Alabama Summit on Addiction and Pain 2026

Register here for the Alabama Summit on Addiction and Pain 2026. It will be held on November 2-3, 2026 in at the Marnix E. Heersink Insitute for Biomedical Innovation Conference Center located in the Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building. ALGEN 102 & Lobby. 

The registration deadline is extended to Wed, Oct 21, 2026, 5 PM.

The program will feature oral presentations, poster presentations, updates on UAB CAPPI, UAB Institute for Human Rights (IHR), and Addiction Prevention Coalition (APC) activities and two Keynote Speaker presentations.

An optional lunch session is scheduled for Day 2 called HCV 101 on learning to treat Hepatitis-C virus.

Keynote Speakers: 

Michael L. Oshinsky, Ph.D.
Director, NINDS Office of Preclinical Pain Research,  NINDS/NIH

Theodore (Ted) Price, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Advanced Pain Studies
University of Texas at Dallas. 

This event is sponsored by the UAB Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention and the UAB Institute for Human Rights.

Poster abstract submissions are open until October 14, 2026  at 5:00 pm.  Guidelines on the event page. Please submit to cappi@uabmc.edu and indicate if you would like to be considered to do a 5 minute oral presentation during the Young Investigator Data Blitz.

Start and end times are Nov 2 -8:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Nov 3- 8:30 AM - 1:15 PM with the optional lunch session on HCV 101 from 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Please check the ASAP 2026 webpage  for more details, updates, and the full agenda.