2007 NIDA International Forum: Speaker Presentations

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Friday, June 15, 2007

Building on Your Experience: Post Fellowship Opportunities

• Global Health Research Initiative Program (GRIP)
  Aron Primack, Fogarty International Center, National institutes of Health
• Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
  Judith Babbitts, Institute for International Education

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Opening Plenary Session

• National Institute on Drug Abuse: Institute Update
  Lucinda L. Miner, Deputy Director, Office of Science Policy and Communications, NIDA
• College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD)
  Gabriele Fischer, Chair, CPDD International Committee
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) International Collaborations on Addictions
  Richard Briére, Assistant Director, INMHA

Building the International Research Community

• NIDA International Program Update
  Steven W. Gust, Director, International Program, NIDA

Using Innovative Technology in Drug Addiction Research

• Social Network Technology to Evaluate and Facilitate Collaboration
  Daniel Olguin Olguin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
• Applying Computer-Based Information Technologies to Substance Abuse Treatment
  Warren K. Bickel, University of Arkansas
• In Pursuit of Worldwide Community Impact: The Importance of Reach and the Need for Authorable Computerized Intervention Software
  Steven J. Ondersma, Wayne State University
• Ecological Momentary Assessment in Substance Abuse Research
  James W. Hopper, Harvard University

Risk Behaviors and Strategies for Risk Reduction Among Drug Users: Qualitative Description from Four Countries

• Crack Injection and the Increased Use of the Femoral Vein: A Mixed-Method Qualitative Study in the United Kingdom
  Timothy Rhodes, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, United Kingdom
• The Qualitative View: Risk Behaviors and Strategies for Risk Reduction Among Drug Users
  Lisia von Diemen, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Web Tools for Education and Collaboration

• Web Tools for Education and Collaboration
  Dale Weiss, Program Analyst, International Program, NIDA
• National Library of Medicine Demonstration
  Cassandra Allen, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
• NIDA International Virtual Collaboratory (NIVC)
  Krystyna Isaacs, JGPerpich, LLC
• Update on Electronic Grant Submission and Process for Foreign Investigators
  Mark Sweiter, Office of Extramural Affairs, NIDA

Moving Forward in Real Time: Catalyst for Global Progress on Inhalants Research

• Solvent Research in Animal Models of Abuse: A Review of Mechanistic and Behavioral Studies
  Silvia L. Cruz, Cinvestav, Mexico
• Reasons for, Settings, and Consequences of Inhalant Use
  Matthew O. Howard, University of Michigan
• Inhalant Abuse Interventions in Canada
  Debra Dell, National Youth Solvent Addiction Coordinator, Canada
• Using the NIDA International Virtual Collaboratory to Set Directions for New Research