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HIV Prevalence & Risk Behavior Among Women who Exchange Sex for Money or Drugs in the Seattle Area (lecture)

The CFAR Sociobehavioral and Prevention Research Core (SPRC) and Public Health - Seattle/King County HIV/STD Program for a Lunchbox Talk featuring Sara Glick, PhD, MPH and Richard Burt, PhD. 

The presentation will offer an overview of the CDC-sponsored National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) program.  It will describe the NHBS component focusing on persons considered at elevated risk for heterosexually transmitted HIV and the experience in three Seattle-area surveys of this population.

• When: Tuesday, July 12, 2016, 12:00 PM – 1:00 pm
• Where: Public Health - Seattle/King County, Chinook Building, 401 5th Avenue, Room 121

Flyer: http://adai.uw.edu/training/CFAR20160712Flyer.pdf

Questions?  Please contact sprc@uw.edu

         

ADAI Small Grant Awards for March 2016

ADAI made four awards for the March 2016 round of applications in our regular Small Grants Program.  Additional awards were made for marijuana research projects, with funding from I-502.  Congratulations to all the recipients!

Susan Ferguson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Characterization of Calcium Signaling in Striatal Cell Populations following Cocaine Use

Melissa A. Lewis, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, A Measurement Burst Study of the Prototype Willingness Model among Adolescents

Susan McLaughlin, PhD, Research Scientist,Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, Characterizing Auditory Processing in Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Joanne Stekler, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Allergy & Infectious Diseases, Increasing Knowledge and Access to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Methamphetamine-using Men who have Sex with Men: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Read more about these projects here. 

The next deadline for ADAI Small Grant applications is October 17, 2016.  You can read more about ADAI Small Grants Program and application process on the ADAI Small Grant web page.

ADAI Funds Marijuana Research Studies with I-502 Monies

Using funds from the I-502 Dedicated Marijuana Fund intended for marijuana research at the University of Washington, ADAI awarded eight marijuana research grants during the last two grant cycles.   The goal of the Small Grant program is to stimulate research by providing initial funding for promising pilot projects which may ultimately be developed into full research studies with outside grant support.   

October 2015 cycle

• Kendall Browne, PhD, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Cannabis Use in Veterans with PTSD
• Katarina Guttmannova, PhD, Social Work, Marijuana Legislation and Adolescent Substance Use
• Lauren C. Kruse, PhD, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Translational Model of Binge Ethanol and THC Intake in Adolescent Rats
• Isaac C. Rhew, PhD, MPH, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Marijuana Use Disorders from Adolescence into Young Adulthood

March 2016 Cycle

• Megan A. Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Assessing Marijuana Promotions on Social Media
  
• Robin Harwick, PhD, UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute, Consumers’ Perspectives on the Function of Marijuana in Their Lives
• Natalia Kleinhans, PhD, Radiology, Linking Sight and Smell: fMRI Correlates of Marijuana Craving in Adults
  
• Matthew C. Enkema, BA and Mary Larimer, PhD, Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors, Craving and Cannabis Misuse Among Young Adults

Grants for non-marijuana studies are awarded with funds from the regular Small Grants program.  To read more about these projects and for information about the ADAI Small Grants Program, visit our website: http://adai.uw.edu/grants/smgrant.htm

Marijuana: New Articles, Reports, and Resources from ADAI

• Marijuana Use by Older Adults. SA Stoner (6/2016)  As acceptance of cannabis use is on the increase across the country, it's important to consider the implications for the fastest growing segment of the population, older adults.  Read...
  
• Marijuana Use Survey Matrix. J Williams & C Banta-Green  (4/2016) Compares methodology and features of major state and national drug use surveys of marijuana use for both youth and adults.  Read...
  
