CASAA - Key Persons
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- Psychology Intern, Iron Mountain VA, Iron Mountain, MI
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- Assistant Professor, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Former postdoctoral fellow in the CASAA T32 Training program and is now an Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences, William & Mary. Dr. Bravo's research focuses on examining protective/risk factors of substance use and mental health across distinct populations. (read more)
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- Psychologist, San Diego VA Health Care System, San Diego, CA
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- Fellow at the Center
- Post - Doctoral Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions ( CASAA )
Alena Kuhlemeier is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions at the University of New Mexico. Her research agenda is broadly centered on understanding the social determinants of behavioral health disparities experienced by sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth. Her dissertation work used a socio-ecological framework and mixed method approach to examine how intersectional differences and institutional forces shape SGM youth substance use and mental health. As a postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Kuhlemeier will continue to investigate the particular risk factors of substance use that affect SGM populations as well as working to develop precision medicine research methods to examine heterogeneity in treatment effects of clinical and behavioral interventions.
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- Science for Health of Indigenous Populations ( SHIP ) Mentor Award, 2021
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Professor Emerita of Psychology
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- Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
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- Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico
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- Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
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- Research Assistant Professor
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- Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Business Manager
- Business Administration
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- Research Assistant Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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- New Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, Center for Teaching Excellence University of New Mexico. 2019
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- Program Manager
- Research Administration Manager
Deanna Sprunk (also known as ds) is the Research Administration Manager at CASAA. In her role, she oversees the Pre and Post award research administration, is a senior manager on CASAA's management team lead by CASAA's Director, provides oversight and manages NIH funded grants at the center and is the financial manager of UNM's Campus Office of Substance and Alcohol Prevention.
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- Director
- Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology / Director, Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions
- Principal Investigators
CASAA is very pleased to announce that Dr. Katie Witkiewitz has been named the next CASAA director, effective July 1, 2022.
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- Clinical Research Associate
Dr. Ángel Vásquez is a clinical-community psychologist with expertise in behavioral health treatments in rural and indigenous populations. He is currently the project director of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network #0096 and oversees the research project at all stages in terms of grant administration, recruitment of clinical sites and providers, organization of the meetings for the advisory board to culturally tailor medications for opioid use disorder, interpretation of results, and publications. Dr. Vasquez also provides oversight for regulatory and quality assurance, and serves as the primary point of contact to study sites regarding IRB, study recruitment, and meeting the aims of CTN 0096.
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- Research Assistant Professor
- Research Assistant Professor, CASAA, University of New Mexico
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- Research Assistant Professor
- Research Assistant Professor, CASAA, University of New Mexico
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- Career Professional Award
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- Research Professor, Department of Psychology
- Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico
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- Research Associate Professor of Psychology, the University
Research Associate Professor of Psychology, The University of New Mexico and Associate Professor of Translational Research, The Mind Research Network. Dr. Houck's work focuses on the neurobiological mechanisms of behavior change. (read more)
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- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology / Research Associate Professor
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- Research Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Spokane, WA
Former postdoctoral fellow in the CASAA T32 Training program and is now an Assistant Research Professor Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, The Washington State University. Dr. Hirchak's work focuses on culturally re-centering evidence-based treatment. (read more)
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- Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Assistant Professor, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Dominguez Hills, CA
Former postdoctoral fellow in the CASAA T32 Training program and is now an Assistant Professor of Psychology, California State University Dominguez Hills. Dr. Montes research interests include alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco use, gambling, recovery/drinking identity, and protective behavioral strategies. (read more)
Knight, Danica K, Jennifer Becan, David Olson, Noah Painter-Davis, Justin Jones, Amanda Wiese, Pam Carey, Dona Howell, and Kevin Knight. Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN): The TCU Research Hub. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 128(September 2021) /doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108290
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- Clinical Psychologist, Independent Practice, Albuquerque, NM
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- Psychologist, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston
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- Psychologist, Puget Sound Health System, Seattle, WA
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- Research Scientist, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, Seattle, WA
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico
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- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions ( CASAA )
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- Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and CASAA, UNM
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- Psychologist, NM VA Healthcare System, Albuquerque, NM
- Research Assistant Professor
Miller Coors Great Plays Program (MillerCoors, LLC, Randall Starling, PI)
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- Assistant Professor, Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Post - Doctoral Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions ( CASAA )
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- Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
- Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology
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- Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico
- P. M., Fokas
Sanjuan, P. M., Fokas, K., Tonigan, J. S., Henry, M. C., Christian, K., Rodriguez, A., Larsen, J., Yonke, N., & Leeman, L. (in press). Prenatal maternal posttraumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for adverse birth weight and gestational age outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders.
Greene, R. Neil and Wayne Centrone. 2020. Ending the Persistence of Homelessness. Pp 127-124 in Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2020, edited by Glenn W. Muschert, Kristen M. Budd, Michelle Christian, and Robert Perrucci. University of Bristol, Policy Press.
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- Research Scientist / Program Manager at
- Research Scientist / Program Manager at UNM COSAP
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- Fellow at the Center
- Post - Doctoral Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions ( CASAA )
Neil Greene is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions at the University of New Mexico. He is a scholar of housing, homelessness, harm reduction, recovery, and the social determinants of health. His dissertation comprised a community engaged approach to analyzing death records of people affected by homelessness. This mixed methods research examined the social construction of data, social exclusion from services, and levels of hiddenness in relation to social connections and social forces. As a postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Greene will continue studying housing stability (and instability) in relation to interventions promoting harm reduction and recovery from addiction.
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- Research Associate Professor
Research Associate Professor Emeritus in Psychology, The University of New Mexico. Dr. Meyer's Dr. is a pioneer in the development and implantation of the CRA and CRAFT interventions and he is an internationally known speaker and trainer. (read more)
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- Program Operations Director
- Research Assessment and Data Services
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- Psychologist, Primary Care Behavioral Health, UNMH, Albuquerque, NM
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- Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of NM
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- Post - Doctoral Fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow NIH Diversity Fellowship, University of New Mexico
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions ( CASAA )
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- Clinical Research Associate
- Principal Investigator
Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, The University of New Mexico. CASAA co-founder and recognized for his leadership in the development and implementation of motivational interviewing. (read more)