Tribal Health Research Office > NIH Tribal Consultation May 2018 | DPCPSI

Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted.

The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov.

Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at opm.gov.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)/Indian Health Service (IHS)/Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMHSA) Tribal Consultation/Listening Session on the Opioid Crisis in Indian Country

May 21-22, 2018

Meeting Summary

NIH Letter to Tribal Leaders

NIH Activities Related to Themes of the NIH 2018 Tribal Consultation on Opioids in Indian Country

Agenda

Day 1 – May 21, 2018
Schedule	Topic	Presenter/Facilitator
8:45 - 9:00 am	Opening Blessing	Aaron Payment, MPA, MEd, EdD Tribal Advisory Committee Member (TAC) Tribal Chairman for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
9:00 - 9:15 am	Welcome and Introductions Opening Remarks Introductions Consultation Procedures	David R. Wilson, Ph.D. Director, NIH Tribal Health Research Office
9:15 - 10:15 am	Opioid Research and Health in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Communities	Nora Volkow, M.D. Director, National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) National Institutes of Health
10:15 - 12:00 pm	Discussion: Opioid Research and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Health	Aaron Payment, MPA, MEd, EdD, Tribal Chairman for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Nora Volkow, M.D. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. Tribal Leaders and Participants
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 – 1:10 pm	Opening Remarks (IHS)	RADM Michael Toedt Chief Medical Officer IHS
1:10 – 2:20 pm	IHS Panel #1: Listening Session Prevention, Treatment and Recovery	CDR David “Joel” Beckstead Acting Director Division of Behavioral Health IHS CAPT Cynthia Gunderson, Pharm.D., Vice Chair National Committee on Heroin, Opioid and Pain Efforts (HOPE Committee) IHS Antonio Guimaraes, MD (invited) Chief Medical Officer, Bemidji Area IHS
2:20 – 3:30 pm	IHS Panel #2: Listening Session Data and Evaluation	CAPT Francis Frazier Director Office of Public Health Support IHS AND Tamara James, PhD National Data Coordinator Division of Behavioral Health IHS
3:30 – 4:40 pm	IHS Panel #3: Listening Session Leveraging Resources National Committee on Heroin, Opioids and Pain Efforts (HOPE) Telebehavioral Health Center of Excellence (TBHCE)	CAPT Cynthia Gunderson, Pharm.D., Vice Chair HOPE Committee IHS AND Chris Fore, PhD Director TBHCE IHS
4:40 - 5:00 pm	Wrap Up and Next Steps	NIH, IHS, SAMHSA
5:00 pm	Closing Prayer	TBD

Day 2 – May 22, 2018
Schedule	Topic	Presenter/Facilitator
9:00 – 9:15 am	Opening Blessing	Andy Joseph, NIHB Board of Directors Tribal Council, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Chair, SAMHSA Tribal Technical Advisory Committee
9:15 - 9:30 am	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – Welcome and Introductions	Mirtha Beadle, MPA Director, Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy (OTAP)
9:30 – 10:00 am	Approach to Opioids Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Funding Resources for Tribes Tribal-State Opioid Plans Provider Training Treatment Improvement Protocol Technical Assistance	Onaje Salim, EdD, LCPC Director, Division of State and Community Assistance, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA Mirtha Beadle, MPA
10:00 – 12:00 pm	Discussion: Targeted Response to Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Tribal Communities	Moderators Aaron Payment, MPA, MEd, EdD Mirtha Beadle, MPA Tribal Leaders and participants
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 pm	Perspectives and Recommendations from Participating Tribal Members about Priorities or Guiding Principles for the Opioid Epidemic This session is designed for consultation participants to provide perspectives and recommendations from participating tribal members on Tribal priorities for health research and health service for the Opioid epidemic NIH IHS SAMHSA NIH will adhere to the Tribal Consultation Policy which established a presentation/speaker protocol. This ensures that the highest ranking official from each	Tribal Participants
2:30 – 2:45 pm	Wrap Up and Next Steps	NIH, IHS, SAMHSA
2:45 - 3:00 pm	Closing Prayer	TBD

This page last reviewed on

June 25, 2020