# Presentation: 438977

## 69 th CPDD - CPDD International Committee

- CPDD  2007                 NIDA International Forum
- Quebec June 15-18th, 2007
*Gabriele Fischer*
- Medical University Vienna
- Austria
- www.sucht-addiction.info

## CPDD INTERNATIONAL COMMITEE

| Term ends after the specified year’s annual meeting | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| International Forum |  |  |  |
| Gabriele Fischer, Chair (Austria) - f |  | X |  |
| Walter Ling (US)- m (will be replaced by Harnan Navarro - m (US) | X |  |  |
| Joe Schumacher (US)- m (will be replaced by Laurence Brown - m (US) | X |  |  |
| Michael Krausz (Germany)- m (will be replaced by Ratna Sircar - f (US) | X |  |  |
| Edwin Zvartau (Russia)- m (will be replaced by Deborah Hason - f (US) | X |  |  |
| Jason White (Australia)- m (will be replaced by Alison Ritter - f  (AUS) | X |  |  |
| Chengzheng Zhao (China) - f |  | X |  |
| Steve Gust (NIDA) - m |  | X |  |
| Jeff Samet (US) - m |  |  | X |
| Adam Bisaga (US) - m |  |  | X |
| Hendree Jones (US) - f |  |  | X |

- Plus coopted: Valdimir Poznyak (WHO) and Juana Thomas (UNODC)

***13 persons***

## WHO/NIDA/CPDD International Travel Fellowship Award

- Every year _two awardees_
_*eligible countries*_*  are those in*
***Africa ***
***Asia**** (except Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan); *
***Central and Eastern Europe**** (EXCEPT EU MEMBERS); *
***Russia and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union; ***
***Latin America and the Caribbean; ***
***Pacific Ocean Islands**** (except Australia and New Zealand).*

## CRITERIA

- Background in research &/or treatment in drug addiction
- Being interested to visit CPDD
- Being interested to visit for _one week a research facility in the US from a NIDA grantee_ to initiate &/or improve knowledge on a particular project
- To submitt an abstract on your working background in addiction
- To have two recommendation letters
*To submitt everything on time to *_[gabriele.fischer@meduniwien.ac.at](mailto:gabriele.fischer@meduniwien.ac.at)_
*After complete submission - review by the committee*

## Notification of award

- President of CPDD will let the awardees know by mid april.
- After being awarded:.......

## WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship Award 2006

- Summary report:
** **Min Zhao (China)
-  Kostyantyn Dumchev (Ukraine)
-  3rd researcher UNODC supported - Monica Malta (Brazil)
**  **

##  WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship Award 2006 

- The two awardees:
-  _Min Zhao_ and _Kostyantyn Dumchev_, participated in:
- Satellite meeting of NIDA International Research: *Global Addiction Research: Issues on Addiction and HIV/AIDS*
- 68th Annual Scientific meeting of College on Problem of Drug Dependence
- Meeting with CPDD International Committee

## Summary of Min Zhao ́s report

**Dr. Zhao visited Integrated Substances Abuse Program (ISAP) at UCLA (Drs. Ling & Hser) from June 22-29:**
- By observing research activities, meeting with clinicians, researchers and other colleagues at ISAP, information was exchanged with each other
- Preliminary collaborative research plan:
-        ASI: validity, - &  reliabitiy study  in Chinese populations
- Visited the methadone clinics

## Summary of Dr. Dumchev ́s report 

**June 22-29:**** ****University of Alabama, Birmingham meeting with**
**      ****Drs. Schumacher & Quian:**
- Discussion, planning and writing a supplement to the _current NIDA RO1_ Project (Transporting behavioural treatment of opiate IDUs in Ukraine): ARV Compliance Enhancement intervention for HIV + participants
- Final editing and submission of manuscripts „Assessing Addiction Treatment Agreement for Cross-National Transport to Ukraine“ and „STEPS outpatient program demonstrates efficacy in reducing alcohol use in Ukraine“
- Database review and paper ideas discussion for the HIV/HCV predictors studydrug use patterns, HIV vs. HCV predictors, HIV knowledge
- Ukraine Transport project status update

## WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship Award 2007

- Azarakhsh Mokri (Iran) -
- Will visit Dr. Schottenfeld (Yale University School of Medicine)
- M. R. Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya (South Africa)
- Will visit Dr. Bruce Johnson (NDRI, New York)
- 3rd  awardee through UNODC-support:
- 	Mario Zapata (Colombia)

## WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship Award 2005-2007 

_**Awardees 2005:**_
- Raka Jain (f/ India) & Paul J. Cunha (m/ Brazil)
_**Awardees 2006:**_
- Min Zhao (f/ China) & Kostyantyn Dumchev (m/ Ukraine)
- + 1 Person through UNODC: Monica Malta (f/ Brazil)
_**Awardees 2007:**_
- Azarakhsh Mokri (m/ Iran) -  M. R. Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya (f/ South Africa)
- + 3rd awardee through UNODC: Mario Zapata (m/ Colombia)

## Being part of the „family“ -of the scientific community of

- NIDA INTERNATIONAL FORUM
- CPDD
- CPDD International Committee
- Is very rewarding in many ways -
-  also in regard to funding
- NIH Grant Nr. 1R01 DA018417-01
- 6 US - sites + 1 Canadian + 1 European

## This years workshop of theCPDD International Committee 

- Sunday June 17; 2:15-4:15 pm: CCQ 303AB
- _Titel:_ *Evidence-Based Treatment in the Developing World: The Expanding Scope of CPDD*
- Chairs: George E. Woody & Gabriele  Fischer
- Presenters:
- Flavio Pechansky - Brazil
-  Mahmud Mazlan – Malaysia
- Azarakhsh Mokri - Iran
-  Sergey Dvoryak - Ukraine
- Evgeny Krupitsky – Russia (Discussant)

## Pregnancy & Addiction organized by CPDD International Committee

-  Hilton, Porte St. Louis June 18th, 7-11p.m.
- Chairs: Gabriele Fischer & Hendree Jones

- Food & Drinks

## CPDD - Satellite Symposiumat the ECNP oct.17th 2007 in Vienna

*Thank you to Dr. Thomas Kosten*
- www.sucht-addiction.info

- 6.5.1856 - 3.9.1939

- Sept.10-12th, 2007;

## LIFE IS A RACE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND DISASTER

- H.G. Wells - 1904

## Work like you don`t need the money.

- Love like you`ve never been hurt.
- Dance like nobody`s watching.
- Sing like nobody is singing.
- Live life like it`s heaven on earth.