Rutgers Addiction Research Center (RARC)

Special Seminar with Tylah Doolan and Joel Raymond, University of Sydney
2023-07-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Dean’s Conference Room, Research Tower, Busch Campus, 675 Hoes Lane, West Piscataway, 08854
Please join us for a special seminar:
Oxytocin as a treatment for methamphetamine addiction: Why is it not translating?
Presenter: Tylah Doolan
PhD candidate, University of Sydney
Sleep and sociality: The influence of acute sleep loss on social motivation in female and male rats
Presenter: Joel Raymond
PhD candidate, University of Sydney
Hosted by: Morgan James Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Date: Thursday, July 6, 2023
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Dean’s Conference Room #123, RWJMS Research Tower, 1st Flr., 675 Hoes Lane W Piscataway, NJ 08854
Contact: rarc@bhi.rutgers.edu

Drug-free NJ Learning Series: The Intersection of Race, Culture and the Opioid Crisis
2023-06-29 11:00 | Virtual
Registration: Click here

SAMHSA's GAINS Center Webinar: When Recovery is Work: Promoting Wellness in Peer Support Roles
2023-06-27 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
Peers provide a critical level of support for individuals throughout all intercepts of the criminal justice system, but often, the supportive nature of their role causes them to prioritize the needs of others over themselves. When a peer neglects their own needs to support the needs of others, they become more likely to experience negative consequences such as burnout and compassion fatigue. This is especially true for peers working with individuals who are involved with the criminal justice system. Whether a peer is serving as a mentor, assisting individuals with navigating the criminal justice system, advocating for those in recovery, or providing linkages to supports and services, it is crucial that peers not lose sight of their own wellness and job satisfaction. This webinar will feature an introduction to the 8 Dimensions of Wellness as a framework for identifying personal goals and opportunities to increase self-care practices. Speakers will discuss the importance of self-care amongst peer support staff, as well as specific strategies peers can use to achieve and maintain personal wellness. Speakers will also describe the steps that an organization can take to provide support to their peer staff and to encourage self-care practices and overall wellness in the workplace.
Presenters

Philip Cooper, CPSS, CHW, Executive Director, Operation Gateway, Asheville, North Carolina
Peggy Swarbrick, PhD, FAOTA, Director, Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey Wellness Institute; Research Professor and Associate Director, Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies, Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Piscataway, New Jersey

Register: click here

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking
2023-06-26

46th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Annual Scientific Meeting
2023-06-24 - 2023-06-28 | Bellevue, WA, Bellevue, WA, United States
The 46th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Annual Scientific Meeting will be held from June 24-June 28, 2023 in Bellevue Washington. More details to come!
The primary goal of the Annual RSA Scientific Meeting is to provide a forum for alcohol researchers – from all disciplines – to present their latest findings and to learn about new research developments in an environment that will provide interaction at both the professional and personal level.
The Meeting begins with an Opening Reception (meet and greet style) on Saturday evening and ends with the Closing Ceremony (sit-down dinner with presentations) on Wednesday evening. The Sunday through Wednesday program includes plenary lectures, symposia, workshops, roundtable discussions, Enoch Gordis Award and Doctoral Student Small Grants paper sessions and poster sessions.

SSW Webinar: Ethical and Legal Issues in Substance Abuse Counseling
2023-06-23 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
This interactive webinar focuses on the major elements of legal issues surrounding counselors in working with patients who have substance use disorders. In this webinar, participants will learn about the different areas of legal concern for today’s counselors working with clients who have both mental health and substance use issues. Legal areas include scope of clinical practice regarding supervision (including 2019 changes and proposed rule changes), ADC telehealth and telemedicine regulations (proposed in 2021), and NJ Uniform Enforcement Act changes (including 2021 changes). Other recent changes to include the required 3 hours of Legal Standards training include regulation/statute changes in ADC continuing education (3 hours of Legal Standards) and statutory requirements of 1 hour of opioid training (for those dually licensed professionals).
*This webinar does not qualify for NBCC clock hours in ethics for Licensed Professional Counselors.
Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS
For more information and registration: click here

SSW Webinar: The Dynamics of Addiction, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
2023-06-19 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

CPDD 85th Annual Scientific Meeting
2023-06-17 09:00 - 2023-06-21 16:00 | Downtown Denver Sheraton
CPDD provides a national and international forum for scientists of diverse backgrounds to advance the understanding of molecular-neurobiological aspects of addictive disorders and, by the application of new scientific knowledge, to improve and develop treatments utilizing novel behavioral and pharmacological therapies.
Since 1938, a major focus of the CPDD’s activities has been its sponsorship of an annual scientific meeting. This conference serves as a forum bringing together basic scientists and clinical investigators from industry, academia, and government. Representatives of regulatory agencies, as well as scientists and professionals in a number of diverse disciplines interested in the biochemical, behavioral, and public health aspects of drug dependence participate. We expect to have approximately 1,200 attendees for the 2022 meeting, including many international attendees who come for the CPDD meeting as well as the NIDA International Forum.

