09-28 12:30 - 14:00 | Virtual
Manesh Gopaldas, MD, is an Addiction Psychiatrist and NIDA- funded T32 Research Fellow at Columbia University. He is engaged in health services research, with a primary focus on identifying, developing, and implementing best practices to engage and retain individuals with substance use disorders in their care.
Through his T32 fellowship, he has pursued several research projects, including investigating the relationship between medication adherence and health care service utilization among treatment-seeking individuals with opioid use disorder. Dr. Gopaldas has also delved into examining the factors that influence continuous engagement in care for those with opioid use disorder. Committed to enhancing addiction service delivery, he has enrolled in Weill Cornell’s master’s program in Health Policy and Economics, with the goal of acquiring specialized training in health economics and analytic methods.

For registration, click here.

Training in Addiction Research Program (TARP) Monthly Meeting
2023-09-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Deans Conference Room, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854
Please join us for the Rutgers TARP First Monthly Meeting!
All are invited to the Rutgers Training in Addiction Research Program (TARP) meet and greet! This event is for all TARP and RARC faculty and trainees, as well as collaborators and friends, so feel free to pass along the invitation to others. Food and drinks will be provided.
For questions, please contact rarc@bhi.rutgers.edu.
Location: Dean’s Conference Room, First floor of the RWJMS Research Tower – 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Date & Time: Thursday, September 7, 2023, 4:00 – 6:00 PM

RU Neuroconnections Seminar with Francesca LoFaro: Neural Signatures of Subjective Value in People with Opioid Use Disorder
2023-09-27 12:30 - 13:30 | Dean’s Conference Room, Research Tower, Busch Campus, 675 Hoes Lane, West Piscataway, 08854
Francesca is a third year Neuroscience PhD student in Dr. Anna Konova’s Addiction and Decision Making Neuroscience Lab. She will be discussing her work on risk-taking and opioid use disorder. Using fMRI, she has examined the role risk tolerances play on the neural representation of subjective value. First looking at group differences in people with OUD in comparison to healthy controls, and then looking at the stability of these representations across OUD treatment using longitudinal MRI. Finally, she will discuss probing how sex administration may impact these longitudinal studies in a contact context dependent manner.
Refreshments will be served.
Location: Research Tower V12
Join Zoom Meeting: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/97521377610?pwd=[REDACTED]
ID: 975 2137 7610 PW: [REDACTED]

NeC-ROTAC Webinar - Stress on the Farm: Understanding and Addressing the Stress and Suicide Risk in Farmers
2023-09-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Farmers experience very high levels of stress, triggered by stressors such as uncertain weather, uncertain finances, unpredictable input costs and commodity prices, changing policies and tariffs, exhaustion, social isolation, high risk of injury, and more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. These high levels of stress can increase the risks of health problems, substance misuse, and suicide. Providing support to farmers for stress management and wellbeing can be challenging. Values such as stoicism and stigma around help-seeking make it difficult for farmers to admit when they are struggling with stress. This webinar will provide information on suicide and substance misuse rates in farmers, discuss stress and its impact, review simple strategies for stress management, and provide an overview of an Extension-based intervention to address farmer stress.
Trainer: Anna Scheyett, PhD, MSW, LCSW, is professor and former dean at the University of Georgia School of Social Work with a joint appointment in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Dr. Scheyett’s research examines community well-being of vulnerable populations, including individuals with mental illness and rural populations at risk of stress and suicide.
For more information, click here.

New Jersey Prevention Network 7th Annual peer Summit
2023-09-27 09:00 - 16:00
NJPN’s 7th Annual NJPN Peer Summit is returning in-person! Join us live from Asbury Park on September 27, 2023 for The Rising Tides of Peer Support: Strategies to Save Lives. Registration is offered at no cost!

This will be an exciting 1-day LIVE event including keynote speakers, interactive workshops, and recovery-oriented activity events brought together exclusively for everyone working in the peer recovery support services field. Gain insights, inspiration, connections, and strategies for recovery with topics focusing on diversity and equity to the latest in best practices. More details to come.
Space is limited—reserve your spot today!

Location: Asbury Park
For more information, click here.

RBHS Presentation featuring Chantal Brazeau, MD and Margaret Swarbrick, PhD - Supportive Communication for Learner Well-being and Success
2023-09-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
RBHS Presentation featuring Chantal Brazeau, MD and Margaret Swarbrick, PhD (Virtual)
Topic: Supportive Communication for Learner Well-being and Success
Have you ever wondered… How to respond to a student who is stressed or distressed? How to offer supportive feedback? If so, join us to learn how you can strengthen your communications skills to enhance learner well-being and success!
Audience: All RBHS, RWJBH or UH faculty and providers who teach medical students, residents, or other learners.

