Presentations Alemi, F., Nemes, S., Haack, M., (2004, December). Online Counseling Methodology and Findings. Invited speaker. CSAT’s Etherapy Conference, Gaithersburg, MD. Alemi, F., Haack, M., Nemes, S., and Larsen, J. (1999, June). Continuous Improvement Evaluation Methodologies for Family Drug Courts. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Family Drug Court Meeting. Miami, FL. Argueta, C., Libretto, S., Harris, J., Jones, J., Wong, Y.H., Nemes, S, & Moolchan, E. (June, 2006). Developing Training Modules and Other Tools for International Drug Abuse Researchers. Poster presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. Beatty, P., Kearley, B., Groff, L., Fogg, H., & Couture, H. (2004). The Effects of Crime Mapping on Citizen Fear of Crime: A Randomized Experiment in Redlands, California. Paper presentation at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Nashville, TN. Behar, A., Jerome, A., Riley, W. T., Boyd, N. R., & Weil, J. (2000). Dietmate: Computerized dietary selfmanagement for weight loss, cholesterol reduction, and hypertension. Paper presentation for the Society of Behavioral Medicine at the 21st Annual Scientific Sessions-Diversity Issues in Health and Behavior, Nashville, TN. Cook, L., Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Weil, J., & Hess, L. (2003, February). Electronic Prevention Community Organizer (ePrevco.com): An only tool for prevention policy advocacy. Poster presentation at the 17th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, St. Louis, MO. Cooke, L., Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., & Weil, J. (2002, November). Electronic Prevention Community Organizer (eprevco.com): An online tool for prevention policy advocacy. Paper presentation at the American Public Health Association, 130th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Crosby Kowal, H., Namur, J., Lam, W., Nemes, S., Williams, C., & Ellerson, R.M. (2004). Women’s Interactive Screening to Establish Risk: Effectiveness Evaluation Yields Compelling Results, Poster presentation at The National STD Prevention Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Daugherty, S., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Hoffman, J., & Munoz, J. (2003). Spanish Smoking Cessation Curriculum for Youth. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA. Goldstein, N. E. S., Dovidio, A., Kalbeitzer, R., Weil, J., & Strachan, M. (2005, August). Anger management intervention for female juvenile offenders: Pilot study findings. Paper presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Goldstein, N., Strachan, M., Weil, J., & Dovido, A. (2004). Anger Management for Female Juvenile Offenders: Why What Works for Boys May Not Work for Girls. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Law Society. Tucson, AZ. Goldstein, N., Strachan, M., Weil, J., & Dovido, A. (2004). Anger Management for Female Juvenile Offenders: Why What Works for Boys May Not Work for Girls. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Law Society. Tucson, AZ. Goldstein, N. E. S., Strachan, M., Weil, J., Dovidio, A., & McCoy, K. (2004). Anger management for female juvenile offenders: Why what works for boys may not work for girls. Part of a symposium: Girls and aggression: From risk and resilience research to intervention. Presented at the annual convention of the American Psychology - Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ. González, R., Peragallo, N., Vásquez, E., & Nemes, S. (2006, August). Women, drugs and violence in the Americas, preliminary findings. III Foro Internacional, Bogotá, Colombia.