CAS Summer Symposium - Looking Ahead: Science, Practice, and Advocacy to Meet the Emerging Addiction Challenges
2023-06-14 09:30 - 17:00 | Busch Student Center, 604 Bartholomew Rd, Piscataway, NJ, 08854
The Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies at Rutgers University (CAS) is excited to announce plans for our 2023 Summer Symposium, addressing inequities and social determinants of addiction through creative and collaborative efforts in science practice, community engagement and advocacy. CAS has offered summer educational events for 80 years. As we began our Summer School of Addiction Studies in the 1940s, we were early innovators. Now, we are inspired to continue and expand our focus to address emerging challenges while exploring how best to translate new findings into practical and effective initiatives with a focus on promoting of wellness and recovery for all.
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Rutgers Busch Campus Center
604 Bartholomew Rd. Piscataway, NJ 08854
For more information contact swarbrma@rutgers.edu

NJ ACTS Special Populations Core Seminar Series: The Role of Confidence in the Hard Problem of Addiction
2023-06-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Many people who have a substance use disorder sincerely want to give up their addiction or not relapse, but they often struggle to do so. Dr. S. Matthew Liao calls this the Hard Problem of addiction because the explanation for this problem seems difficult to find. He first argues that the disease model and certain versions of the choice model of addiction are inadequate for explaining the Hard Problem. Dr. Liao then proposes that paying closer attention to the confidence levels of those with addiction gives us a fuller explanation of the Hard Problem.
Dr. Liao is Arthur Zitrin Chair of Bioethics, Director of the Center for Bioethics, Professor of Global Public Health, and Affiliated Professor in the Department of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author or editor of The Right to Be Loved (Oxford University Press); Moral Brains: The Neuroscience of Morality (Oxford University Press); The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights (Oxford University Press); Current Controversies in Bioethics (Routledge), Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (Oxford University Press), and over 70 articles in philosophy and bioethics.
Join the Zoom meeting: go.rutgers.edu/bpp89wut

Mental Health America Conference: Next Generation Prevention
2023-06-08 09:30 - 2023-06-10 17:30 | Hybrid Event
The 2023 Mental Health America (MHA) Conference is a weeklong event in Washington, D.C., that will include Policy Institute Day on June 6, MHA Affiliate Day on June 7, and Annual Conference Days on June 8-10. All events will be offered in hybrid format on our custom platform and will include in-person, live-streamed, and virtual sessions with closed captioning.

GSAPP Webinar: Opioid Addiction and Its Treatment: What Every Psychotherapist Needs to Know
2023-06-02 09:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
An unremitting epidemic of opioid use and overdose deaths highlights the need for all mental health therapists, regardless of professional discipline or specialty area, to know how to evaluate, diagnose, engage, treat, and/or refer opioid-using clients they are likely to encounter in office-based practice and other clinical settings. Although medication is often the first-line treatment for opioid dependence, the combination of targeted pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy is often more effective than either one alone. This presentation will describe the scope and consequences of opioid use; the clinical pharmacology of opioid drugs, clinical assessment and diagnosis, individualized treatment planning, medications for treating opioid use disorders (including buprenorphine and naltrexone), and a client-centered psychotherapeutic approach that integrates evidence-based behavioral and pharmacological interventions within a harm reduction framework. Lecture material will be interspersed with case vignettes to illustrate the clinical application of this approach.

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Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 31st Annual Meeting
2023-05-30 - 2023-06-02 | Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20001, United States
Mark your calendars to attend the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 31st Annual Meeting held in person May 30 – June 2, 2023. This year’s theme is “The Role of Prevention Science in Achieving Social Justice and Health Equity for All.”
The Society for Prevention Research envisions a wellness-oriented society in which evidenced-based programs and policies are continuously applied to improve the health and well-being of its citizens, fostering positive human development and citizens who lead productive lives in caring relationships with others.
The SPR Annual Meeting provides a unique opportunity to advance this vision by providing a centrally integrated forum for the exchange of new concepts, methods, and results from prevention research and related public health fields; and by providing a forum for the communication between scientists, public policy leaders and practitioners concerning the implementation of evidence-based preventive interventions in all areas of public health.
The conference is now accepting abstract submissions.

