Elizabeth C. Katz Senior Research Scientist Degree: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Texas at Austin Phone: 410-837-3977 ext. 236 Fax: 410-752-4218 Email: ekatz@frisrc.org

Research Interests

Dr. Katz is a licensed clinical psychologist, a clinical researcher, and mother of two delightful daughters (ages 5 and 10).  She has extensive experience treating substance abusing, criminal-justice involved, and mental health patients.  In addition, she has spent much of her career training and supervising clinicians working with these same populations.  Her research interests include enhancing entry and engagement in treatment of substance dependent patients, improving treatment outcomes and reintegration of drug-involved offenders, and developing and evaluating treatment approaches that are theoretically-based and feasible for implementation within community treatment settings.  She is principal investigator on a NIDA-funded study examining role induction as a strategy for facilitating the transition of opioid-addicted outpatients from a 30-day buprenorphine detoxification into longer-term drug-free treatment.  Dr. Katz is co-investigator on two other NIDA-funded studies designed to develop and evaluate behavioral therapies for reducing substance use and recidivism for drug-involved offenders.  In particular, she has been responsible for the development of detailed treatment manuals which guide the study interventions as well as for the training of Parole and Probation staff and clinicians who are delivering the interventions.  Dr. Katz is a member of the American Psychological Association and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence.  She is also adjunct faculty at Towson University in Maryland.

Selected Publications

Katz EC, Brown B, Schwartz R, King SD, Weintraub E, & Barksdale W (In Press). Impact of role induction on long-term drug treatment outcomes. Journal of Addictive Diseases.

Katz EC, King SD, Schwartz R, Weintraub E, Barksdale W, Robinson R, & Brown BS (2005). Cognitive Ability as a Factor in Engagement in Drug Abuse Treatment. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 31, 359-269.

Brown BS, O’Grady KE, Battjes RJ & Katz EC. (2004). The Community Assessment Inventory - Measuring community support for drug treatment and behavior change. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 27, 241-251.

Katz EC, Chutuape MA, Jones H, Jasinski D, Fingerhood M, & Stitzer M (2004). Abstinence incentive effects in a short-term outpatient detoxification program. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 12, 262-268.

Katz EC, Brown BS, Schwartz R, Weintraub E, Barksdale W, & Robinson R (2004). Role induction: A strategy for improving retention in outpatient drug-free treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 227-234.