EVENT DESCRIPTION: Stigma is one of the biggest barriers to addiction treatment for people with substance use disorders. In this learning series discussion, we will discuss the role stigma plays and the importance of reducing stigma for better patient outcomes

PRESENTERS

• Dr. Cara Poland, MD, M. Ed is a recognized expert in addiction medicine. She is a faculty member at Michigan State University. She earned her medical degree from Wayne State University and was trained in internal medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan and in addiction medicine at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her master’s degree in education from Boston University. She has an interest in educating healthcare providers and providers-in-training to improve care for patients with substance use disorders particularly during pregnancy and early parenting.
• Gresha Eberly, CPRC is a woman in long term recovery from a substance use disorder. As a public advocate to destigmatize addiction treatment in healthcare settings, she has used her lived experience to educate physicians in training at MSU by sharing her story with them during their Addiction Medicine Intersession. Gresha worked as a recovery coach with Spectrum Health’s Inpatient Addiction Consult service and is currently the Project Manager for the HEART Initiative.

SPONSOR: This webinar is organized and hosted by the Opioid Settlement Technical Assistance Collaborative established by Michigan State University, the University of Michigan. and Wayne State University, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Communities across Michigan are receiving funds from recent opioid settlements that should be used to support evidence-based programs for preventing or treating opioid-related harms. The goal of this monthly series of educational webinars is to share information and assist county, city, and township officials who have received settlement funding and are involved and/or interested in learning more about evidence-based practices and strategies to help remediate opioid overdoses in their communities.