The 2018 STAR Award will be presented to Holly Kastan, co-founder of The STAR Program at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. This annual award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the trauma and mental health fields.

2018 Faces of Resilience

Thursday, April 19, 2018
Marriott Columbus University Area
Franklin Ballroom
6:15 P.M. Reception
7:00 P.M. Program Begins
Business Attire Requested

2018 Faces of Resilience Featured Speaker:
Anna Lembke, MD

Dr. Lembke was one of the first in the medical community to sound the alarm regarding opioid overprescribing and the opioid epidemic. In 2016, she published her best-selling book on the prescription drug epidemic, Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop, that combines case studies with public policy, cultural anthropology, and neuroscience, to explore the complex relationship between doctors and patients around prescribing controlled drugs, the science of addiction, and the barriers to successfully addressing prescription drug misuse and addiction. Using her teaching/academic position and her public platform, Dr. Lembke continues to advocate for people with addiction, educate policymakers and the public about causes of and solutions for the problem of addiction, and improve medical education in the treatment of addiction.

For more information about the Faces  of Resilience event, please contact Ashley Papenbrock at Ashley.Papenbrock@osumc.edu or 614-366-2293.