The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
56th ASAM Annual Conference: Call for Abstracts & Proposals
Open September 4 - October 11, 2024 Goals & Objectives ASAM members and non-members are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations, focus sessions, and workshop sessions. ASAM encourages investigators, researchers, clinicians, and...
IntNSA Annual Conference 2025: Call for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: Extended to October 31, 2024 at 11:59pm Central Time The International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) invites you to submit an abstract for oral and/or poster session at the Annual Educational Conference! The...
RCGP & AP Managing addictions in primary care 2025
The 29th Managing addictions in primary care conference will take place on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 January in Manchester.
Syndemic Solutions Summit 2025
Save-the-date: Tuesday, March 25, and Wednesday March 26, 2025, at the Marriott Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. We’re expanding our summit program to two full days as we continue to advance the health needs of all communities using a syndemic framework.
Submit Your Plenary Session Proposal for the 2025 NIDA International Forum
Submit Your Plenary Session Proposal for the 2025 NIDA International Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana Deadline: October 31, 2024 Save the date! The 2025 NIDA International Forum will take place as an in-person meeting in New Orleans...
EUDA webinar: Preventing substance-related crime in the community — how can we provide safer and healthier environments?
Objective: To discuss prevention strategies aimed at reducing violence and crime related to substance use in Europe.
Day 3, 11:00 - 12.30, ISSUP, Investing in Public Health
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 28th of June, 2024. Moderator: Joanna Travis-Roberts - ISSUP Chief Executive Presentations: Hamad AlGhaferi - Public Health of Addiction Michal Miovsky - Example of fully functioning digital national...
Call for applications: Health Research at the Nexus of Humanitarian Crises and Climate Change
The Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and partner organizations will host a Global Forum on Humanitarian Health Research (GFH2R) inclusive of public webinars and an in-person meeting in May 2025...
World Health Organization Risk Drinking Levels Among Mandated College Students: Associations With Alcohol Use, Mental Health, and Academic Performance
The World Health Organization (WHO) uses risk drinking levels (low, moderate, high, and very high risk) as a measure for reducing alcohol consumption in clinical trials. However, these levels have not been specifically evaluated for...
Why Do Only Some Cohort Studies Find Health Benefits From Low-Volume Alcohol Use? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Study Characteristics That May Bias Mortality Risk Estimates
This study looks at how certain factors in research can skew the results when estimating the health effects of drinking small amounts of alcohol. These biases can affect public health advice and shape how people view alcohol’s potential...
