Thursday, October 8, 2020
Session 1: Substance Use Disorders and Adverse Health Outcomes (No Video Available due to Zoom Failure)
- Session Chair: Sarah H. Heil, PhD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont
- Speakers:
- The Medical Consequences of the Injection Opioid Epidemic in Rural America: The Case of West Virginia | Slides (PDF) - Judith Feinberg, MD, Professor, Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, West Virginia University
- Disease Risk Network Topologies Among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Puerto Rico | Slides (PDF) - Kirk Dombrowski, PhD, Vice President for Research, University of Vermont
- Treating Women for Opioid Use Disorder in The Era of COVID-19 | Slides (PDF) - Hendree Jones, PhD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
- Smoking-Attributable Cancer by State: A Source of Rural Public Health Disparity? | Slides (PDF) Andrea Villanti, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont
Special Lunchtime Event: Leveraging Innovation for Rural SUDs Care: Exploring Case Studies
Presented by: UVM Center on Rural Addiction (CORA)
During this Lunch & Learn session, join SUD treatment champions for small group discussions on the most common clinical challenges: OUD & pain, stimulant use, OUD & pregnancy, adolescents & SUDs, expanding rural treatment access. See case study document (PDF) for descriptions of each and select a study when you register. Attendance is limited.
- Session Chairs: Sanchit Maruti, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont and Robert Althoff, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont
Session 2: Rural Residence, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Disease (Video)
- Session Chair: Philip A. Ades, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Vermont
- Speakers:
- Rural Obesity, Cancer, and Weight Control | Slides (PDF) - Christie Befort, PhD, Professor, Department of Population Health, Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center
- Breast Cancer Control in Rural Settings | Slides (PDF) - Brian L. Sprague, PhD, Associate Professor, Office of Health Promotion, Department of Surgery, University of Vermont
- Rural-Urban Differences in Stroke Risk | Slides (PPT) recommend watching in presentation mode - George Howard, DrPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Rural-Urban Difference in Cardiac Prevention | Slides (PDF) - David Schopfer, MD, Program Officer, Clinical Cardiovascular Disease, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Virtual Poster Session