219. Lora Peppard | ADAPT Prevention Program

Episode 219 March 03, 2025 01:03:37
219. Lora Peppard | ADAPT Prevention Program
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
219. Lora Peppard | ADAPT Prevention Program

Mar 03 2025 | 01:03:37

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Show Notes

Dr. Lora Peppard is the Executive Director of the Center for Advancing Prevention Excellence at the University of Baltimore and the Director of ADAPT, a national training and technical assistance division for substance use prevention for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program out of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. She also serves as the Immediate Past President of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and sits on the Board of Directors for Columbia University’s Nursing Alumnae Association and the Advisory Board for SAMHSA’s Prevention Technology and Transfer Center’s Network Coordinating Office. Dr. Peppard has over 21 years of clinical experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner serving a variety of populations including adolescents and young adults. She has led multiple federally funded grants and developed system-wide strategies to address the unique substance use and behavioral health needs in communities across the nation. Dr. Peppard has authored several publications and serves as a community, state, national, and international consultant on prevention.  

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