Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute

Front Page


June 17, 2026

CEDEER Handout: Cutting Back on Stimulants with Contingency Management

New ADAI/CEDEER handout: Cutting back on stimulants with contingency management

Contingency management (CM) is an evidence-based intervention that can help people quit or cut back on stimulants, including methamphetamine and cocaine. This one-page handout was created by the ADAI Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology & Research (CEDEER) to help educate patients or clients about this treatment option. The handout includes information on: More information…


June 16, 2026

Congratulations to our Spring ADAI Small Grant Awardees!

ADAI Small Grants Spring Cycle Awardees

What are ADAI Small Grants? ADAI works to stimulate and facilitate UW research on alcohol and drug use and addiction through its Small Grants Program, which awards funds to UW researchers for pilot studies and developmental research. The scope ranges from pharmacology of drugs to studies of clinical treatment strategies, prevention, and social policy issues….


June 15, 2026

New ADAI Report Explores Smoking Supply Use and Impacts in Washington State

ADAI report: Safer Smoking Supplies – Use, Engagement, and Association with Decreased Injecting in Washington State. Newman A, Banta-Green C. June 2026

From 2015 to 2025, Washington State saw a dramatic shift in opioid and stimulant use, with smoking replacing injecting as the primary route of administration among syringe services program clients. More than half of syringe services programs in the state now offer safer smoking supplies. Safer Smoking Supplies – Use, Engagement, and Association with Decreasing…


June 11, 2026

RECORDING AVAILABLE: Washington State Community Drug Checking Network (CDCN) – June 11, 1pm PT

ADAI/CEDEER webinar: Washington State Community Drug Checking Network (CDCN) - June 11, 1pm PT

Update: This event was held on June 11, 2026.The slides & recording are now available. The Washington State Community Drug Checking Network (CDCN) is a partnership of organizations that provide community-level drug checking (offering people who use drugs information about what’s in their drugs) and related harm reduction services. This webinar, presented in partnership with…


June 10, 2026

RECORDING AVAILABLE: ADAI/CEDEER Virtual Conference: Supporting the Health of People Who Use Drugs, June 2-3, 2026

Supporting the health of people who use drugs. June 2-3 2026, 12-4pm PT

ADAI’s Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology & Research (CEDEER) met over two days to learn more about practical strategies and programs that support the health of people who use drugs in Washington State.The session recordings and slides are now available! Topics for this event included: Presentations from experts from WA DOH, Clallam County Public…


June 9, 2026

New ADAI Report: Syringe Services Program Participants’ Perceptions, Concerns, and Experiences of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)

ADAI report: Syringe Services Program Participants’ Perceptions, Concerns, and Experiences of Medications for MOUD

Medications like methadone and buprenorphine can be a powerful tool for people with opioid use disorder, but access and experiences vary. This new ADAI report, written by Teresa Winstead, PhD, MA, and Alison Newman, MPH (both of the Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology & Research) shares what 18 syringe services program participants said about…


June 2, 2026

ADAI Lunch & Learn: Increasing Resilience from Alcohol Harm: Gender-Affirming & Inclusive Healthcare (June 26, 12pm PT)

ADAI Lunch & Learn: Increasing Resilience from Alcohol Harm: Understanding Pathways to Gender-Affirming and Inclusive Alcohol Healthcare. June 26, 2026, 12-1pm PT

Join ADAI and presenter Jessica Canning, PhD, of the UW Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) and Seven Directions, for our next virtual Lunch & Learn session, June 26, 2026, 12-1pm PT! Transgender and nonbinary adults are disproportionately impacted by harm from alcohol use, and these disparities are compounded for trans…


May 29, 2026

RECORDING AVAILABLE: Executive Function and Communication in Early Adulthood in the Context of FASD (ADAI Lunch & Learn)

ADAI Lunch & Learn: Executive Function and Communication in Early Adulthood in the Context of FASD: Family Perspectives. Sara Kover, PhD, UW Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sciences. May 28, 2026, 12-1pm PT (virtual)

Sara Kover, PhD, of the UW Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences, joined ADAI for our May 2026 Lunch & Learn webinar. The recording from this session is now available! Dr. Kover’s presentation explored preliminary findings from a project designed to understand the values and experiences of individuals with FASD and their families during a…


LISTEN: KUOW’s “Ask a Doctor” Episode About Ketamine Features ADAI’s Nathan Sackett, MD, MS

Hand holding cell phone with website loaded on the screen reading NEWS at the top

Nathan Sackett, MD, MS, Director of the Center for Novel Therapeutics in Addiction Psychiatry at ADAI, was interviewed this week by KUOW for their “Ask a Doctor” series. Dr. Sackett’s work focuses on the intersection between substance use and psychiatric disorders and the therapeutic use of psychedelics for addiction. In the interview, he talks to…


May 4, 2026

Northwest ATTC Webinar: Direct to Inject (Buprenorphine) Strategies to Improve Care for People with SUD and Infectious Disease (May 20, 12pm PT)

Northwest ATTC: Syndemic Care for People Struggling with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) – Leveraging Direct to Inject (DTI) Strategies to Improve Care Integration, May 20, 2026, 12-1pm PT

Join the Northwest ATTC on May 20, 2026 (12-1pm PT) for their next webinar: Syndemic Care for People Struggling with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) – Leveraging Direct to Inject (DTI) Strategies to Improve Care Integration Presenter: Chris Bositis, MD, Clinical Director, UCSF National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC) In spite of recent gains made in reducing new…



Next page