NIDA Blending Initiative Focuses on Addiction Treatment in Primary Care Settings
June 6, 2012
As part of an ongoing initiative to accelerate research findings into use by substance abuse treatment providers, NIDA hosted its Blending Initiative Conference in Atlanta on April 19, 2012, in conjunction with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) 43rd Medical-Scientific Conference. Experts shared the latest clinical research with addiction treatment professionals, health care providers, and policymakers, suggesting practical applications for research findings in motivational interviewing; pharmacotherapy; screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programs; HIV testing and interventions for use in clinical settings; and new approaches to pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders. Speakers included NIDA Director Nora Volkow, M.D.; A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D., M.S., director of the Center for Substance Abuse Solutions; and Robert M. Califf, M.D., director of the Duke University Translational Medicine Institute.
Concurrent workshops were moderated by representatives from other U.S. agencies involved in substance abuse treatment and research, including the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Health Resources and Services Administration. Two workshops focused on SBIRT, including a training session for primary care providers. Daniel P. Alford, M.D., M.P.H., Boston University, and Gail D’Onofrio, M.D., M.S., Yale University, discussed implementing SBIRT in primary care settings and emergency departments, while Dr. Alford and Julie Ann Vannerson, M.D., Indiana University, conducted the SBIRT training exercise. Motivational interviewing was also the topic for two workshops, both of which were presented by Richard Saitz, M.D., M.P.H., Boston University, and Christopher Dunn, Ph.D., University of Washington. New approaches to pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders was the topic addressed by Andrew J. Saxon, M.D., University of Washington, and Patrick G. O’Connor, M.D., M.P.H., Yale University. The final workshop, on HIV interventions, featured Todd P. Korthuis, M.D., M.P.H., Oregon Health & Science University, and Antoine Douaihy, M.D., University of Pittsburgh.
Important Dates
NIDA International Forum
June 14–17, 2013
Online Registration Deadline:
May 6, 2013
FELLOWSHIPS
IAS/NIDA Fellowships
Application Deadline:
February 10, 2013
NIDA International Program Fellowships
Application Deadline:
April 1, 2013
Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars
Application Deadlines: Vary
GRANTS
Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan
(Non-AIDS)
R01 PAR-11-030and R21 PAR-11-031
Application deadline:
February 14, 2013
MEETINGS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
February 14–18, 2013
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS)
April 15–19, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico
2013 International Conference on Global Health: Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse and HIV
April 17–19, 2013
Taipei, Taiwan
Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.