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10th Annual VCBH Conference

Contingency Management: Increasing Abstinence from Substance Use & Promoting Health in  Vulnerable Populations

 

October 6-7, 2022

 

 

A look back at our 10th Annual VCBH Conference

 

Videos and slides are linked below where noted. View/download the published brochure (pdf).

 

 

Program Schedule

 

Thursday, October 6

 

9:00 - 9:10 AM

Opening Remarks - Slides

Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Director, Vermont Center on  Behavior and Health, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 

9:10 - 9:20 AM

UVM Welcome

Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont

 

9:20 - 9:25 AM 

 

Welcome

United States Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont

 

9:25 - 10:10 AM

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Slides

Contingency Management Interventions to Address Drug Addiction, HIV, and Poverty

Ken Silverman, PhD, Director, Center for Learning and Health, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

10:10 - 10:25 AM

 

Break

 

10:30 AM - 12:25 PM

 

Session 1 - Video, Slides

 

SELECTED RESEARCH ADVANCES IN CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT – PART 1

 

Session Chair: Stacey C. Sigmon, PhD, Director, UVM Center on Rural Addiction, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 

 10:30 - 10:55 AM

Contingency Management for Improving Family Planning with

Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Women - Slides
Sarah H. Heil, PhD, Associate Director, UVM Center on Rural Addiction, Associate Director, UVM Tobacco Center of Tobacco Regulatory Science, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 

 11:00 - 11:25 AM

Advancing Practice: Translating Evidence for the Uptake of
Culturally Tailored Contingency Management in Partnership with
American Indian and Alaska Native Communities - Slides
Kait A. Hirchak, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Clinical Science, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University

 

 11:30 - 11:55 AM

Contingency Management for Improving Outcomes among
Cardiac Patients - Slides unavailable
Diann E. Gaalema, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 

 11:55 AM - 12:25 PM

 

Audience/Panel Q&A Discussion

 

12:30 - 1:55 PM

 

Lunch

 

 12:45 - 1:45 PM

 

Lunch Event: Rural Health Disparities - Video, Slides

 

Session Chair: Jennifer W. Tidey, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University

 

Rural Disparities in Tobacco Use: Implications for Tobacco Control and Regulatory Science. Megan E. Roberts, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, The Ohio State University - Slides

 

2:00 - 3:55 PM

 

Session 2 - Video, Slides

 

SELECTED RESEARCH ADVANCES IN CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT – PART 2

 

 

Session Chair: Sarah H. Heil, PhD, Associate Director, UVM Center on Rural Addiction, Associate Director, UVM Tobacco Center of Tobacco Regulatory Science, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 

 2:00 - 2:25 PM

Technology-based Contingency Management: Evolution and Trajectories in the Treatment of Substance-use Disorders - Slides

Jesse Dallery, PhD, Director, Behavioral Health and Technology Research Clinic, Professor of Psychology, University of Florida

 

 2:30 - 2:55 PM

Contingency Management for Smoking-Cessation Among Perinatal Women: An Efficacious and Cost-Effective Intervention - Slides

Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Director, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Virginia H Donaldson Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 

 3:00 - 3:25 PM

Incentives for Health Behavior: A Qualitative Analysis of U.S. State Laws - Slides

Barbara Andraka-Christou, PhD, JD. Assistant Professor, School of Global Health Management and Informatics, and Internal Medicine, University of Central Florida

 

 3:25 - 3:55 PM

 

Audience Q&A

 

4:00 - 4:30 PM

 

Break

 

4:30 - 6:00 PM

 

RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION

 

Session Chair: Diann E. Gaalema, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and
Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 


Friday, October 7

 

9:00 - 10:30 AM

 

Session 3 - Video, Slides

 

FEDERAL AND STATE PERSPECTIVES

 

 

Session Chair: Richard A. Rawson, PhD, Co-Director, Collaboration, Dissemination, and Education Core, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont

 

 9:00 - 9:20 AM

Federal Contingency Management Policy Challenges and Accomplishments - Slides

Cecelia M. Spitznas, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of National Drug Control Policy

 

 9:25 - 9:45 AM

NIDA DTMC Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities - Slides unavailable
Evan S. Herrmann, PhD, Director and Program Officer, respectively, Behavioral Therapy Development Program, Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences, National Institute on Drug Abuse

 

 9:50 - 10:10 AM

Contingency Management for Treatment of Smoking and Other Substance Misuse: The Public Health Perspective - Slides

Mark A. Levine, MD, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health

 

 10:10 - 10:30 AM

 

Audience/Panel Q&A Discussion

 

10:30 - 10:45

 

Break

 

10:45 - 12:00 PM

Session 4 - Video, Slides

 

IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS: ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES – PART 1

 

Session Co-Chairs: Richard A. Rawson, PhD, Co-Director, Collaboration, Dissemination, and Education Core, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont; Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Director, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Virginia H Donaldson Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 

 10:50 - 11:15 AM

 

A Legal and Regulatory Framework for Contingency Management Implementation - Slides

H. Westley Clark, MD, MPH, JD, Deans Executive Professor, Department of Public Health, Santa Clara University

 

 11:20 - 11:45 AM

 

Implementation of Contingency Management in the U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital System - Slides

James R. McKay, PhD, Director of the Philadelphia VA Center of Excellence in Substance Addiction Treatment and Education, Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

 

 11:50 AM - 12:15 PM

 

Researching Implementation of Contingency Management in Clinics for Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder - Slides

Sara Becker, PhD, Director, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Alice Hamilton Professor of Psychiatry, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine

 

 11:50 - 12:00 PM

 

Audience/Panel Q&A Discussion

 

12:45 - 1:45 PM

 

Lunch Break

 

1:50 - 3:00 PM

 

Session 5 - Video, Slides

 

IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS: ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES – PART 2

 

Session Chair: Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Director, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Virginia H Donaldson Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 

 1:50 - 2:15 PM

State Level Training and Implementation Support of CM: Progress and Lessons Learned - Slides

Michael G. McDonell, PhD, Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University

 

 2:20 - 2:45 PM

Recovery Incentives: Key Issues in Implementation in California
and Beyond (Part 1) - Slides

Thomas E. Freese, PhD, Co-Director, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Co-Director, Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center, HHS Region 9

 

 2:50 - 3:15 PM

Recovery Incentives: Key Issues in Implementation in California and Beyond (Part 2) - Slides

Richard A. Rawson, PhD, Co-Director, Collaboration, Dissemination, and Education Core, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont

 

 3:20 - 3:50 PM

 

Audience/Panel Q&A Discussion

 

3:50 - 4:00 PM

 

 

CLOSING REMARKS

Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Director, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Virginia H Donaldson Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 

4:00 PM

 

ADJOURN

 



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