
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
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.
Keynote Speaker

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
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
He, R. D. Eiden.
Penn State University Park, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology
Hua, P. Lazarusa, T. V., Adebile, J.E. Muscat.
Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences
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
Moran-Bariso, I. N. McMenimon, S. L. Mills-Huffnagle, J. Nyland.
Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.)