The mission of the Tufts Health Care Institute Program on Opioid Risk Management is to address challenges in the development and utilization of opioid analgesics, by engaging a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders focused on optimizing the benefits of opioid for pain management, and minimizing their risks, including abuse and diversion.

March 29-30, 2007

Agenda

Executive Summary

Welcome and Introductions
Nathaniel Katz, MD, MS, Presentation >>

The Origins of Opioid Risk Management at the FDA
Cynthia McCormick, Presentation >>

Risk Management at the FDA
Deborah Leiderman, MD, Presentation >>

Signal Management
Sid Schnoll, MD, PhD, Presentation >>

Signals 101
James Benneyan, PhD, Presentation >>

Panel: Stakeholders' Perspectives on Information Sharing

Board of Registration in Medicine
Nancy Audesse, Presentation >>

Department of Public Health
Grant Carrow, PhD, Presentation >>

Signal Assessment
Meredith Smith, MPA, PhD
John Fitzgerald, MS, LPC, CAS, Presentation >>

Prevention Intervention and Solutions
Ted Cicero, PhD, Presentation >>

Concurrent Workgroup Breakouts

Group 1: Signal Management
Sid Schnoll, MD, PhD, Presentation >>

Group 2: Signal Assessment
Jim Inciardi, Presentation >>

Group 3: Prevention, Interventions, and Solutions
Ted Cicero, Presentation >>

Group 4: Information Sharing
Grant Carrow, Presentation >>

Group 5: Future Directions in Opioid Risk Management
Nabrun Dasgupta, Presentation >>