Event Agenda

Agenda

Wednesday, February 7, 2024
7:30 a.m.‒6:00 p.m.	Registration and Information
9:00‒10:00 a.m.	Poster Session #1
10:00 a.m.‒12:00 p.m.	Plenary Session
10:00‒10:10 a.m.	Welcome Nora Volkow, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
10:10‒10:30 a.m.	Toward Evidence-Based Care for All Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health
10:30‒11:15 a.m.	Building Sustainable Research-Practice Partnerships: Insights From the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Facilitator – Tisha Wiley, Ph.D., NIDA Presenters Michele Staton, Ph.D., University of Kentucky Katherine Marks, Ph.D., Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health Elizabeth Evans, Ph.D., M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst Ed Hayes, Franklin County (Massachusetts) Sheriff’s Office
11:15 a.m.‒12:00 p.m.	Empowering Open Science Practices: The HEAL Data Ecosystem Facilitator – Jessica Mazerik, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Panelists: Laura Simons, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Charlie Knott, M.P.A., RTI International Maryann Martone, Ph.D., University of California San Diego
12:00‒1:30 p.m.	Lunch (on your own) Lived and Living Experience & Community Networking Session This networking session is open to anyone with lived or living experience and community organizations that partner with HEAL-funded projects, as well as pain and addiction advocacy groups. Share experiences, foster connections, and engage in dialogue on patient and community engagement in research.
1:30‒2:45 p.m.	Plenary Session
1:45–2:00 p.m.	HEAL vs. Pain: What Do We Have to Do? How Best to Do It? Walter Koroshetz, M.D., Director, NINDS
1:45‒2:00 p.m.	Scientific Strategies to Address Disparities in the Overdose Crisis Nora Volkow, M.D., Director, NIDA
2:00–2:45 p.m.	HEAL Leadership Roundtable: Looking to the Future Moderators - Walter Koroshetz, M.D., Director, NINDS, and Nora Volkow, M.D., Director, NIDA Panelists: Lindsey Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc., Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Helene Langevin, M.D., Director, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Joni Rutter, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
2:45‒3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00‒4:45 p.m.	Concurrent Scientific Symposia and Discussion Sessions Symposium and Discussion #1 Advancing Translation: Human-Based Research Models Facilitator – Michael Oshinsky, Ph.D., NINDS Presenters: Harmonized Cross-Species Cell Atlases of Trigeminal and Dorsal Root Ganglia William Renthal, M.D., Ph.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Defining Mechanisms of Pain Relief Associated With Dorsal Root Ganglion and Spinal Cord Stimulation H. Richard Koerber, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Novel Electrophysiological and Ultrasound Biomarkers for Trigger Point Assessment Askhat Mukushev, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Human IPSC-Derived PreBötC-Like Neurons and Development of an Opiate Overdose and Recovery Model Xiufang (Nadine) Guo, Ph.D., University of Central Florida Symposium and Discussion #2 Creative Therapeutic Strategies Facilitator – Alex Tuttle, Ph.D., NCCIH Presenters: Bacteriophage Virus-Like Particle-Based Vaccines Against Opioids Isabella Romano, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Clinical Translation of Ultrasonic Ketamine Uncaging for Precision Pain Pharmacotherapy Raag Airan, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University Preclinical Development Update on Disease Modifying Analgesia With CA8 Gene Therapy Roy Levitt, M.D., Adolore BioTherapeutics, Inc., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Symposium and Discussion #3 Data-Driven Decision Making in the HEALing Communities Study Facilitator – Jennifer Villani, Ph.D., NIDA Presenters: Setting the Stage: An Approach to Data Access, Visualization, and Engagement in the Massachusetts Site of the HEALing Communities Study? Carly Bridden, M.A., M.P.H., Boston Medical Center CASE STUDY 1 – Engaging an Urban Massachusetts Community in Data Walks to Understand Service Gaps and Opportunities to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths Rebecca Smeltzer, M.P.H., Boston Medical Center CASE STUDY 2 – Engaging People With Lived Opioid Use Experience From Rural Massachusetts in Photovoice to Understand Factors Fueling the Local Opioid Epidemic Peter Balvanz, M.P.H., Boston Medical Center CASE STUDY 3 – Engaging Community-Based Organizations and Community Coalition Members in Process Evaluation With Web-Based Monitoring Reports Sarah Kosakowski, M.P.H., Boston Medical Center Symposium and Discussion #4 Equity-Focused Pain Management Facilitator – Cheryse Sankar, Ph.D., NINDS Presenters: You Get Tired of Saying, “This Doesn’t Work”: A Qualitative Study of Chronic Pain Treatment Experiences Among Older Spanish-Speaking Latinos in a Community Setting Natalia Giraldo-Santiago, Ph.D., LCSW, Massachusetts General Hospital Addressing Chronic Pain Inequities Through Multimodal Care in Primary Care Safety-Net Clinics Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Ph.D., University of California San Francisco Providing Telehealth Physical Therapy in Rural Communities: Lessons Learned From Two Pragmatic Trials Julie Fritz, Ph.D., P.T., University of Utah Symposium and Discussion #5 Pragmatic Implementation Science Tools to Enhance the Salon A-D Impact of Your Research Facilitators – Heather Gotham, Ph.D., Stanford University, and Tamara Haegerich, Ph.D., NIDA Presenters: HEAL Data2Action Research Adoption Support Center Tools: Evaluating the “Implementability” Potential of an Intervention, Program, or Service Heather Gotham, Ph.D., Stanford University Meaningfully Engaging and Integrating Partners Into the Research Process Terrinieka Powell, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Understanding the Context in Which Interventions Are Implemented Cecelia Calhoun, M.D., M.P.H.S., M.B.A., Yale School of Medicine Documenting Strategies That Support Implementation of Effective Interventions Bryan Garner, Ph.D., Ohio State University College of Medicine Integrating Implementation Outcomes Into Effectiveness Studies William Becker, M.D., Yale School of Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
4:45‒5:00 p.m.	Break
5:00‒6:00 p.m.	Poster Session #2