• Cannabis Use among Drivers Suspected of Driving Under the Influence or Involved in Collisions: Analysis of Washington State Patrol Data. C Banta-Green, A Rowhani-Rahbar, B Ebel, LM Andris, and Q Qui.  (6/2016)  Examines drivers involved in collisions and/or arrested for suspected driving under the influence (DUI), documenting the trends in THC involvement over time and in relation to the legalization of cannabis; the prevalence of THC alone and in combination with other potentially intoxicating drugs; the estimated time to blood draw under real world conditions; and the relationship between estimated time to blood draw and the level of THC detected. Read...

New Articles, Chapters, & Reports from ADAI

Client evaluation of treatment for alcohol use disorder in COMBINE. Kirouac, Witkiewitz, and Donovan. J Subst Abuse Treatment 2016, 67:38-43.

The Evaluation of Treatment measure can be used to assess client treatment satisfaction in alcohol use disorder treatment along one higher order dimension, representing overall evaluation of treatment, and six lower order dimensions, representing general satisfaction, urges, therapist, skills, self, and mutual help engagement.  More...

Treating youth substance use: EBPs & their Clinical significance.  SA Stoner. ADAI Brief Report (3/2016)

Summary of the ADAI project to review and rate substance use treatments for youth, with brief description of treatments rated as "evidence-based pratices."   Read...

Differences in tobacco product use among past-month adult marijuana users and nonusers: findings From the 2003-2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Schauer, Berg, Kegler, Donovan, and Windle.  Nicotine Tob Res 2016, 18(3):281-8.

This study assessed differences in individual tobacco product use between past month marijuana users and nonusers, and trends in overall tobacco use and use of specific tobacco products among marijuana users. More...

A comparison of African American and Caucasian stimulant users in 12-step facilitation treatment.  Peavy, Garrett, Doyle, and Donovan. J Ethnicity Subst Abuse 2016 (in press)

Engagement in 12-step meetings and activities has been shown to be a powerful aid to recovery from substance use disorders. However, only limited attention has been given to ethnic and racial differences in attitudes toward 12-step and involvement.   More...

Kudos to Dennis Wendt for Honors from the American Psychological Association!

ADAI congratulates Dr. Dennis Wendt, a Postdoctoral Fellow located at ADAI, who will receive two awards at the upcoming American Psychological Association convention in Denver in August.

Earlier this year he was notified that he will receive Distinguished Dissertation Award in Qualitative Inquiry for 2016 from Division 5 (Quantitative and Qualitative Methods) of the American Psychological Association.  The award recognizes distinguished dissertations completed within the past 3 years that address a topic in the field of qualitative inquiry.  His dissertation is titled A mixed-methods exploration of group therapy for substance use disorders: Prospects for evidence-based treatment. The award will be presented at the Division 5 Award Symposium at the 2016 APA Annual Convention in Denver.

De. Wendt also learned that he will receive a second award at the APA convention. His paper "Major Contribution on Potentially Harmful Therapy and Multicultural Counseling" has been voted the 2016 Outstanding Paper Award, chosen by the journal’s editorial board from all papers published in The Counseling Psychologist in 2015.  An outstanding paper is broadly defined to include exceptional empirical, theoretical, conceptual, applied, and methodological contributions that substantially and significantly advance a particular topic or area within counseling psychology.  The award will be announced at the Society of Counseling Psychology Business Meeting during the American Psychological Association convention in Denver.

Dr. Wendt is located at ADAI during his fellowship period, mentored by Dr. Dennis Donovan, ADAI Director.

WATCH: Marijuana in Washington: Shaping a Research Agenda (video)

On May 20, 2016, the UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute hosted its 2nd research symposium on marijuana in Washington State.  This 1-day event featured experts from the UW and other research and community organizations; nearly 200 people attended from research, policy, public health, treatment, and prevention communities.

Presentations and Q & A sessions explored new and persistent questions from the changing landscape of legal marijuana, including:

• New policies, new challenges and opportunities
• Marijuana and public health
• Prevention, brief intervention, and treatment

The Keynote was presented by Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, PhD, Director of the BING Center for Health Economics and Co-Director of the Drug Policy Research Center at RAND Corporation. 

Video, slides, and related resources can be viewed on the symposium website: http://adai.uw.edu/mjsymposium/