The 2024 Addiction Health Services Research Conference: From the Streets of San Francisco

For over 20 years, the Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference has brought together researchers, policymakers, and treatment providers to solve the problems of inequity, access, effectiveness, and implementation of addiction services. This conference has been hosted across the United States at leading institutions. The AHSR 2024 Conference took place in San Francisco, October 16 to 18, and was hosted by the Stanford Center for Dissemination and Implementation, Stanford University School of Medicine. With over 400 attendees, the Conference sought to further the positive impact of prevention and treatment services for substance misuse and use disorders. The agenda included 8 pre-conference workshops, 4 plenary sessions, 144 oral sessions, including 12 organized symposia, and 160 posters across 2 sessions. The conference supported 7 early-career investigator award recipients and registration support for over 30 early-career applicants. Over 80 students and junior faculty participated in a mentoring program. AHSR 2024 fostered important discussions of cutting-edge health services research findings and accelerated the development of collaborative relationships among attendees.