Call for papers - Addictions nursing

Marissa Abram, PhD, PMHNP-BC, Duke University, USA

Dr Marissa D Abram is an Assistant Professor at the Duke University School of Nursing. She serves as Secretary for the Global Board of the International Nurses Society on Addictions. Dr Abram is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. She has over 20 years of extensive clinical experience in the care of patients with addiction and psychiatric disorders. She utilizes a trauma informed, harm reduction approach to personalize care and facilitate wellness. Dr Abram’s research is broadly focused on developing interventions targeted at eliminating health inequities within addiction treatment. As an educator, she is committed to preparing the future workforce to prevent, treat and manage addiction. She is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and a Fellow of the International Academy of Addictions Nursing. Dr Abram is a 2025 Macy Faculty Scholar.

Long Kwan Ho, BNurs, MPhil, PhD, RN, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China

Dr Long Kwan (Laurie) Ho is an Assistant Professor at the Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on eliminating addictive behaviors, such as alcohol consumption and tobacco use. Her recent study investigates the effectiveness of internet-based, dialectical behavior therapy-informed skills training in treating alcohol problems alongside underlying co-occurring psychological distress.

Timothy Sowicz, PhD, University of New Mexico, USA

Dr Timothy Sowicz has been a nurse for more than two decades and is currently a Clinician Educator, Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico. He is also a nurse practitioner at Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Arizona. He became interested in substance use disorders while collecting data for his dissertation at a community health center where many unhoused people living with addictions received services. Since completing an Advanced Fellowship in Addiction Treatment at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, he has conducted research about co-occurring pain and substance use, opioid overdose reversals, accessing treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, and a community health worker led model of substance use screening and preventive services in primary care. He collaborated with members of the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) and the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) to write practice recommendations for people living with pain who use substances and to revise the joint position statement, “Pain Management and Substance Use Disorders.” Dr Sowicz also co-authored the chapter, “Managing Pain in the Context of Substance Use Disorder,” which was recently published in the fourth edition of the “Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing.” He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Addictions Nurses Leadership Assembly. Dr Sowicz received his BSN from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and his MSN (family health nurse practitioner) and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.