BIRCWH Scholars Innovation Program (BSIP)

Overview

In 2022, MUSC SCORE received funding to establish and lead the nation’s first BIRCWH Scholars Innovation Program (BSIP). The mission of the BSIP is to provide training and mentorship centered in the critical public health intersection of substance use, substance use disorder, and women’s health research. It is open to current and post 1-year BIRCWH, NIDA K12, and SCORE Career Enhancement Core (CEC) scholars.

BSIP activities are led by its steering committee members:

Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD: BSIP PI, MUSC SCORE MPI                                      Karen Hartwell, MD: BSIP Program Director
Jakie McGinty, PhD: MUSC BIRCWH PI
Aimee McRae-Clark, PharmD: MUSC SCORE MPI
Connie Guille, MD, MSCR: Reproductive Psychiatry, SCORE Project Co-PI
Jenna McCauley, PhD: Opioid Research, Remote Learning

Aims

BSIP resources are available to BIRCWH, NIDA K12 and SCORE CEC scholars nationwide. These resources consist of three core components that offer opportunities for BIRCWH scholars to:  Description of BSIP aims

(1) Participate in an engaging didactic series regarding key topics related to sex and gender differences in substance use disorders, as well the impact of substance use on women throughout the lifespan.
(2) Request consultation or mentorship to assist and/or guide the integration of substance use/use  disorder foci into their research portfolio.
(3) Receive critical feedback on grant proposals germane to women’s health and substance use disorders via either grant review or mock study section review.

Didactics

Our didactic series began in 2023, occurring virtually every third Tuesday of the month. Sessions are open to anyone interested in attending. The 2024 schedule is below, with all sessions being held from 1:00-2:00PM EST.  Please email Amanda Wagner to obtain Zoom link/calendar invites.

Date

Topic

Presenter

Affiliation

1/16/2024

Sex differences in substance use

Shelly Greenfield, MD, MPH

Harvard

 

2/20/2024

Substance use and infectious disease

Sandra Springer, MD

Yale

 

3/19/2024

Cardiac complications of substance use

Gavin Oudit, MD, PhD, FRCPC; Luke Gagnon, MD

Univ. of Alberta

 

4/16/2024

Panel- Career development considerations             

Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD; Sudie Back, PhD; Delisa Brown, PhD

MUSC

 

5/21/2024

Women and alcohol

Sherry McKee, PhD

Yale

 

6/25/2024

4th Tuesday

Substance use and older adults

Anya Benitez, PhD

MUSC

 

7/16/2024

Emerging trends in substance use

Erin Artigiani, MA

Univ. of Maryland

 

8/20/2024

TBD

 

 

 

9/17/2024

Cannabis and women

Aimee McRae-Clark, PharmD, BCPP

MUSC

 

10/15/2024

TBD

 

 

 

11/19/2024

TBD

 

 

 

12/17/2024


TBD

 

 

 

BSIP Learning Management System is here! picture of an open laptop with graphs on the screen       
BSIP resources and requests are now centrally housed in a comprehensive learning management platform to which all BSIP scholars have access. This  platform contains archived BSIP didactic lectures, BSIP mentor and scholar profiles, online request form for consultation and mentorship, and a growing list of substance use disorder research resources. Eventually we plan to add grant review and mock study section requests via this platform.  If you are a BSIP scholar who needs platform log-in credentials, please email Amanda Wagner.

 

If you are interested in learning more about BSIP, please contact the SCORE Program Manager, Amanda Wagner, at wagne@musc.edu.