The 42nd Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) Annual National Conference will be held November 8-10, 2018 at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins – San Francisco
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018
| 6:00 pm | Informal optional offsite dinner for arriving AMERSA attendees |
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018
| Morning | |
| 6:00 – 7:00 am | Fun Run-Walk |
| 7:15 – 8:15 am | Past President’s Breakfast |
| 7:00 – 8:30 am | Breakfast Buffet |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Plenary Session: The Neural Pathway of Stigma Deborah Finnnell, DNS, CARN-AP, FAAN – Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15 – 11:45 am | Interdisciplinary Panel Session: Addiction Treatment for Incarcerated Populations Megan Comfort, PhD – Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International’s Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Research Division, Radha Sadacharan, MD, MPH – Brown University, and Emily Wang, MD, MAS – Yale School of Medicine and the Transitions Clinic Network |
| Afternoon | |
| 11:45 – 1:15 pm | Lunch on Your Own |
| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | Betty Ford Award Plenary Session: Can Nurses be a Secret Weapon against Opioid Addiction? Colleen Labelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN – Boston Medical Center |
| 2:30 – 2:45 pm | Break |
| 2:45- 4:15 pm | Oral Presentations (Session 1) |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | New Member/First Time Attendee Orientation |
| 5:00 – 5:30 pm | Mentor/Mentee Meetings |
| 5:45 – 7:30 pm | Scientific Poster Session, Welcome Reception |
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018
| Morning | |
| 6:00 – 7:00 am | Fun Run-Walk |
| 7:00 – 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 9:45 am | Plenary Session: Harm Reduction in U.S.: Next Steps Jessie M. Gaeta, MD – Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and Boston University School of Medicine |
| 9:45 – 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:00 – 11:15 am | Spicy Debate: The Positive Role of Stigma for Tobacco Cessation: Implications for Marijuana Policy Ronald Bayer, PhD (Invited) – Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, and Scott Burris, JD – Temple University, Beasley School of Law Moderator: Kimber Richter, PhD, MPH – University of Kansas Medical Center |
| 11:15 – 11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30 – 12:45 pm | Plenary Interdisciplinary Panel Session: The Myths & Realities of the Opioid Epidemic Richard C. Dart, MD, PhD – University of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Nabarun Dasgupta, PhD – UNC Chapel Hill, and Scott Novak, PhD – RTI International |
| Afternoon | |
| 12:45 – 2:15 pm | 2018 Conference Planning Luncheon (all are welcome!) |
| 2:15 – 2:30 pm | Break |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Skills-Based Workshops |
| 4:00- 4:15 pm | Break |
| 4:15 – 5:15 pm | McGovern Award Plenary Session: Reducing the Impact of Substance Use Through Primary Care: From Research to Policy Patrick G. O’Connor, MD, MPH – Yale University School of Medicine |
| 5:30 – 6:00 pm | Mentor/Mentee Meetings (New—extra time added for mentoring) |
| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Awards Dinner/Reception |
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018
| Morning | |
| 6:00 – 7:00 am | Fun Run-Walk |
| 7:30 – 8:30 am | Yoga |
| 7:00 – 8:45 am | Special Interest Groups and Ad Hoc Groups |
| 9:00 – 10:15 am | Plenary Session Best Abstract Presentations and Presentation of Best Abstract and Workshop Awards |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 – 12:15 pm | Oral Presentations (Session 2) |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Business Meeting |