Goto, S.G., Kim, C.Y., James, I., Abe-Kim, J., & Park, C. (1999). Employment discrimination among Asian Americans and its relationship to health status. Paper presentation at the California Work and Health Survey Research Conference, San Francisco, CA. Gottfredson. D., Najaka, S., & Kearley, B. (2002). A Randomized Study of the Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court: Results from the Three-Year Follow-up. Paper presentation at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago, IL. Hess, L. S., Libretto, S., Landry, M., & Nemes, S. (2005, December). Developing and feasibility testing a multiproblem screening system for youth. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA. Hess, L., Munly, K., Nemes, S., Pelletier, L., & Landry, M. (2005, August). Training Health Care Providers on Senior Substance Abuse. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC. Hess, L. S., Libretto, S., Nemes, S., Copeland-Linder, N., & Landry, M. (2005, August). Developing and feasibility testing a multi-problem screening system for youth. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC. Hess, L., Zack, S., Weil, J., Nemes, S., Hoffman J., Libretto, S., and Haviland, J. (2004, June). SMART: Pilot Results of a School Based Prevention Program. Poster Presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence in Puerto Rico. Hess, L., Zack, S., Weil, J., Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Haviland, J., & Moolchan, E (2004, June). The development of Start SMART. Poster presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Puerto Rico. Hess, L., Zack., S., Weil, J., Hoffman, J., & Nemes, S. (2003). Teenquit.com: A Website for Youth Smoking Cessation. Poster presentation at the National Tobacco or Health Conference. Boston, MA. Hess, L., Zack, S., Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Munly, K., & Moolchan, E. (2003). Six Month Follow Up of a Teen Smoking Research Program. Poster presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Miami, FL. Herman, A., Wish, E., Nemes,S. (1997, November). To Tell or Not to Tell: Giving Evaluation Feedback Midstream. Annual Evaluation Association Conference, San Diego, CA. Hoffman, J., & Nemes, S. (2006, June). Promising practices in drug prevention in Latin America. Invited Speaker. International College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. Hoffman, J., Weil, J., Nemes, S., Zack, S. (2005, March). Findings from Youth Smoking Cessation Evaluation. Poster presentation at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Prague, Czech Republic. Hoffman, J., Namur, J., Crosby Kowal, H., Nemes, S., Lam, K. (2004). Women’s Interactive Screening to Establish Risk, Poster presentation at the XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Zack, S., Hess, L., Johansson, A., Munly, K., & Romero, F. (2003). Youth Smoking Cessation. Poster presentation at the International Council on Alcohol and Addiction, Toronto, Canada. Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Zack, S., Hess, L., Munly, K, & Johansson, A. (2003). ASCENT End of Treatment and Thirty Day Evaluation Findings. Poster presentation at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, LA. Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Zack, S., Weil, J., Munly, K., & Levin, H. (2002). Overview and preliminary evaluation findings: Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco (ASCENT). Paper presentation at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health, San Francisco, CA.
Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Zack, S., Munly, K., & Levin, H. (2002). Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco (ASCENT). Paper presentation at the Third European Conference on Tobacco and Health, Warsaw, Poland. Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Zack, S., Munly, K., & Levin, H. (2002). Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco (ASCENT): Preliminary findings. Paper presentation at the Tobacco Use Among Youth Research Investigators, Tampa, FL. Hoffman, J., Weil, J., Nemes, S., & Levin, H. (2002). Reducing youth smoking: A multifaceted smoking cessation program. Paper presentation at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health, New Orleans, LA. Hoffman, J., Weil, J., Nemes, S., Levin, H. (2001, November). Reducing Youth Smoking: A Multi-faceted Smoking Cessation Program. National Conference on Tobacco OR Health. New Orleans, LA. Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Holtz, K., Landis, R.D. and Zeiler, C. (2000, June). Poster Presentation: Reliability and Validity of Online Drug Problem Screen. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, P.R Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Holtz, K., Landis, R.D. and Zeiler, C. (2000, November). Reliability and Validity of Online Drug Problem Screen. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA. Hoffman, J. A., Kramer, J., Nemes, S., & Weil, J. (2000). Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco. Paper presentation at the World Conference on Tobacco and Health, Chicago, IL. James, I. (2001). Employees as stakeholders: An examination of person-organization fit and corporate social performance. Paper presentation at the International Association for Business and Society, Twelfth Annual Conference, Sonoma, AZ. James, I. (1998). Individualism, power distance, and communication competence between managers and subordinates. Paper presentation at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM. James, I. (1991). Staff recruitment and retention in a child abuse prevention program. Presentation at the National Healthy Start Conference, Honolulu, HI. James, I. & Fuddy, L. (1990). The Healthy Start Program: A child abuse and neglect prevention program. Presentation at the National March of Dimes Conference, Portland, OR. Jones, J., Rabon-Stith, KM., Argueta, C., Hernandez, A., Munly, K., Nemes, S., Libretto, S., Wong, YH. (2006, November). Developing a Comprehensive Wellness Program for Young Workers. Poster presentation at The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Boston, MA. Kalbeitzer, R., DeWitt, A., Goldstein, N. E., Weil, J., & Strachan, M. (2003, April). The Delinquency Intervention and Assessment (DIA) Program for girls and related public policy. Paper presentation at the annual conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Miami, FL. Kearley, B. & Gottfredson, D. (2003). Predicting Success in the Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court: The Influence of Personal Characteristics and Assigned Sentence Length on Graduation Status. Paper presentation at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Denver, CO. Landis, R., Nemes, S., Kaplan, L., Williams, A., Zeiler, C., and Hoffman, J. (2001, September). A Study of Promising Practices in Drug Treatment Programs in Latin America, Europe and Asia: Preliminary Findings. International Council on Alcohol and Addictions. Heidelberg, Germany. Libretto, S., Sexton, J., Hoffman, J., Wong, Y.H., Nemes, S., Munly, K., Earley, P., Lefebvre, R., & Mee-Lee, D. (2006, November). Mental health screening and patient placement in substance abuse treatment. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Boston MA.