BHI Addiction Neuroscience Seminar: Breaking the Addictive Habits: Molecular and Computational Approaches Focusing on Striatum-Pallidal Circuits
2023-05-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Hybrid Event
Breaking the Addictive Habits: Molecular and Computational Approaches Focusing on Striatum-Pallidal Circuits

Doo-Sup Choi, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Friday, May 26th, 2023 at 12 Noon (EST)

Chemistry & Chemical Biology – Room 1209
123 Bevier Rd, Piscataway, Busch Campus

Zoom Meeting Link: Click Here
Zoom Meeting ID: 947 6626 1268; Password: [REDACTED]

Hosted by Dr. Mi-Hyeon Jang, BHI, RWJMS-Neurosurgery

RSA National Advocacy and Public Education Committee Webinar - Maximizing Online Recruitment for Substance Use Research
2023-05-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
RSA National Advocacy and Public Education Committee Webinar – – Maximizing Online Recruitment for Substance Use Research
Led by NAPE committee member, Kalina Fahey, MA, will focus on utilizing social media platforms for participant recruitment, particularly with difficult-to-reach populations.
RSA NAPE Committee’s Social Media Workshop Series: Register here

Drug-Free NJ: Rise of Poly-Substance Overdose Deaths Webinar
2023-05-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
The number of drug overdose deaths involving multiple substances have increased significantly in recent years. State and national experts will discuss current trends and what to expect in the future.
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Drug-free NJ Learning Series: The Rise of Poly-Substance Overdose Deaths
2023-05-25 11:00 | Virtual
The number of drug overdose deaths involving multiple substances have increased significantly in recent years. State and national experts will discuss current trends and what to expect in the future.
Registration: Click here

28th GI Symposium: Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorders: Developments in the Past Year
2023-05-20 07:30 - 14:00 | Westin Newport, Jersey City, NJ
New developments in the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) and liver disorders are complex and ever changing, with new research, clinical trials, techniques, and treatments rapidly altering the field. These advances present challenges for practitioners who are involved in managing patients with these disorders and who must stay abreast of this new information and its application in clinical practice.
Specialists in the field of gastroenterology will provide useful information and wisdom that comes from varied experiences in treating GI and liver disorders. The latest clinical research findings and their application to clinical practice will be discussed. Topics presented will highlight the latest diagnosis techniques, management strategies, and research developments that impact the care of patients with GI and liver disorders.
Armed with the information from this activity, practitioners who provide care for or co-manage patients with GI and liver disorders can make timely diagnostic treatment and referral decisions in the context of patient choice and resources within their communities. In addition, participants will be able to prepare the patient for what to expect from recommended tests, consultations and treatment plans.

Registration Fees

Physician
$59

Other Healthcare Professional
$49

RBHS/RWJBarnabas Health Faculty/Staff
$39

Resident/Fellow in Training/Healthcare Student (with letter)*
Complimentary

NJPN Annual Addiction Conference 2023: Engage & Empower
2023-05-18 09:00 - 2023-05-19 16:00 | Virtual
For 23 years, NJPN has connected professionals with the latest science, research, and innovations in advancing the field of addiction at the Annual Addiction Conference. As always, we strive to offer a balanced program with a carefully curated selection of workshops on current and emerging issues across the continuum of care.
The agenda for ENGAGE + EMPOWER will feature a diverse series of workshops that span prevention, treatment, and recovery support.

Athletics Behavioral Health & Sport Psychology Team Spring Didactic Series - Substance Use: Marijuana and Performance
2023-05-11 09:30 - 10:30 | Virtual
Athletics Behavioral Health & Sport Psychology Team Spring Didactic Series
The RU Behavioral Health & Sport Psychology team, along with the Big Ten mental wellness initiative, emphasizes the promotion of mental health amount student-athletes, coaches, athletic administrators, and staff. In addition to developing innovative support services, the team is committed to spreading awareness and knowledge about athlete mental health to the Community its at large through this didcdic series.
Topic: Substance Use: Marijuana and Performance
with Jordan Get, Ph.D.
Location: Smithers Hall, Room 200 and Zoom
Time: 9:30-10:30 AM EST

Psychiatry Grand Rounds - Where There’s Smoke There’s Psychotic Like Experiences
2023-05-11 09:00 - 10:30 | Hybrid Event
Provided by Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Psychiatry
Thursday, May 11, 2023
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
LIVE – Hybrid Event
Please Join us in Rm C203- UBHC Conference Room for light breakfast/refreshments.
—
Mehvesh Khan, M.D.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, PGY-V
Rutgers RWJ Medical School, University Behavioral HealthCare
Emmanuel Sanchez, M.D.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, PGY-V
Rutgers RWJ Medical School, University Behavioral HealthCare
Shawen M. Ilaria, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Program Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Join Zoom: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92822153006?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID 928 2215 3006
Password 389511

National Prescription Take Back Day
2023-04-30

RSA National Advocacy and Public Education Committee Webinar - Tales From Twitter: Using Social Media to Disseminate Alcohol Research
2023-04-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
National Advocacy and Public Education Committee Webinar – Tales From Twitter: Using Social Media to Disseminate Alcohol Research
Led by NAPE committee member, Walter Roberts, PhD, will discuss how scientists can use Twitter to promote their research findings and engage with other researchers on “academic twitter” He also will provide practical tips on running an organizational Twitter account, drawing on his experience as the social media editor at Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports.
RSA NAPE Committee’s Social Media Workshop Series: Register here

