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Blue and white graphic header that advertises the CSUA Annual Conference, and it says Join Us For Our Annual Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction Conference Keynote Speaker Traci C. Green, PhD, MSc, Professor and Director of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative at Brandeis University 05.04.2026 Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub University Park Campus & Zoom Free Event 8AM -- 4 PM

Consortium on Substance Use and Addiction 7th Annual Conference

Monday, May 4th | Room 603 in the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub, Penn State University Park Campus and Zoom

Agenda


We encourage people to join us in-person in Room 603 in the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub at the University Park Campus with an optional Zoom stream for both the morning and afternoon sessions.

Sections

Keynote Speaker

Headshot of Traci Green with long blonde curly hair, red blouse, pearl necklace, and big smile.

Traci C. Green, PhD, MSc

Professor and Director of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative at Brandeis University

Co-Director of the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence on Opioids and Overdoses (COBRE) at Brown University's Rhode Island Hospital

Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University and the Brown School of Public Health

Dr. Green is an epidemiologist whose research focuses on drug use, opioid use disorder, and drug-related injury. She earned a Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill University and a PhD in Epidemiology from Yale University.  She helped design the ASI-MV®, a real-time illicit and prescription drug misuse surveillance system developed by Inflexxion, Inc. Prior to joining the Heller School at Brandeis, she served as Deputy Director of the Boston Medical Center Injury Prevention Center, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health.  She co-directs the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Opioids and Overdose at Rhode Island Hospital and is an Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University and the Brown School of Public Health.  

She helped co-found Prescribe to Prevent for prescribers and pharmacists and its companion site Prevent-Protect for families, patients, and community organizations.  She presently oversees the community drug checking resource Street Check and the Massachusetts Drug Supply Data Stream (MADDS), the first statewide drug checking program. She serves as an advisor to the Rhode Island Governor on addiction and overdose, and consulted for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas on public health and public safety opportunities. She served on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and two recent National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committees pertaining to opioid pain management, regulatory strategies to address opioids, and medications for opioid use disorder. Her research is supported by the CDC, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, the Department of Justice, and the RIZE Massachusetts Foundation.

Posters Session

Exploring Differences in the Use of Other Substances between Black and non-Black Adults Who Smoke

Allen, V. Francois.

Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences

 

When "Culture" Becomes A Commodity: Racialized Opioid Marketing in the USA

Anjum, E. Rosenman, L. Holmes.

Penn State University Park, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Department of Geography

 

Characterizing cortical visual encoding under the influence of alcohol in vivo using two-photon microscopy

Baskar, J. Gronemeyer, G. Sipe.

Penn State University Park, Eberly College of Science Department of Biology

 

Impact of Housing Instability on Substance Use Disorder Incidence, 2017-2023 

Biswas, P. M. Griffin, Q. Chen, A. Zhang.

Penn State University Park, College of Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

 

Developing an Early Warning Predictive Framework for Overdose Deaths: Experiences and Challenges

Chen, J. Segel, H. Nguyen, P. Griffin, G. Sterner.

Penn State University Park, College of Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

 

Mismatch Between Expected and Actual Drugs in Street Drug Supply: An Analysis of Drug Checking Data

Abubakr, Q. Chen, J. Segel, H. Nguyen, P. Griffin, G. Sterner.

Penn State University Park, College of Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

 

Severe Floods Increase Alcohol Purchase: Evidence from Retail Store Scanner Data

Ge, K. Brant, Z. Lei.

Penn State University Park, College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

 

The Stability and Change of Cortisol Response from Infancy to Early School Age: Roles of Prenatal Tobacco and Cannabis Exposure and Sex

He, R. D. Eiden.

Penn State University Park, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology

 

Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on Nicotine Metabolism Among U.S. Adult Smokers: Findings from NHANES 2017-2018

Hua, P. Lazarusa, T. V., Adebile, J.E. Muscat.

Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences

 

Prenatal Substance Exposure and Child Emotion Regulation: Maternal Psychological Distress and Emotion Socialization as Mediators

Kim, R.D. Eiden.

Penn State University Park, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology

 

Rock Bottom: Identity Transformation and Narrative Archetypes in Peer Recovery Spaces

Larson

Penn State University Park, College of Education, Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education

 

Mapping the Substance Use State Policy Landscape

Long, M.A. Ogan, A. Tolley, L. Kalinowski, J. Pugel, D. M. Crowley, J. T. Scott.

Penn State University Park, College of Health and Human Development, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center

 

Autonomy-Supportive Parenting and Profiles of Positive and Negative Risk-Taking

Marcus, B. Bayly, R. D. Eiden.

