The 2nd Upstate Addiction Psychiatry Conference

Conference Details

  • Date: November 2, 2018
  • Time: 8:00am – 3:15pm
  • Location: Hutchings Psychiatric Center Auditorium
  • Price: $60.00, free for students & trainees
  • CME credits
  • Contact: Linette Thorp, thorpl@upstate.edu
  • More details to come!

Topics & Speakers

  • Alcohol Purchase License Program, Brian Johnson, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Anesthesia, Director of Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program, SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Examining the Role of Trauma in Addictive Behaviors, Dessa Bergen-Cico, PhD, CAS, Associate Professor of Public Health and Coordinator of the Addiction Studies Program, Falk College Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
  • Policy Approaches to Addressing the Opioid Crisis, Rebecca L. Haffajee, JD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Legalizing Cannabis through State Sales for Public Health, Brian Johnson, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Anesthesia, Director of Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
  • Discussion – Brian Johnson, MD & Rebecca Haffajee, JD, PhD, MPH