# AMERSA Annual National Conference

> **NIH NIH R13** · AMERSA, INC. · 2021 · $24,750

## Abstract

Abstract
The Annual National Conference of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse
(AMERSA) is the only multidisciplinary meeting for health professional educators who teach about alcohol and
other drug problems. AMERSA's primary mission is to encourage the creation and delivery of educational
programs in substance abuse for healthcare professionals and to develop a cadre of educators who are
effective in facilitating the transfer of research to practice. AMERSA (1) emphasizes that substance use
problems demand inter-professional and interdisciplinary response; (2) promotes collaboration among health
professionals from diverse disciplines to bring about a degree of interaction and mutual learning that is unusual
in professional organizations; (3) provides multidisciplinary leadership for healthcare professionals in the
management of substance use disorders; (4) disseminates state-of-the-art research on substance use and
education that employs high quality curricula, educational methodologies, and evaluation designs—an under-
addressed topic in most organizations in the field; (5) mentors health professionals interested in becoming
researchers, teachers, and clinicians; (6) promotes cultural competence among healthcare professionals in
their work with individuals from underserved and high-risk populations affected by substance use problems;
and (7) builds a national network of addiction experts who can help to inform research agendas, provide
education representation at national forums, and advise local, national, and international organizations on
substance use policy. The annual meeting gives physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health
professionals the opportunity to increase their knowledge of scientific advances and new educational programs
focused on substance abuse issues. This proposal builds on AMERSA's 40-year history of successful annual
national conferences.
The proposed 5-year project will strengthen the high quality and diversity of the national meetings, to be held
2017-2021, by (1) providing speaker fees and travel to attract plenary speakers who are preeminent in the
areas of substance abuse research and education, and (2) providing travel award funding and continuing
education credits to increase participation of persons from traditionally minority institutions and
underrepresented disciplines.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10220913
- **Project number:** 5R13DA015046-20
- **Recipient organization:** AMERSA, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** Sharon J. Levy
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $24,750
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2002-08-01 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10220913

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10220913, AMERSA Annual National Conference (5R13DA015046-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10220913. Licensed CC0.

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