Libretto, S., Sexton, J., Munly, K., Wong, Y. H., Nemes, S., and Moolchan, E. (2006, June). Developing a mental health screening instrument for substance abuse treatment. Poster presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. Libretto, S., Linder, N., Haviland, J., & Weil, J., Nemes, S. (2004, July). Young Workers Living in Balance: A Comprehensive Wellness Program. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention, Honolulu, HI. Libretto, S., Weil, J., Linder, N., Johansson, A., Nemes, S., & Moolchan, E (2004, June). A substance abuse prevention program for youth in the workplace. Poster presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference, San Juan, PR. Libretto, S., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Zack, S., & Hoffman, J. (2003). Students Making Advertisements to Reduce Tobacco (SMART): The Development of a Middle School Prevention Program. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA. Libretto, S., Nemes, S., Kowal H. C., Zeiler, C., Johansson, A., Landis, R & Moolchan, E. (2003, June). Adolescent drug and alcohol screening instrument for primary care (ADASI-PC). Poster presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference, Miami, FL. Linder, N., Namur, J., Crosby Kowal, H., Nemes, S., and Moolchan, E. (2004). Evaluation of a substance abuse and HIV risk assessment tool for women. Poster presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Scientific Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. McCoy, K. P., Weil, J., & Goldstein, N. E. (2003, April). Helping female juvenile offenders cope with aggression. Poster presented at Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences Research Day, Philadelphia, PA. Melendez, J., Nemes, S., (Invited Speakers). (2005, April). Partnerships between Non-profits and For-profits. National HIV Test Day Skill Building Conference, sponsored by National Association of People Living with AIDS (NAPWA), Silver Spring, MD. Melendez, J., Nemes, S., Munly, K., Hess, L., & Pelletier, L. (2004, November). Older adult alcohol education. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Washington, DC. Messina, N. (2006, December). Drug Endangered Children: Parental Methamphetamine Use and Manufacture. Pediatric Grand Rounds, King/Drew Medical Center. Los Angeles, California. Messina, N. (Chair – Panel) (2006, November). Community and Correctional Interventions for Substance Abusing Women Offenders. American Society of Criminology Conference, Los Angeles, California. Messina, N., Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M. (2006, November). Correlates of Recidivism for Women Offenders: In-Prison Treatment vs. No Treatment. American Society of Criminology Conference, Los Angeles, California. Messina, N. (2006, November). Gender-Responsive Treatment for Women Offenders: Overcoming Research Barriers. American Society of Criminology Conference, Los Angeles, California. Messina, N. (2006, September). Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment for Women Offenders. Mental Health Systems, Inc., San Diego, California. Messina, N. (2006, April). Parental Methamphetamine Use and Manufacture. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Methamphetamine Summit: Coordinating Treatment Services with Criminal Justice and Family Courts, Los Angeles, California. Messina, N. (2006, March). Drug Endangered Children: Parental Methamphetamine Use and Manufacture.
