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11th Annual VCBH Conference

Thursday, October 5th Schedule

8:00-8:30


Breakfast and Registration

 

8:30-8:35


Opening Remarks

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

 

8:40-8:45


UVM Welcome

J. Kathleen (Kate) Tracy, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Director of Research, University of Vermont Health Network

 

8:50-8:55Video Welcome

Peter Welch, US Senator for Vermont


9:00-9:55


KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Changing Tobacco Landscape: Implications for Women and Girls

Lucinda England, MD, MSPH

Fellow in Addiction Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health and Office on Smoking and Health (ret)



10:00- 10:15
BREAK

10:15-11:40


SESSION 1

Session Chair: Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD, Vice President for Research, Distinguished University Professor in Psychiatry, Director of the South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina

 

 

 
10:15-10:40


Smoking and Psychiatric Health Among Women and Girls

Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD, Vice President for Research, Distinguished University Professor in Psychiatry, Director of the South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina

10:45-11:10
Differential Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Cardiovascular Disease in Females

Diann Gaalema, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont
11:15-11:40
Smoking and Pulmonary Health Among Women and Girls
Katherine E. Menson, DO, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Vermont

11:45-12:10Audience/Panel Q & A Discussion

 

12:15-1:15LUNCH
1:20-3:45


SESSION 2

Session Chair: Sarah Heil, PhD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

 
1:20-1:45


Tobacco Use and Sex and Gender Minority Girls/Women

Andrea H. Weinberger, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University

1:50-2:15

 

Associations Between e-Cigarette Use and Subsequent Smoking in Young People: Patterns by Gender

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford; Editor, Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group

2:20-2:45
Dual Use of E-Cigarettes and Combusted Cigarettes Among Women and Girls

Elias M. Klemperer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

2:50-3:15

 

Alternative Nicotine Delivery System Use Among Women and Girls

Danielle R. Davis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine

3:20-3:45

 

Audience/Panel Q & A Discussion

 

3:50-4:05BREAK
4:10-6:00


RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION

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

 

 

 

 

Friday, October 6th Schedule

8:00-9:00


Breakfast and Registration

 

9:00-9:55


SESSION 3

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

 

 
9:00-9:25
Lifespan Approach to Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Among Vermont Women and Girls

Mark Levine, MD, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
9:30-9:55
Response to Nicotine Product Standard for Cigarettes Among Women and Girls

Jennifer Tidey, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health

 

10:00-10:25BREAK
10:30-11:55


SESSION 4

Session Chair: Jennifer Tidey, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health

 

 
10:30-10:55

 

Tobacco Manufacturer Targeting of Women and Girls
Pamela Ling, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

11:00-11:25
Rural Disparities in Smoking Among Women and Girls

Stephen Higgins, PhD, Director, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University Distinguished Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont
11:30-11:55


Audience/Panel Q & A Discussion

 

12:10-1:10

 

LUNCH AND LEARN: Disseminating Evidence-Based Interventions for Substance Use Disorders into Community Settings

Elias M. Klemperer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont
Kelly R. Peck, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont
Tyler G. Erath, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont

1:15-2:25


SESSION 5

Session Chair: Stephen Higgins, PhD, Director, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University Distinguished Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont


 
1:15-1:40

 

Characterizing the Relationship between Moral Injury and Demand for Cigarettes Among Women Veterans

Justin T. McDaniel, PhD, Associate Professor of Public health, Southern Illinois University

1:45-2:10


Biases in Decision Making and Smoking Risk Among Women and Girls

Eric A. Thrailkill, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychological Science and Psychiatry, University of Vermont

2:15-2:25
Audience/Panel Q & A Discussion

 

2:30-2:35


CLOSING REMARKS

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

 

 

2:40 

 

ADJOURN

 

 

 


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