Shelly R. Wiezman, J.D., Project Director of the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, will speak about best practices for treatment, support and care for individuals with substance use disorders who are caught up in the criminal justice system.

Bettina Hoeppner, Ph.D., M.S., Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Associate Director (Research) of the Recovery Research Institute and Director of Biostatistics at the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, will talk on her study on positive  psychology in which SMART Recovery meeting attendees participated; and a recent nationwide study on recovery community centers.

J. Gregory Hobelmann, M.D., M.P.H., Co-CEO & President of Ashley Addiction Treatment in Havre de Grace, MD, whose presentation will focus on stigma and the best ways to minimize if not remove that altogether in treatment and care (from professionals, peers and family members).

Teri Burns, LCPC, of Columbia, MD – who will present on the relationship of trauma to substance use disorders, and the best practices for addressing both, in the treatment and peer support contexts.