ADAI News & Events
March 10, 2025
Focus on Meth Symposium: June 12, 2025
Join the ADAI Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology and Research (CEDEER) on June 12, 2025 for this 1-day virtual symposium! Focus on Meth 2025 will examine the scope and impact of methamphetamine use in WA State. Be in conversation with diverse experts, including people with lived/living experience of meth use, on the latest data, research,…
February 27, 2025
Recording Now Available! Focus on Meth 2025 – Webinar on Harm Reduction at SSPs & in Primary Care
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…
February 21, 2025
Northwest ATTC Launches Workforce Spotlight Initiative to Reduce Stigma in Addiction Care
There is a national shortage of addiction care professionals, and societal needs for this workforce are projected to increase over the next decade. While many things contribute to this issue, one major challenge is the stigma that often surrounds people with substance use disorders and the care available to them. To address and reduce stigma…
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
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…
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