MI-ACRE
MI-ACRE
Michigan Innovations in Addiction Care
through Research & Education
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The MI-ACRE Mission
The MI-ACRE Mission
Leading Impactful Research, Training, and Clinical Programs to Generate Positive Impacts on Addiction Prevention and Care in our Communities
Leading Impactful Research, Training, and Clinical Programs to Generate Positive Impacts on Addiction Prevention and Care in our Communities
Welcome to MI-ACRE! We're a team of University of Michigan addiction researchers and clinicians focused on embracing cutting-edge research and innovative evidence-based practices to drive continuous improvement in addiction prevention, care, training and education. MI-ACRE is part of the University of Michigan Addiction Center in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan Medicine.
MI-ACRE publication NEWS
MI-ACRE publication NEWS
MI-ACRE Co-Director's Dr. Lara Coughlin and Dr. Allison Lin's newest publication in the American Journal of Psychiatry shows veterans who received incentives to stay in recovery from stimulants like meth & cocaine had a 41% lower risk of death from all causes compared to those who didn’t.
“This is the strongest real-world evidence to date that contingency management care for people with stimulant use disorder is linked to a significant drop in deaths. It shows the importance of the VA’s leadership in making CM available to veterans." ~Dr. Coughlin
Read more details in the IHPI Press Release:
MI-ACRE Director of Research Strategy, Dr. Erin E. Bonar, co-led the U-M Injury Prevention Center's Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization in Michigan report.
Along with MI-ACRE Strategic Advisor Dr. Maureen Walton as a co-author, this report focuses on the impact of recreational cannabis policy in Michigan.
Read the full report here!
save the dateS
save the dateS
October 2025 U-M Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds
🗓️Wed. Oct. 15; 10:30am - Noon
Lisham Ashrafioun, Ph.D.
🗓️Wed. Oct. 22; 10:30am - Noon
Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D.
New MI-ACRE Funding
New MI-ACRE Funding
NEW R01 Grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism!
MI-ACRE leadership members, Dr. Erin E. Bonar, Dr. Maureen Walton and Dr. Anne Fernandez, along with Dr. Jason Goldstick from Emergency Medicine, recently received funding for their study:
Testing the Efficacy of a New Intervention for High Intensity Drinking among Emerging Adults
More MI-ACRE Funding News...
Dr. Maureen Walton's, Multidisciplinary Alcoholism Research Training Program, was recently re-funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism!
MI-ACRE in action
MI-ACRE in action
Highlights from the 26th Annual Substance Use & Co-Occurring Disorder Conference
MI-ACRE Co-Directors Allison Lin, MD, MS and Lara Coughlin, PhD along with Deb Manderachia, LMSW (CHRP Project Manager) and Lisa Sulkowski, M.Ed. (MI-ACRE Program Manager), presented at the Substance Use & Co-Occurring Disorder Hybrid Conference in Traverse City (9/8 – 9/9).
Dr. Coughlin teamed up with Cassidy Livingston, MSA (MDHHS) to present on “The Michigan Recovery Incentives Program and the National Groundswell in Contingency Management”.
The Coalition on Harm Reduction & Prevention (CHRP) team introduced Dr. Lin’s newest study to conference attendees and workshopped their innovative Hub & Spoke model for rural addiction care during a breakout session.
In case you missed it...
In case you missed it...
Check out the 3-part series featuring the MI-ACRE Program in the U-M Department of Psychiatry News & Publications
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