College on Problems of Drug Dependence Scientific Meeting 2015

The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Scientific Meeting will take place on June 13-18, 2015 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. URBAN ARCH investigators will be attending this meeting to present on projects related to substance use in populations with HIV. In addition, several abstracts and workshops were selected to be presented at the 2015 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Forum in conjunction with CPDD. 

Friday, June 12 | 4:00-6:00 PM | NIDA International Forum | Arizona Biltmore

  • Workshop: “Preparing Your Research for Publication” co-presented by International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE) McGovern and Saitz

Monday, June 15 | 12:00-2:00 PM | Poster Session I | Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom           

  • Food insecurity and HIV drug and sex risk behaviors among Russians living with HIV – Idrisov, Lunze, Cheng, Blokhina, Gnatienko, Patts, Tyurina, Bridden, Chaisson, Larson, Krupitsky, Samet
  • HIV-related stigma and substance use in a Russian cohort of HIV+ risky drinkers – Samet, Lunze, Cheng, Lioznov, Quinn, Bridden, Chaisson, Walley, Krupitsky, Raj, Edelman
  • Marijuana use, heavy drinking, and cognitive dysfunction in people with HIV infection and substance dependence – Lorkiewicz, Ventura, Heeren, Winter, Walley, Sullivan, Samet, Saitz
  • The evolution of illicit opioid use among HIV-infected opioid users in Russia (2004-2014) – Blokhina, Krupitsky, Cheng, Bridden, Walley, Toussova, Yaroslavtseva, Gnatienko, Forman, Samet

Monday, June 15 | 7:00-9:00PM | NIDA International Forum Abstracts | AZ Biltmore Ballroom

  • Food insecurity and HIV drug and sex risk behaviors among Russians living with HIV – Idrisov, Lunze, Cheng, Blokhina, Gnatienko, Patts, Tyurina, Bridden, Chaisson, Larson, Krupitsky, Samet
  • HIV-related stigma and substance use in a Russian cohort of HIV-infected risky drinkers – Samet, Lunze, Cheng, Lioznov, Quinn, Bridden, Chaisson, Walley, Krupitsky, Raj, Edelman
  • Substance dependence criteria, not substance use, associated with HIV virologic control – Nolan, Walley, Heeren, Patts, Ventura, Sullivan, Samet, Saitz
  • The evolution of illicit opioid use among HIV-infected opioid users in Russia (2004-2014) – Blokhina, Krupitsky, Cheng, Bridden, Walley, Toussova, Yaroslavtseva, Gnatienko, Forman, Samet

Thursday, June 18 | 10:00-12:00 PM | Oral Communications 15 | McArthur Ballroom 5/6

“Medications, Antiretroviral Levels and Functionality: HIV/AIDS” with co-chairs Saitz and Festinger

  • 11:15-11:30 AM: Is opioid use associated with T cell dysfunction? – Armah, Edelman, Cheng, Doyle, Coleman, Bridden, Gnatienko, Lioznov, Blokhina, Emu, Freiberg, Krupitsky, Samet
  • 11:30-11:45 AM: Substance dependence criteria, not substance use, associated with HIV virologic control – Nolan, Walley, Heeren, Patts, Ventura, Sullivan, Samet, Saitz