It was an honor to serve @apadivision50.bsky.social as the APA Program Cochair 🏅 it was so lovely to meet everyone in Denver and @silvi-goldstein.bsky.social was a true delight to work with 👯‍♀️ I can’t wait to see all the brilliant programming she has in store for us as she takes over for #APA2026! 💞

Legit learned so much from this episode. Highly recommend giving it a listen as this is rapidly evolving area that will require some base knowledge for researchers, clinicians, and policy makers.

On-site health service delivery models at syringe services programs in the United States: Results of a national cross-sectional survey People who inject drugs (PWID) have many needs for health services, but frequently lack access to and/or do not utilize those services. Syringe servic…

In Behrends et al, only 11% of U.S. syringe services programs (SSPs) offered comprehensive care, while 57% provided basic testing/wound care and 32% offered minimal or no services. Larger scale SSPs with more public funding were more likely to deliver expanded care. bit.ly/45kDatA

Loved getting to chat with these inspiring and smart students at their posters! Thank you for such great work!

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Stops Wasteful Grantmaking ENDING GRANT ABUSE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order stopping unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from wasting taxpayer dollars

"wasteful grantmaking"

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📣Join us- 1:00 PM for “Rumbo,” a bilingual mobile app designed to reduce barriers to care for Spanish-speakers.

Presented by Dr. William Campbell, highlighting culturally aligned, tech-forward solutions to advance addiction treatment access.

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So well deserved!

Photo of a glass award presented to Cassandra Boness for 2025 Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Public Interest

Proud of this one. Thanks @apadivision50.bsky.social!

Powerful and informative session led by Drs. Karen Osilla and Tanya Lord on supporting families grieving a drug-related death. It was a moving, skill-building workshop filled with so much great information and new insights. #APA2025

You did a great job!

Submit your questions to the awesome #SoAP panel (QR code below) who will be here until 3:30pm taking questions.

@apadivision50.bsky.social

We are excited to have an Informal Program Room open to all members throughout #APA2025!

Open 8am-6pm Thursday to Saturday at Embassy Suites Denver Downtown,
Second Floor, Silverton 2

Come catch up with colleagues, hold informal meetings, or simply answer emails or decompress between sessions.

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Join us NOW in Colorado Convention Center, Street Level Room 207 for a critical conversation on Recovery Incentives Program: California’s Contingency Management Benefit.

📣 Happening now at #APA2025!

🕤 9:30–10:30 AM MT
📍 Colorado Convention Center, Street Level, Room 207

Critical Conversation
Recovery Incentives Program: California’s Contingency Management Benefit
Presented by Sze Yi Celine Tsoi

#ContingencyManagement #Division50 #SoAP

So excited for the @apadivision50.bsky.social program at the APA convention starting today in Denver! And when you need a break or a good space to talk to colleagues, grab a pick-me-up at our reserved Division 50 space in the Embassy Suites, Second floor, Silverton 2. Hope to see you soon! 🙂

Excited to present my research on belonging, minority stress, and burnout among psychology trainees with concealable stigmatized identities (with a focus on LGBTQ+ identities) tomorrow at #APA2025! 🌈 @apadivision44.bsky.social

Looking forward to attending #APA2025 this week! Come check out my poster on Friday from 4-5 at the Div 50 poster session and from 5:30-7:30 at the NIAAA, and Div 50 & 28 ECI poster session! Thanks so much to @apadivision50.bsky.social, @apadiv28.bsky.social, and the NIAAA for sponsoring my work! 🤩

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Finally made it to @bsky.app to connect with folks heading to APA! I am thrilled to be presenting some of my own research on Friday and am grateful to be recognized as an Early Career Investigator by @apadivision50.bsky.social and @apadiv28.bsky.social. See y'all in Denver!

So sad to miss you at APA but great poster!!

Come see me at APA in Denver this Friday at the Div 50 and Early Career Investigator sessions! Thank you to
@apadivision50.bsky.social @apadiv28.bsky.social and NIAAA for sponsoring this work. @drcolintmahoney.bsky.social @unm.edu @casaa.bsky.social

Feeling the weight of recent policy shifts in addiction psychology?

Join us at APA2025 for the Division 50 Presidential Panel: Navigating a Fraught Political Landscape as Addiction Psychologists
Thursday, 8/7 | 2:30pm
Colorado Convention Center, Street Level Room 607

Got a question for the panel?
Email Division 50 President Susan Collins (collinss@uw.edu) or the Division 50 program chairs (div50apaprogramchair@gmail.com)

Or, submit questions anonymously via Slido using the QR code!

SoAP leaders are sharing their experience navigating academic, clinical, and advocacy work in this political climate. Attention will be paid to the needs of students and ECPs. Join us in Colorado Convention Center, Street Level, Room 304 tomorrow from 2:30 to 3:30 PM for this critical conversation.

Next, come celebrate your colleagues at #APA2025! Division 50 is excited to provide past year updates and recognize members' contributions to addiction psychology. Join us tomorrow from 4:00 to 5:00 PM in Colorado Convention Center, Street Level, Room 304.

Reconnect with Division 50 members at our student-sponsored social hour tomorrow from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Lucky Strike Denver for snacks, bowling, arcade games, and good conversation. All career phases are welcome. Non-members interested in learning more about Division 50 are also invited. #APA2025

Email from the "PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE" to Kate Starbird asking for all emails from Jan 1 2021 through July 30 2025 with any of the following keywords: "diversity and inclusion" "DEIA" "DEI" "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging" "DEIB" "gender identity" "racial preference" "ESG" "organizational equity" "intersectionality" "anti-racism" "critical race theory" "LGBTQ+" "transgender" "cisgender" "gender ideology" "white privilege" "privilege walk" "cultural humility" "equity audit" "restorative justice" "racial equity" "implicit bias" "microaggressions" "inclusive pedagogy" "identity-based oppression" "systems of oppression" "queer" "non-binary" "sexuality" “Trump” “fascist”

If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?

#APA2025 starts today and we’ve got a great lineup of presenters! Come check out our SoAP programming and don’t forget this year we’ve got a cool informal program room for all our members! ✨😌✨

Substance use and use disorders among Veterans on long-term opioid therapy Few studies have reported on the prevalence and health risks associated with substance use and substance use disorder (SU/SUD) in Veterans who use lon…

As shown by Ngo et al, 1 in 4 Veterans on long-term opioid therapy engage in substance use or have a SUD. Co-use is associated with elevated rates of all-cause mortality, overdose, and traumatic death. Awareness may lead to targeted interventions bit.ly/44TQPb3

Attention PEBB members: Are you a union-represented employee who makes $60,000 or less per year? You may have received a $250 FSA contribution. You can use these funds on eligible health care expenses.

Watch this short video to learn more:

Dr. Sudie Back - Prolonged Exposure for Substance Use Disorder and PTSD The Addiction Psychologist · Episode

🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT 🚨

PTSD vs. SUD - what should be addressed first? This week, we spoke with Dr. Sudie Back, of the Medical University of South Carolina, about the intricacies of co-occuring conditions and promising avenues for simultaneous treatment!

Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7d44...