ADAI News & Events
February 19, 2025
ADAI Lunch & Learn Webinar: Empowering Perinatal Women with OUD: Addressing Stigma & Judgment in Healthcare (March 13, 12pm PT
Join us on March 13, 2025 (12-1pm PT) for our next ADAI Lunch & Learn session! Empowering Perinatal Women with Opioid Use Disorders: Addressing Stigma and Judgment in Healthcare Ekaterina Burduli, PhDAssistant Professor, WSU This presentation will explore the challenges and stigmas faced by pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States. The…
February 14, 2025
Focus on Meth 2025 – Webinar on Harm Reduction at SSPs & in Primary Care (Feb 26, 12pm PT)
In Focus on Meth 2025, ADAI’s Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology, and Research (CEDEER) will be looking at methamphetamine use in Washington State through the lenses of harm reduction, clinical care, and real-world research. The initiative will feature a series of webinars, learning spaces, research briefs, and a one-day virtual event that will be held on…
ADAI’s Dr. Caleb Banta-Green Speaks to WA Legislative House Committee in Support of HB 1574
Yesterday, ADAI Research Professor Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, director of the Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology & Research (CEDEER), testified in front of the Washington State Legislature’s House Community Safety committee in support of HB 1574, a bill that aims to protect access to life-saving care and substance use services. The bill provides…
ADAI CERP & Northwest ATTC Co-Presenting a Webinar on Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (March 19, 12pm PT)
Join ADAI’s Cannabis Education & Research Program (CERP) and the Northwest ATTC on March 19 (12pm PT) for a webinar title Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS): Understanding an Emerging Public Health Challenge featuring renowned expert Ethan Russo, MD (founder/CEO of CReDO Science and a board-certified child and adult neurologist and psychopharmacologist). In this session, Dr. Russo will provide…
February 3, 2025
What’s New in Harm Reduction Research: Focus on Methamphetamine (February 2025)
Special Focus: Harm Reduction and Methamphetamine Need help getting copies of any of these articles? Email Meg Brunner, MLIS (meganw@uw.edu). Free articles have “(open access)” after the titles; all other articles require a subscription to access. Harm reduction approaches I don’t want to shoot up the meth anymore: Pipe distribution as a harm reduction service for people…
January 23, 2025
RECORDING AVAILABLE: ADAI/CEDEER Webinar: Focus on Meth: Latest Overdose Trends & Reasons for ED Visits
Methamphetamine-involved deaths continue to rise in WA State, and communities and organizations are working to address the issue. Understanding the health impacts of methamphetamine is key to developing solutions. This webinar, held on January 23, 2025, covered the following topics: Presenters: Watch the recording of this session here!
January 16, 2025
CTN Pacific NW Node at ADAI: Outcomes Papers for Study on PrEP in High-HIV-Incidence Southern U.S. Cities
The Pacific Northwest Node of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network, directed by Mary Hatch, PhD (UW ADAI), and John Roll, PhD (WSU), had a very productive 2024, with 4 published papers and 4 more in the works! (Need help getting copies of the published papers below? Contact ADAI librarian Meg Brunner: meganw@uw.edu.) New Publications First, they recently participated in…
January 14, 2025
Apply for an ADAI Small Grant! (Deadline March 14, 2025)
The Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) works to stimulate and facilitate UW research on alcohol and drug use and addiction through its Small Grants Program. This program awards funds to UW researchers for pilot studies and developmental research related to substance use and/or addiction, with topics ranging from pharmacology of drugs to studies of…
January 10, 2025
High Potency Cannabis Leads to ER Visits, Illnesses for Some Users (KUOW with ADAI’s Beatriz Carlini)
This new article from KUOW/NPR describes some of the latest data and research related to serious health impacts from use of high-THC cannabis products and talks to ADAI’s Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH, director of our Cannabis Education & Research Program (CERP). The article describes increasing illnesses, ER visits, and deaths related to use of high-THC…
January 8, 2025
Join Us Feb 5 (5:30pm PT) for Our ADAI Research Open House!
Calling all undergraduate students (and others) who are interested in pursuing a career in substance use and addiction research! Join ADAI’s centers, staff, and faculty on February 5, 2025 (5:30-7pm PT) for a virtual ADAI Research Open House where, in addition to sharing overviews of their work, each ADAI center will talk about different research…
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