Vermont Center on Behavior and Health 2nd Annual Conference
Behavior Change, Health, and Health Disparities
Burlington Hilton Hotel
October 2 & 3, 2014
Day 1 PROGRAM
7:30 Breakfast-Registration
8:00-8:30 Welcome
Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Director, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Departments of
Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Vermont
Antonio Cepeda-Benito, PhD, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Vermont
8:30-9:00 Keynote Address
Session Chair: John R. Hughes, MD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Departments of Psychiatry,
Psychology, and Family Practice, University of Vermont
Behavioral Economics of Obesity
Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Departments of
Pediatrics and Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Buffalo, The State University of New
York
Panel on Obesity
Session Chair: Jean R. Harvey, PhD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Department of Nutrition
and Food Science, University of Vermont
9:30-9:55 Scope and Impact of Obesity in Vermont
Harry L. Chen, MD, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
10:00-10:25 Leveraging Choice Architecture in Promoting Healthy Food Choices
Lizzy Pope, RD, PhD, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Vermont
10:30-10:55 Financial Incentives for Obesity Treatment
Tricia M. Leahey, PhD, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut
11:00-11:25 Remission of Type 2 Diabetes with Weight Loss and Exercise
Philip A. Ades, MD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont
11:30-11:55 Financial Incentives to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation in Medicaid
Populations
Diann E. Gaalema, PhD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont,
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology
12:00-12:55 LUNCH (Boxed Lunches Provided)
12:00-12:55 SPECIAL EVENT: NIH & FDA FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY CAREER
INVESTIGATORS
Régine A. Douthard, MD, MPH, Medical Officer, Division of Training, Workforce Development, and
Diversity, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Dana M. van Bemmel, PhD, MPH. Assistant Deputy for Research, Office of Science, Center for
Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration
Samia D. Noursi, PhD, Deputy Coordinator, Women and Sex/Gender Differences Research,
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Panel on Obesity (continued):
1:00-1:25 The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Exercise, Obesity and other Risk Behaviors Among
Women with a Diagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
Susan G. Lakoski, MD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Department of Medicine,
University of Vermont
Panel on Tobacco Regulatory Science
Session Chair: Charles Irvin, PhD, Vermont Lung Center, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health,
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont
1:30-1:55 Preclinical Regulatory Research to Inform Tobacco Control Policy
Mark G. LeSage, PhD, Department of Medicine, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation and
University of Minnesota
2:00-2:25 What are Electronic Cigarettes and What do They do?
Thomas E. Eissenberg, PhD, Psychology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University
2:30-2:55 Challenges of Cigarette Smoking Among Disadvantaged Women
Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont
3:00-3:10 BREAK
Session Chair: Brian Flynn, ScD, Emeritus Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of
Vermont
3:15-3:40 Challenges of Cigarette Smoking Among those with Mental Illness
Anne Eden Evins, MD, Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard
Medical School
3:45-4:10 Affective Underpinnings of Tobacco Addiction: Where the Pursuit of Pleasure Comes in
Adam M. Leventhal, PhD, Departments of Preventive Medicine and Psychology, University of
Southern California Keck School of Medicine
4:15-4:40 Examining which Vulnerabilities to Cigarette Smoking Extend to Smokeless Tobacco Use
Ryan N. Redner, PhD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health
4:45-7:00 DINNER (ON YOUR OWN)
7:00-8:30 POSTER SESSION
DAY 2 PROGRAM
7:45-8:10 Breakfast
Panel on Prescription Opioid Abuse
Session Chair: Sharon L. Walsh, PhD, Director of Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, Professor
Departments of Behavioral Science and Psychiatry, University of Kentucky
8:15-8:25 Welcome
Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Director, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Departments of
Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Vermont
8:30-8:50 Prescription Opioid Abuse Crisis in Vermont
Governor Shumlin’s Office
8:55-9:15 Impact of Prescription Opioid Abuse on Vermont’s Medicaid System
Thomas A. Simpatico, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Vermont Health Access
9:20-9:40 Federal Law Enforcement Efforts and Perspectives on Curbing Prescription Opioid Abuse
Tristram J. Coffin, JD, U.S. Attorney, District of Vermont
9:45-10:10 Federal Scientific Efforts and Perspectives on Curbing Prescription Opioid Abuse
Wilson M. Compton, MD, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
10:15-10:25 BREAK
10:30-10:55 Overdose Rescue Interventions
Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc, Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Section of General
Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center
11:00-11:25 Substitution Therapy for Prescription Opioid Abuse in the General Population
Stacey C. Sigmon, PhD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Departments of Psychiatry,
Psychology
11:30-11:55 Leveraging Drug Courts in Curbing Prescription Opioid Abuse
Douglas B. Marlowe, JD, PhD, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
12:00-12:55 LUNCH
Session Chair: Ira M. Bernstein, MD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Chair, Department of
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont
1:00-1:25 Treating Women with Opioid Agonist Medication during Pregnancy
Hendree E. Jones, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1:30-1:55 Challenges in Caring for Pregnant Opioid Abusers in Vermont
Marjorie C. Meyer, MD, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
2:00-2:25 Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies in Opioid Abusers
Sarah H. Heil, PhD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Departments of Psychiatry,
Psychology
TRANSLATING KNOWLEDGE INTO ACTION BASED ON TODAY’S SESSION
Discussion Moderator: Sharon L. Walsh, PhD, Departments of Behavioral Science, Psychiatry,
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
2:30-2:55 Panel Discussion with Morning Speakers: Governor’s Office; Thomas A. Simpatico, MD;
Tristram J. Coffin, JD; Wilson M. Compton, MD;
Discussion Moderator: Ira M. Bernstein, MD
3:00-3:25 Panel Discussion with Afternoon Speakers: Hendree E. Jones, PhD, Marjorie C. Meyer, MD,
Sarah H. Heil, PhD
3:30 ADJOURN