Rutgers Addiction Research Center (RARC)

Rutgers Psychiatry Grand Rounds with Dr. Amesika Nyaku - Interventions to Improve the Engagement in Care of People Who Use
2024-01-23 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
The Rutgers Department of Psychiatry is pleased to invite you to join us for our Grand Rounds session.

Meeting URL:
https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93346312802?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID:
933 4631 2802

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SSW Webinar: Ethical and Legal issues in Substance Abuse Counseling
2024-01-22 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
This interactive webinar focuses on the major elements of legal issues surrounding counselors in working with patients who have substance use disorders. In this webinar, participants will learn about the different areas of legal concern for today’s counselors working with clients who have both mental health and substance use issues. Legal areas include scope of clinical practice regarding supervision (including 2019 changes and proposed rule changes), ADC telehealth and telemedicine regulations (proposed in 2021), and NJ Uniform Enforcement Act changes (including 2021 changes). Other recent changes to include the required 3 hours of Legal Standards training include regulation/statute changes in ADC continuing education (3 hours of Legal Standards) and statutory requirements of 1 hour of opioid training (for those dually licensed professionals).

Instructor:
Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS

For more info: click here

GENA Program Research Meeting featuring Dr. Elizabeth Stone, "Addressing Services and Policy in a Fragmented System"
2024-01-19 14:00 - 15:00 | UBHC Building, 671 Hoes Ln. W., Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
The January GENA Program research meeting, is pleased to host Dr. Elizabeth Stone (Faculty in the RWJMS Department of Psychiatry and Core Faculty for the Center for Health Services Research at the IFH), who will be speaking on “Addressing Services and Policy in a Fragmented System”.
Join in-person at UBHC North D203, or via zoom (https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/97652076904?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 976 5207 6904
Password: [REDACTED]
Join by phone:
ABSTRACT: Addressing Services and Policy in a Fragmented System
The healthcare system in the United States is extremely fragmented with services for physical and mental healthcare, addiction treatment, and social welfare often delivered by different providers in different locations with different eligibility criteria and separate funding mechanisms. The effects of a fragmented system land disproportionately on individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorder, and disability who require more services and often have the least resources to navigate the myriad systems. There are opportunities for intervention at multiple levels (federal, state, individual) to address fragmentation and improve outcomes for people living at the intersections of these systems.

SSW Webinar: The Dynamics of Addiction, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
2024-01-10 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
It is clear that all forms of abuse are destructive. This webinar will address the interrelationships between addiction, domestic violence and child abuse and the devastating impact they have on all involved. We will explore the values of maintaining dysfunction and what it takes to interrupt the process. The increased concerns over stress in the hostile home environment will also be discussed.

Instructor:
John Kriger, MSM, LCADC, CPS

For more info: click here

Rutgers Brown Bag Seminar: Panel Discussion on Digital Mental Health
2023-12-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Please join us for an exciting Rutgers Institute for Health Brown Bag *Panel Discussion* covering digital mental health. We are honored to be joined virtually by three experts in the field: Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, PhD, Nicholas Jacobson, PhD, and Edward Selby, PhD. Along with faculty from IFH’s Center for Population Behavioral Health, the panel will be taking questions from faculty and staff about the overall digital mental health field, including use of digital health tools for social media recruitment or emergency medical assistance and wearable devices and their application to treatment
This panel will be driven by questions from faculty, trainees, and staff, so please send your questions to our moderator, Dr. Carolyn Sartor (csartor@ifh.rutgers.edu), or Nicole Swenarton (nswenarton@ifh.rutgers.edu). There will be opportunities for attendees to ask questions during the session, but we’d like our panelists to have some time to prepare, so please email questions by Monday, December 11th.
Examples of questions:

What are the benefits of delivering mental health through technology?
What pressing issues are researchers trying to understand in the digital mental health space?
Can common elements of therapy be maintained with digital technology interventions?

