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Table 1 Conference sessions and speakers

From: Closing the gaps in opioid use disorder research, policy and practice: conference proceedings

Session theme

Policymakers

Researchers

Opening Plenary: Lessons Learned from Distinguished Careers

Richard G. Frank, PhD

Harvard University

Joshua Sharfstein, MD

Johns Hopkins University

Dan Polsky, PhD (Moderator)

Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

A. Thomas McLellan, PhD

Treatment Research Institute

Health Systems: Diagnosis and Treatment

Jeffery Samet, MD (Moderator)

Boston University

Hillary Kunins, MD

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Colleen LaBelle, MSN, RN-BC

Boston University

Jack Stein, PhD

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Marcus Bachhuber, MD (Moderator)

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Kathy Bradley, MD

University of Washington

Adam Gordon, MD

University of Utah

Jennifer McNeely, MD

New York University

Opioid Prescribing: Striking a Balance

Michael Ashburn, MD (Moderator)

University of Pennsylvania

Jean Bennett, PhD

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Rachel Levine, MD

Pennsylvania Physician General

Rita Noonan, PhD

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Yuhua Bao, PhD (Moderator)

Weil Cornell, Moderator

Deborah Dowell, MD, MPH

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dan Hartung, PharmD

Oregon State University

Stefan Kertesz, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Treatment: Access, Coverage, Quality, Costs

Gary Mendell, MBA (Moderator)

Shatterproof

A. Thomas McLellan, PhD

Treatment Research Institute

John O’Brien, MS

Technical Assistance Collaborative

Brendan Saloner, PhD (Moderator)

Johns Hopkins University

Richard Frank, PhD

Harvard University

Tami Mark, PhD

Research Triangle Institute International

Harold Pollack, PhD

University of Chicago