Exploiting the most vulnerable: Why the lack of transparency in drug treatment matters Drug use is constantly rising around the world and around 36.3 million people have a drug use disorder (DUD). This disorder is a complex, chronic, and relapsing disease associated with significant health risks; and consequently, requiring drug treatment services. Authors: Alice Uhl, Elizabeth Saenz, Laleh Ashrafi, Melissa Rincon, QiHUi Gui, Sean Luke, Radolf Nortey, September 2021
“Recovery Ambassadors” Teaching Skills to Recovering Clients in My Community By Fatima Abiola Popoola, August 2021
Faculty Exchange I was reading an article today about why a professor was going to miss teaching on Zoom. By Kim Johnson, June 2021
Promoting Evidenced-Based Practices in Substance use Prevention for Community-based centers in North-West Nigeria Over the past year alone, nearly 15% of the adult population in Nigeria (around 14.3 million people) reported a “considerable level” of use of psychoactive drug substances. By Fatima Abiola Popoola, May 2021
Education Standards There is a lot of talk about addiction treatment quality these days. ICUDDR began a process last fall to develop education standards for programs that train the addiction workforce. By Kim Johnson, April 2021
Women and Substance Use: Reading List The theme for International Women’s Day 2021 (IWD 2021) is let’s all choose to challenge. It is everyone’s responsibility to stand up to gender inequality. By ISSUP, March 2021
What Role Will New Technologies Play in Addiction Science? Recently one of our leaders in Southeast Asia asked me if I was on Clubhouse. I had no idea what that was. After some research I found that it is an iPhone app where chats in different rooms take place in real time and at all hours. By Cary Hopkins Eyles, MA, CAP, March 2021
Welcome to the ITTC Network I am very pleased to be able to officially announce the creation of the ITTC Network. The International Technology Transfer Centers or ITTCs is a network of universities that use a technology transfer model of addressing the needs for drug demand reduction services in their country or region. By Kim Johnson, February 2021
Writing for Publication in Peer Reviewed Journals - Part 2 We received six strong proposals for the grant to support the development of a course on publishing research using the materials created by the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE). The winner was ... By Kim Johnson, January 2021
Writing for Publication in Peer Reviewed Journals One of the key skills graduate students and junior faculty need to develop is writing for publication in peer reviewed journals. By Kim Johnson, November 2020
Strengthing Youth Capacity for Reduction of Narcotics Use in Kachin State, Myanmar Office of Asia-Pacific of ICUDDR, Mahidol University, Thailand is excited to announce that it was recently awarded a grant to support a “Regional Workshop on Mental Wellness for Reduction of Narcotics Use Strengthening Youth Capacity” By Kim Johnson, October 2020
Implementation of the Diploma in Prevention of Use of Psychoactive Substances The Intercontinental Technological University (UTIC) of Paraguay, with the support of ICUDDR and CICAD, has developed a diploma to contribute to the training of prevention coordinators and broaden the professional base in matters of prevention of the use of psychoactive substances. (also in Spanish) By Fernando Salazar Silva, Ph.D., September 2020
Back To School in 2020 Figuring out online curriculum with innovative tactics. By Kim Johnson, August 2020
ICUDDR First Virtual Conference: Educating and Promoting Addiction Science in a Virtual World It is a different world and all have had to adapt. Sometimes our biggest success comes from our hardest task. By Cary Hopkins Eyles, MA, CAP, July 2020
The Problem of Workforce Development in the Addictions Field In 2017, I remember hearing Dr. Kim Johnson speak about the issues in behavioral health workforce and how we would not have enough practitioners for the expected growth in demand for counselors in the addiction fields. By Cary Hopkins Eyles, MA, CAP, June 2020
Supporting University Students During COVID-19 It has been a challenge to switch from walking into a classroom and seeing my students’ faces and teaching them in ways I am used to. I am going to talk about how it is difficult for students and how we can support them. By Cary Hopkins Eyles, May 2020
Going Online, Part 2 I don’t know about you, but the past few weeks of teaching have been really hard for me. I have done more webinars than I can count using pretty much every platform that exists. But this past month has been a completely different experience. By Kim Johnson, April 2020 Listen to Podcast
Why I love the learning collaborative model for writing skill development The learning collaborative uses webinars about how to publish the research and papers you may write on the subjects associated with substance use and addiction. By Richard Pates, April 2020
Going Online With COVID 19 now a worldwide pandemic, many of us have had to move our live classes online. We have compiled a few tips and resources for those of you that are new to working in this environment. By Kim Johnson, March 2020 Listen to Podcast
Improving Student Engagement - Guest Blog Guest blog post from Igor Koutsenok, MD, with tips on handling student questions, along with additional suggestions to make your next question-and- answer session go more smoothly. By Igor Koutsenok, MD, February 2020 Listen to Podcast
Welcome to our new website! We moved our site onto a different platform so that we could integrate several databases that will make our website more dynamic. Read on to learn more. By Kim Johnson, January 2020 Cooperative Learning OpportunityWant to participate in a learning collaborative? Let us know. We will be starting two in November. Read on to learn more. By Kim Johnson, August 2019 ICUDDR Conference in Peru If you can't join us in Peru, join us electronically! By Kim Johnson, July 2019 Engaging Students in the Classroom How do you engage students in the classroom? By Kim Johnson, June 2019 Addiction is a Disease Over the weekend, I was talking to a physician who didn’t believe that addiction was a disease. It is a frustrating fact of our profession that we need to have this debate over and over again despite the long historical Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019 Why is it so hard to implement evidence based practices? When I was getting my first graduate degree to become a child and family therapist, I took a class in addiction studies and completed my internship in an addiction treatment program. When I was hired for my first job as Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019 Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! We will be posting weekly. Our goal is to provide information about current research that might be of interest to you and your students, to provide tips for new program or curriculum development, Read more… By administrator, March 2019
Cooperative Learning OpportunityWant to participate in a learning collaborative? Let us know. We will be starting two in November. Read on to learn more. By Kim Johnson, August 2019 ICUDDR Conference in Peru If you can't join us in Peru, join us electronically! By Kim Johnson, July 2019 Engaging Students in the Classroom How do you engage students in the classroom? By Kim Johnson, June 2019 Addiction is a Disease Over the weekend, I was talking to a physician who didn’t believe that addiction was a disease. It is a frustrating fact of our profession that we need to have this debate over and over again despite the long historical Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019 Why is it so hard to implement evidence based practices? When I was getting my first graduate degree to become a child and family therapist, I took a class in addiction studies and completed my internship in an addiction treatment program. When I was hired for my first job as Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019 Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! We will be posting weekly. Our goal is to provide information about current research that might be of interest to you and your students, to provide tips for new program or curriculum development, Read more… By administrator, March 2019
ICUDDR Conference in Peru If you can't join us in Peru, join us electronically! By Kim Johnson, July 2019
Engaging Students in the Classroom How do you engage students in the classroom? By Kim Johnson, June 2019
Addiction is a Disease Over the weekend, I was talking to a physician who didn’t believe that addiction was a disease. It is a frustrating fact of our profession that we need to have this debate over and over again despite the long historical Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019
Why is it so hard to implement evidence based practices? When I was getting my first graduate degree to become a child and family therapist, I took a class in addiction studies and completed my internship in an addiction treatment program. When I was hired for my first job as Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019
Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! We will be posting weekly. Our goal is to provide information about current research that might be of interest to you and your students, to provide tips for new program or curriculum development, Read more… By administrator, March 2019