Recent Center Conferences

Lundgren

Lundgren, L., Zerden, L.D. (2009). Theoretical framework and empirical evidence on the relationship between organizational capacity and implementation of evidence based substance abuse treatment by community-based organizations. Results from an ongoing study presented at the School of Social Services Administration, The University of Chicago, April, 2009.

López, L., Zerden, L.D., Fitzgerald, T., & Lundgren, L. (2008). Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico: HIV, HCV, and other STDs. Paper presented at The College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting (CPDD), San Juan, Puerto Rico.

López, L., Zerden, L.D., Fitzgerald, T., & Lundgren, L. (2007). Place of Residence Matters for Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico. Paper presented at The Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), Washington, DC.

López, L., Zerden, L.D., Fitzgerald, T., & Lundgren, L. (2007). Differences in HIV risk behaviors and health status between Puerto Rican injection drug users residing on the Island and the United States Mainland. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (APHA). Washington, D.C.

Lundgren, L., Lonsdale, J., Delgado, M., & Deshpande, A. (2006). Acculturation and HIV risk through needle sharing among Puerto Rican injection drug users. Paper submitted to the Miami HIV Conference, Miami, FL.

Lundgren, L., Young, N.K., Fitzgerald, T., & Oettinger, C. (2006). Medication assisted drug treatment and child well-being. Paper presented at the Child Welfare League of America Conference, Washington, D.C.

Lundgren, L., Young, N.K., Fitzgerald, T., & Oettinger, C. (2006). Medication-assisted drug treatment and child well-being. Workshop presented at the 9th Annual Association of Substance Abuse Providers of New York State, New York City, NY.

Lundgren, L., Amaro H., & Ben-Ami, L. (2005). Factors associated with drug treatment entry patterns among Hispanic women injection drug users seeking treatment. Paper presented at Society for Social Work Research, Miami, FL.

Fitzgerald, T., Lundgren, L., Chassler, D., & Purington, T. (2005). Factors associated with sustained HIV/AIDS high-risk behaviors among female injection drug users. Paper presented at the annual Social Work and AIDS conference, Chicago, IL.

Lundgren, L., Purington, P., & Kuilian, N. (2004). HIV Prevention through a Collaborative Community Outreach-Research Effort. Paper presented at the International Conference on Urban Health, Boston, MA.

Chassler, D., Lundgren, L., Ben-Ami, L., & Hermann, V. (2004). Mental health factors associated with emergency room use among adult hard-core drug users. Symposia presented at Society for Social Work Research. New Orleans, LA.

Fitzgerald, T., Lundgren, L., Chassler D., & Siegel, J. (2004). Patterns of Health Service Use Among Women Injection Drug Users Living with Minor Children. Symposia presented at Society for Social Work Research. New Orleans, LA.

Lundgren, L., Bachman, S., Siege, J., & Ben-Ami, L. (2003). Improving service use measures when conducting outcome evaluations of HIV outreach efforts. Paper presented at American Evaluation Association Conference. Reno, NV.

Lundgren, L., Chassler, D., & Amodeo, A. (2003). Use of mental health and substance abuse treatment services by female injection drug users. Poster presented at American Public Health Association. San Francisco, CA.

Lundgren, L., Chassler, D., Fitzgerald, T., Ferguson, F., & Peloquin, S. (2003). Patterns of drug treatment entry: HIV outcomes and health service use by African-American, Latino and white injection drug users. Poster presented at American Public Health Association. San Francisco, CA.

Lundgren, L., Schilling, R., Ferguson, F., Davis, K., & Amodeo, M. (2003). Who enters higher quality drug treatment: Injection drug users and differences in human capital and institutional affiliation. Poster presented at American Public Health Association. San Francisco, CA.

Lundgren, L., Schilling, R., & Peloquin, S. (2004). Is the Child Welfare System Aware of Evidence Based Substance Abuse Treatment Practices: The Example of Methadone Maintenance. Poster presented at Society for Social Work Research. New Orleans, LA.

Shin, S., Lundgren, L., & Fitzgerald, T. (2004). Comparing patterns of drug treatment entry for young and older injection drug users. Symposia presented at Society for Social Work Research. New Orleans, LA.

Lundgren, L., Chassler, D., Fitzgerald, T., Peloquin, S., & Amodeo, M. (2003). A Multi-Year Assessment of Service Needs of Injection Drug Users. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work Research. Washington, DC.

Lundgren, L., Schilling, R., Ferguson, F., Davis, K., & Amodeo, M. (2003). Examining Drug Treatment Program Entry of Injection Drug Users: Human Capital and Institutional Disaffiliation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work Research. Washington, DC.

Fitzgerald, T., Purington, T., Davis, K., Ferguson, F., & Lundgren, L. (2003). Massachusetts Injection Drug Users Utilization of Needle Exchange and Substance Abuse Treatment Services. Presented at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Meeting. Boston, MA.

Purington, T., Lundgren, L., & Fitzgerald, T. (2003). Preventing the Spread of HIV through a Collaborative Community Outreach-Research Effort: A Model to Consider. Presented at the Annual Meeting of HIV/AIDS 2003: The Social Work Response. Albuquerque, NM.

Lundgren, L., Purington, T., Chassler, D., & Peloquin, S. (2003). Massachusetts Injection Drug Users’ Experiences with Emergency Room and Hospital Use—Results from In-Person Interviews with 600 IDUs. Presented at the Annual Meeting of HIV/AIDS 2003: The Social Work Response. Albuquerque, NM.

Lundgren, L., Schilling, R., Fitzgerald, T., Davis, K., Ben-Ami, L., & Amodeo, M. (2003). Parental Status of Women Injection Drug Users and Entry to Methadone Maintenance. Presented at the Annual Meeting of HIV/AIDS 2003: The Social Work Response. Albuquerque, NM.

Ferguson, F., Amodeo, M., Davis, K., & Lundgren, L. (2002). Examination of Service Use by Injection Drug Users in Needle Exchange and Drug Treatment Programs in Massachusetts: 1996-1999. Society for Social Work Research. San Diego, CA.

Lundgren, L., Amodeo, M., Chassler, D., Davis, K., & Fitzgerald, T. (2002). A Multi-Project, State Wide Needs Assessment to Reduce HIV Rates. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Evaluation for Practice. Tampere, Finland.

Lundgren L., Amodeo, M., Ferguson, F., & Davis, K. (2001). Substance abuse treatment and service needs among injection drug users: a statewide effort to prevent HIV/AIDS. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research. Atlanta, GA.

Lundgren L., Amodeo, M., Ferguson, F., & Davis, K. (2000). Service gaps and substance abuse treatment needs among African-American and white injection drug users: A longitudinal study. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association. Boston, MA.

Lundgren L., Amodeo, M., Schneider R., Ellis, M., & Fitzgerald, T. (2000). African-American injection drug users: Pre-treatment services and drug treatment entry. Paper presented at the annual Social Work and HIV/AIDS Conference. San Diego, CA.

Lundgren L., Amodeo, M., Schneider R., Ellis, M., & Fitzgerald, T. (2000). African-American injection drug users: Effect of comprehensive outreach on drug treatment entry. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education. New York, NY.
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Amodeo

Labiosa, W., Chassler, D., Gowler, R., Quiroga, R., Rosado, D., Stewart, E., Amodeo, M., & Lundgren, L. (May 2009). Recognizing and treating mental health needs in a sample of Latino men and women in a culturally focused residential setting. Poster Presentation. Innovations in Substance Abuse Treatment conference. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, Boston, MA.

Amodeo, M., Muroff, J., Larson, M. J. Gerstenberger, E. (June, 2008). What do addiction clinicians untrained in CBT report about their interest in and use of CBT practices? Poster presentation. College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Seventieth Annual Scientific Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Larson, M.J., Amodeo, M., Gerstenberger, E. and Lo Castro, J.S. (June, 2008). Clinician knowledge of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strategies: Room for improvement. Poster presentation. College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Seventieth Annual Scientific Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Shin, S. H., Edwards, E., Heeren, T., & Amodeo, M. (June, 2008). The impact of co-occurrence of multiple types of childhood maltreatment on youth alcohol problems. Joint scientific meeting of Research Society on Alcoholism and International Society for Biomedical Research. Washington, D.C.

LoCastro, J., Larson M.J., Amodeo, M., Muroff, J., Gerstenberger, E. (June, 2008). Web-delivered CBT training and dissemination for community-based counselors: The TEACH-CBT Project. Poster presentation. Joint scientific meeting of Research Society on Alcoholism and International Society for Biomedical Research. Washington, D.C.

Larson, M. J., Amodeo, M., & Storti, S. A. (November, 2007). Moving empirically-supported treatment to the workplace: Recruiting addiction program supervisors to help in technology transfer. Oral Presentation. Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. Thirty-first Annual National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Amodeo, M., & Griffin, M. L. (November, 2007). Sibling agreement on parental alcoholism and other childhood events. Poster Presentation. Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. Thirty-first Annual National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Hahm, H., Lee, J., Ozonoff, A., & Amodeo, M. (March/April, 2007). Predictors of HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infections among Asian and Pacific Islanders: Gender, sexual behaviors and health beliefs. Poster Symposium. Biennial Conference of Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Amodeo, M., Marcus, M., Madden, T. & Schoener, E. (January, 2007). Mainstreaming substance abuse education: Crossing interdisciplinary boundaries through Project MAINSTREAM. Symposium. The 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.

Hahm, H., Amodeo, M., Ozonoff, A., & Lee, J. (January, 2007). The relationship between problem behaviors and HIV risky sexual behaviors among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Poster Presentation. The 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.

