8-9 am

Breakfast and Check-in

MERB Lobby

9:30-10:30 am

Keynote Address - Dr. Douglas Thornton, Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy and
Director, the Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER) Center, University of Houston

MERB Auditorium

10:45 am - 12:15 pm

Panel Discussion:
Brendan Hart, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Christine Roussel, PharmD, BCOP, BCSCP
Peggy Compton, PhD, RN, FAAN, Program Director, Hillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation and Professor of Nursing, Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania
Paula Bermel, PT, DPT, CLT, CWS, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Doctorate of Physical Therapy program, Temple University
Adam Al-Asad, Co-founder and Director of Operations, Savage Sisters Recovery, Inc
Brian D. Work, MD, MPH, Professor, Clinical Medicine, Temple University

MERB Auditorium

1:30-2:30 pm

Educational Session 1*
Sara Jane Ward and Jahan Marcu - Cannabis & Psychedelics, Unscripted: An Open Conversation on Science in MERB 217
Ellen Walker and Brendan Hart - Managing Opioid Use Disorder in Northeast Philadelphia – Meeting the Challenge of a Changing Drug Landscape in MERB 219

3:30-4:30 pm

Educational Session III*
Andrew Peterson - Challenging Your Own Stigma: A Pharmacist's Approach to Patients with Substance Use Disorder in MERB 217
Ashley Maister - From Withdrawal to Wellness: Evidence-Based Pharmacological Management for Alcohol Withdrawal Management and the Transition to Outpatient Alcohol Use Disorder Care in MERB 219

5-6 pm

Networking Reception

MERB Lobby