Link to Attend:
https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93317872547?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 933 1787 2547
Password: [REDACTED]

ASAM Webinar: Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
2023-09-25 14:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
According to the 2021 National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 29.5 million people ages 12 and older had Alcohol Use Disorder in the past year. Alcohol Use Disorder is a chronic and complex disease that affects thousands of patients every year. There are evidence-based approaches to treatment, including non-pharmacological interventions and medications. Understanding these options and misconceptions about treatment alternatives can help improve outcomes for patients.
This 3-hour introductory course provides an overview of the diagnosis and management of Alcohol Use Disorder, with a focus on treatment in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. This case-based, interactive course highlights the triage and management of patients with alcohol withdrawal syndromes, and the successful transition to evidence-based pharmacotherapy. Adjunct behavioral therapies will also be discussed.
The target audience for this introductory course is clinical healthcare professionals who prescribe medications in the outpatient or inpatient settings.
Learning Objectives

Demonstrate knowledge of nomenclature, diagnostic criteria, and the epidemiology of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
Identify which people are appropriate for inpatient management vs. outpatient management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS).
Discuss evidence-based methods of treatment for alcohol use disorder, including pharmacotherapy and behavioral treatments.

For more information and registration, click here.

CBNP Seminar with Dr. Venetia (Vanna) Zachariou: “From nerve injury to a pandemic: intracellular targets and new treatments”
2023-09-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Rutgers Newark
Dr. Venetia (Vanna) Zachariou
Ed Avedisian Professor and Chair
Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine at Boston University
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics
Seminar Title: “From nerve injury to a pandemic: intracellular targets and new treatments”
Her research focuses:

Molecular mechanisms underlying drug addiction under chronic pain conditions
Understanding the role of regulators of G protein signaling (RGS proteins) in the brain and heart under chronic stress
Novel treatments of chronic pain, specifically intracellular targets
Epigenetic mechanisms underlying chronic pain
Understanding the role of the brain reward center in sensory and affective neuropathic pain symptoms, as well as treatment efficacy

Location: Rutgers Newark (185 S Orange Ave), Medical Science Building, conference room H-609B.
Also, possible to attend via Zoom- use Link:
https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94503117356?pwd=[REDACTED]

EVENT PDF – CBNP Seminar – Sept 25 – Venetia Zachariou

Addiction Policy Forum Webinar: Xylazine Prevalence and Response Strategies
2023-09-22 13:30 - 15:00 | Virtual
Xylazine is a non-opioid tranquilizer used in veterinary medicine and is increasingly found as an adulterant in the illicit drug supply. Researchers, public health officials, and community leaders are working to address xylazine in prevention, clinical care, and overdose prevention.
Panelists will discuss the prevalence and toxicology of xylazine, overdose response strategies, and what healthcare professionals and criminal justice practitioners can do to respond. This webinar is sponsored by the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in partnership with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Addiction Policy Forum.

For more information, click here.

Brain Health Institute Post-Doc Meet-Up
2023-09-22 10:30 - 12:00 | Deans Conference Room, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854
A NETWORKING EVENT FOR POSTDOCS WITH FREE PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOTS OVER COFFEE & BREAKFAST

Friday, September 22nd
10:30AM – 11:45AM
Dean’s Conference Room 123, RWJMS Research Tower, 675 Hoes Lane W., Piscataway, NJ

Interactive Session featuring Margaret Swarbrick, PhD - Wellness: A model for Personal & Professional Practice
2023-09-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Interactive Session featuring Margaret Swarbrick, PhD
Topic: Wellness: A model for Personal & Professional Practice
Explore ways healthcare professionals and trainees can apply wellness using an 8 Dimension model to bolster strengths to meet challenges related to a range of work life stressors. Engage with a wellness tool to consider how this model can be personally and professionally applied to promote personal work life balance and well-being.
Audience: All RBHS, RWJBH or UH faculty clinician, professional staff and learners.
Link to Attend: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92371901126?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 923 7190 1126
Password: [REDACTED]

Knock Out Opioid Use Day Learning Series Webinar - The Road to Recovery
2023-09-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
This webinar will recognize National Recovery Month by focusing on many aspects of the process. Experts will discuss recovery from a clinical standpoint and a personal perspective, as well as key elements of recovery support and barriers that exist. For complete continuing education information, please visit: https://knockoutday.drugfreenj.org/accreditation
For registration: click here

2023 RARC Fall Symposium
2023-09-08 09:00 - 18:30 | Busch Student Center, 604 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway, NJ, 08854
The Rutgers Addiction Research Center Fall Symposium is a one-day event that will showcase the breadth of addiction research and provide opportunities for researchers to connect with clinical services across Rutgers. The RARC is greatly looking forward to hosting this year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Rohan Palmer, at the event. Poster session and reception to follow. All faculty, staff and students with interest in addiction are invited to attend the symposium.
Date: Friday, September 8, 2023
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Where: Rutgers Busch Student Center, Multipurpose Room
604 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Contact: rarc@bhi.rutgers.edu
View event schedule : CLICK HERE
REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE

