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About the speaker

Mark Ilgen is a clinical psychologist and a health services researcher with an interest in improving outcomes for individuals with problematic alcohol or drug use. He is currently a Research Career Scientist in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Center for Clinical Management Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. A core focus of Mark's work has been on understanding the relationship between pain and substance use. This research involves developing and testing psychosocial interventions to improve functioning in adults with chronic pain and substance use disorders. In addition, he has studied substance use as a risk factor for suicide and unintentional overdose. In his role as the Director of the University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS), he has worked to structure addiction services at the University of Michigan to be accessible and appealing to a wide range of patients and based on current research.

Disclosure Statements

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Mark A. Ilgen, PhD, reports his research is supported with grants from the National Institutes of Health and Veteran Affairs Research Services. He will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation.

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 12 months: Todd Peters, MD, Deepak Prabhakar, MD, Briana Riemer, MD, Louis Marino, MD, Ehsan Syed, MD, Devi Bhuyan, PhD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Laura Webb, RN-BC, MSN, Bruce Boxer, PhD, MBA, MA, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, MCHES, CPHQ, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Heather Billings, RN, and Jennifer Tornabene.