Adrienne
Lindsey,
DBH, MA
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dr. Lindsey serves as Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Health San Antonio, and Director of the Center for
Substance Use Training & Telementoring. She has previously served as Principal Investigator on
federal and state substance use disorder-related training grants including a
SAMHSA-funded SBIRT student training grant, a SAMHSA-funded buprenorphine waiver training grant
(PCSS-Universities), and the State Opioid Response (SOR) and State Targeted Response (STR) initiatives. Dr. Lindsey's areas of expertise include patient-centered communication techniques, SBIRT, integrated healthcare, and medications for substance use disorders. Her work can be
characterized as workforce development and dissemination in the interprofessional addictions space.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The Integrative Clinical Care Experience in Rural Texas (ICCERT) is a HRSA-funded, interprofessional initiative designed to increase the capacity of physician assistant (PA) students to identify, treat, and manage substance use disorders (SUD) in rural communities. Developed by UT Health San Antonio’s Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program, ICCERT strategically embeds PA students in underserved rural health systems where they learn from, and work alongside, interprofessional teams that include behavioral health specialists, medical providers, nurses, and social workers in the primary care…