THE ADDICTIONS COMMITTEE

OF THE

 THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS

Presents

THE 40th ANNIVERSARY

ADDICTIONS INSTITUTE

Forty Years of Treatment, Research and Advocacy: 
Social Work in the Addictions

THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY • LINCOLN CENTER CAMPUS

113 West 60th Street at Columbus Avenue • New York, NY 10023

Keynote Address:
Two Decades of  Treating Addictive Behaviors:
Integrating Practice Wisdom and  Evidence-Based Practice

Presenter:

Dr. Allen Zweben
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Research, Columbia University

Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine

Dr. Zweben received his doctorate in social welfare from Columbia University in New York, in 1977.  From 1975 until 1986 he had a cross appointment at the Addiction Research Foundation and the University of Toronto, Canada where he was Director of Psychosocial Research and Associate Professor, respectively.  Dr. Zweben was at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, from 1986-2004 where he was Director of the Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research (CABHR) and Professor.  In 2005, Dr. Zweben returned to Columbia University where he is currently Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Projects in the School of Social Work.  Dr. Zweben has expertise in areas related to addiction medicine, including screening and assessment, brief intervention, motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, twelve-step facilitation therapy, HIV-risk reduction strategies, couples and family treatment, study recruitment/compliance techniques, patient-treatment matching, medications development, and outcome measurement.  His research and publications have focused primarily on innovative assessment and treatment approaches for substance use problems.  Dr. Zweben has been a  principal investigator of numerous behavioral and medication trials.

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