This webinar was recorded on MAY 12, 2022. No CEUs are offered for recorded webinars.
Presenter: Dr. Marissa Esser
Summary: The presentation will highlight tools and resources that can inform the implementation of effective strategies to reduce excessive drinking and other substance use in states and communities.
Excessive alcohol use is a leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., and it is associated with other substance use. The use of multiple substances heightens the risk of overdose. This presentation will describe research on patterns of drinking and other substance use, including prescription drug misuse while drinking. It will also discuss indications of changes in alcohol use and related harms in recent years. The presentation will highlight tools and resources that can inform the implementation of effective strategies to reduce excessive drinking and other substance use in states and communities.
Dr. Marissa Esser
Dr. Marissa Esser is the lead of the Alcohol Program in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In this role, she oversees and leads applied alcohol epidemiology research and surveillance on excessive alcohol use and related outcomes, such as other substance use. She also manages the CDC’s Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI) application, a tool that estimates alcohol-attributable deaths and years of potential life lost nationally and in states. Dr. Esser oversees studies examining the effectiveness of strategies to prevent excessive drinking, as well as the development of resources to translate research on effective population-level alcohol prevention strategies into practice. She has a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an MPH from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.