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Spotlight on Research (Archive)
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Cathy J. Reback, Ph.D. |
Summer 2007
Cathy Reback received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the
University of California, Santa Cruz in 1986. Dr. Reback is
both a researcher and community provider. In addition to her
work as a Research Sociologist and Principal Investigator
with Friends Research Institute, she is an Associate Research
Sociologist with UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
(UCLA ISAP) and a Core Scientist with the UCLA Center for HIV
Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (UCLA
CHIPTS). Additionally, in 1994, Dr. Reback founded the
Prevention Division of the Van Ness Recovery House, which
provides HIV and substance abuse prevention programs to
out-of-treatment substance users, and continues to serve as
its Director.
Currently, Dr. Reback is Principal Investigator on a NIDA-funded
study to assess the efficacy of a contingency management for
increasing prosocial and healthy behavior and reducing
substance abuse among non-treatment seeking substance users,
a California HIV/AIDS Research Programs (CHRP)-funded study
evaluating a combined evidenced-based cognitive behavioral
therapy and contingency management intervention for producing
sustained HIV sexual and drug risk reductions among gay and
bisexual methamphetamine users (www.friendslabrea.org), and a
CDC-funded study evaluating the feasibility and efficacy of
an information technology (IT) communication intervention for
out-of-treatment MSM methamphetamine users. Additionally, Dr. Reback is the Director of six county and city-funded HIV risk
reduction programs for gay, bisexual and MSM substance users
and high-risk transgender women.
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Steven B. Carswell, Ph.D. |
Spring 2007
FRI is pleased to
announce that
Steven Carswell, Ph.D., a Research Scientist at the SRC,
recently received a Pathway to Independence (PI) Award
(K99/R00) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is
the first award of this kind for FRI. He will be studying
risk factors for HIV among urban African American youth. This is
one of the most prestigious awards that a young
investigator can obtain at this stage in the research career.
The primary, long-term, goal of the PI program is to increase and
maintain a strong cohort of new and talented NIH-supported
independent investigators.
In addition, Dr. Carswell has recently published a book, which
outlines findings from his research regarding delinquency among
urban African American youth.
For a
detailed view of the front and back cover of this volume, please
click on the image below:

If you are interested in
purchasing this book, please click on the direct link to
Amazon.com immediately below:
http://www.amazon.com/Delinquency-African-American-Criminal-Justice/dp/1593321953/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200683578&sr=1-6
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Donnie W. Watson, Ph.D. |
Spring 2006
Donnie Watson, Ph.D., FRI Principal Investigator, received a five-year
grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),
entitled, “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for South Africa.”
The overarching goal of this study is to develop and evaluate
the efficacy of several clinical training/approaches for
transferring evidenced-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
techniques for the treatment of cocaine use disorders to
Republic of South Africa (RSA) community treatment providers.
In
addition, Dr. Watson is currently
PI for multi-site randomized trails testing the efficacy and
safety of stimulant medications. He is Principal
Investigator for a NIDA grant to develop and implement
HIV/substance use prevention to adolescent males and females
in probation camps in LA County. He is PI on an UARP grant
to deliver HIV Prevention to male adolescents in LA County in
LA County Probation Camps. Moreover, as indicated above, he
is involved in international work as PI for a NIDA trial to
assess the efficacy of three methods to train clinicians in
the Republic of South Africa to demonstrate adherence to
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques. |
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