2006 NIDA International Forum: Speaker Presentations

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Friday, June 16, 2006

Workshop: Submitting Competitive Grant Applications-Tips for International Researchers

• The Research Assistant: An Online Grant-Writing Tutorial
  Jeffrey Hoffman, President, DANYA International

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Forum Symposium

• College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD)
  Gabriele Fischer, Chair, International Committee College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD)
• NIDA International Program Update
  Steven W. Gust, Director, International Program, NIDA

Keynote Presentation

• International Drug Control Issues and Implications
  Willem Scholten, Technical Officer, Quality Assurance and Safety: Medicines, World Health Organization

Focus on Latin America: Initiatives and Activities

• NIDA’s Latin American Initiative
  Steven W. Gust, Director, International Program, NIDA
• Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD/0AS)
  Pernell Clarke, Specialist, Inter-American Observatory on Drugs, CICAD
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  Rubí Blancas, Project Coordinator, Regional Central American Substance Abuse Treatment Network, UNODC
• Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
  Janis Dawson Schwartzmann, Consultant, PAHO
• Promising Practices in Drug Abuse Treatment & Prevention in Latin America (Funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), United States Department of State)
  Jeffrey Hoffman, President, DANYA International
• National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN)
  Antonio Cepeda-Benito, Chair, International Collaboration, National Hispanic Scientific Network

Breakout Session: Web-based Tools for Education, Research and Publishing

• PARINT.org – An Online Resource For Addiction Publishing
  Ian Stolerman, President, International Society of Addiction Journal Editors
• Technological Solutions for Supporting International Research Partnerships
  Cely R. Argueta, Deputy Director, Latino Health, DANYA International
  Salvatore Libretto, Associate Director of Research, DANYA International
• Web-based Manual on Opioid Substitution Pharmacotherapies
  David A. Fiellin, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University
• Update on Electronic Grant Submission and Process for Foreign Investigators
  Mark Green, Deputy Director, Office of Extramural Affairs, NIDA
• Web-based Education for International Research
  John M. "Skip" Harris, President, Medical Directions, Inc.

Breakout Session: Building Latin American Research Networks

This session was conducted in Spanish.

• Introduction
  M. Patricia Needle, Consultant, NIDA
• Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
  Pernell Clarke, Specialist, Inter-American Observatory on Drugs, CICAD
  Marya Hynes-Dowell, Specialist, Drug Abuse Research, CICAD
• Community Epidemiology Workgroup (CEWG)
  Jorge A. Villatoro Velázquez, Researcher, National Institute of Psychiatry, Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico
• Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
  Janis Dawson Schwartzmann, Consultant, PAHO
• U.S.–Mexico Border Epidemiology Group
  Juan José Roque, Chief, Program for Prevention and Control of Addiction, State Health Secretariat, Nuevo León
• UNODC Project CAM H90: Creation of a Treatment, Rehabilitation and Social Reinsertion Network in Central America
  Rubí Blancas, Project Coordinator, Regional Central American Substance Abuse Treatment Network, UNODC

Breakout Session: International Treatment Networking

• Networking to Increase Access to Quality Services
  Juana Tomás-Rosselló, Drug Abuse Treatment Advisor and Treatnet Coordinator, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit, Global Challenges Section, UNODC
• Capacity Building
  Rick Rawson, Associate Director, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
• Synthesizing Promising Practices on Community-based Treatment and Rehabilitation
  Paula Liljeberg, Director, Maria Ungdom, Sweden
• Synthesizing Promising Practices on Treatment in Prisons
  Kathyrn Leafe, Director of Quality and Performance, Cranstoun Drug Services, United Kingdom
• Synthesizing Promising Practices on Sustainable Livelihoods for Rehabilitation and Reintegration
  Shanti Ranganathan, Honorary Secretary, TT Ranganathan Clinical Research Foundation, India
• Synthesizing Promising Practices on the Role of Drug Dependence Treatment in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care
  Min Zhao, Director, Shanghai Drug Abuse Treatment Centre, China