Improving Care for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders:

Effective Approaches to Assessing, Treating, and Engaging Teens

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
 

Traci Lynette Brooks, MD, (SBIRT Panelist) is an Assistant in Medicine in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital, an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and a Board Certified Pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine specialist with Cambridge Health Alliance. Dr. Brooks' career has spanned direct clinical service, grant-funded research, program development, and administrative work focused on improving the screening and medical care of high-risk adolescents. She currently serves as the Medical Director of Cambridge Pediatrics as well as three teen health centers in the Greater Boston Area. Dr. Brooks is the current President for the New England Regional Chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
 
Alan J. Budney, PhD, (Plenary Speaker and Marijuana Breakout Session Leader) is a Professor in the Geisel School of Medicine, where he serves as Co-Director of the ADHERE (Addiction and Health Research) group, Director of a NIDA-funded training program in the Science of Co-Occurring Disorders, and Director of the Treatment Development and Evaluation Core of Dartmouth's Center for Technology and Behavioral Health. His program of research has focused on the development of behavioral treatments for substance use disorders, with particular emphasis on cannabis use disorders in adults and adolescents. He has authored over 125 scientific papers and book chapters, and has helped to characterize cannabis withdrawal syndrome and the changing landscape of cannabis products, methods of use, and the impact of cannabis legislation. Dr. Budney has served as Past-President of two Divisions of the American Psychological Association (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse and the Society on Addiction Psychology) and is the current President-elect of the College of Problems on Drug Dependence.
 
Selby Conrad, PhD, (Motivational Interviewing Breakout Session Leader) is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Brown University Medical School and a Staff Psychologist at Rhode Island Hospital. She currently serves as Clinical Director of the adolescent dual diagnosis service line at Gateway Healthcare and Supervising Psychologist of the adolescent substance use treatment continuum at the Rhode Island Training School (the state's juvenile detention center). Dr. Conrad has provided training and supervision in motivational interviewing and other evidence-based treatments for adolescents with substance use disorders to clinicians at all levels of training including licensed mental health counselors, psychology and psychiatry residents, community mental health providers, practicum students, psychologists, psychiatrists, and physicians.
 
Kay Jankowski, PhD, (Trauma-Informed Practice Breakout Session Leader) is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where she serves as the Associate Director of the Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center.  Dr. Jankowski conducts research in the area of child and adolescent trauma, system transformation, and implementation and dissemination of trauma focused evidence-based practices.  She serves as the Principal Investigator of two large federally funded demonstration projects that aim to promote trauma-informed assessment and intervention throughout the child welfare and juvenile justice systems in the state of New Hampshire. Dr. Jankowski is also a practicing clinician and certified trainer of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). 
 
Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA, (Plenary Speaker and Marijuana Breakout Session Discussant) holds a joint appointment as Professor of Psychiatry (Alcohol Research Center) and Professor of Pediatrics (Injury Prevention Center) at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Dr. Kaminer has conducted extensive clinical research on the assessment, treatment, and continuous care of youth with substance use disorders, with a special interest in youth with co-occurring depression and suicidal behavior.  He has authored/edited 5 books, published over 150 scientific articles, contributed to the development of the original MET/CBT manuals for the Cannabis Youth Trial, and developed several widely used assessment tools (including the Teen Addiction Severity Index/T-ASI, the Teen Treatment Services Review/T-TSR, and the Adolescent Substance Abuse Goal Commitment Questionnaire/ ASAGC). Dr. Kaminer serves on the advisory board of two new organizations: Research Society of Marijuana (RSMj) and Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) a policy oriented agency that focuses on prevention of cannabis legalization in the US.
 
Rosemarie Martin, PhD, (Nicotine Breakout Session Leader) is an Assistant Professor (Research) of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health. Dr. Martin is an experimental psychologist with over 10 years of experience leading or collaborating on NIH-funded research teams conducting assessment and clinical outcome research among adolescents and adults with substance use disorders. Her current research program focuses on studying both behavioral and pharmacologic approaches to reduce smoking particularly in under-served populations. Dr. Martin developed a motivational interviewing treatment approach to address smoking in incarcerated youth and developed a webinar on Teen Smoking, Vaping, and Dipping, for the Addiction Technology Transfer Center's (ATTC's) Teen Treatment IQ initiative. 
 
Seddon Savage, MD, (Opioid Breakout Session Leader) is the Medical Director of the Chronic Pain and Recovery Program at Silver Hill Hospital and an advisor on education to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Substance Use and Mental Health Initiative. She is an associate professor on the adjunct faculty of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and has been board certified in anesthesiology, addiction medicine, and pain medicine. Over the past thirty years, Dr. Savage has held numerous leadership roles within national and state organizations focused on addiction medicine and pain medicine, including: Co-Chair of the New Hampshire (NH) Commission's Opioid and Healthcare Task Forces; President of the American Pain Society and of the NH Medical Society; Chair of the Committee on Pain of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the Liaison Committee on Pain and Addiction (between ASAM, the America Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine); Co-Chair of a National Institute on Health Work Group that is setting the national research agenda on chronic pain; and Consultant for the American Medical Association, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the U.S. Centers for Substance Abuse Treatment, among others. She was the 2004 recipient of the Maria Nyswander Humanitarian Award, an international award acknowledging leadership in addressing issues of pain and chemical dependency and the 2015 recipient of the Distinguished Service award of the American Pain Society.
 
Catherine Stanger, PhD, (Contingency Management Breakout Session Leader) is an Associate Professor of the Geisel School of Medicine, where she serves as Co-Director of the ADHERE (Addiction and Health Research) group. Dr. Stanger has conducted extensive research on the development and evaluation of family based interventions to improve the outcomes of adolescents affected by substance use disorders, with a focus on innovative ways to use incentives to motivate behavior change in both teens and parents. She has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on over 20 federally-funded research projects, published over 50 scientific articles, developed several novel interventions, and collaborated with groups across the country to provide technical assistance in intervention implementation. 
 
Lynda A. R. Stein, PhD, (SBIRT Panelist) is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island, an Adjunct Professor at Brown University's Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies, and the Director of Research at the Rhode Island Training School (the rehabilitative facility for incarcerated youth in Rhode Island). She has conducted extensive clinical research on the development and implementation of effective treatments for substance use and other high-risk behaviors in justice-involved populations, including adolescents involved in the justice system. She has developed several novel assessment and behavioral intervention approaches for persons involved in the justice system, published over 50 scientific articles, and served as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on over 20 federally-funded research projects.   
 
Win Turner, PhD, LADC (SBIRT Panelist) is the Project Director of Vermont's Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) initiative and Co-Founder of the Center for Behavioral Health Integration.  He is a clinical psychologist, researcher, consultant, and instructor in topics including: Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, SBIRT, Effective Interventions for Youth and Families, and Healthcare Integration. He is one of the lead authors of SAMHSA's Brief Integrated Treatment Manual for SBIRT (ICT) as well as the administration's new Guideline for Risky Marijuana Use.  Dr. Turner has participated on expert panels for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the National Drug Court Institute (NDCI), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), the New York Times, and Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ).