The annual Penn State College of Medicine Addiction Conference is a FREE two-day, hybrid event held in Hershey, Pa., focusing on basic science and translational research and clinical practice aspects of substance use research, treatment, education and community engagement. The first day will be focused on clinically relevant translational research and the second on evidence-based clinical applications for treatment of substance use and use disorders. Each day will feature Keynote Speaker presentations, as well as poster and networking sessions.

This year’s conference will include research and clinical approaches for reducing the ongoing opioid crisis.

Keynote Addresses:

A GLP-1 receptor-regulated brain circuit that controls drug craving
Paul Kenny, PhD
Director Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Flipping the Mental Health and Substance use Disorders Dialogue: Now is the time!
Mark Rapaport, MD
President of the American Psychiatric Association, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine

Toward a Reparatory History of Medicine: A Crash Course in the Historiography of Addiction and Recovery
Claire Clark, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and History, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Co-President, Health Humanities Consortium

All are welcome to attend part or all of the event in person or virtually.

Continuing Education Credits will be available.

Please visit the Annual Penn State Addiction Conference Website to find out more and to register.