Larson, MJ, Amodeo, M., Storti, S. (November, 2006). Counselor Web-Based CBT Training–Who Wants it? Poster Presentation. Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. Thirtieth Annual National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Griffin, M.L., Amodeo, M., Clay, C.M., Ellis, M.A., & Fassler, I.R. (2005, November ). Childhood sexual abuse among black women and white women: Separating the effects of intact families and socioeconomic status. Poster presentation. The 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Larson, M.J., Amodeo, M., Storti, S., & Carolan, S. C. ( 2005, June). TEACH-CBT: A website for Counselors. Poster Presentation. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 67th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Amodeo, M., Griffin, M.L., Fassler, I.R., Clay, C.M., and Ellis, M.A. (2005, June). Coping with stressful events: Influence of parental alcoholism and race in a community sample of women. Poster Presentation. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 67th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Alford, D., Amodeo, M., and Samet, J.H. (2004, November). Promoting Substance Abuse Education Among Generalists: The Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) Program. Poster Presentation. Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. Twenty-eighth Annual National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Amodeo, M., Ellis, M.A., and Samet, J. H. (2004, June). Introducing evidence-based practices in addiction settings using Organization Development (OD) methods. Poster Presentation. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Amodeo, M. Griffin, M. L., Clay, C. M., and Fassler, I. (2003, January). Presider and Presenter, Symposium: The long-term outcomes of parental alcoholism in black women and white women: (1) Clay C, Ellis M, Amodeo M, Fassler I, Griffin M. Recruiting black women and white women for community research; (2) Griffin ML, Amodeo M, Fassler I, Ellis M, Clay C. Mediating factors for the long-term outcomes of parental alcoholism in women: The contribution of childhood stresses and resources; (3) Fassler I, Amodeo M, Griffin ML, Clay C, Ellis M. Predicting long-term outcomes for women sexually abused in childhood, (4) Amodeo M, Griffin ML, Clay C, Fassler I, and Ellis M. Social supports among black women and white women. Society for Social Work and Research, 7th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Griffin, M. L., Amodeo, M., Clay, C. M., Ellis, M.A., and Fassler, I. R. (2001, November). Social Supports Among African American and White Women With and Without Alcoholic Parents, Poster session, Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), 25th Annual Conference, Alexandria, VA.

Amodeo M, Griffin M, Clay C, Fassler I, Ellis M. (2001, January). What is the effect of parental alcoholism on adult social adjustment? Poster presentation at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Atlanta, Georgia.

Griffin M, Amodeo M, Ellis M, Fassler I, Clay C. (2000, November). Predicting heterogeneous outcomes from childhood stresses and resources among women with alcoholic parents. Poster presentation at the 128th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, Mass.

Amodeo M, Griffin M, Clay C, Ellis M, Fassler I. (2000, November). Predicting resilient outcomes from childhood stresses and resources among women with alcoholic parents: Clinical implications. Invited workshop presentation at the National Conference of the National Association of Social Workers, Baltimore, MD.

Griffin M, Amodeo M, Fassler I, Clay C, Ellis M. (2000, November). Predicting resilient outcomes from childhood stresses and resources among women with alcoholic parents: Research implications. Paper presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), Alexandria, VA. Runner Up—Best Abstract Award.
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Delgado

Delgado, M. (2008). The evolution and future of youth development/youth-led interventions. 2nd Biennial Korea-USA World Conference, Lawrence, Kansas.

Delgado, M. (2007). Social determinants of Latino health. National Hispanic Medical Association 11th Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas.

Lundgren, L., Joya L., M. Delgado. (2006). Acculturation and HIV risk through needle sharing among Puerto Rican injection drug users. Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, Miami.

Delgado, M. (2006). Panel Member, Out of School Time Research: Looking
Back. Looking ahead. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. San Francisco.

Delgado, M. & Staples, L. (2005). Youth-led Community Organizing: Models
and Methods. Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 34th Annual Conference. Washington, D.C.

Delgado, M., et al. (2002). The Boston University Minority Institutions Drug Abuse Center. Council on Social Work Education. Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee.

Delgado, M. (2001). Social Services in Latino Communities. The National
Association of Puerto Rican/Hispanic Social Workers. Annual Conference, Garden City, New York.

Delgado, M., Cultural Competence: Principles and Practice Panel. (2001). National Hispanic Medical Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Delgado, M. (2000). Independent Living: Tapping Youth and Community Assets. National Conference on Transitional Living/Independent Living, Boston, Massachusetts.

Delgado, M. (1999). Prevention and Treatment of ATOD in Latino Communities. American Society of Hispanic Psychiatrists Annual Meeting. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Delgado, M. (1999). The potential contribution of youth to community capacity enhancement. The 14th Annual Working with America’s Youth Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Delgado, M. (1998). Tobacco, alcohol and other drugs prevention in the Latino community. The 1998 National Hispanic/Latino Prevention Conference. Boston, Massachusetts.

Delgado, M., Stevens, J.W. & Clay, C. (1997). A new look at substance abuse: Problem definition and service delivery. Counseling and Treating People of Color: An International Perspective. Phoenix, Arizona.
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