Northern California Training Academy of UC Davis Extension, Research to Practice Conference: The Impact of Alcohol and Drugs on Children and Families in the Child Welfare System, Davis, California. Messina, N. (2006, March). Drug Endangered Children: Parental Methamphetamine Use and Manufacture. Northern California Training Academy of UC Davis Extension, Research to Practice Conference: The Impact of Alcohol and Drugs on Children and Families in the Child Welfare System, Redding, California. Messina, N. (2006, July). Woman-Focused Substance Abuse Treatment. Los Angeles County Criminal Courts and Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles, California. Messina, N. (Organizer/Panel Chair) (2005, November). Women in the Correctional System. American Society of Criminology, Toronto. Messina, N. & Grella, C. (2005, November). Childhood Trauma and Abuse Among Men and Women Prisoners in California. American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada. Messina, N. (2005, March). Drug Endangered Children: Parental Methamphetamine Use and Manufacture. Association for Criminal Justice Research, Sacramento, California. Messina, N. (2005, July). Drug Endangered Children. Nevada Summer Institute, Reno, Nevada. Messina, N. & Grella, C. (2005, June). Histories of Trauma and Abuse Among California Women Inmates. Poster presentation at the College on Problem of Drug Disorders, Orlando, Florida. Messina, N (2004, October). Substance Abuse, Crime, and Prison-Based Treatment in California. The Mind of the Parolee Conference, Norwalk, California. Messina, N., Marinelli-Casey, P., & Rawson, R. (2004, July). Drug endangered children in California. Poster Presentation at the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. Messina, N., Marinelli-Casey, P., & Rawson, R. (2004, July). Methamphetamine Treatment Project. American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. Messina, N., Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M (2004, July). One year recidivism rates for women parolees from prison-based treatment. Poster presentation at the College on Problem of Drug Disorders, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Messina, N. (2004, April). Drug Endangered Children: 1st Look. CASE Media Fellowship Meeting, Los Angeles, California. Messina, N., Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M (2004, February). Reincarceration rates of co-disordered drug offenders in prison-based treatment. Western Society of Criminology Conference, Long Beach, California. Messina, N., Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M. (2004, February). Prison-based treatment outcomes for men and women: A California sample. Western Society of Criminology Conference, Long Beach, California. Messina, N., Burdon, W., Hagopian, G., & Prendergast, M (2003, November). Predictors of prison TC treatment outcomes: A comparison of men and women participants. American Society of Criminology Conference, Denver, Colorado. Messina, N., Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M. (2002, November). Co-Occurring Disorders Among Prison Inmates in Therapeutic Community Treatment. Semi-Annual Substance Abuse Research Consortium, Sacramento, California. Messina, N., Farabee, D., & Rawson, R. (2002, November). Antisocial Personality Disorders and Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes. Semi-Annual Substance Abuse Research Consortium, Sacramento, California.
Messina, N., Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M. (2002, August). Predictors of Recidivism for Women Parolees from Prison Treatment in California. American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Messina, N., Farabee, D., & Rawson, R. (2002, August). Treatment responsivity of cocaine-dependent patients with antisocial personality disorder. American Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois. Messina, N., Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M. (2002, February). One-year reincarceration rates of co-disordered drug offenders and sex offenders in prison-based TC treatment. Western Society of Criminology Conference, San Diego, California. Messina, N. & Burdon, W. (Co-Organizers/Chairs) (2001, November). Prison-Based Substance Abuse Treatment: Issues and Outcomes. Panel conducted at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. Messina, N., Burdon, W., Hagopian, G., & Prendergast, M. (2001, November). Profiles of co-disordered drug offenders and sex offenders in prison-based TC treatment. American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. Messina, N., Burdon, W., & Prendergast, M. (2001, June). A profile of women in prison-based therapeutic communities. Poster presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependency, Scottsdale, Arizona. Messina, N., Wish, E., Nemes, S., & Wraight, B. (1999). Profile of a liar: Therapeutic community clients who conceal their drug use and criminal activity. Poster presentation, at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Toronto, Canada. Messina, N., Wish, E., and Nemes, S. (1998, November). The effectiveness of treatment in a residential therapeutic community for female drug abusers. American Society of Criminology