The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Center for the Clinical Trials Network (CCTN) is hosting a webinar titled Addictions Research Meets Lived Experience: Lessons Learned, Opportunities and Challenges.

Peer support services have expanded to a wide variety of health service settings, and evaluating the impact of peer services is an important addition to the research agenda. In this webinar, the presenters and panel members will share lessons learned in conducting trials with persons with lived experience -peers-participating as an integral component of the intervention. The goal of the webinar is to assist investigators in designing future studies with peers as interventionists. The agenda includes an overview of the development of peer services in addiction treatment, a brief description of three research projects, and a panel discussion of peer supervision, self-care, scope of practice, fidelity, harm reduction approaches, and role induction for peers in research. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussion with the presenters and panel members.   

Presenters: Keith Humphries, Kelly Barth, Steve Shoptaw, Nabila El-Bassel, Todd Korthuis
Panel Members: Al Hasson (facilitator), Todd Korthuis, Louise Haynes, Pete Smith, Joanna Cooper

If you are interested, please register for the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IOzsNtXmTfOekHn0kaiRiQ.

Once registered you will receive the Zoom information including an option to download a calendar invitation.
If you have any questions about the meeting logistics, please contact CTNSupport@leedmci.com. If you have any questions about this webinar, please contact Louise Haynes hayneslf@musc.edu.