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SUMMARY:Public Health Associate Professor Faculty Candidate
DESCRIPTION:Department of Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Announcement \nPublic Health Associate Professor Faculty Candidate \nFaculty Candidate Ekaterina Burduli\, PhD\, presenting:\nPerinatal Substance Use: A Public Health Imperative and Research Focus\n\nDate: Monday\, August 19\nTime: 12:10 p.m.\nLocation: HERB 432 or Zoom\n\n  \nTo Join Via Zoom: \n\nhttps://wsu.zoom.us/j/98994400514?pwd=CMp1Tly9XBRycHpOmxzH9Pl4wnE95Z.1&from=addon\nMeeting ID: 989 9440 0514
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/public-health-associate-professor-faculty-candidate/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Public Health Assistant Professor Faculty Candidate
DESCRIPTION:Department of Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Announcement \nPublic Health Tenure Track Assistant Professor Faculty Candidate \nFaculty Candidate Khairul Siddiqi\, PhD\, presenting: Identifying HIV Risks in U.S. Healthcare: Quantitative and Qualitative Approach \n\nDate: Monday\, August 26\nTime: 12:10 p.m. PDT\nLocation: HERB 432\n\nOr join via Zoom: \n\nhttps://wsu.zoom.us/j/92395978669?pwd=6R84xcmUANSM3QYSebFrDU8L3mJdty.1&from=addon\nMeeting ID: 923 9597 8669\nPasscode: 226969\n\nFor questions contact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu.
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/public-health-assistant-professor-faculty-candidate/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:André Miguel\, PHD\, will present: \n  \nApp-based Contingency Management for Alcohol Use Disorders: Contributions by WSU Researchers to the Development\, Evaluation\, and Dissemination of this “Novel” Treatment Approach \n  \nDate: Tuesday\, October 15\nTime: 12:10 p.m.\nLocation: HERB 432 or Zoom \n  \nContact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu with questions.
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/community-and-behavioral-health-seminar-series/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Naomi Chaytor\, PhD\, ABPP\, professor and chair of the Department of Community and Behavioral Health\, will present: \n  \nShort and Long-term Impacts of Glucose on Cognitive Performance in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes \nDate: Tuesday\, November 19\nTime: 12:10 – 1:00 p.m.\nLocation: HERB 432 or Zoom \nFor questions\, please reach out to Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/community-and-behavioral-health-seminar-series-2/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Please join us as Luciana Fonseca\, PhD\, presents: Early Predictive Cognitive Measures of Dementia: From Traditional Neuropsychology to Intravindividual\, Digital\, and Momentary Assessment. \nDate: Tuesday\, January 21\nTime: 12:10 p.m.\nLocation: HERB 432 or Zoom \nFor questions please contact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu.
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/community-and-behavioral-health-seminar-series-3/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:COVID-19’s Impact on People with Disabilities: Why Measurement Matters \nElizabeth Wood\, PhD\, MHPA\nAssistant Professor\nWSU College of Medicine \n  \nDate: Tuesday\, Feb. 18\nTime: 12:10 p.m.\nLocation: HERB 432 or Zoom \n  \nIf you have questions\, please contact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu. \n 
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/community-and-behavioral-health-seminar-series-4/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Incentives with Intention: Culturally Responsive Contingency Management with American Indian Young Adults\nMarch 18\, 2025\n12:10 – 1:00 p.m.\nHERB 432 or Zoom\nSpeaker\nKatherine Hirchak\, PhD\, MHPA\nAssistant Professor\nWSU College of Medicine \nIf you have questions\, please contact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu. \n 
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/cbh-seminar-series-march/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Racism\, and Social Determinants in Early Psychosis\nApril 15\, 2025\n12:10 – 1:00 p.m. PDT\nHERB 432 or Zoom\nSpeaker\nOladunni Oluwoye\, PhD\, CHES\nAssociate Professor\nWSU College of Medicine \nIf you have questions\, please contact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu.