Conference, Washington, District of Columbia. Messina, N., Wish, E., and Nemes, S. (1997, November). The efficacy of therapeutic community treatment for substance abusers with Antisocial Personality Disorder. American Society of Criminology Conference, San Diego, California. Messina, N., Wish, E., and Nemes, S. (1997, September). Treatment outcomes for substance abusers with Antisocial Personality Disorder. Poster Presentation at the National Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Conference, State of the Art; State of the Science, Baltimore, MD. Mieczkowski, T., Feucht, T., Newel, R., Gropper, B., & Wraight, B. (1995). Multiple Indicators of Drug Use Among Juvenile Arrestees: The COMPASS Clinical Assessment Risk Inventory, Self-Report and Urine/Hair Bioassays. Paper presentation at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Boston, MA. Munly, K., Sexton, J., Hess, L.S., Libretto, S., Wong, Y.H., Jones, J., Nemes, S, & Moolchan, E. (2006, June). Developing a multi-problem screening system for youth. Poster presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. Munly, K., Hess, L.S., James, I., Kearley, B., Nemes, S., Pelletier, L., & Moolchan, E. (2006, June). Substance abuse and older adults: A review of the literature. Poster presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. Munly, K., Hess, L., Nemes, S., Pelletier, L., Landry, M., & Moolchan, E. (2005, June). Senior alcohol abuse: Programs for older adults and healthcare providers. Poster presented at the 67th annual Scientific Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Orlando, FL. Munly, K., Nemes, S., Pelletier, L., Hess, L., & Moolchan, E. (2003, June). Senior alcohol abuse: the hidden epidemic. Poster presentation at College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Miami, FL.
Namur Karp, J., Crosby Kowal, H., Nemes, S., & Lam, W. (2004). Women’s interactive screening to establish risk: results from effectiveness evaluation and implications for reproductive health programs. Paper presentation at the 15th International Congress on Women’s Health Issues, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Namur Karp, J., Crosby Kowal, H., Daugherty, S., & Nemes, S. (2004). Sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy: responding to an unmet reproductive health need. Paper presentation at the 15th International Congress on Women’s Health Issues, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Namur Karp, J., Crobsy Kowal, H, Lam, W., Nemes, S., Williams, J.C., & Ellerson, RM. (2004). Women’s interactive screening to establish risk: Effectiveness evaluation yields compelling results about condom use. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC. Namur Karp, J., Crosby Kowal, H., Lam, W., & Nemes, S. (2004). Reliability and validity of a brief, computerized, self-administered HIV risk screening instrument for women in a healthcare setting. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC. Namur Karp, J., Crosby Kowal, H., Nemes, S., & Daugherty, S. (2004). Preliminary findings from an innovative intervention to prevent STDs during pregnancy. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC. Namur, J., Crosby Kowal, H., Daugherty, S., Nemes, S. (2004). STDs and pregnancy: Responding to an unmet need. Poster presentation at the Global Health Conference, Washington, DC. Namur, J., Crosby Kowal, H., Lam, W., Nemes, S., Williams, C., & Ellerson, RM. (2004). Women’s interactive screening to establish risk: compelling results from effectiveness evaluation. Paper presentation at The National HIV/AIDS Update Conference, Miami, FL. Namur, J., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Hoffman, J., Zack, S., Munly, K., Hess, L., Johansson, A., & Romero, F. (2003). ASCENT Smoking Cessation Evaluation Findings. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA. Namur, J. (2002). The association between violence against women and HIV/AIDS. Poster presentation at the XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Nemes, S., (Panel Speaker) & Koons, A. (2006, November). Preparación de propuestas de investigación. Panel conducted at the X Coloquio de Investigación de Enfermería. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Nemes, S. (Panel Speaker) (2006, October). Strategic Alliances and Teaming Arrangements. Panel conducted at the Maryland Hispanic Business Conference, Bethesda, MD. Nemes, S., & Echeverry, J. (2006, September). Hispanic Researcher Issues. National Hispanic Science Network Annual Conference. Scottsdale, AZ. Nemes, S., (Invited Speaker) & González, R. (2006, August). Preparación de propuestas de proyectos de investigación y fuentes de financiamiento internacional y nacional, III Foro Internacional, Bogotá, Colombia. Nemes, S., & Peragallo, N. (2006, March). Conduciendo grupos de enfoque productivos. Reunión de investigación de enfermería de CICAD, Brasilia, Brazil. Nemes, S., & Peragallo, N. (2006, March). Effective treatments in the U.S. and internationally. Reunión de investigación de enfermería de CICAD, Brasilia, Brazil. Nemes, S., & Echeverry, J. (2005, October) Benefits and challenges of being a Hispanic researcher. National Hispanic Science Network Annual Conference. Miami, FL.
