Addiction Medicine

Center for Interventions, Treatment & Addiction Research

Students interested in narrative research can reach out to Dr. Silverstein. Students usually start in the summer after M1, but can also reach out during the academic year to explore starting a project.

Active Projects: 

• A Natural History Study of Diverted Buprenorphine Use

• Crystal in the Gem City: Characterizing a Methamphetamine Outbreak in the Area of a High Prevalence of Illicit Fentanyl Use

• Ecologies of Overdose-Related Risk

• Exploring Stigma in the Overdose-Justice Nexus: A Mixed-Methods Study of Good Samaritan Laws in Two Overdose Epicenters

Dr. Anna Squibb, MD, FAAFP, FASAM

Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship, WSU

Dr. Sydney Silverstein, PhD

Assistant Professor, PPHS Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Interests include: Ethnography, Addiction & Recovery, The War on Drugs, Collaborative and Multimedia Research Methods

Ongoing / Past Projects

Dr. Ramzi Nahhas, PhD

Statistician for CITAR

• Wisconsin Society of Addiction Medicine (WISAM) 2025 Conference

  • September 25-26th, 2025, Milwaukee, WI

  • Abstract Deadline: July 31, 2025

• 6th Edition of Global Conference on Addiction Medicine, Behavioral Health and Psychiatry

  • Ocober 20-22th, 2025, Orlando, FL

  • Abstract Deadline: Sept 21, 2025

• ASAM State of the Art 

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• ASAM National Conference

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• NAADAC Annual Conference

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• American Journal of Public Health

• The Journal of Addiction Medicine 

• Substance Use & Addiction Medicine 

• Addiction

• Harm Reduction Journal

• Drug and Alcohol Dependence