Substance Abuse, Criminal Justice and HIV in African Americans: Research Development Workshop

December 11-12, 2006
Hilton Silver Spring
Silver Spring, MD

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December 11, 2006 – Day One

 

 

8:30 AM                         Welcome

 

Lula Beatty, Ph.D.

Chief, Special Populations Office

National Institute on Drug Abuse

 

8:40 AM                         Opening Remarks

 

Timothy Condon, Ph.D.

Deputy Director

National Institute on Drug Abuse

 

Dennis Romero, M.A.

Acting Director

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

 

9:00 AM                         Keynote Address

 

Drugs and African Americans in the Criminal Justice System 

Torrance Stephens, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Track Coordinator

Morehouse School of Medicine 

 

Dorothy Lewis, Moderator

Public Health Advisor

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 

 

9:45 AM                         Question and Answer

 

10:00 AM                       Break

 

10:15 AM                       Panel 1: Perspectives from the Criminal Justice System  

Identification of Treatment Needs Among the Community Supervision Populations in

Washington, D.C.

Calvin Johnson, Ph.D.

Director

Office of Research and Evaluation

Offender Services, Washington, DC 

Hon. M. Lynn Sherrod

District Court Judge

Madison County Courthouse, Alabama 

Jean Bailey, Ph.D.

Professor and Director

Center for Drug Abuse Research, Howard University

National African American Drug Policy Coalition (NAADCP) 

Components of Restorative Justice in the African American Community

Senator Constance N. Johnson

Oklahoma Senate District 48

Ernest Quimby, Ph.D., Moderator

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Howard University

 

11:15 AM                       Panel 1. Discussion

 

11:30 AM                       Distinguished Lecture 

Models, Methods and Concerns in Conducting Research with African Americans 

James Jackson, Ph.D.

Director and Research Professor of Psychology,

Institute for Social Research,

Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor,

University of Michigan 

Charlene Le Fauve, Ph.D., Moderator

Chief, Co-Occurring and Homeless Activities Branch

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

12:30PM–2:00PM       Lunch (On Your Own)

 

2:00 PM                        Panel 2: Drug Use and African Americans in the Criminal Justice System:

                                       Understanding and Addressing Prevention and Treatment Needs 

Assessing and Enhancing Youth Outcomes in Correctional Settings.

Tony Strickland, Ph.D.

Director, Mild Head Injury Clinic Memory Disorders Clinic Sports Concussion Institute, Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center 

The Impact of the Juvenile Justice System on African American Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment

Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, Ph.D.

Technical Vice President, The MayaTech Corporation

Patty S. Clubb, M.A., Ph.D.

Research Scientist/Consultant, Morgan State University

Life After Incarceration for African Americans Faced with HIV and/or Substance Abuse Ailments - What Next?

Newton Sanon, M.S.

Executive Director, Opportunities Industrialization Center

(OIC) of Broward County 

Murelle Harrison, Ph.D., Moderator

Professor

Southern University  

3:00 PM                         Panel 2. Discussion 

Carl Hart, Ph.D., Facilitator

Associate Professor

Columbia University 

3:30 PM                         Break

 

3:45 PM                         Panel 3: Funding Opportunities 

HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, Mental Health - Data from the CDC/HRSA

Corrections Demonstration Project (1999-2004)

R. Hugh Potter, Ph.D.

Centers for Disease Control 

Funding Opportunities for Health Disparities Research at NIDA

Dionne Jones, Ph.D.

Deputy Branch Chief, Services Research Branch,

National Institute on Drug Abuse 

Paul Schnur, Ph.D., Moderator

Deputy Director, Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavior Research National Institute on Drug Abuse 

4:30 PM                         Panel 3 Discussion 

5:00 PM                         ADJOURN DAY ONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 12, 2006 – Day Two

 

 

8:45 AM                        Call to Order 

Lula Beatty, Ph.D.

National Institute on Drug Abuse 

8:50 AM                         Opening Remarks 

Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM

Director,

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 

Jeanette Bevett-Mills, M.Ed., Moderator

Public Health Advisor

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 

9:15 AM                         Panel 4: Public Access Databases: Opportunities for Conducting Substance

                                        Abuse and Criminal Justice Analyses 

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)

Arthur Hughes, M.S.

Office of Applied Studies,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

Jackson Heart Study: A Resource for an Epidemiological Inquiry

Daniel Sarpong, Ph.D.

Director/Biostatistician

Jackson State University 

Laura Maruschak, M.A.

Lauren Glaze, M.S.

Statisticians

Bureau of Justice Statistics 

Steve Oversby, Psy.D., Moderator

National Institute on Drug Abuse

10:15 AM                      Panel 4. Discussion 

10:30 AM                       Break

 

10:45 AM                       Roundtables: Session One  (Descriptions are provided on separate page)

 

11:15 AM                       Roundtables: Session Two

 

11:45 AM–1:00 PM      Lunch (On Your Own)

 

1:00 P.M                        Funding Opportunities at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

                                        Administration 

Beverly Watts Davis

Senior Policy Advisor

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

Don Vereen, M.D., Moderator

Special Assistant to the Director,

National Institute on Drug Abuse 

1:30 P.M                        Elements of a Well-Written Proposal 

Laurence Stanford, Ph.D.

Deputy Division Director, Division of Clinical Neurobiology and Behavioral Research

National Institute on Drug Abuse 

Carmen Rosa, M.S., Moderator

Regulatory Specialist, Center for Clinical Trials Network

National Institute on Drug Abuse

2:00 PM                         What Happens In Review? 

Jose Guerrier, Ph.D., Scientific Review Administrator

Center for Scientific Review, NIH 

 

Pamela Goodlow, Moderator

Public Health Analyst, Special Populations Office

National Institute on Drug Abuse

2:45 PM                         Electronic Submission of NIH Research Grant Applications

Gerald McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Chief, Grants Review Branch
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Derrick Prather, M.A., Moderator
Program Manager, Special Populations Office
National Institute on Drug Abuse

3:15 PM                         Break

3:30 PM                         Research Assistant for New Investigators

Henry Wong, Ph.D.
Director of Public Health Research
Danya, Inc.

Flair Lindsey, Moderator
Program Analyst, Special Populations Office
National Institute on Drug Abuse

4:00 PM                         Closing Remarks/Adjourn