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Focus Session

Peer Recovery Coaching to Enhance MOUD Outcomes

Friday, April 24, 2026
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM PT
Location: Balboa, Level 2
This session provides a summary of the application of peer recovery support services (PRSS) to enhance medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) outcomes. Contents will include summary of the literature, presenting results of a pilot PRSS study, and hearing the perspectives and lessons learned from a multidisciplinary panel including a psychologist, certified peer support specialist, and addiction psychiatrist.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:
  • Summarize the scientific support and gaps for peer recovery support services related to MOUD.
  • Describe the methods and results of the recent PRSS study.
  • List potential future directions for PRSS research related to enhancing MOUD outcomes.
Disclosure(s):
Kevin R. Wenzel, PhD: BioCorRx: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Terminated, August 1, 2025); Eli Lilly: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); Indivior: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)
Marc Fishman, MD, FASAM: Alkermes: Other Research Support (includes receipt of drugs, supplies, equipment or other in-kind support) (Ongoing); Braeburn: Other Research Support (includes receipt of drugs, supplies, equipment or other in-kind support) (Ongoing); Drug Delivery LLC: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Indivior: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Other Research Support (includes receipt of drugs, supplies, equipment or other in-kind support) (Ongoing); Lilly: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); Nirsum Labs: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); US WorldMeds: Consultant/Advisory Board (Terminated, August 1, 2025)
Katie Lee, CPRS (Certified Peer Recovery Specialist): No financial relationships to disclose