SDRG’s Jennifer Bailey comments on Tacoma Summer Late Nights, a safe place for teens to hang out. See this news story for more information: https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/to-curb-gun-violence-tacoma-offers-teens-a-safe-place-to-hang-out
Communities that Care (CTC) was recently mentioned in a Freakonomics Radio series shedding light on promising efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry and an Addiction Researcher at Stanford University, brought up CTC and SDRG’s work demonstrating the potential for evidence-based strategies and community engagement in tackling complex societal challenges through…
On June 20, 2024, the Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) is offering a webinar on starting a prevention coalition based on a culture of participation and primed for long-term success. The presenter is Prevention Strategist Capetra Parker, MPH, from the Center for Communities That Care. New and established coalitions will find this webinar helpful….
A number of SDRG members will be presenting at this year’s annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research. Please see our list of presentations for more information.
On May 29, 2024, former SDRG Director Kevin Haggerty, PhD, will be the featured presenter for a webinar entitled Prevention Works! And a Call to Action. This 90-min Zoom webinar is part of CTC’s monthly speaker series and is open to all. In this session, Kevin will explore state and national data points from middle…
An article by a transnational team of scientists from SDRG, Arizona State University, Deakin University, and the University of Melbourne was selected by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for inclusion in the Research Highlights section of its Director’s Report to the National Advisory Council. Looking at a sample of 25-year-olds in Washington…
SDRG Director Margaret Kuklinski was recently appointed to a National Academies committee tasked with developing a blueprint for a national prevention infrastructure for behavioral health disorders. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provide independent, objective advice to inform policy with evidence, spark progress and innovation, and confront challenging issues for the benefit of…
In November 2023, Phillip W. Graham, DrPH, gave an online talk entitled Making the Case for Prevention: a 30-Year Journey Conducting Research in Real World Settings. Dr. Graham is the director of the Center for Behavioral Health Epidemiology, Implementation, and Evaluation Research at RTI International, an independent nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human…
A team of researchers and practitioners from the University of Washington and Washington State University, led by SDRG’s Jim Leighty, recently published an op-ed in Health Affairs Forefront in support of efforts to increase access to evidence-based interventions for families affected by opioid use disorder (OUD). An estimated 6.7 to 7.6 million U.S. adults meet…
In a blog post dated February 1, 2024, NIDA Director Nora Volkow, MD, celebrates the upcoming 50th anniversary of NIDA’s founding by urging the research community to continue to shift the mindset of medicine and the public towards viewing addiction as a health condition that is preventable, treatable, and deserving of compassion and support. The…
