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SMART Global Research Advisory Committee Webinar #2 | SMART Recovery Australia

Written by Emily Carstairs | Apr 07, 2022
SMART Recovery International

SMART Global Research Advisory Committee Webinar #2

These are exciting times for addiction and recovery research, with new findings and trends emerging every day, and SMART Recovery plays a vital part in this. That’s why the SMART Global Research Advisory Committee (GRAC) just held its first annual SMART Recovery Research webinar series. 

This second of two webinars featured members of GRAC as they provided exciting overviews of SMART Recovery research now in progress, critical updates on the latest findings, and a look forward to where SMART Recovery research is going in the future.

In this Webinar: 

Chair: Dr. Katie Witkiewitz, Regents’ Professor, University of New Mexico.

Presenters: 

– Dr Alison Beck, Clinical Psychologist & Trial Coordinator, School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, An overview and update of evidence for SMART Recovery.
– Professor John Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Who uses SMART Recovery? Preliminary findings from a US longitudinal investigation of recovery and health.
– Dr Tom Horvath, Clinical Psychologist, President at Practical Recovery, Founding Board Member SMART Recovery USA, Future Directions for SMART Recovery Research.