Nemes, S., Grant Writing Basics. (2005, August). Invited Speaker at the National HIV Test Day Staying Alive Conference, sponsored by National Association of People Living with AIDS (NAPWA), Los Angeles, CA. Nemes, S.,(Invited Speaker) (2005, April). Getting Your Evaluation Funded. The National HIV Test Day Skill Building Conference, sponsored by National Association of People Living with AIDS (NAPWA), Silver Spring, MD, Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., Zack, S. (2005, March). Start SMART: Encouraging Youth to Advocate against Smoking. Poster presentation at Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Prague, Czech Republic. Nemes, S. & Namur, J. (2004). Development and evaluation of innovative public health products for substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention. Invited speaker at Washington University Epidemiology Speaker Series, St. Louis, MO. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., Zack, S., Munly, K., & Hess, L. (2004). Ascent: The development and evaluation of an adolescent cessation program. Poster presentation at the Society Of Research On Nicotine and Tobacco, Scottsdale, AZ. Nemes, S., Weil, J., Hoffman, J., Zack, S., & Haviland, J. (2004). The Development of Start SMART: Students Making Advertisements to Reduce Tobacco. Poster presented at the Society Of Research On Nicotine and Tobacco, Scottsdale, AZ. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., Zack, S., Munly, K., & Hess, L. (2004). Ascent: The Development and Evaluation of an Adolescent Cessation Program. Poster presented at the Society Of Research On Nicotine and Tobacco. Scottsdale, AZ. Nemes, S., Weil, J., Hoffman, J., Zack, S., & Haviland, J. (2004). The Development of Start SMART: Students Making Advertisements to Reduce Tobacco. Poster presented at the Society Of Research On Nicotine and Tobacco. Scottsdale, AZ. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Alemi, F., & Haack, M. (2004, November). Online Screening and Counseling in Primary Care. Panel presentation at the International Council on Alcohol and Addiction, Venice, Italy. Nemes, S., Libretto, S., Hoffman, J., Munly, K., & Fletcher, V. (2004, November). International Promising Practices in Treatment and Prevention. Poster presentation at the International Council on Alcohol and Addiction, Venice, Italy. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., & Munoz, J. (2003). Smoking Cessation for Latino Youth. Poster presentation at the National Tobacco or Health Conference, Boston, MA. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., & Munoz, J. (2003). Latino Youth Smoking Cessation Program. Poster presentation the National Hispanic Science Network, Miami, Fl. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Munoz, J., Weil, J., & Moolchan, E. (2003). Spanish Ascent: Smoking Cessation Curriculum Adapted for Latino Youth. Poster presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Miami, Fl. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., & Munoz, J. (2003). Smoking cessation program for Latinos: development and focus group findings. Poster Presentation at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. New Orleans, LA.
