Identifying Needs for Rural Substance Use Disorder

From Insights to Action: Identifying Needs for Rural Substance Use Disorder Training Through Professional Listening Sessions

Join us on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, from 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET for a UVM CORA Community Rounds Workshop Series session, “From Insights to Action: Identifying Needs for Rural Substance Use Disorder Training Through Professional Listening Sessions.” 

Our featured speakers are Mary Lindsey Smith, PhD, MSW, Director of Substance Use Research & Evaluation and Senior Research Associate at the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute, and Gail Rose, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UVM and Director of the Best Practices and Clinical & Translational Cores at UVM CORA. 

This two-part presentation will: 1) Share findings from UVM CORA’s structured health care professional listening sessions designed to uncover barriers and facilitators to addressing substance use disorder (SUD) in rural communities, and 2) Introduce the UVM CORA Opioid and Substance Use Treatment Training Scholarship Program—an intensive, no-cost, two-day training initiative tailored for rural primary care practices. 

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