News & Events

Upcoming Events

June 2024: Dr. Allison Lin is presenting a talk titled “Contingency management for substance use disorder treatment in the Veterans Health Administration” at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Conference in Montreal, Canada.


June 16, 2024: Drs. Walton & Bonar will be presenting their poster titled "Exploring Individual Factors Associated with Risk Levels for Opioid Misuse and Opioid Use Disorder Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Emergency Department" at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Conference in Montreal, Canada.


June 19, 2024: Dr. Lara Coughlin is presenting as part of a symposium on “Innovations in digital interventions for substance use” at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CCPD) Conference in Montreal, Canada.


June 24, 2024: Dr. Anne Fernandez will present “Strategies for treatment of alcohol use disorder in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease” as part of a roundtable discussion at the Research Society on Alcohol Conference in Minneapolis, MN.


Fall 2024: MI-ACRE will be holding the 2nd Annual Advancing Addiction Care in Michigan Conference this fall. Details coming soon. 

Past Events

May 21, 2024: Dr. Lara Coughlin facilitated a workshop, "The Tobacco Endgame: What does this mean for peers?" at the Michigan Peers Conference in Novi, MI.


May 18, 2024: Dr. Allison Lin was an invited faculty presenter at the MGH/McLean 2024 Addictions Conference in Boston, MA.


May 15, 2024: Dr. Erin Bonar presented a talk "Cannabis: Understanding the green wave in today's landscape" at the Spring Forum 2024: Substance Use and Addiction. Register here to attend (virtual or in-person).


May 13, 2024: Dr. Allison Lin was a featured panelist for the discussion "Addiction 101: Basics, Stigma, and Education" for the Washtenaw chapter of Families Against Narcotics.


May 9, 2024: Dr. Lara Coughlin presented her talk "Rural Substance Use and Stigma" to Newaygo Community Mental Health.


May 8, 2024: Dr. Lara Coughlin gave a talk to the U-M Psychiatry Addiction fellows titled "Stigma in SUD Treatment."


May 1, 2024: Dr. Lara Coughlin was featured in the latest episode of the Tobacco Cessation Podcast by the American Lung Association "Using SPAs and 1115 Waivers to Improve Cessation Coverage" in which she spoke about policy opportunities to improve tobacco cessation services in Michigan.


April 24, 2024: Dr. Anne Fernandez presented “Heavy Drinking: An overlooked surgical risk factor” for the Department of Anesthesia Grand Rounds at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.


April 19, 2024: Dr. Erin Bonar presented to the Michigan Medicine Virtual Care Team on "Virtual behavioral health strategies for preventing and treating substance use disorders." This talk is part of a series of sharing digital health research with clinician leads and project managers that work to improve the delivery of virtual care at Michigan Medicine.


April 17, 2024: Dr. Anne Fernandez presented on “Brief Interventions in Different settings – Including Patients with ALD” at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Workshop on Reducing Alcohol-associated Liver Disease (ALD) Burden through Early Screening and Management in the General Population.


April 11, 2024: Drs. Coughlin and Fernandez presented their talk, "Empowering change: Diverse digital solutions for addressing substance use across the lifespan," at the Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conference in Denver, CO.

April 11, 2024: Drs. Coughlin (far left) and Fernandez (second from left) with team members in front of their poster at the Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conference.

April 8, 2024: Dr. Erin Bonar spoke on behalf of the study team, including MPI Maureen Walton, at the Heal Prevention Cooperative Meeting 2024 on the Future of Opioid Prevention.


March 14, 2024: Dr. Erin Bonar presented a DEA training on cannabis use in adolescents titled, "New Highs: Understanding Cannabis Use in Today’s Youth and Young Adults" organized by the Michigan Opioid Collaborative.



February 23, 2024: Dr. Erin Bonar presented a talk “Virtual behavioral health strategies for preventing and treating substance use disorders” to the Virtual Care Team and Michigan Medicine.


December 7, 2023: Dr. Erin Bonar gave the presentation “A Growing Problem: The Green Wave of Cannabis in Michigan & Beyond” at the Michigan Prevention Association Burning Issues Conference.


November 14, 2023: Dr. Allison Lin spoke at the Western Michigan University DEA/MATE Training: A Practical Approach to Addiction in our Community.


November 11, 2023: MI-ACRE and the Michigan Society of Addiction Medicine hosted the first “Advancing Addiction Care in Michigan Conference.” Speakers included Dr. Yngvild Olsen, the Director of addiction treatment at SAMHSA, Dr. Ellen Edens from Yale, and Dr. Nate Menke, director of the UM Addiction Consult Treatment service. We also welcomed special guests, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and State Senator Sue Shink. 

Nov. 11, 2023: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell speaking at the Advancing Addiction Care in Michigan Conference.

Nov. 11, 2023: Dr. Nate Menke presenting "Management of Polysubstance Withdrawal" at the Advancing Addiction Care in Michigan Conference.

October 26, 2023: Dr. Anne Fernandez presented a webinar on "Alcohol Use Disorders: Epidemiology and Clinical Best Practices" for the Michigan Opioid Collaborative.


October 20, 2023: Dr. Maureen Walton presented a poster as the Addiction Health Services Research Conference in New York which focused on collaborative work with Drs. Coughlin (PI) and Bonar, as well as Dr. Nahum-Shani affiliated with the Data-science for Dynamic Decision Making (d3C) at ISR, and colleagues from Harvard such as Dr. Murphy. The focus on the poster was describing a newly developed mobile health intervention, which is focused on reducing cannabis use and improving health among emerging adults who are regularly using cannabis.


October 19, 2023: Drs. Bonar and Lin presented their poster titled "Identifying, reaching, and engaging primary care patients in need of alcohol use disorder treatment: Early data from a remote randomized controlled trial" at the Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) conference.


September 20, 2023: Dr. Erin Bonar presented at the St. Clair County Recovery Summit about cannabis use and cannabis use disorder.


September 14, 2023: Dr. Lara Coughlin presented “Sleep, Stress, and Substance Use – Where Do They Meet?” for Well Aware with Michigan Medicine. 

MI-ACRE in the News


May 2024: Dr. Coughlin is serving on the MDHHS Tobacco Prevention and Control Steering Committee to update the current Strategic Plan, with the goal to maximize impact of prevention and treatment efforts.