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/cbh-seminar-april15/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal and Child Health: Fragmented Systems\nMay 20\, 2025\n12:10 – 1:00 p.m. PDT\nHERB 432 (Speaker Virtual) or Zoom\nSpeaker\nQiana Brown\, PhD\, MPH\, LCSW\nAssistant Professor\, Rutgers University \nDr. Qiana L. Brown is an epidemiologist\, clinical and translational scientist\, social worker and former US Army nurse. She is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers School of Social Work\, where she directs the Substance Use Research\, Evaluation\, and Maternal and Child Health (SURE MatCH) Group at the School of Social Work’s Center for Prevention Science. From a health equity lens\, her research focuses on system-level change to improve maternal and child health\, centering on preventing prenatal substance use and examining the role of the built and social environments and health and social policies in shaping substance use and other health outcomes among women\, youth and families. Dr. Brown’s peer-reviewed research has been published in top-tier international public health and medical journals\, including JAMA. She serves on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. In 2019\, Dr. Brown was named one of the Society for the Study of Addiction’s “Women of Future Influence in Addiction Science.” In 2021 she was elected and is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Most recently\, in 2025\, she was appointed to her local Board of Education in New Jersey. Dr. Brown earned her PhD in mental health and drug dependence epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in substance abuse epidemiology at Columbia University. She also founded and directed a non-profit\, community-based substance use disorder treatment center\, Jane’s House of Inspiration\, in honor of her late mother. \nIf you have questions\, please contact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu.
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/cbh-seminar-may20/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Delivering Mental Health Services in Public Space: Current Research and Future Directions\nSeptember 16\, 2025\n12:10 – 1:00 p.m. PDT\nHERB 432 or Zoom\nMeeting ID: 944 5314 3293\nPasscode: 718507 \nSpeaker\nEmily Leickly\, PhD\nAssistant Professor\, WSU College of Medicine \nDr. Leickly is a Research Assistant Professor in the Promoting Research Initiatives in Substance Use and Mental Health (PRISM) Collaborative. She earned her PhD in Applied Community Psychology at Portland State University. Dr. Leickly’s research interests include the experiences of people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) in a variety of contexts including community mental health centers\, supportive housing\, and public spaces (e.g.\, libraries\, parks). She also works at the intersection of SMI and homelessness in the public space\, where she and her colleagues completed a two-year evaluation of Portland Street Response\, an alternative first responder program designed to address over-policing of people experiencing mental and behavioral health crises and homelessness. She is particularly interested in qualitative and mixed methods\, including narrative inquiry\, ethnography\, media content analysis\, social network analysis\, and place-based methods (e.g.\, geographic information systems\, participatory mapping). \nIf you have questions\, please contact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu. \nAdd to Calendar
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/cbh-seminar-sept16/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:My Journey From Clinician To Researcher to Trainer\nNovember 18\, 2025\n12:10 – 1:00 p.m. PST\nHERB 432 or Zoom\nMeeting ID: 944 5314 3293\nPasscode: 718507 \nSpeaker\nSara Parent\, ND\nAssistant Professor\, WSU College of Medicine \n \nDr. Sara Parent is an Assistant Professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine’s Department of Community and Behavioral Health at Washington State University. Her work focuses on research\, dissemination\, and training for Contingency Management (CM)\, a behavioral intervention for substance use disorders. During the time she managed a large CM clinical trial\, she conducted or supervised over 1000 CM visits with people experiencing alcohol use disorders and co-occurring serious mental illnesses. Since then\, she has focused her efforts on developing and delivering CM training and technical assistance (TTA)\, primarily focused on CM to treat stimulant use disorder. She has played an important role in statewide CM rollouts in Washington and Montana\, supports CM TTA in partnership with American Indian/Alaska Native communities\, and is a consultant for California’s Recovery Incentives CM program\, the first Medicaid-funded CM mechanism. She has delivered more than 30 CM educational presentations or training seminars for regional\, national\, and international audiences\, and provides monthly CM coaching to over 100 treatment or healthcare service locations throughout the United States. She has co-developed extensive CM training resources\, including electronic tools for facilitating CM delivery and fidelity\, and has served on two national expert panels focusing on contingency management TTA. Dr. Parent strives to improve the availability of high-quality CM through effective training and implementation problem-solving. \nIf you have questions\, please contact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu. \nAdd to Calendar
