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14th International Women’s and Children’s Health and Gender (InWomen’s) Group Conference

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June 10, 2022 09:00AM - 04:30PM US/Central

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Hybrid | Virtual + In-Person Minneapolis, MN
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Facing Our Challenges and Keeping Our Commitment in the Field of Gender and Substance Use

 

The International Women’s and Children’s Health and Gender (InWomen’s) Group is convening for it’s 14th InWomen’s Group Conference on Friday, June 10, with the option to attend virtually or in-person in Minneapolis, MN.

This year’s hybrid conference—sponsored by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW), the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), and other private donors, and hosted by RTI International and the RTI Global Gender Center—will convene experts from around the world for four unique panel sessions on:

  1. The intersection of substance use, stigma, criminal justice, and drug trafficking
  2. Treatment, prevention, and gender-focused interventions for substance use
  3. The implications of using drugs while pregnant
  4. The role of support groups and provider-based trainings in survival and recovery.

In-person and virtual poster sessions will take place during the event as well.

This year’s opening introductions, led by Dr. Wendee Wechsberg, will feature special guest, Dr. Tetiana Kiriazova, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy, and Minneapolis social activist and poetess, Tegan Carr.

Registration for this conference closes on June 3 at 11:59PM ET. Learn more and register now.

The InWomen’s group is ​a ​multidisciplinary ​group ​addressing ​all ​aspects ​of ​substance ​use ​among ​women, ​children, ​and ​youth with respect to gender differences. Learn more.


Preliminary Agenda
Time (CDT) Event
9:00 AM

Conference Opening
Wendee M. Wechsberg, PhD, InWomen's Chair

Poetry 
Tegan Carr, Poetess

Special Guest
Tetiana Kiriazova, PhD, Executive Director, Ukrainian Institute on
Public Health Policy

10:00 AM

Panel I: Women’s Intersectional Burden: Substance Use, Stigma, Criminal Justice, and Drug Trafficking
Moderated by Vasundhara Varthakavi (Kavi), DVM, PhD, NIDA

Intersections of Gender, Justice-Involved, Stigma, Harm Reduction,
and Substance Use among “Sex Workers” and Women Living with HIV
in Vancouver

Andrea Krusi, PhD

Associations Between Drug Overdose and Experiences of Violence
Among Women in Community Supervision in New York City

Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, EdD, MSS

Gender and the Illicit Drug Trade: The Role of Women and Children
in Transporting Small Quantities of Illicit Drugs in Kenya

Bernice Apondi, MA

Panel Discussion Q&A

11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM

Panel II: Current State of Gender-focused Substance Use
Treatment and Prevention Interventions: Globally and in the U.S.

Moderated by Courtney Peasant Bonner, PhD, RTI International

Substance Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender
Women in Southern Vietnam: Associated Factors for Informing HIV
and STI Prevention and Intervention Programs

Vu Thi Tuong Vi, MPH

Building Capacity to Increase Sexual Health and Substance Misuse
Prevention Services in Adolescent Behavioral Health Treatment

Josephine Korchmaros, PhD, MA

Women Living with HIV in a US-Mexico border region: Pilot test of a
Peer Navigation Intervention addressing Substance use, Human
Trafficking, and Intimate Partner Violence

Lianne A. Urada, PhD, MSW, LCSW

Panel Discussion Q&A

12:00 PM Poster Session and Refreshments

12:00 - 12:45 PM: Virtual Posters
12:45 - 1:30 PM: In-Person Posters

Networking Break
2:00 PM

Panel III: Why it Matters: Understanding the Implications of
Using Drugs While Pregnant

Moderated by Yukiko Washio, PhD, RTI International

Women’s Perspectives on Nicotine and Cannabis Vaping during
Pregnancy and Postpartum

Julie Stinson, MA

Group Prenatal Care for Pregnant Women with OUD: Preliminary
Evidence for Benefits over Individual Prenatal Care

Dennis Hand, PhD

Reproductive Outcomes in Young Women Arrested for
Methamphetamine Use in Taiwan: The Potential Role of Deferred
Prosecution

Chuan-Yu Chen, PhD

Advancing the Inclusion of Alcohol Policy on Women’s Health and Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention

Lindsay Wolfson, MPH

We need a new “New Normal”
Dianne Clarke, PhD, CAP

Panel Discussion Q&A

3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM

Panel IV: Sisterhood, Survival and Recovery: From Support
Groups to Provider-based Trainings

Moderated by Felicia Browne, ScD, RTI International

MANAS: Women Surviving Multiple Forms of Violence Fighting Back
the War on Drugs

Joana Canedo, MA

Wellbeing in Transgender Clients – Evaluation of New Model of
Training for Professionals in Czech Republic, Italy, Spain

Pavla Dolezalova, PhD

Building Capacity and Collaboration to Identify and Respond to
Interpersonal Violence (IPV) and HIV-Related Risks Within
Community-Based Organizations

Ashley Simons-Rudolph, PhD

And Bad Mistakes, I’ve Made a Few: Coming Full Circle from
Addiction to Science

Deni Carise, PhD

4:30 PM Closing

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Wendee Wechsberg
Wendee Wechsberg Director, RTI Global Gender Center; Director, Substance Use, Gender, and Applied Research
Felicia Browne Senior Research Social Epidemiologist
Courtney Peasant Bonner Research Psychologist
William Zule Senior Fellow, Health Policy

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