HEAL Prevention Initiative (HPI) Year 3 Meeting

Wed, 11/10/2021 - 1:00pm - 5:30pm

Overview

This 4.5-hour virtual event will bring together representatives from NIDA, including Dr. Nora Volkow and Dr. Carlos Blanco, Captain Jeffrey Coady (SAMHSA’s Acting Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention), the HPC research sites, the HEAL Prevention Initiative Grantees, the HPC Community Stakeholder Board, the HEAL Prevention Coordinating Center and other prevention stakeholders.  The presentations will focus on priorities in the advancement of prevention strategies to address opioid misuse and opioid use disorder and provide HEAL Prevention Initiative research project updates. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions through the virtual platform.

Topics Covered

  • Identify emerging trends and priorities in the advancement of prevention strategies to address opioid misuse and the misuse of other substances.
  • Provide HEAL Prevention Initiative research project updates.

Day 1

1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.

Welcome and Introduction     
Speaker: Dr. Carlos Blanco

 

1:10 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Translating Opioid Prevention Research into Practice and Policy: A Discussion between NIDA and SAMHSA
Speaker: Dr. Carlos Blanco  

Speaker: Captain Jeffrey Coady

 

2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

A Conversation with the HEAL Prevention Community Stakeholder Board (CSB)

Speaker: Dr. Nora Volkow

Speakers: Community Stakeholder Board members

Facilitator: Dr. Kevin Haggerty

 

2:50 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Break
 

3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.

HEAL Prevention Initiative: Overview of Vision and 4 Strategic Areas of Opportunity for Prevention Research

Speaker: Dr. Barbara Oudekerk

 

3:10 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.               

HPI Strategic Area 1: Identifying risk for opioid use

Speaker: Dr. Johannes Thrul

Speaker: Dr. Jill Rabinowitz

Speaker: Dr. Beth Reboussin

Speaker: Dr. Jason Ramirez

Facilitator: Dr. Barbara Oudekerk

 

 

3:40 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.               

HPI Strategic Area 2: Social Determinants, Health Equities, and Policy

Speaker: Dr. Kelly Kelleher

Speaker: Dr. Cara Sedney

Facilitator: Dr. Amy Goldstein

 

4:10 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.

Break

 

4:20 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.               

HPI Strategic Area 3: Prevention Intervention Development 

Speaker: Dr. Kym Ahrens

Speaker: Dr. Lynn Fiellin

Facilitator: Dr. Ty Ridenour

 

4:50 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.               

HPI Strategic Area 4: Dissemination, Implementation, Scale-up & Sustainment of Prevention

Speaker: Dr. Tess Drazdowski

Speaker: Dr. Ashli Sheidow

Speaker: Dr. Lisa Saldana

Facilitator: Dr. Phillip Graham

 

5:20 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.               

Concluding remarks

 

 

 

For More Information, Contact:

Barbara Oudekerk, Ph.D., at [email protected], or at 240-328-7936

Translating Opioid Prevention Research into Practice and Policy: Discussion Between NIDA and SAMHSA

This video includes the first session of the virtual annual HEAL Prevention Initiative (HPI) Meeting held November 10th, 2021. The meeting started with a discussion between Dr. Carlos Blanco (Director of the Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research at NIDA), Dr. Amy Goldstein (Chief of the Prevention Services Branch at NIDA), and Captain Jeffrey Coady (Acting Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention at SAMHSA) about translating opioid prevention research into practice and policy.

A Conversation with the HEAL Prevention Community Stakeholder Board

This video includes a discussion between the Director of NIDA, Dr. Nora Volkow, and members of the HEAL Prevention Initiative Community Stakeholder Board about the challenges in implementing interventions in various settings and research needed to address those challenges.

HEAL Prevention Initiative: Overview of the HPI Vision and 4 Research Strategic Areas Part 1

This video includes an overview of the HEAL Prevention Initiative and presentations on two of the strategic areas of opportunity for prevention research: identifying risk for opioid misuse and research on social determinants, health equities, and policy.

View presentation slides pdf  3.3 MB.

HEAL Prevention Initiative: Overview of the HPI Vision and 4 Research Strategic Areas Part 2

This video includes presentations on the remaining two strategic areas of opportunity for prevention research: prevention intervention development and dissemination, implementation, scale-up, and sustainment of prevention interventions.

View presentation slides pdf  1.5 MB.