5th Annual NIH HEAL Initiative Scientific Meeting
Wed, 2/7/2024
Thu, 2/8/2024
Wed, 2/7/2024
Thu, 2/8/2024
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The NIH HEAL Initiative® convened its 5th annual meeting of more than 800 HEAL-funded researchers across the HEAL research portfolio and career stage spectrum, NIH staff, people with lived and living experience, community partners advising HEAL-funded projects, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders to:
The 2024 NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees were honored at the meeting. The awards recognize researchers for Excellence in Research, Mentorship, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, and Community Partnership. Early to middle-career stage researchers were recognized with the Trailblazer Award.
See below for links to the plenary session recordings. Sign into the virtual meeting platform to access and download recordings of all sessions until May 2024.
The following videos are of the plenary sessions that were livestreamed via NIH VideoCast. Sign into the virtual meeting platform to access and download recordings of all sessions (available until May 2024).
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Morning Plenary Sessions (10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)
Afternoon Plenary Sessions (1:30-2:45 p.m.)
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Morning Plenary Sessions (9:00-10:45 a.m.)
Afternoon Plenary Sessions (2:00-4:15 p.m.)
The Community Choice Awards were new to the HEAL Scientific Meeting Poster Session. People with lived and living experience of pain conditions and/or substance use disorders and other community members evaluated research posters on how well they communicated information to people who need it most. The 2024 awardee posters were clear, understandable, and relevant to the audience.
Alissa Davis, Ph.D., Columbia University
Funded Project: The HEALing Communities Study
Poster: Community-Level Determinants of Stakeholder Perceptions of Community Stigma Towards People with Opioid Use Disorders, Harm Reduction Services and Treatment in the HEALing Communities Study
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9:00‒10:00 a.m.
Poster Session #1
10:00‒10:10 a.m.
Welcome
Nora Volkow, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
10:10‒10:30 a.m.
Toward Evidence-Based Care for All
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health
10:30‒11:15 a.m.
Building Sustainable Research-Practice Partnerships: Insights from the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN)
Facilitator – Tisha Wiley, Ph.D., NIDA
Presenters:
11:15 a.m.‒12:00 p.m.
Empowering Open Science Practices: The HEAL Data Ecosystem
Facilitator – Jessica Mazerik, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke (NINDS)
Panelists:
12:00‒1:30 p.m.
Lived and Living Experience & Community Networking Lunch
This networking session was open to anyone with lived or living experience and community organizations that partner with HEAL-funded projects, as well as pain and addiction advocacy groups. Attendees shared experiences, fostered connections, and engaged in dialogue on patient and community engagement in research.
1:30‒1:45 p.m.
HEAL vs. Pain: What Do We Have to Do? How Best to Do It?
Walter Koroshetz, M.D., Director, NINDS
1:45‒2:00 p.m.
Scientific Strategies to Address Disparities in the Overdose Crisis
Nora Volkow, M.D., Director, NIDA
2:00–2:45 p.m.
HEAL Leadership Roundtable: Looking to the Future
Moderators – Walter Koroshetz, M.D., Director, NINDS, and Nora Volkow, M.D., Director, NIDA
Panelists:
3:00–4:45 p.m.
Concurrent Scientific Symposia and Discussion Sessions
Advancing Translation: Human-Based Research Models
Facilitator – Michael Oshinsky, Ph.D., NINDS
Presenters:
Creative Therapeutic Strategies
Facilitator – Alex Tuttle, Ph.D., NCCIH
Presenters:
Data-Driven Decision Making in the HEALing Communities Study
Facilitator – Jennifer Villani, Ph.D., NIDA
Presenters:
Equity-Focused Pain Management
Facilitator – Cheryse Sankar, Ph.D., NINDS
Presenters:
Pragmatic Implementation Science Tools to Enhance the Impact of Your Research
Facilitators – Heather Gotham, Ph.D., Stanford University, and Tamara Haegerich, Ph.D., NIDA
Presenters:
5:00–6:00 p.m.
Poster Session #2
9:00‒10:00 a.m.
Engineering Treatments for Pain and Opioid Use Disorder
Facilitator – Will Aklin, Ph.D., NIDA
Presenters:
10:00‒10:45 a.m.
Disentangling the Patient-Level Factors That Drive Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Overview of the Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program
Presenters:
11:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
Concurrent Scientific Symposia and Discussion Sessions
Better Together: Community-Informed Research
Facilitator – Marcy Fitz-Randolph, D.O., M.P.H., NIDA
Presenters:
Clinical Trial Innovations
Facilitator – Geetha Subramaniam, M.D., NIDA
Presenters:
Finding Pain Patterns: Role of Biomarkers
Facilitator – Ram Arudchandran, Ph.D., NINDS
Presenters:
New Targets and Mechanisms for Pain and Addiction
Facilitator – D.P. Mohapatra, Ph.D., NINDS
Presenters:
Prevention in Diverse Communities: How Can Digital Interventions Help?
Facilitators – Elvira Elek, Ph.D., RTI International, and Amy Goldstein, Ph.D., NIDA
Presenters:
2:00‒3:00 p.m.
Trailblazing Paths Toward Innovation in HEAL
Facilitator – Tamara Haegerich, Ph.D., NIDA
Presenters:
3:00‒4:00 p.m.
HEAL Connections: Engagement in Action
Facilitator – Jessica Hulsey, Addiction Policy Forum
Panelists:
4:00‒4:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks – Reflecting, Recognizing, and Looking Ahead
Helene Langevin, M.D., Director, NCCIH
These HEAL research programs held satellite meetings on Friday, February 9, 2024. Other HEAL programs may have hosted closed satellite meetings.
Biomarkers of Myofascial Tissues for Clinical Pain Management, 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Organizer: Alex Tuttle, [email protected]
Open to all HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees.
HEAL Initiative Devices and Technology Satellite Event, 8:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Organizer: Eric Hudak, [email protected]
Open to HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees involved in the HEAL Translating Discoveries Into Effective Devices to Treat Pain program, NIDA-led Small Business Programs, NINDS-led Small Business Programs, and any other attendees using devices and technology in their projects.
HEAL Biomarker Program Investigators' Meeting, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Organizer: Ram Arudchandran, [email protected]
Open to all HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees.
Health Equity in Pain Management, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Organizer: Cheryse Sankar, Ph.D., NINDS, [email protected]
Open only to HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees involved in this research program.
Polysubstance Use & Treatments Initiative Meeting, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Organizer: Marcy Fitz-Randolph, [email protected]
Open to all HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees from 8:30–10:00 a.m.
Harm Reduction Research Network (HRRN) and JCOIN Cross-Network Meeting, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Organizer: Julia Zur, Ph.D., NIDA, [email protected]
Open only to HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees involved in the HRRN and/or JCOIN research programs.
CoARS Meeting, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Organizer: Sarah Duffy, [email protected]
Open to all HEAL Scientific Meeting attendees from 1:00–2:00 p.m.
The NIH HEAL Initiative® Awards recognize researchers for Excellence in Research, Mentorship, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, and Community Partnership. Browse the five award categories and 2024 awardees.
HEAL has funded 42 research programs in all 50 states. More than 100 projects are addressing back pain alone, and more than 200 projects are seeking safe and effective medications for opioid use disorder.
View all open funding opportunities from the NIH HEAL Initiative.
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