Nemes, S., Weil, J., Johansson, A., Landis, R., Libretto, S., & Earp, B. (2002, September). State of the substance abuse treatment workforce in 2002: Priorities and possibilities. Invited speaker at RWJ/CSAT Adolescent Treatment Summit, Rockville, MD. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J. A., Weil, J., & Zack, S. (2002). Development and overview of smoking cessation program for Latino youth. Paper presentation at the 2002 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, San Francisco, CA. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., Zack, S., Hess, L., Munly, K., Romero, F., & Johansson, A. (2003). ASCENT Findings Workshop. World Health Tobacco Conference, Helsinki, Finland. Nemes, S., Beschner, G., Johansson, A., & Hess, L. (2002, December). Washington DC Trends in Drug Abuse. Community Epidemiology Work Group Meeting. Miami, FL. Nemes, S., Landis,R., Kaplan, L., Montgomery-Fletcher, V., & Munly, K. (2002, November). A Study of Promising Drug Treatment Practices in Latin America, Europe, and Asia: Preliminary Findings. Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, Washington, DC. Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., & Zack, S. (2002, November). Development and Overview of Smoking Cessation Program for Latino Youth. Poster presentation, National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, San Francisco. Nemes, S., Landis, R., Zeiler, C., Holtz, K., Munly, K., and Hoffman, J. (2001, September). Online Drug Problem Screen for Primary Care: Psychometric Testing and Patient Responses. International Council on Alcohol and Addictions. Heidelberg, Germany. Nemes, S., Wish, E., Messina, N., and Hoffman, J. (2000, June). Therapeutic Community in the U.S. Building International Research on Drug Abuse: Drug Abuse Treatment in the New Millenium, San Juan, P.R. Nemes, S., Haack, M., Alemi, F., and Larsen, J. (1999, June). Family Drug Court Participants. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Family Drug Court Meeting. Miami, FL. Nemes, S., Wish, E., & Messina, N. (1997, June). A Comparison of Substance Abuser Outcome Following Therapeutic Community Treatment Differing in Planned Duration. Therapeutic Communities of America Conference, Washington, D.C. Olubadewo, O., Goldstein, N. E., & Weil, J. (2002). Treatment needs of girls in the juvenile justice system. Part of a symposium: Developing, Implementing, and Empirically Evaluating a Court-Mandated Treatment Program for Female Juvenile Offenders. Paper presentation at the biennial conference of the American Psychology—Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association), Austin, TX. Osman, D., Thomson, M., Goldstein, N. E., Weil, J., Oberlander, L., & Geier, J. (2002, August). Adolescent offenders’ demographic characteristics, Miranda rights comprehension, and false confessions. Part of a symposium, the Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments-II and Adolescent Offenders’ Miranda Comprehension. Paper presentation at the biennial conference of the American Psychology—Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association), Austin, TX. Osman, D., Weil, J., Thomson, M., & Goldstein, N. E. (2002, August). A gender-specific substance use treatment for delinquent girls. Part of a symposium: Adapting Mental Health Treatments for Female Juvenile Offenders. Paper presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Pelletier, L., Hess, L., & Nemes, S. (2004, November). Diffusing evidence-based innovations in opioid addiction care: A Web-based approach. Poster presentation at the 132nd annual American Public Health Association Meeting, Washington, DC.
Pelletier, L., Hess, L., & Nemes, S. (2004, July). Disseminating evidence-based action in opioid addiction care via the Internet. Oral presentation at the Translating Research into Practice Conference, Washington, DC. Peragallo, N., Gonzalez, R. & Nemes, S. (2006, August). Proyecto DYVA (Drugs and Violence in the Ameritas): Preliminary Results. Podium presentation for the 3rd International Forum on Nursing Research and the Phenomenon of Drugs in the Americas. Bogota, Colombia. Peragallo, N., Gonzalez, R., Vasquez, E.P., Urrutia, M.T., Nemes, S., Y Villarruel, A. (2006, August). Proyecto D.Y.V.A. (Mujeres, Drogas y Violencia en las Américas) :Preliminary Results of Focus Groups. Podium presentation for the 3rd International Forum on Nursing Research and the Phenomenon of Drugs in the Americas. Bogota, Colombia. Riley, W. T., Boyd, N. R., Behar, A., & Weil, J. (2000). Computer-assisted scheduled gradual reduction for smoking reduction. Paper presentation at the World Conference on Tobacco and Health, Chicago, IL. Sexton, J., Libretto, S., Wong, Y.H., & Nemes, S. (2006, November). Development and evaluation of the Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Screening Instrument for Primary Care (ADASI-PC): Quantifying risk levels and usage. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Boston MA. Stahler, G., Nemes, S, Greene, M. (1993, August). Redefining Notions of Treatment Success for Homeless Polydrug Users. Presented at American Psychological Association Conference, Toronto, Canada. Strachan, M., Goldstein, N. E., Spielman, D., Osman, D., Appleton, C., Thomson, M., Mesiarik, C. M., Weil, J., Olubadewo, O., & Picarello, K. A. (2002). Collaborating with community-based organizations to meet the treatment needs of adolescent female offenders. Paper presentation at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Weil, J., Wolbransky, M., Goldstein, N., Nemes, S., & Pich, M. (2006, March). The Juvenile Justice Substance Abuse Screen (JJ-SAS): Preliminary Data. