Emerging Research on Addiction and Overdose
Prior to the COVID pandemic, the overdose epidemic in the United States was the worst public health crisis in a century. Since COVID, the epidemic has gotten much worse in many regions of the country. Addiction and overdose are complex and urgent challenges that demand a robust and timely response. This session will cover a wide range of innovative research areas including treatment of opioid use disorder, risk reduction, relapse prevention and community responses. The dynamic format of response to questions, scientific presentations and moderated discussion with audience input promises to be engaging, informative and thought provoking.
Co-chairs: Josiah “Jody” Rich (RI) and Stephen T. Higgins (VT)
- 1:00 pm – 1:05 pm
Introduction
Josiah “Jody” Rich, MD, MPH. COBRE on Opioids and Overdose, Principal Investigator. Brown University Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology
Stephen T. Higgins, PhD. Director VT COBRE on Behavior and Health. Donaldson Professor of Psychiatry and Director - 1:05 pm – 1:25 pm
Digital therapeutics in the treatment of opioid and stimulant use disorders.
Lisa Marsch, PhD. Dartmouth College. Andrew G. Wallace Professor, Psychiatry - 1:25 pm – 1:45 pm
Preliminary findings from a statewide evaluation of the implementation of medications for opioid use disorder in Vermont correctional facilities.
Elias Klemperer, PhD. The University of Vermont COBRE, Project Director - 1:45 pm – 2:05 pm
What might extinction, spontaneous recovery, reinstatement and renewal of behavior under discriminative control by interceptive stimuli reveal about the nature of relapse?
Joseph Troisi, PhD. NH-INBRE. Saint Anselm College - 2:05 pm – 2:25 pm
Mitigating the risks associated with illicit fentanyl use.
Ju Park, PhD. COBRE on Opioids and Overdose. RI Hospital - 2:25 pm – 2:45 pm
Oxytocin to reduce stress-induced opioid relapse: Human Laboratory Study.
Carolina Haass-Koffler, PhD. Brown University. The Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE), COBRE PI on Pilot Project and MPI on Rapid Response Award - 2:45 pm – 3:05 pm
The impact of responding to opioid overdoses among community members: a pilot study.
Brendan Jacka, PhD. COBRE on Opioids and Overdose, Pilot Project Leader. Brown University - 3:05 pm – 3:10 pm
Concluding Remarks
Stephen T. Higgins, PhD. Director of the University of Vermont’s Center on Behavior and Health