Where: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95537753261?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 955 3775 3261
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NIH/NIAAA Webinar: Harnessing Technology and Social Media to Address Alcohol Misuse in Adolescents and Emerging Adults
2023-12-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Please join the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for a free, interactive webinar about how to harness technology and social media to prevent and address alcohol misuse in two populations–adolescents and emergent adults. You can watch the webinar live on NIH Videocast on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at noon to 1:00 pm Eastern time.
Underage drinking and alcohol misuse among emerging adults remain serious public health problems. According to the 2021 NSDUH, 15% of people ages 12 to 20 and 50% of people ages 18 to 25 drank alcohol in the past month.
These data highlight the urgent need for innovative early behavioral interventions to prevent this escalation in alcohol misuse among our nation’s young people.
This webinar will feature two presentations:

Maureen Walton, Ph.D., University of Michigan: Optimizing Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and Violence Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults
Mai-Ly Steers, Ph.D., Duquesne University: Social Media Use – Friend or Foe? How It Has Been Problematic Yet Holds Promise for Addressing College Drinking

A Q and A session will follow the two presentations.
To join this free webinar, please send an RSVP by Monday, December 4, 2023, to dana.west@icf.com.

Brown Bag Seminar: Dr. Julie Donohue on Substance Use Treatment Improvements
2023-12-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Please join us for our next Rutgers Institute for Health Brown Bag Seminar. We are excited to be joined via Zoom by Julie M. Donohue, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management at University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health. Dr. Donohue will present: “Improving quality and equity in substance use treatment through a Medicaid distributed research network.”
Dr. Donohue is Professor and Chair in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the School of Public Health. She holds secondary appointments in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and is a senior advisor to the Medicaid research, and faculty affiliate in the Health Policy Institute and the Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing (CP3). She is an associate editor at JAMA Health Forum. Donohue earned a PhD in health policy from Harvard University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmaceutical policy research at Harvard Medical School. Please click here for Dr. Donohue’s full bio.

Meeting URL:
https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98025134019?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID:
980 2513 4019

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The Opioid Epidemic: A Focus on Vulnerable Populations Part III
2023-12-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
This webinar will revisit the topic of populations vulnerable to opioid use disorder, which had been covered in both the 2021 and 2022 Learning Series. Many groups, due to factors such as socioeconomic status, are more likely to suffer from the opioid epidemic. Experts will examine why that is the case and what is being done to address the issue.
Register here!

CAI Conference: Best Practices in Trauma Informed Overdose Prevention: Confronting Stigma to Save Lives
2023-12-07 09:00 - 15:30 | Robert Treat Hotel, 50 Park Pl, Newark, NJ, 07102
While substance use disorders are considered chronic and treatable medical conditions, studies still show that people who use drugs still face discrimination and stigma that negatively impacts wellness and access to healthcare, including initiation of medications for opioid use disorder and social services. Thus, confronting and reducing stigma is critical to addressing the overdose epidemic.
As more initiatives unfold across New Jersey to increase access to overdose prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services, confronting stigma at multiple levels and creating a culture of change is imperative, despite the pervasiveness among the public and healthcare providers. Join us to gain insights, understanding, connections and strategies to recognize and address stigma across the care continuum to create healing environments that support people who use drugs and the people who care for them.
Who should attend:
CAI strives to build the trauma lens in agencies that work in public health and public safety across the state to foster a trauma-informed ecosystem that allows for compassionate and non-judgmental service delivery approaches. Persons in the field harm reduction, substance use disorder, addiction medicine, HIV prevention and treatment, including but not limited to front line staff and providers, community health workers, overdose fatality review team members, EMS personnel.
Please Note:

This is a free conference.
CEU’s are not available for this conference.
Breakfast and hot lunch to be served. If you have any dietary restrictions, please contact Patrick Taylor at ptaylor@CAIglobal.org

For more information, click here.

