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10th Annual VCBH Conference

Here's a look back at our 10th Annual Conference.

Session videos are available online at our YouTube channel.

You can also view our conference brochure.

 

 

Thursday, October 6th Schedule

8:15-9:00


Breakfast and Registration

 

9:00-9:10


Opening 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

 

9:10-9:20
UVM Welcome:
Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont

9:20-9:25


Video Welcome:
United States Representative Peter Welch of Vermont


9:25-10:10


KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 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
BREAK

10:30-12:25


SESSION 1: 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 Sciences, University of Vermont

 

Video

 

 
10:30-10:55


Contingency Management for Improving Family Planning with Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Women

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

11:00-11:25
Advancing Practice: Translating Evidence for the Uptake of Culturally Tailored Contingency Management in Partnership with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Katherine "Kait" A. Hirchak, PhD, MHPA, Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Clinical Science, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University
11:30-11:55
Contingency Management for Secondary Prevention: A Focus on Cardiac Rehabilitation
Diann E. Gaalema, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont

11:55-12:25Audience/Panel Q & A Discussion

 

12:30-1:55LUNCH
 


LUNCH EVENT: RURAL HEALTH DISPARITIES

12:45-1:45


Session Chair: Jennifer 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

 

Video

 

2:00-3:55


SESSION 2: 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 Regulatory Science, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological Sciences, University of Vermont

 

Video

 
2:00-2:25


Technology-Based Contingency Management: Evolution and Trajectories in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

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

2:30-2:55
Contingency Management for Smoking-Cessation Among Perinatal Women: An Efficacious and Cost-Effective Intervention

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

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

3:25-3:55Audience/Panel Q & A Discussion

 

4:00-4:30BREAK ON YOUR OWN
4:30-6:00


RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION

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

 

 

 

 

Friday, October 7th Schedule

8:15-9:00


Breakfast and Registration

 

9:00-10:30


SESSION 3: 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

 

Video

 

 
9:00-9:20


Federal Contingency Management Policy Challenges and Accomplishments

Cecelia "Cece" McNamara Spitznas, PhD, Senior Science Policy Analyst, Office of National Drug Control Policy

9:25-9:45
NIDA DTMC Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities

Evan S. Herrmann, PhD, Program Officer, Clinical Research Grants Branch, Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences, National Institute on Drug Abuse
9:50-10:10
Contingency Management for Treatment of Smoking and Other Substance Misuse: The Public Health Perspective

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

10:10-10:30Audience/Panel Q & A Discussion

 

10:30-10:45BREAK
10:50-12:40


SESSION 4: IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS: ADVANCES & 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

 

Video

 
10:50-11:15


A Legal and Regulatory Framework for Contingency Management Implementation
H. Westley Clark, MD, MPH, JD, Deans Executive Professor (retired August 2022), Department of Public Health, Santa Clara University

11:20-11:45
Implementation of Contingency Management in the U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital System
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
11:50-12:15


Lessons Learned Implementing Contingency Management in Opioid Treatment Programs
Sara Becker, PhD, Director, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Alice Hamilton Professor of Psychiatry, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine

12:15-12:40Audience/Panel Q & A Discussion

 

12:45-1:45LUNCH
1:50-3:50


SESSION 5: IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS: ADVANCES & 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

 

Video


 
1:50-2:15
State Level Training and Implementation Support of CM: Progress and Lessons Learned
Michael G. McDonell, PhD Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University
2:20-2:45


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

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
Recovery Incentives: Key Issues in Implementation in California and Beyond (Part 2)
Richard A. Rawson, PhD, Co-Director, Collaboration, Dissemination, and Education Core, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont

3:20-3:50Audience/Panel Q & A Discussion

 

3:50-4:00


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 ADJOURN

 

 

 


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