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychology - Law Society, St. Petersburg, FL. Weil, J., Nemes, S., Hoffman, J. Smoking Cessation for Latino Youth. (2004, November). Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Washington, DC. Weil, J., Zack, S., Haviland, J., Nemes, S., Hoffman, J. Start SMART. (2004, November). Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Washington, DC. Weil, J., Zack., S., Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., & Libretto, S. (2003). SMART: A Smoking prevention program for youth. Poster presentation at the National Tobacco or Health Conference, Boston, MA. Weil, J., Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Zack, S., Munly, K., & Levin, H. (2002, November). Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco (ASCENT): A comparative outcome evaluation. Paper presentation at the American Public Health Association, 130th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Weil, J., DeWitt, A., Goldstein, N. E., Appleton, C., & Spielman, D. (2002, August). Developing an effective anger management intervention for female juvenile offenders. Part of a symposium: Adapting Mental Health Treatments for Female Juvenile Offenders. Presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Weil, J., Hoffman, J. A., & Nemes, S. (2001). A research-based smoking cessation intervention for youth: ASCENT. Paper presentation for the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 7th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Wolbransky, M., Weil, J., Goldstein, N. E. S., & Nemes, S. (2005, August). The Juvenile Justice Substance Use Screening Instrument: Preliminary findings. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Wraight, B., Pfeifer, H.L., Artigiani, E.A., Herman, A.J., Olson, E.C., Schwartzmann, L.E., & Wish, E.D. (1999). Maryland Drug Scan: Emerging Trends in Drug Use. Paper presentation at the American Criminal Justice Society Conference, Orlando, FL. Zack, S., Wong, YH., Hoffman, J., Jones, J, Munly, K., Nemes, S., Weil, J. (2006, October). StartSMART: Students Making Advertisements to Reduce Tobacco. Oral presentation at the National Prevention Summit, Washington, D.C. Zack, S., Hoffman, J., Wong, H., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Jones, J., & Munly, K. (2006, July). StartSMART: Empowering Youth to Become Anti-Tobacco Advocates. Poster presentation at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Washington, D.C. Zack, S., Wong, Y.H., Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., Jones, J., Munly, K., & Moolchan, E. (2006, June). StartSMART: Evaluation of a Middle School Tobacco Prevention Program. Oral presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. Zack, S., Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Munly, K., Hess, L. (2005, March). Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco: Results from a School Based Smoking Cessation Program. Invited Speaker at the NIDA Adolescent Treatment Effects Conference, Washington, DC. Zack, S. L., Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Weil, J., Hess, L., & Moolchan, E. (2005, June). Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco (ASCENT): Evaluation of a school-based teen tobacco-cessation program. Poster presentation at the 67th annual Scientific Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Orlando, FL. Zack, S., Weil, J., Nemes, S., Hoffman, J., Munly, K., & Hess, L. (2004, November). Curriculum-based tobacco cessation for high school smokers: A controlled trial. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC. Zack, S., Weil, J, Nemes, S., Hoffman J, and Haviland, J. (2004, July). Students making advertisements to reduce tobacco (SMART): A smoking prevention program. Poster Presentation at the American Psychological Association National Conference, Honolulu, HI. Zack, S., Hoffman, J., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Hess, L., & Munly, K. (2004, June). Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine And Tobacco (ASCENT): Development and evaluation of an adolescent smoking cessation program. Poster presentation at the 5th Annual National Institute of Health SBIR/STTR Conference, Bethesda, MD. Zack, S., Nemes, S., Weil, J., & Hoffman, J. (2003, December). One Year Evaluation Findings of the ASCENT Program for Youth. Poster presentation at the National Tobacco or Health Conference, Boston, MA. Zack,S., Nemes, S., Weil, J., & Hoffman, J. (2003). One Year Evaluation Findings of the ASCENT Program for Youth. Poster presentation at the National Tobacco or Health Conference, Boston, MA. Zack, S., Hoffman, J. A., Nemes, S., Weil, J., Munly, K., & Levin, H. (2002, October). Adolescent Smoking
Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco (ASCENT): Overview and preliminary findings. Commercial roundtable presentation at the American School Health Association 76th National School Health Conference, Charlotte, NC.