RWJMS Psychiatry Grand Rounds - Ready or Not: Here Come the Nitazenes; Plus a Xylazine Update
2023-09-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
PSYCHIATRY GRAND ROUNDS
Provided by Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Psychiatry

Please join us for our first Grand Rounds Lecture on Tuesday September 5, 2023 at 11am via Zoom

“Ready or Not: Here Come the Nitazenes; Plus a Xylazine Update”

given by Edwin A. Salsitz, M.D., DFASAM
Associate Clinical Professor, ISMMS, Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/96987457634?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 969 8745 7634

Password: [REDACTED]

Join By Phone
+1 646 558 8656 US

SSW Webinar: Addiction and Recovery 2023: Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going
2023-08-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
This course examines how the field of addiction treatment and recovery has evolved since the development of 12-step recovery spaces in the 1950’s, from societal conceptualizations about addiction to how treatment and evidence-based practices have shaped what we now call clinical addiction treatment. Particular attention will be paid to how paradigms, stigma, and oppressive systems have influenced and shaped addiction and treatment trends. Participants will critically examine the successes and pitfalls of addiction treatment as it stands today, including specific models and systems of recovery and what the field calls “evidence-based practices”. Special attention will be paid to how the fields of neuroscience, epigenetics, and neuropharmacology have informed what we know today about addiction, and what it means for integrative recovery strategies moving forward.
Instructor: Katherine Glick, MEd, LPC, LCADC, ACS, CMH
For more information and registration: click here

SSW Webinar: The Opioid Crisis in NJ: Current Trends and Evidence-Based Treatment Options
2023-08-18 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
This interactive webinar will discuss the latest developments and trends regarding natural opiates, semi-synthetic opioids, and synthetic opioids. Participants will be able to identify national and local NJ trends with regards to prescribing practices and new legislation, opioid overdoses and trends with opioid use. Participants will be able to distinguish the difference between which drugs are considered naturally occurring opiates, which are considered semi-synthetic opioids and which are considered synthetic opioids. Participants will be introduced into the assessment of and treatment of Opioid Use Disorders via the DSM 5 criteria, the latest nationally recognized medicated assisted treatment and the non-medication assisted treatment approaches when working with clients. Participants will be able to identify three different medicated assisted treatments (MAT), and discussion of medicinal marijuana being added as an MAT option. Webinar participants will be introduced to a harm reduction treatment paradigm and will be able to identify at least 3 different harm reduction principles when working with clients. Finally, participants will engage in an interactive case that will develop throughout the webinar and have different objectives (e.g., assessing a proper level of care, and then incorporating a harm reduction treatment orientation with the client in regards to their MAT decision process). [This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement]
Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS
For more information and registration: click here

SSW Webinar: Prescription Opioid Misuse and Dependence: What Social Workers Need to Know
2023-08-10 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
This webinar takes a deep dive into prescription opioid misuse and dependence, including its role in the addiction and overdose crisis facing our state and nation. Attendees will be informed of the available resources for individuals, families, and communities, ranging from prevention, to treatment, to recovery support. We will also explore policy and public health interventions. [This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.]
Instructor: Morgan Thompson, MSW
For more information and registration: click here

Medical Student Summer Program Research Symposium
2023-08-09 15:00 - 17:30 | Main Lecture Hall
The Office of Research is hosting a medical student summer program research symposium featuring keynote speaker Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., MD, professor of medicine, and vice chancellor for translational medicine and science
The event will include presentations by medical students, and refreshments will be served. For more details, please email Evelyn Blas.

"Genetic heterogeneity across dimensions of alcohol use and misuse" with Dr. Jeanne Savage
2023-08-04 10:30 - 11:30 | UBHC Building, 671 Hoes Ln. W., Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
The Genes, Environments, and Neurodevelopment in Addictions (GENA) program looks forward to hosting Dr. Jeanne Savage. Dr. Savage is a Research Associate in the Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
In-person and virtual options:
In-person: Conference room D203, University Behavioral Health Care, 671 Hoes Ln W, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Virtual: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98386480806?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 983 8648 0806
Password: [REDACTED]

SSW Webinar: Opioids: How Do They Work and How Do We Help?
2023-08-01 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
Opioid use has increased dramatically in the United States and across the globe. It is an issue for entire communities, not just for those professionals working in addiction medicine. This webinar will look at how opioids affect the human nervous system as well as the human body. Specific pharmacologic interventions, especially methadone and buprenorphine, will be discussed in opioid addiction. Finally, the use of Narcan for opioid overdose will be discussed. (This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.)
Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD
For more information and registration: click here