Thursday, February 8, 2024
8:00 a.m.‒4:30 p.m.	Registration and Information
9:00‒10:45 a.m.	Plenary Session
9:00‒10:00 a.m.	Engineering Treatments for Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Facilitator – Will Aklin, Ph.D., NIDA Presenters: Personalized Brain Stimulation for Chronic Pain: A Scientist’s and Patient’s Story Prasad Shirvalkar, M.D., Ph.D., and Edward Mowery, University of California San Francisco Nucleus Accumbens Deep Brain Stimulation and Focused Ultrasound for Opioid Use Disorder Ali Rezai, M.D., West Virginia University
10:00‒10:45 a.m.	Disentangling the Patient-Level Factors That Drive Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Overview of the Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program Presenters: Gwendolyn Sowa, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Abel Torres Espin, Ph.D., University of California San Francisco Matt Mauck, M.D., Ph.D., University of North Carolina Kevin Anstrom, Ph.D., M.S., University of North Carolina
10:45‒11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.‒12:45 p.m.	Concurrent Scientific Symposia and Discussion Sessions Symposium and Discussion #6 Better Together: Community-Informed Research Facilitator – Marcy Fitz-Randolph, D.O., M.P.H., NIDA Presenters: Implementation Intervention Development With Alaska Native and American Indian Community Partners to Culturally Center Delivery of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Aimee Campbell, Ph.D., Columbia University Considerations for Increasing Equity Within Randomized Control Trials for Underserved, Diverse Patient Populations Elondra Harr, University of North Carolina School of Medicine Equitable EEG Data Collection in the HBCD Study: The Role of Curly Hair Specialists Maria Isabella Natale Castillo and Monique Marsh, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Symposium and Discussion #7 Clinical Trial Innovations Facilitator – Geetha Subramaniam, M.D., NIDA Presenters: A Data-Driven Approach to Site Selection: Use of the Trial Innovation Network’s Expression of Interest Process in the HEAL Pain Effectiveness Research Network Sarah Nelson and Brooklyn Henderson, R.N., Vanderbilt University Medical Center Rapid Initiation of Naltrexone and Buprenorphine: Findings From the NIDA Clinical Trials Network Matisyahu Shulman, M.D., Columbia University Individual Level Risk Prediction of Return-to-Use During Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Sean Luo, M.D., Ph.D., Columbia University Symposium and Discussion #8 Finding Pain Patterns: Role of Biomarkers Facilitator – Ram Arudchandran, Ph.D., NINDS Presenters: Baseline Questionnaires and Longitudinal Headache Diary Data Predict Headache Improvement in Patients With Acute Post-Traumatic Headache Attributed to Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Balancing Prediction Accuracy and Patient Burden Catherine Chong, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, and Jing Li, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology Imaging Changes in Muscle Structure and Function in Patients With Active Versus Latent Post Stroke Shoulder Pain Preeti Raghavan, M.B.B.S., Johns Hopkins Medicine Discovery and Validation of Prognostic and Robust Biosignatures to Predict Recovery or Persistence in Pediatric Pain Laura Simons, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Symposium and Discussion #9 New Targets and Mechanisms for Pain and Addiction Facilitator – D.P. Mohapatra, Ph.D., NINDS Presenters: Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Reduce Opioid Craving and Seeking Behaviors in Rats and Humans Patricia Sue Grigson, Ph.D., M.S., and Scott Bunce, Ph.D., Penn State College of Medicine Targeting a Cryptic Pocket in CB1 Receptors Drives Peripheral and Functional Selectivity Susruta Majumdar, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Validation of Neuropilin-1 Receptor Signaling in Nociceptive Processing Rajesh Khanna, Ph.D., M.Sc., University of Florida Symposium and Discussion #10 Prevention in Diverse Communities: How Can Digital Interventions Help? Facilitators – Elvira Elek, Ph.D., RTI International, and Amy Goldstein, Ph.D., NIDA Presenters: Understanding Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Opioid Use and Misuse Risk Groups Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Emergency Department Maureen Walton, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Michigan The Incorporation of Risk and Protective Factors Into a Digital Intervention to Promote Mental Health and Prevent Opioid Misuse in Adolescents in a School-Based Setting Lindsey Bonilla, M.A., Yale University Pain Among Urban Native American Emerging Adults: Exploring Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors Elizabeth D’Amico, Ph.D., RAND Corporation
12:45‒2:00 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
2:00‒4:15 p.m.	Plenary Session
2:00‒3:00 p.m.	Trailblazing Paths Toward Innovation in HEAL Facilitator – Tamara Haegerich, Ph.D., NIDA Presenters: Beyond Opioids: SRP-001’s Journey From Lab to Clinic as a Non-Opioid Targeting the Brain’s Pain Center Hernan Bazan, M.D., FACS, South Rampart Pharma, Inc., Ochsner Health A Biomarker Signature for Predicting Post-Traumatic Headache Persistence Catherine Chong, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic www.PainResearchers.com: A Network Empowering Pain Research Through PURPOSE: Fostering Collaborations, Developing Careers, and Supporting Innovations Jacob Coverstone, Neurovations Education Leveraging Emergency Departments to Initiate Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Kathryn Hawk, M.D., M.H.S., Yale University Translating Experience Into Practice: Using Human-Centered Design to Engage People With Lived Experience and Improve Equity J. Deanna Wilson, M.D., M.P.H., University of Pennsylvania
3:00‒4:00 p.m.	HEAL Connections: Engagement in Action Facilitator – Jessica Hulsey, Addiction Policy Forum Panelists: Denise Bertin-Epp, R.N., M.S., National Association for Children of Addiction Michael Litterer, CHES, CPS, RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery Patty McCarthy, M.S., Faces & Voices of Recovery Kate Nicholson, J.D., National Pain Advocacy Center Sarah Wurzburg, Council of State Governments Justice Center
4:00‒4:15 p.m.	Closing Remarks – Reflecting, Recognizing, and Looking Ahead Helene Langevin, M.D., Director, NCCIH
4:15 p.m.	Adjourn

