Maine SUD Learning Community Stigma Training Day

Brought to you by the Maine Substance Use Disorder Learning Community, funded by Maine DHHS.

Coordinated by CCSME.

Thomas College and on Zoom |  May 29, 2026  |  9:00AM – 2:00PM

CMEs and other contact hours offered. See the registration page or below for more information.

This activity includes topics recommended by the DEA and SAMHSA to satisfy 2023 MATE Act requirements.

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Agenda

9:00 – 9:10

Summit Room

Opening Remark

Lisa Letourneau, MD, MPH, FACP

9:10 – 9:45

Panel Discussion on Stigma

Kate Reagan, Nicole Lemay, & Amanda Perry 
Moderated by Lisa Letourneau, MD, MPH, FACP

9:45 – 9:50

Transition

9:50 – 10:50

Actionable Steps Against Stigma

Liz Scharnetzki, PhD

9:45 – 9:50

Transition

10:55 – 11:55

AI and Stigma

Annika Schoene, PhD

11:55 – 12:55

Lunch

12:55 – 1:10

Focused Discussion

Annika Schoene, PhD

1:10 – 1:15

Transition

1:15 – 2:15

Addressing Stigma in a Pharmacy Setting

Nikki Centanni, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, BCPP

2:15 – 2:30

Closing

Continuing Medical Education

This activity includes topics recommended by the DEA and SAMHSA to satisfy 2023 MATE Act requirements.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center of Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Hanley Center designates this conference for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity qualifies for up to 1 credit(s) of the 3 CME credit requirement for opioid medication education found in P.L. 2015, Chapter 488, Maine’s legislation to address the opioid drug crisis.

Contact Hours

This course has been approved by Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine (CCSME), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 4 educational credits. NAADAC Provider #324712, CCSME is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

CCSME is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. AdCare Educational Institute, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 4 hours of continuing education. Partial credit will not be issued.

Social Workers: The Board of Social Workers Licensure does not pre-approve continuing education. Retain a copy of certificate issued and training agenda to provide to the Maine State Board of Social Workers. Provision of these two documents is necessary for the Board of Social Workers to issue continuing education credit.

Licensed Counselors: The Maine State Board of Counseling Professionals does not pre-approve continuing education. Retain a copy of certificate issued and training agenda to provide to the Maine State Board of Counseling Professionals. Provision of these two documents is necessary for the Board of Counseling Professionals to issue continuing education credit.

4 contract hours CHES. CCSMEis a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.

Nikki Centanni, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, BCPP

Clinical Pharmacist at Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland Campus, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Tufts University School of Medicine

Nikki Centanni, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, BCPPNicolette Centanni, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, BCPP is a clinical pharmacist at Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland Campus focusing on psychiatry and addiction medicine and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Tufts University School of Medicine. She graduated from MCPHS in Worcester, MA in 2004 and has been practicing at MHMMCP since 2009. Dr. Centanni is triple board certified as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS), a Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) and a Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP). She is passionate about the care of people with substance use disorder and is committed to increasing access to evidence-based care in all settings.

Annika Schoene, PhD

Assistant Professor and Computer Scientist at Northeastern University’s Bouve’ College of Health Sciences

Dr. Annika Marie Schoene is a Computer Scientist and researcher in AI safety, working on the evaluation, robustness, and security of large-scale AI systems, including large language models. She develops technical methods and evaluation frameworks to identify and mitigate high-risk behaviors such as jailbreaks, harmful outputs, and unsafe system behavior, with the goal of enabling the safe and trustworthy deployment of AI in public health, health systems, and healthcare settings. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences and Technical Lead for the Responsible AI Practice at Northeastern University. Beyond her core research, she works across academic, industry, public-sector and not-for-profit settings to generate evidence that supports non-technical stakeholders and policymakers in making informed decisions that reduce algorithmic harm and inform organizational decision-making. She is also a Visiting Scientist at MaineHealth and the University of Southampton (UK), and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Social Justice and Healthy Equity. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Hull (UK). During her doctoral training, she conducted research on machine and deep learning methods for analyzing complex real-world text and interned at IBM Research (UK), continuing this collaboration throughout her PhD and postdoctoral work. She completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Manchester’s National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM), where she worked on natural language processing in health-related contexts. Prior to her current role, she was a Research Scientist at the Institute for Experiential AI (EAI), working primarily on research involving the development and evaluation of AI methods in applied health contexts.

Amanda Perry

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Nicole Lemay

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Program Manager at Recovery Housing of Maine and Executive Director of Youth Led Justice

Kate Reagan

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Operations Director for Maine Recovery Action Project (ME-RAP)