Research to Recovery 2026

The Peer Recovery Collective is a panel of individuals dedicated to contributing their lived experience to help improve substance use treatment research and interventions. In this talk, panel members and the project lead will discuss their work preparing to serve as research consultants, the role of lived experience in research collaboration, and ask for feedback from attendees about various ways in which they may contribute to research development and implementation.

This panel will educate people with lived experience about how their experience about ways in which they might contribute to improving substance use treatment services. It will also familiarize researchers with the work of the panel and may spark conversations about the various approaches to including people with lived experience on research teams.

The Peer Recovery Collective has been meeting bi-weekly since January 2025. During this time, the panel has engaged in a wide array of capacity building experiences, including trainings, talks from guest speakers, and group discussions. The topics have included a wide range of substance use topics, from stigma to innovative approaches to providing services, as well as training on a wide variety of research methods.

Objectives
* Hear the perspectives of people in recovery and how they can contribute to research.
* Learn about the work the panel has done to prepare to serve as research consultants.
* Consider how people with lived experience might work with researchers and what would facilitate that work.