LSPRINT: Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Final Demo Day
2023-12-05 17:00 - 20:00
SUD Sprint Demo Day will feature keynote Deborah De Santis (CEO of Corporation for Supportive Housing) and over 25 presentations from their first cohort — including 3 RARC faculty presentations: Drs. Danielle Dick, Morgan James, and Lei Yu!

Anyone interested in attending should register at: https://cvent.me/EBykZ9

Early Career Faculty Peer Mentoring Network - Professional Development Session
2023-12-05 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-11-09 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Are you an early career faculty member at Rutgers?
Join us for Sessions 2 & 3 of the new Peer Mentoring Network, hosted by early career faculty for early career faculty, funded by the Office of University Equity & Inclusion!
We have exciting, professional development topics:

Session 2: How to prioritize and manage your time (as you work toward re-appointment, promotion, or tenure) – Thurs, Nov 9, 2023 @ 4-6 pm
Session 3: The whole you – building a beloved mentor community – Tues, Dec 5, 2023 @ 4-6 pm
Feel free to drop in any time!

NJ ACTS Webinar: Substance Use Disorder Program Availability in Safety-Net and Non–Safety-Net Hospitals in the US with Ji Eun Chang, PhD
2023-12-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Hospitals are ideal sites for delivering addiction treatment to patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), but the availability of these services varies nationwide. Ji Eun Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Policy and Management at the New York University School of Global Public Health, will present work examining differences in the delivery of different SUD programs across U.S. hospitals, with a particular focus on safety net hospitals.
Event Zoom link: https://go.rutgers.edu/xx19t5i1

NJ ACTS Special Populations Seminar with Ji Eun Chang, " Substance Use Disorder Program Availability in Safety-Net and Non–Safety-Net Hospitals in the US"
2023-12-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Hospitals are ideal sites for delivering addiction treatment to patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), but the availability of these services varies nationwide. Ji Eun Chang, Ph.D., will present work examining differences in the delivery of different SUD programs across U.S. hospitals, with a particular focus on safety net hospitals.
Dr. Chang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Policy and Management at the New York University School of Global Public Health. She uses mixed-methods research designs and draws from qualitative, quantitative, and geospatial data to demonstrate disparities and highlight barriers faced by safety net providers and underserved patients in accessing equitable care.
Event Zoom link: https://go.rutgers.edu/xx19t5i1

Department of Kinesiology Webinar with Dr. Yijie Wang: Multiple Discrimination, Sleep, and substance Use Among Ethnic-racial Minority Youth
2023-12-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual
Multiple discrimination, sleep, and substance use among ethnic-racial minority youth: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study
Yijie Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University
Date: December 6
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Location: Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/22k2ze4x

Current Drug Trends and Emerging Drugs of Abuse
2023-12-01 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
Many new drugs are making local and national headlines such as K2/Spice and Bath Salts. This interactive webinar will discuss the latest developments and information regarding synthetic cannabinoids, MDPV, Mephedrone, Kratom, Salvia and other designer drugs that have been emerging over the past few years. Webinar participants will be introduced to the physiology of these drugs and how they can possibly impact, mimic and exacerbate mental health disorders such as anxiety and depressive disorders. Epidemiologic trends in drug abuse in both youth and adults will be discussed as will the latest trends from the New Jersey Division of Addiction Services. Webinar participants will participate in interactive discussions and exercises in differential diagnosis of similar symptoms produced by these emerging drugs of abuse and other mental health disorders. Patterns of use, abilities for urine detection, and other legal aspect regarding these emerging drugs will be discussed. (This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.)

Instructor:
Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS

Date:
Friday, December 1, 2023

Time:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm ET

Location:
Live Interactive Online Webinar

For more information, click here.