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/cbh-seminar-111825/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Understanding Rural Firearm Culture: Foundations for Development of Community-Based Injury Prevention\nJanuary 20\, 2026\n12:10 – 1:00 p.m. PST\nHERB 432 or Zoom\nMeeting ID: 944 5314 3293\nPasscode: 718507 \nSpeaker\nElizabeth Weybright\, PhD\nAssociate Professor\, WSU CAHNRS \n \nGrounded in prevention science and systems theory\, Dr. Weybright’s research focuses on adolescent health promotion and prevention. This spans a) basic research on topics such as youth behavior (e.g\, rural youth firearm engagement); b) dissemination\, adaptation\, and implementation of prevention and positive youth development programs; and c) building capacity among professionals and systems for delivery of evidence-based approaches for health promotion and prevention. Building on roles of Extension specialist and former unit director\, her work advances the concept of Health Extension and using the Extension network and related strengths to more effectively deliver community care in rural areas to address health inequities. See her edited book on Health Extension for more information. \nIf you have questions\, please contact Kimberly Cufley at kimberly.cufley@wsu.edu. \nAdd to Calendar
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/cbh-seminar-012026/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:Community and Behavioral Health Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Pursuing Reinforcing Efficacy\nFebruary 17\, 2026\n12:10 – 1:00 p.m. PST\nHERB 432 or Zoom\nMeeting ID: 944 5314 3293\nPasscode: 718507 \n\nSpeaker\nJohn Roll\, PhD\nProfessor\, Vice Dean for Research Emeritus\, WSU \nIn this presentation Dr. Roll will briefly summarize his decades of work on understanding the malleability of reinforcing efficacy. He will briefly review his foundational work on the topic in animal models\, discuss his work in human behavioral pharmacology models\, and describe the work he and his colleagues continue to do in the applied realm\, specifically as it applies to treating substance use disorders. Finally\, he will outline the work he hopes to conduct in this and other arenas over the next several years. \nJohn Roll earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Montana\, a Master of Arts degree from Saint Bonaventure University\, and a PhD from Washington State University. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Pharmacology at the University of Vermont and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Substance Abuse Research at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. \nHe was the Founding Director of several centers and program at WSU including the Program of Excellence in Addictions Research\, The Translational Addiction Research Center\, the Health Sciences STEM Education Research Center and the Rural Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Center. He has had faculty appointments in the WSU Departments of Community and Behavioral Health\, Psychology\, Nursing\, Neuroscience\, Health Policy and Administration\, Prevention Science\, and Nutrition and Exercise Physiology. \nView Dr. Roll’s Full Profile \n  \nAdd to Calendar
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/cbh-seminar-021726/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:CBH Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Tribal Sovereignty\, Indian Health Care\, & Tribal Behavioral Health 101\nApril 21\, 2026\n12:10–1:00 p.m.\nHERB 432 or Zoom\nAdd to Calendar \nVirtual Speaker\n \nVicki Lowe\, Executive Director\, American Indian Health Commission\, WA State \nVicki Lowe\, a descendant of the Jamestown S’Klallam and Bella Coola First Nations\, began working in the Jamestown Tribes Health Program in 1996. In July of 2015\, Ms. Lowe became the Executive Director of the AIHC. Working with the AIHC\, she has utilized her vast knowledge of the Indian Health Care Delivery System\, state and federal regulations that govern the Indian Health and insurance coverages to implement statewide strategies supporting Tribal and Urban Indian health programs. Some of these efforts include: \n\nDeveloped Tribal Assister Project and Indian Health Care Reform Manual for Washington State\nEnsure Tribal engagement and inclusion in Medicaid Transformation\nHelp with drafting and passage of the Washington Indian Health Improvement Act (2019) and the Washington Indian Behavioral Health Act (2020)\nEngagement and funding to Washington State Indian Health Care Providers for Foundational Public Health Services (2021)
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/cbh-seminar-series/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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SUMMARY:CBH Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Advancing HIV Care: Innovations in Treatment\, Prevention\, and Implementation\nMay 19\, 2026\n12:10–1:00 p.m. PDT\nHERB 432 or Zoom\nAdd to Calendar \nSpeaker\n \nRachel Safran\, MD\, FACP\, AAHIVS\, Physician and HIV Specialist\, MultiCare Spokane\, Internal Medicine. \nDr. Rachel Safran is an internal medicine physician and HIV specialist based in Spokane\, Washington\, serving as the Associate Program Director and Clinic Director for the newly accredited MultiCare Spokane Internal Medicine Residency. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine\, with a strong commitment to medical education\, workforce development\, and interdisciplinary training. \nDr. Safran’s clinical and research work focuses on HIV treatment and prevention\, with particular emphasis on emerging therapies and innovative care delivery models. She has been an investigator on multiple clinical trials evaluating novel antiretroviral strategies\, her work also spans quality improvement and implementation science\, including behavioral health integration\, population health strategies\, and expanding access to HIV prevention in underserved communities. \nA recognized educator and leader\, Dr. Safran has received multiple teaching and clinical excellence awards and was named Investigator of the Year 2024 by the MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation. She is an active member of the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of HIV Medicine\, contributing to regional and national efforts to advance HIV care.
URL:https://medicine.wsu.edu/news/event/cbh-seminar-051926/
LOCATION:HERB 432\, 665 N Riverpoint Blvd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community and Behavioral Health
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