Penn State University Park, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology

 

Characterizing Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Neonatal Rats Exposed to Opioid in Utero and Experiencing Naloxone-Precipitated Withdrawal

Moran-Bariso, I. N. McMenimon, S. L. Mills-Huffnagle, J. Nyland.

Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics

 

Acute Treatment with Tirzepatide Reduces Cue-, Drug-, and Stress-Induced Fentanyl Seeking in Male Rats

Moran-Bariso, C. Whitfield, N. Acharya, C. Brandl, E. Shealy, K. Persicco, P. S. Grigson, J. Nyland.

Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics

 

Internalized HIV Stigma and Substance Use Problems Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV

Munoz, J. St. Germain, B. Millar, M. Sizemore

Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research 

 

Harm reduction “smart” vending machines in central Pennsylvania

Nolt, J. Murphy, C. Buckingham, A. Zgierska, A. Zhang.

Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine

 

Knowledge And Perception of Nurses on Harm Reduction Strategies for Substance Abuse in Southwest, Nigeria

Olarinde, E. M. Anyebe, J. A. Afolayan, M. S. Balthazar, M. Boltz.

Penn State University Park, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing

 

Adolescent restraint stress increases adult morphine consumption in a sex- and strain-dependent manner

Olekanma, S. A. Cavigelli, H. M. Kamens.

Penn State University Park, Huck Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Neuroscience

 

Mental and behavioral health factors associated with retention in medication treatment for opioid use disorder

Pabla, C. Nordberg, M. Poulsen

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

 

Opioid and Household Finance: Evidence from the 2010 OxyContin Reformulation

Park, N. Sorokina, D. Ramljak.

Penn State Harrisburg, School of Business Administration

 

Evidence Based Othering The Weaponization of Science in Contested Cultural Narratives

Phillips, J. Burkholder, R. Hall.

Penn State University Park, University Libraries, Life Sciences Library

 

Mental and behavioral health factors associated with retention in medication treatment for opioid use disorder

Quadri, O.H., E. Skogseth, K. Brant, H. Apsley, C.A. Latkin, A.A. Jones.

Penn State University Park, College of Health and Human Development, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

 

The Promise of AI in Substance Use Disorder

Ramljak, N. Sorokina.

Penn State Great Valley, Department of Engineering

 

Quarterly Trends of Substance Use-Related Child Maltreatment Fatalities and Near Fatalities from 2011 to 2024

D.R. Reyes, C. Jacob, K. McElwee, C.B. Humphris, M. Parenti, K. Kling, C. M. Connell.

Penn State University Park, College of Health and Human Development, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

 

Social Support During Pregnancy and Patterns of Substance Use Across the Perinatal Period

Ross, J. Rocha-Hidalgo, K. Pérez-Edgar.

Penn State University Park, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology

 

Hidden in Plain Sight: Brain Injury in Substance Use Treatment

DiGuilio, D. Nagele, M.J. Schmidt, M. Vaccaro

Brain Injury Association of PA and Pennsylvania Department of Health

 

The freedom to enjoy nicotine without the internal pressures caused by cigarette use”1: How e-cigarette marketing strategies leverage moral judgement and personal guilt

Sebobi, L. Holmes, E. Rosenman.

Penn State University Park, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Department of Geography

 

Evaluating Changes in Mental Health Across a Pilot Program of a Trauma-Informed, Gender-Specific Drug Treatment Intervention for Women: A Mixed-Methods Study

E.M. Skogseth, O.H. Quadri, K. Brant, C.A. Latkin, A.A. Jones.

Penn State University Park, College of Health and Human Development, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

 

Perceived Effectiveness of Support Sources for Substance Use and Mental Health Among American Indian and First Nations Adults

Strong-Jones, A.A. Jones, M. Hunter, K. Sittner, M. Walls.

Penn State University Park, College of Health and Human Development, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

 

From Prescriptions to Epidemics: A Data-Driven Analysis of Opioid Abuse in Pennsylvania

Voruganti, D. Ramlajk.

Penn State Great Valley

 

Comparing Different Approaches to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: A Cost- Effectiveness Analysis of State Mandates, HIT Integration, and Interstate Sharing

Waghmare, J. E. Segel, C. S. Hollenbeak.

Penn State University Park, College of Health and Human Development, Department of Health Policy and Administration

Directions and Parking

Our conference will be held at the the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub, which is located at 123 S. Burrowes Street in State College, PA 16801. View Google Maps directions. Please note that the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub is not on campus but is in Downtown State College across from the University Park campus.

Parking: Public garage and street parking is available in close proximity of the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub. The daily rate is $1 per hour.

  • Beaver Garage: Located at 200 W. Beaver Avenue. (About 1 block from the building.)
  • Fraser Garage: Located at 135 S. Fraser Street. (Less than 2 blocks from the building.)