Emerging Addiction Seminar Series: Dr. Eric Pedersen
2023-11-30 12:30 - 13:30 | Smithers Hall, Room 200, 607 Allison Rd, Piscataway, NJ, 08854
Please join the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies to hear Dr. Pedersen present:
Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use in Veterans: Implementing Internet-Based Interventions Dr. Pedersen will be presenting his seminar as the 2023 Cooper Colloquium featured speaker
Dr. Pedersen is an associate professor of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and an adjunct behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation.
His work focuses on substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders in veteran and young adult populations. He is interested in finding ways to target comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders. His work has examined constructs of guilt, mindfulness, pain, sleep, and adverse experiences as they relate to PTSD, alcohol, and cannabis use. Dr. Pedersen is also interested in using internet-based methods to help reduce alcohol

Trauma Risk and Recovery
2023-11-30 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
Individuals with Developmental Disabilities are likely to experience some form of trauma during their lifetime. There is often a failure to recognize the effects of trauma on people with DD and the signs of past experiences may be overlooked or untreated. This session will explore the types of traumatic events that are common and why people with Disabilities are more at risk. Additionally, the connection between trauma and its impact on an individual’s biology and behavior will be discussed. Participants will be provided with an overview of trauma-informed approaches to support healing and recovery including therapeutic interventions, coping strategies, and positive identity development. [Elective for Developmental Disabilities or Trauma Response & Crisis Intervention Certificate Program]

Instructor:
Melissa Cheplic, MPH

Date:
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Time:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm ET

Location:
Live Interactive Online Webinar

For more information, click here.

Ninth Annual Rutgers Brain Health Institute Symposium
2023-11-30 09:00 - 17:30 | Douglass Student Center, 100 George St, New Brunswick, 08901
The symposium will feature talks by new BHI faculty whose research spans basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience. The keynote speaker is Dr. Michael Shadlen from Columbia University. Mike is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute and Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University Medical School. He is a member of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute (ZI) and the Kavli Institute of Brain Science. Dr. Shadlen obtained his undergraduate and medical degrees at Brown University, PhD at UC Berkeley with Ralph Freeman, and post-doc training in clinical neurology at Stanford University with William Newsome. His research focuses primarily on the neural mechanisms that underlie decision making. He is also a jazz guitarist and co-curates the Jazz Artist in Residence program at ZI. Honors include the Alden Spencer Prize, Golden Brain, Lashley Award, and elections to the AAAS, National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Keeping with the clinical neuroscience theme, the afternoon session at the symposium will feature Dr. Michal Beeri, the newly recruited Director of the Krieger Klein Alzheimer and Dementia Clinical Research & Treatment Center in BHI, as well as presentations by Rey Panettieri, MD and Nancy Reilly, RN on resources available for clinical neuroscience research via the NJACTS – CTSA and RBHS Clinical Trials Office.
The student/post-doc poster session and award ceremony will wrap up the symposium. This year, the top three posters at the symposium will be awarded $200, $150, and $100, respectively. Trainees, you can’t win unless you participate; so, don’t forget to register and submit your abstracts (use the downloadable Word submission form on the registration site- also attached here for convenience) by the November 3, 2023, deadline. We realize you all are eager to present posters- unfortunately, due to space limitations, we can only accept about 50 posters. We request one poster submission per lab. We will accept posters from the first 50 trainees who register online.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

BHI Postdoc Recruitment Event
2023-11-29 08:00 - 2023-11-30 17:00
The BHI Postdoc Recruitment Event is a two-day event, designed for PhD or MD/PhD students and current post-docs looking for postdoctoral training in basic, translational, and clinical research in neuroscience and connect them with Rutgers faculty interested in recruiting post-docs.The BHI will select up to 20 highly qualified candidates to attend this all-expenses-paid event. They are particularly interested in candidates from groups underrepresented in biomedical and health sciences. Selected candidates will be notified by October and, soon after, we will help make your travel arrangements to visit Rutgers.
Application Deadline: September 30, 2023
For more information: click here!

