November 15, 2023: Mind Matters Community Education Series: Substance Use Disorders: The Science & Personal Stories of Recovery

Wednesday, November 15 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

The Mind Matters Community Education Series is a free educational series designed for individuals and families. Join experts from our treatment clinic, U-M Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS) to learn more about important topics related to addiction and recovery.

This is an educational event for the public, students, providers and trainees. Attendees will learn helpful information about addiction, hear personal stories from individuals in recovery, and receive information on how to obtain help and support. Free Narcan will be available. Refreshments will be provided.

Speakers

Sean Esteban McCabe, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.A.

Professor

Director, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health

Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences

U-M School of Nursing

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Emily Pasman, Ph.D., L.M.S.W

Research Fellow

Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences

U-M School of Nursing

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Panelists in Recovery

Erin Cox, MSW

Person in Recovery

Recovery Program Coordinator, Wayne State University(link is external)

Erin is a Washtenaw County local, who went to undergrad at Eastern Michigan University and recently received my Master’s in Social Work from the University of Michigan. She is now the Recovery Program Coordinator at Wayne State University (WSU), where she is in the process of beginning a Collegiate Recovery Program for WSU students who are in recovery from substance use. She also works at the School of Social Work at WSU, and is assisting in research surrounding state funding for the treatment of opioid use disorders.

Bryan McCausland