Satellite Meetings - Friday, February 9, 2024
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.	Biomarkers of Myofascial Tissues for Clinical Pain Management Organizer: Alex Tuttle, Ph.D., NCCIH Organizer email: alex.tuttle@nih.gov Open to all HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees
8:00 – 11:00 a.m.	HEAL Initiative Devices and Technology Satellite Event Organizer: Eric Hudak, Ph.D., NINDS Organizer email: eric.hudak@nih.gov Open to HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees involved in the HEAL Translating Discoveries Into Effective Devices to Treat Pain program, NIDA-led Small Business Programs, NINDS-led Small Business Programs, and any other attendees using devices and technology in their projects
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	HEAL Biomarker Program Investigators’ Meeting Organizer: Ram Arudchandran, Ph.D., NINDS Organizer email: ramachandran.arudchandran@nih.gov Open to all HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Health Equity in Pain Management Organizer: Cheryse Sankar, Ph.D., NINDS Organizer email: cheryse.sankar@nih.gov Open only to HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees involved in this research program
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Polysubstance Use and Treatments Initiative Meeting Organizer: Marcy Fitz-Randolph, D.O., M.P.H., NIDA Organizer email: marcy.fitz-randolph@nih.gov Open to all HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees from 8:30–10:00 a.m.
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.	Harm Reduction Research Network (HRRN) and JCOIN Cross-Network Meeting Organizer: Julia Zur, Ph.D., NIDA Organizer email: julia.zur@nih.gov Open only to HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees involved in the HRRN and/or JCOIN research programs
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.	Consortium on Addiction Recovery Science (CoARS) Meeting Organizer: Sarah Duffy, Ph.D., NIDA Organizer email: duffys@nida.nih.gov Open to all HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees from 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Space is limited for these satellite meetings. If you plan to attend, please reach out to the organizer to check if registration is required. Other HEAL research programs may be hosting satellite meetings. Please reach out to your HEAL program officer for more information.

MEETING INFORMATION

February 7-8, 2024
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
Bethesda, MD, 20852