NJ ACTS Special Populations Seminar with Pia Mauro, PhD - "Alcohol and Tobacco Use among Older Adults in the US: A Lifecourse Perspective"
2023-11-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Older adults bear the brunt of negative alcohol- and tobacco-related health consequences and mortality, yet they are often left behind in substance use research. This presentation will describe the epidemiology of alcohol and tobacco use in older adulthood, estimate longitudinal changes in use in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and discuss opportunities to engage people in services when clinically indicated.
Pia M. Mauro, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. As a substance use epidemiologist, Dr. Mauro’s work focuses on individual and structural drivers of substance use treatment need, uptake, availability, and outcomes. She is interested in health equity, policy, and working with marginalized populations over the life course, including people from racial or ethnic minoritized groups, older adults, and people exposed to the criminal legal system.
Event Zoom link: https://go.rutgers.edu/szs3hdyi

Medical and Legal Marijuana in NJ: Practice and Policy Issues
2023-11-28 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
The goal of this interactive webinar is to identify the changes that have occurred in the NJ Medical Marijuana Program. The history of marijuana legalization and major events that have shaped this history are discussed. Known scientific research on the benefits of medical marijuana and the risks associated with marijuana usage are covered, as well as the continued barriers to better scientific research on this topic. Interactive exercises are incorporated in order to have participants analyze child custody issues for clients who are on the NJ medical marijuana program. Other exercises include the participants discussing how treatment is impacted by medical marijuana and participants will analyze under what conditions there would be a “duty to report” a coworker on medical marijuana.

Instructor:
Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS

Date:
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Time:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm ET

Location:
Live Interactive Online Webinar

For more information, click here.

Disordered Eating Across the Lifespan
2023-11-20 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
This webinar is designed to highlight the field of eating disorder diagnoses and treatment. Participants will learn a historical perspectives on eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, as well as discuss newer disorders such as ARFID and binge eating disorder. In addition, participants will learn about helping clients with disordered eating using a developmental framework and be able to discuss specific case studies.

Instructor:
Sara Martino, PhD, NCC, LPC

Date:
Monday, November 20, 2023

Time:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm ET

Location:
Live Interactive Online Webinar

For more information, click here.

NJPN/CADCA Overdose Response & Prevention Webinar
2023-11-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
The New Jersey Prevention Network (NJPN), in collaboration with CADCA, will host Overdose Response & Prevention in New Jersey on November 15, 2023.
Our mission? To empower our New Jersey residents with vital information on opioid overdose prevention and response, with a spotlight on the lifesaving drug naloxone.
This informative session will include speakers from:

NJ Department of Human Services
NJPN Peer Recovery Support
RWJBarnabas Health
Garden State Pharmacy Owners

Register here!

RWJMS Integrated Behavioral Health Policy Summit
2023-11-11 08:30 - 14:00 | Virtual
Rutgers medical students are hosting the first Integrated Behavioral Health Policy Summit inviting medical students across the state of New Jersey, behavioral health providers, and leaders across UBHC, Medicaid, MHANJ, etc. The aim of the policy summit includes highlighting the current challenges in the delivery of integrated behavioral health in New Jersey, through hosting an interdisciplinary panel discussion, research symposium, and resolution writing workshop.
As prospective physicians, greater than one fourth of our patients may suffer from a mental health illness, regardless of specialty, which highlights a critical need to examine the complexities of the behavioral health crisis, understand the mental health policy landscape, and advance advocacy efforts which address both clinical and non-clinical disparities affecting the behavioral health of our country. Supporting the federal government’s initiative for integrating behavioral health, this proposal highlights a formal statewide behavioral health policy summit hosting medical students from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey Medical School, Hackensack Meridian, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University to equip medical students with awareness of Integrative Behavioral Healthcare, and learn from faculty members on novel pedagogical approaches to incorporate robust mental health policy education into their clinical training to support their patients, peers, and themselves.

