PRIN will develop and expand workforce competencies by implementing an integrated portfolio of exceptional online recovery science training, mentoring, and fellowship programs.
Telementoring Opportunities:
Recovery Science ECHO Program Description
Peer recovery support services (PRSS) are an established best practice to support the recovery processes of individuals with substance use disorders. However, there are important scientific gaps that remain to better understand the mechanisms underlying the efficacy and effectiveness of PRSS (Bassuk et al, 2016). This research-focused ECHO program will grow a diverse workforce skilled in conducting recovery science research to address these knowledge gaps. Recovery Science ECHO participants will gain access to a network of established and emerging recovery scientists and researchers eager to collaborate and address the most pressing scientific questions of the field.
Who is this ECHO for?
- Recovery scientists
- Early-stage investigators, students, and trainees
- Recovery Support Services professionals
- Representatives of Recovery Community Organizations (RCOs)
Learning Objectives
- Describe limitations in existing recovery science literature to inform future recovery science research efforts.
- Identify means of improved cross-discipline communication, collaboration, and training across academic and recovery community cultures.
- Disseminate evidence-based best practices for recovery support services.
- Implement rigorous recovery science research designs.
Hub Team
Robert Ashford, PhD, MSW
MPI, Peer Recovery Innovation Network,
Assistant Professor
UT Health San Antonio
Subject Matter Expertise: Recovery Science, Peer Recovery Support Services, Digital Recovery Support Services, Integrated Behavioral Health Systems
Sierra Castedo de Martell, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
JEAP Initiative,
Chestnut Health Systems
Subject Matter Expertise: Peer Workforce Development, Economic Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Peer Recovery Support Services
Emily A. Hennessy, PhD, MPhil
Associate Director of Biostatistics
Recovery Research Institute,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Subject Matter Expertise: Adolescent and Emerging Adult Recovery, Recovery Capital, Recovery High Schools, Alternative Peer Groups, Collegiate Recovery
Cheryle Pacapelli, BS, CRSW
Project Director of Peer Recovery
Support Services,
Harbor Care
Subject Matter Expertise: Recovery Community Organizations/Centers, Peer Recovery Support Services, Recovery Housing
Recovery Science ECHO
This Recovery Science ECHO meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Project ECHO
Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, or ECHO, is a telementoring model for building online communities of practice amongst healthcare providers or other professionals. The ECHO model utilizes didactic and case-based learning to accelerate the spread of evidence-based practices. Participants engage in conversation and learning that is specific to a particular condition or best practice. ECHO programs are hosted by a ‘hub’ of subject matter experts, that provide both education and case consultation.
Our ECHO Series is hosted by the Center for Substance Use Training and Telementoring.