Abstracts presented at the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) 41st Annual Conference, Washington, DC, USA, November 2017

ABSTRACT

The 41st annual meeting of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) was held in Washington, DC, USA, in November 2017. Contained in this paper are the abstracts of scientific work presented at the conference.

The 41st annual national conference of the Association of Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) took place on November 2–4, 2017, in Washington, DC. The title of the conference was “AMERSA at 41: Reducing the Societal Impact of Alcohol and Drugs.” AMERSA, founded in 1976, is an organization whose mission is to improve health and well-being through interdisciplinary leadership in substance use education, research, clinical care, and policy. The Web-based supplement to this article includes the abstract awardees and the abstracts of all the work presented at the conference.

Plenary speakers at the conference included Dr. Wilson M. Compton, who spoke on “Addiction and Stigma: Science = Solutions,” and Jessie M. Gaeta, who spoke on “Harm Reduction in the US: Next Steps.” The Betty Ford Plenary Session was presented by Colleen Labelle, who spoke on “Can Nurses be a Secret Weapon against Opioid Addiction,” and the John P. McGovern Award Plenary Session was presented by Patrick G. O'Connor, who spoke on “Reducing the Impact of Substance Use Through Primary Care: From Research to Policy.”

The 42nd annual national conference of AMERSA will be held in November 2018 in San Francisco, California, USA.