Introduction to Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP) for Mental Health Practitioners
2023-11-10 13:00 - 15:00
This course seeks to provide mental health practitioners with an overview of Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP) as it stands today, including the use of ketamine, MDMA and psilocybin. The field of psychedelic assisted psychotherapy is changing and evolving, with new laws being introduced across the country at a rapid pace. This course will include topics such as a brief history of psychedelics and the field of psychology in the US, ethical considerations, and an overview of current legal limitations and laws. Our presenters will discuss the anatomy of a PAP session, harm reduction in the field of psychedelic work, cultural concerns and considerations, as well as increasing accessibility for underserved populations. Special consideration will be paid to the importance of preparation and integration work for all clients, which providers qualify to provide PAP and the role of “sitters” or non licensed practitioners, clients who make good PAP referrals, and mental health challenges and issues which may be helped or improved by PAP. Finally this workshop will explore PAP clinics and retreats, both domestic and abroad. We will provide resources for further learning and how to get started building your PAP practice.
Instructors (Panel Presentation): Stephanie Field, LCSW, LCADC; Rena Beyer, MSW, LCSW; Liz Flores Farrell, LCSW; Leland Newman, LCSW & Denise Rue, LCSW
Instructional Level: Introductory
LOCATION: Nelson Biology Building, 604 Allison Road, Room D340, Piscataway, NJ 08854 (Rutgers University Busch Campus)

Evidence-Based Programs for Prevention, Treatment & Recovery
2023-11-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Experts will share information about successful prevention, treatment and recovery methods and programs that exist in New Jersey and nationally.
Registration: click here
Speaker: Dr. Sharon Walsh, MS, PhD
Professor, Behavioral Science, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Psychiatry·University of Kentucky (UK) Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy

Sharon Walsh is professor of behavioral science, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences and psychiatry in the University of Kentucky Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy and director of the UK Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. She has been conducting clinical research on substance use disorder for nearly 30 years with a special emphasis on opioid use disorder and its treatment. Her research program has been continuously funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Walsh has served as an advisor and reviewer for numerous agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Veterans Administration and the World Health Organization. She is the principal investigator of the $87 million grant UK received as part of the NIH’s HEALing Communities study. Walsh earned her M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University.

NIDA Diversity Scholars Network Program Pre-Application Webinar
2023-11-08 13:30 - 14:30 | Virtual
Are you an early-career investigator planning to submit a grant to NIH? Interested in collaborating and networking with other researchers? Looking to enhance your grant-writing capabilities and participate in a mock review meeting? Join the NIDA, Office of Diversity and Health Disparities on Wednesday November 8, 2023, from 1:30-2:30 PM Eastern Time, and learn about the NIDA Diversity Scholars Network Program!
Register NOW: https://roseliassociates.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_F_mqcymhQdG6BnCB_bZ4hg#/registration
Background: The NIDA Diversity Scholars Network Program is a rigorous program aimed at enhancing the funding success of early career investigators from diverse backgrounds, including investigators from underrepresented groups. The program connects scholars with NIDA Program Officers and coaches, provides three separate meetings (focus on grantsmanship, demystifying the NIH grant review process, and other professional development talks), and ends with a mock review meeting. NIDA is accepting Letters of Interest in early November, 2023. More information can be found on the NDSN Program webpage.

Not Just Benzodiazepines: Alternative Treatments of Anxiety and Depression
2023-11-08 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
The primary goal of this webinar is to explore non-pharmaceutical treatment of depression and anxiety. The number of people looking for non-pharmaceutical interventions is increasing in both the psychiatric and addiction fields. One need look no further than the desire to decrease benzodiazepine (BZD) use. Treatments to be discussed include herbal and amino acid substances as well as vagal nerve stimulation.

Instructor:
Craig Strickland, PhD

Date:
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Time:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm ET

Location:
Live Interactive Online Webinar

For more information, click here.

TARP Event - Presentations from RARC Trainees: Manny Alvarez, Chris O'Brien, and Neel Muzumdar
2023-11-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Deans Conference Room, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854
In person: Dean’s Conference Room, Research Tower, Busch Campus
675 Hoes Ln W, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Zoom Meeting Link: Click Here
Meeting ID: 990 1804 4884
Password: [REDACTED]
Join by phone: +1646-558-8656
