Registration for the Second Annual Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse Conference is now open!
The annual conference of the Penn State Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, funders, and community leaders to focus on community-engaged solutions to problems of substance use. Opportunities to leverage evidence-based solutions in coordination across extension/education, faith-based, criminal justice, and healthcare systems are highlighted. Sessions on each of these systems are designed to stimulate impactful collaborations between individuals across systems and across communities within the Commonwealth and beyond.
| Agenda for May 3, 2021 | |
| 10:15-10:25am | Welcome: Dr. Stephanie Lanza, Outgoing CCSA Director
Opening Remarks: Dr. Eric Barron, President of Penn State University |
| 10:25-11:10am | Educational Systems: Critical Partnerships for Evidence-Based Prevention
chaired by Dr. Janet Welsh, Penn State Prevention Research Ctr. with panelists: Dr. Paul Kazmarcik, Carbondale School District Dr. Scott Gest, University of Virginia Ms. Melissa Tomascik, Penn State University |
| 11:10-11:15am | Coffee Break |
| 11:15-12:00pm | Engaging the Faith-Based Community: An Opportunity and a Challenge
chaired by Mr. Christian Thrasher, Clinton Foundation with panelists: Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman, Chabad Intown Rev. Melissa Maher, United Methodist Church Imam Dr. Basem Hamid, Shadow Creek Muslim Community Center |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:00-1:45pm | Correctional Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Progress, Challenges, and Lessons Learned
chaired by Dr. Derek Kreager, Penn State Criminal Justice Research Ctr. with panelists: Mr. Steven Seitchik, PA Department of Corrections Dr. Kristofer (Bret) Bucklen, PA Department of Corrections Mr. Jared Lutz, RASE Community Recovery Organization |
| 1:45-2:30pm | Beyond the Clinic Walls: Advancing Healthcare Approaches to Substance Use
chaired by Dr. Jennifer Kraschnewski, Penn State College of Medicine with panelists: Dr. Sheryl Ryan, Penn State College of Medicine Ms. Meghna Patel, PA Department of Health Dr. Linda Thomas-Hermak, The Wright Center for Community Health |
| 2:30-2:45pm | Coffee Break |
| 2:45-3:30pm | Interacting Systems chaired by Dr. Paul Griffin, Incoming CCSA Director
Mr. David Saunders, PA Department of Health |