Events

“Colleagues & Friends Night” at the April 2025 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction (CPA) Annual Meeting in Providence, RI.

Hosted by Lara Coughlin, PhD, MI-ACRE Co-Director and Anne Fernandez, PhD, MI-ACRE Director of Clinical Research, along with their colleagues Katie Witkiewitz, PhD, Director of UNM CAAS and Christopher Kahler, PhD, Director of Brown University CASAA.

This MI-ACRE coordinated event gave attendees a fun, relaxed opportunity to re-connect and network with one another outside of the conference. The event was packed with over 100 addiction experts coming together to enjoy great addiction science talk... and gourmet pretzels!

From left: Christopher Kahler, Ph.D. of Brown University; Katie Witkiewitz, Ph.D. of University of New Mexico; Anne Fernandez, Ph.D., MI-ACRE Lara Coughlin, Ph.D., MI-ACRE

From left: Lara Coughlin, Ph.D., MI-ACRE; Anne Fernandez, Ph.D., MI-ACRE; Rachel Girard, M.A. of University of Rhode Island

From left: Justin Strickland, Ph.D. of Johns Hopkins; William Stoops, Ph.D. of University of Kentucky

The first MI-ACRE Innovation Session took place on October 17th at the RUB and via Zoom.

This hour-long session provided a unique opportunity for addiction clinicians and researchers to engage with one another and brainstorm innovative ideas.

The conversation centered around the need for new treatments for addiction and studying GLP-1s as an option, led by Dr. Allison Lin.

Photo from left: Lara Coughlin, Ph.D; Autumn Rae Florimbio, Ph.D; Devin Tomlinson, Ph.D; Anne Fernandez, Ph.D; Rachel Bachrach, Ph.D, MS; Nwabi Makola, MD, Ph.D; Allison Lin, MD, MS

The Advancing Addiction Care in Michigan conference was held on Saturday, October 19th, hosted by MI-ACRE and the Michigan Society of Addiction Medication (MISAM).

120 attendees spent the day engaging with one another while gaining valuable insights from more than 20 expert speakers and panelists.

The sense of community and collaboration shown throughout the conference demonstrated our addiction community’s deep commitment to improving addiction care and supporting those in need!