2008 NIDA International Forum: Speaker Presentations

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Friday, June 13, 2008

International Clinical, Operational, and Health Services Research and Training Award (ICOHRTA) Programs

• Fogarty International Center ICOHRTA Training Program in Behavioral Disorders
  Linda B. Cottler, Washington University
• A Community Mobilization to Prevent New Drug Users and New Injectors in Quang Ninh, Vietnam
  Roger Detels, University of California, Los Angeles
• International Substance Abuse Research Program in Central and Eastern Europe
  Robert A. Zucker, University of Michigan

REDLA: The Latin American Drug Epidemiology Network

• Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID)
  Francisco Cumsille, Inter-American Observatory on Drugs
• La Red Latinoamericana de Investigadores en Drogas (RedLa)
  Marya Hynes-Dowell, CICAD
• Showcase of Activities in Peru, Chile, and Costa Rica
  Fernando Salazar, Peru
  Maria Elena Alvarado, Chile
  Julio Bejarano, Costa Rica

Alumni Meeting of the Humphrey Fellowship Program

• The Post-Humphrey Fellowship Experience
  Rehana Kader, South Africa
  Desirée Molina, Venezuela
  Tomás Zábranský, Czech Republic

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Welcoming Remarks and Introduction

• National Institute on Drug Abuse: Progress, Priorities & Plans for the Future
  Timothy P. Condon, Deputy Director, NIDA
• Time for a New Era of Scientific Diplomacy
  Steven W. Gust, Director, International Program, NIDA

Strengthening the Public Health Approach to Drug Dependence

• Strengthening the Public Health Approach to Drug Dependence
  Vladimir B. Poznyak, World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO and UNODC Advocacy for Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment

• Advocacy for Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment
  Gilberto Gerra, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

How Public Policy Influences Drug Abuse Treatment

• How Public Policy Influences Drug Abuse Treatment
  Thomas F. Babor, University of Connecticut

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Treatment

• Clinical Trial of Effectiveness of ASSIST-linked Brief Interventions in Health Care Settings
  Vladimir B. Poznyak, WHO
• Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
  Kirk E. James, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Toolkits-Will Implementing an Evidence-Based Curriculum Improve Group Counseling Results?
  Deni Carise, Treatment Research Institute and University of Pennsylvania

Staying Safe: Applying Qualitative Methods To Understanding Drug-Related Harms

• Teaming Up with IDUs to Modify Drug Preparation Practices
  Hector Manuel Colón Jordan, Universidad Central de Caribe
• Strategies and Tactics Employed by HIV-Positive Ethnic Vietnamese IDUs in Australia To Prevent Secondary Transmission
  Lisa Maher, University of New South Wales
• Avoiding Opioid Withdrawal To Minimize HCV and HIV Risks: Findings From New York
  Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, National Development and Research Institutes

Addressing the Global Challenge of Inhalants-Research Questions

• Are There Subtypes of Abused Inhalants? The NIDA Inhalants Working Group White Paper
  Robert L. Balster, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Unresolved Questions in Inhalant Abuse Research: An International Perspective
  Brian Perron, University of Michigan
• VSA in the UK: Products, Mortality and Statistics
  John D. Ramsey, TICTAC Communications Ltd., and University of London

Implementing Evidence-Based Treatments: The Clinical Trials Network and TreatNet Models

• Designing and Implementing a Spanish-Language Multi-Site Randomized Clinical Trial: Motivational Enhancement Therapy
  José Szapocznik, University of Miami
• Disseminating Evidence-Based Treatment Interventions in the NIDA Clinical Trials Network
  Jeffrey Selzer, Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital System, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Treatnet: A Program to Increase Addiction Treatment Capacity World-wide: A Training Package and Program
  Richard A. Rawson, University of California, Los Angeles
• Disseminating and Implementing Evidence-Based Knowledge in China
  Min Zhao, Shanghai Drug Abuse Treatment Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Globally Applying Evidence-Based Interventions for Women

• Project Renaissance: Couple-Based HIV Prevention in Kazakhstan
  Nabila El-Bassel, Columbia University School of Social Work
• Globally Applying Evidence-Based Interventions for Women
  Wendee Wechsberg, RTI International
• Adapting Evidenced-Based Intervention for Women: Recognizing the Context of Drug Use
  Claire E. Sterk, Emory University