Midwest SUPper Club

The Midwest SUPper Club was established in 2020.

Mission:

• Establish a collaborative network of interdisciplinary professionals working in perinatal substance disorder treatment in the Midwestern United States that strives to improve care, provide mentorship and education, and create opportunities for research partnerships. 

• Provide and enhance clinical expertise regarding perinatal substance use disorders and disseminate best practice recommendations that are framed within trauma-informed and harm reduction care models.

• Provide accessible information for clinicians working in the field of perinatal substance use disorders.

• Use collaborative knowledge to evaluate policies surrounding perinatal substance use at a state level to identify advocacy targets.

Goals for 2023:

• Maintain support for low/no-cost annual perinatal substance use conference, which is accessible (i.e. hybrid or virtual)

• Grow to 50 members located within the Midwest (IA, WI, ND, SD, NE, WI, OH, MO, IL, MI)

• Develop a working collaboration for research/manuscript development - goal of one project by 2023.

Upcoming Events:

• Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 at 12pm – 1pm: Midwest SUPper Club quarterly meeting

• Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 at 7:30pm – 8:30pm: Midwest SUPper Club Book Club

• Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 at 7:30pm – 8:30pm: Midwest SUPper Club Book Club

• Thursday, June 1st, 2023 at 12pm – 1pm: Midwest SUPper Club quarterly meeting

• Thursday, September 7th  at 12pm – 1pm: Midwest SUPper Club quarterly meeting

• Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 at 7:30pm – 8:30pm: Midwest SuPper Club Book Club

• Thursday, December 7th, 2023 at 12pm – 1pm: Midwest SUPper Club quarterly meeting

Working Leadership Committee:

• Sarah Hambright, MPH

• Meagan Thompson, DNP, APRN, CNM, PHMNP

• Cresta Jones, MD, FACOG, FASAM

For more information or to get on the mailing list, please email midwestsupperclub2020@gmail.com.