The Frontiers of Drug Abuse Research A Conference Featuring New Social Work Pioneers
	Friday, April 1, 2005 1pm-5pm Columbia University School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10027

Please join social work researchers from across the country as they present and discuss the latest advances in important new areas of drug abuse and prevention, treatment and service delivery.

Conference Information:

This conference brings together social work researchers from universities across the country to present new and cutting edge research aimed at assisting individuals, families, and communities affected by drug abuse. The spectrum of topics covered by conference presenters include:

• Innovative prevention and treatment approaches for prevalent yet unmet needs, including co-occuring conditions

• Identification and in-depth understanding of new and/or emerging needs 

• Cultural competence and cultural congruity of interventions 

• Structural and organizational factors that affect drug treatment outcomes 

Click here for a full program.

All researchers, students, and service providers are invited to attend and contribute to the dialog on important new areas of drug abuse prevention, treatment, and service delivery. The conference is free and is first come, first served (i.e., no registration necessary).

Sponsored by the Center for Intervention and Prevention Research on HIV and Drug Abuse, a NIDA-funded Social Work Research Development program located at the Columbia University School of Social Work.

Additional  Information:

• Address and directions to the Columbia University School of Social Work

• Participating schools and conference members

• Information about Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

• If you have any questions, please e-mail ciprhda+frontiers@columbia.edu or call Elwin Wu at (212) 851-2397.

Address & Contact Information

Columbia University School of Social Work (CUSSW)
1255 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027

Click here for travel directions. You may also find the following links to be helpful:

• Map & Directions to CUSSW via Google

• Columbia University Campus Map

• If you have any questions, please e-mail ciprhda+frontiers@columbia.edu or call Elwin Wu at (212) 851-2397.

Participating Universities & Conference Members

We are pleased to have Deans, faculty members, and social work researchers represented from all of the universities that have a NIDA-funded Social Work Research Development program. The list of schools/universities and invited guests include the following:

• Arizona State University, School of Social Work

  • Dr. Leslie Leighninger, Director

  • Dr. Flavio Marsiglia, Associate Professor; Director of the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Consortium

  • Dr. Stephen Kulis, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies; Methodology Director of the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Consortium

  • Dr. Scott Okamoto, Assistant Professor

• Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

  • Dr. Grover Gilmore, Dean

  • Dr. Mark Singer, Professor

  • Dr. Elizabeth Tracy, Associate Professor

• Columbia University, School of Social Work

  • Dr. Jeanette Takamura, Dean

  • Dr. Allen Zweben, Associate Dean for Research & Sponsored Projects

  • Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, Professor; Director of the Center for Intervention & Prevention Research on HIV & Drug Abuse

  • Ms. Louisa Gilbert, Co-Director of the Social Intervention Group

  • Dr. Denise Hien, Research Scholar,  Social Intervention Group

  • Dr. Fred Ssewamala, Assistant Professor

  • Dr. Susan Witte, Assistant Professor

  • Dr. Elwin Wu, Co-Director of the Center for Intervention & Prevention Research on HIV & Drug Abuse

   

• National Institute on Drug Abuse, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research

  • Dr. Jerry Flanzer, Health Scientist Administrator

   

• State University of New York at Albany, School of Social Welfare

  • Dr. Katharine Briar-Lawson, Dean

  • Dr. Philip McCallion, Associate Professor; Director of the Child Welfare, Drug Abuse, & Intergenerational Risk Center

  • Dr. Brenda Smith, Assistant Professor

• University of California at San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry

  • Dr. Constance Weisner, Professor

• University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work

  • Dr. Creasie Finney Hairston, Dean

  • Dr. James Swartz, Associate Professor; Co-Director of the Jane Addams Substance Abuse Research Collaboration

  • Dr. Patricia O'Brien, Associate Professor

• University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work

  • Dr. Barbara White, Dean

  • Dr. Ruth McRoy, Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director of the Center for Social Work Research

  • Dr. Diana DiNitto, Professor; Co-Director of the Social Work Research Development Program for Underserved Populations

  • Dr. Marilyn Peterson Armour, Assistant Professor

• Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work

  • Dr. Edward Lawlor, Dean

  • Dr. Arlene Stiffman, Professor; Director of the Comorbidity and Addictions Center

  • Dr. David Pollio, Associate Professor; Associate Director of the Comorbidity and Addictions Center

  • Dr. Tonya Edmond, Associate Professor

Continuing Education Units

The State of New York Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and Bureau of Workforce Development Training Unit has approved CIPRHDA to be an education and training certificate provider. 

Attendees of the conference may receive .5 continuing education units in the following areas:

• Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC)

• Credentialed Prevention Professional (CPP)

• Credentialed Prevention Specialist (CPS)