ADAI News & Events
January 17, 2024
New from ADAI: Food Hardship as a Strong Predictor of Tobacco and Cannabis Use by WA Youth
Citation: Harwick RM, Carlini BH, Williams JR. Food hardship as a strong predictor of tobacco and cannabis use among youth in WA state. Children and Youth Services Review 2024;157:107427. (free link, available through March 4) This brief report from ADAI researchers Robin Harwick, PhD, MS, Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH, and Jason Williams, PhD, examines data…
January 10, 2024
Four New ADAI Small Grants Awarded!
ADAI has been supporting UW research on alcohol and drug use and addiction through its Small Grants Program since it was founded in 1973. Funds from this program go to UW researchers for pilot studies and developmental research, and many of these projects are later developed into full studies with outside funding. We offer two…
January 5, 2024
ADAI Webinar: Engaging Patients in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Primary Care Perspectives (Jan. 23, 12pm PT)
Join us for our first ADAI Lunch & Learn session of the year, Engaging Patients in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Primary Care Team Perspectives on Approaches, Barriers, and Facilitators, January 23, 2024 at 12pm PT! Despite the availability of effective treatment for OUD in many primary care settings, patient engagement in OUD care is variable…
December 21, 2023
New ADAI SOR Training Opportunities in 2024
The University of Washington ADAI SOR training team would like to announce two series that are starting back up in the new year! Join us at the SOR Emergency Department and Emerging Approaches to Treating Fentanyl Use Disorder calls. Emergency Department Call Fourth Tuesdays Jan – Oct | 9-10am PT This quarterly call, facilitated by Chris…
December 7, 2023
New Paper from CERP: Identifying Policy Options to Regulate High Potency Cannabis
Citation: Carlini BH, et al. Identifying policy options to regulate high potency cannabis: Multiple stakeholder concept mapping study in Washington State, USA. International Journal of Drug Policy 2024;123:104270. Dr. Beatriz Carlini, Sharon Garrett, and Lexi Nim, of ADAI’s Cannabis Education & Research Program (CERP), have a new paper out that aims to describe and contextualize…
December 6, 2023
ADAI Lunch & Learn: Addressing Stigma Through the Lens of a System’s Change Model (Dec 12, 12pm PT)
Join us on December 12, 2023 (12-1pm PT) for our next Lunch & Learn, featuring Denna Vandersloot, MEd, Co-Director of the Northwest ATTC and the ADAI Center for Advancing Addiction Health Services (CAAHS). Despite wide-spread awareness of the detrimental effects of stigma for individuals facing behavioral health challenges, stigma often remains an intractable problem. The…
November 30, 2023
ADAI: Celebrating 50 Years!
The University of Washington’s Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) was established by the Board of Regents in November 1973. We are celebrating our 50th anniversary this fall and will be spending our 50th year sharing our history and plans for the future with you in a variety of ways! Let’s start with a recap…
November 27, 2023
Webinar: What’s the Latest? Drug Trends (Nov. 29, 12-1pm PT)
Join us on November 29, 2023 (12-1pm PT) for our next “What’s the Latest” webinar: Drug Trends with ADAI’s Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW. Dr. Banta-Green will provide an overview of current drug trends in Washington State with a focus on fentanyl, methamphetamine and overdoses. Data sources will include qualitative interviews and surveys with people who use drugs,…
NEW ADAI Brief: The Use and Impact of Community Drug Checking Services
How to cite the new ADAI Brief: Kingston S, Biamont B, Banta-Green C, WA State Community Drug Checking Network. The Use and Impact of Community Drug Checking Services. Seattle, WA: Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, November 2023. Drug checking services (DCS) provide ways…
November 21, 2023
ADAI Researchers Bryan Hartzler and Mandy Owens Receive Garvey Institute Innovation Grants
The UW Medicine Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions is funding 12 new partnerships that will develop and test new ways to extend the impact of mental health professionals in Washington. Two of these awards will go to ADAI projects: Implementing Contingency Management in a Supportive Housing Context to Promote Resident Well-Being Principal Investigator: Bryan Hartzler, PhD Supportive…
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