Vermont Substance Use Conference 2025: Full Schedule

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10:15am EDT

2. Vermont’s Tobacco-Free Recovery Leadership Academy: Data, Lessons Learned, and Future Work

Tuesday May 20, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am EDT

The Vermont Tobacco-Free Recovery team will provide strategies to improve tobacco-use rates among people living with mental health and/or substance use issues, as well as find ways to connect with more organizations to provide more services.

Speakers

Heather Bedell

Care Manager/Department of Mental Health

Dana Bourne

Vermont Department of Health

Dana Bourne, MPH (she/her) is the Tobacco Treatment Specialist with the Tobacco Control Program in the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department at the Vermont Department of Health. She has been in this role since July 2020. Dana received her MPH from the University of Vermont... Read More →

Desiree Kepper

Clare LeFrance

Mariah Ogden

VDH DSU

Katie Ruffe

Tuesday May 20, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
Emerald Ballroom II

1:15pm EDT

2. Can We Build It? Yes, We Can! Overdose Biosurveillance in Vermont

Tuesday May 20, 2025 1:15pm - 2:45pm EDT

Emerald Ballroom II

This session discusses the work of nonfatal overdose biosurveillance at the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory, funded via the CDC's Overdose Data to Action initiative. This is a critical strategy in efforts to inform drug overdose prevention policies and programs. Presenters will introduce our laboratory’s work to the broader substance-use intervention and prevention community, emphasizing the multifaceted collaborations necessary to establish a program of this scale.

Speakers

Suzy Stanton

VDH Public Health Laboratory

Suzy Stanton, MS (she/her) serves in Vermont as a Public Health Scientist V, Chemistry, in the state’s Department of Health Laboratory. She has been a scientist at the Vermont Health Lab since 2007 and is the Lead Chemist, Subject Matter Expert, and CLIA Technical Supervisor for... Read More →

Jessica Eisenhauer

Jessica Eisenhauer, MS (she/her) Chief of Chemistry at the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory, has an MS in Analytical Chemistry with a broad background in physical chemistry, materials chemistry, atmospheric aerosol chemistry, and environmental radiochemistry. She joined the... Read More →

Vermont Substance Use Conference 2025