NYSPA Division on Addictions Conference - Courage and Collaboration in Substance Use Psychotherapy
2023-04-28
The Division on Addictions of the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) and the Concentration in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling at The New School for Social Research are pleased to announce our first in-person conference in 4 years!
April 28th, 2023
A full-day event
Scandinavia House
58 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10016

Drug-free NJ Learning Series: The Collateral Impact of Opioid Misuse
2023-04-27 11:00 | Virtual
The effects of opioid misuse and addiction go beyond the physical and mental impact on the person using various forms of opioids, including prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. Experts will outline the societal impacts , such as impaired driving and domestic abuse, during this webinar.
Registration: click here

SSW Webinar: The Dynamics of Addiction, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
2023-04-27 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.

nstructor:
John Kriger, MSM, LCADC, CPS

Date:
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Time:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm ET

Location:
Zoom (Interactive Webinar)

BHI-sponsored graduate student symposium: Neuron RECEPTR
2023-04-27 08:00 - 2023-04-28 17:00 | CABM Room 010 + atrium
Neuron RECEPTR – Rutgers External Convention for Exceptionally Promising Trainee Research
The Neuro RECEPTR is a two-day symposium (April 27-28, 2023) at Rutgers University, featuring graduate students and faculty talks. This symposium is designed to connect graduate students with faculty looking for postdocs. If interested in participating in this symposium, please apply by Monday, January 30th, 2023. If selected, Rutgers will pay for all your expenses: flight, two night-accommodation, and food. Scientists from diverse backgrounds and life experiences bring different perspectives, creativity, and individual enterprise to address complex scientific problems. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
The final schedule with candidate names/talk titles are posted on the website (above) and also here.

INSPIRE Scientific Teaching Seminar with Dr. Erich Jarvis
2023-04-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Dean’s Conference Room, Research Tower, Busch Campus, 675 Hoes Lane, West Piscataway, 08854
The INSPIRE (IRACDA New Jersey/New York for Science Partnerships in Research & Education) Postdoctoral Program at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) is hosting a scientific teaching seminar on Tuesday, April 25, from 11:30 am – 1 pm at Rutgers-Piscataway in the Kessler Teaching Building East Lecture Hall.
The seminar will be delivered by Dr. Erich Jarvis. Dr. Jarvis is a professor at Rockefeller University and HHMI scientific investigator. He uses song-learning birds and other species as models to study the molecular and genetic mechanisms that underlie vocal learning, including how humans learn spoken language. Dr. Jarvis is interested in how their brains, and ours, have evolved to produce this complex behavior. He also leads the Vertebrate Genomes project and is a primary contributor to the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium. Dr. Jarvis has published more than 200 research articles and is the recipient of prestigious NIH and NSF awards that celebrate his amazing contributions to his field and science as a whole.
Join us to connect with INSPIRE postdocs and faculty from across disciplines and schools and explore potential innovative collaborations. Students, postdocs, and faculty from all campuses are encouraged to attend.
Register to reserve a spot. Lunch will be served immediately after the seminar for RSVPs received by April 12, 2023.

EASS Webinar - Data Blitz: Influence of a Negative Affect Induction on Self-Reported Cannabis Use Variables & Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement as an Adjunct to Methadone Treatment
2023-04-20 12:30 - 13:30 | Virtual
The Emerging Addiction Science Seminar (EASS) Series
April 20, 2023 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Data Blitz
Register here

This session will focus on:
Examining the Influence of a Negative Affect Induction on Self-Reported Cannabis Use Variables by Brianna Altman, Ph.D.
Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement as an Adjunct to Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use by Nina Cooperman, Ph.D.

BHI Plenary Seminar: “Efficiently Irrational” with Dr. Paul Glimcher
2023-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 | CABM, Room 010, Busch Campus, Piscataway
“Efficiently Irrational”
Connecting findings across disciplines suggests that observed choice behavior reflects a precise optimization of the trade-off between the costs of increasing the choice mechanism’s precision and the declining benefits that come as precision increases. Under these constraints a rationally imprecise strategy emerges which works towards optimal efficiency, rather than towards optimal rationality. This approach rationalizes many of the puzzling inconsistencies of human choice behavior, explaining why these inconsistencies arise as an optimizing solution in biological choosers.
Paul Glimcher, PhD
Julius Silver Professor of Neural Science.
Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology.
Professor of Psychology and Economics.
NYU School of Medicine.
In person: CABM, Room 010, Busch Campus, Piscataway

Join Zoom Meeting: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/91417550396?pwd=[REDACTED]
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