Embedding Services Research Questions into Comparative Effectiveness Studies from the Start

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 * 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Marriott Wardman Park * Washington, D.C.

AGENDA

2:30 pm
WELCOME
Redonna Chandler, Ph.D., NIDA, NIH and Junius Gonzales, M.D., M.B.A., Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida
Interest Group Co-Chairs

2:45 pm
Services Research & Effectiveness Trials: Moving Science into Practice
Redonna Chandler, Ph.D.
Chief, Services Research Branch
National Institute on Drug Abuse

3:00 pm
Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study (POATS)
Jennifer Sharpe Potter, Ph.D. M.P.H.
Northern New England Node Co-Investigator
Harvard Medical School

Cindy Parks Thomas, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist & Co-Director, Prescription Drug Analysis Group
Schneider Institute for Health Policy
Brandeis University

3:30 pm
Buprenorphine for Adolescents Study
Geetha A. Subramaniam, M.S.
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Daniel Polsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System

4:00 pm
NETWORKING BREAK 

4:15 pm
Reflections on Comparativeness Effectiveness from Mental Health Studies: Issues for the Future
Michael Schoenbaum, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health

5:00 pm
WRAP UP & NEXT STEPS
Redonna K. Chandler, Ph.D.
Chief, Services Research Branch
National Institute on Drug Abuse