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Dartmouth Faculty Active in the Fields of Addiction, Substances, and Recovery

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Hoyt S. Alverson, Ph.D
Professor of Anthropology

Department of Anthropology biography
Students’ Social Life at Dartmouth College: Reflections in Their Looking Glass
Key publications of interest:
- Alverson H. Alverson M. Drake RE. An ethnographic study of the longitudinal course of substance abuse among people with severe mental illness. December 2000: Community Mental Health Journal.
- Drake RE. Wallach MA. Alverson HS. Mueser KT. Psychosocial aspects of substance abuse by clients with severe mental illness. February 2002: Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease.
- Alverson H. Alverson M. Drake RE. Social patterns of substance use among people with dual diagnoses. March 2001: Mental Health Services Research.

Lori A. Alvord, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery and of Psychiatry

Associate Dean of Student and Multicultural Affairs, Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography
Key publications of interest:
- Journey Towards the Light: The Experience of Alcoholics and Their Families (streamed MOV file)
- The Scalpel and the Silver Bear : The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing. Bantam Publishing, 2000. (More information at Amazon.com)

Charles D. Brackett, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Katharine M. Coburn, MPH
Instructor in Community and Family Medicine

DCARE biography
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Many (see DMS biography)
Key publications of interest:
- Stein J. Glass K. Coburn K. Sisson J. Birnkrant J. Bravo A. Green A. O'Donnell JF. A medical school's plan for anti-tobacco-use education in community schools and hospitals. 1997: Journal of Cancer Education.

Nancy E. Cochran, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Ambulatory Care) and of Community and Family Medicine

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Key publications of interest:
- Bradley KA. Epler AJ. Bush KR. Sporleder JL. Dunn CW. Cochran NE. Braddock CH 3rd. McDonell MB. Fihn SD. Alcohol-related discussions during general medicine appointments of male VA patients who screen positive for at-risk drinking. May 2002: Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Madeline A. Dalton, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Director, Hood Center for Children and Families
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Grants from the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Drug Abuse, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Key publications of interest:
- Sargent JD. Beach ML. Adachi-Mejia AM. Gibson JJ. Titus-Ernstoff LT. Carusi CP. Swain SD. Heatherton TF. Dalton MA. Exposure to movie smoking: its relation to smoking initiation among US adolescents. November 2005: Pediatrics.
- Dalton MA. Bernhardt AM. Gibson JJ. Sargent JD. Beach ML. Adachi-Mejia AM. Titus-Ernstoff LT. Heatherton TF. Use of cigarettes and alcohol by preschoolers while role-playing as adults: "Honey, have some smokes". September 2005: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
- Adachi-Mejia AM. Dalton MA. Gibson JJ. Beach ML. Titus-Ernstoff LT. Heatherton TF. Sargent JD. Tobacco brand appearances in movies before and after the master settlement agreement. May 18, 2005: JAMA.
- Dalton MA. Tickle JJ. Sargent JD. Beach ML. Ahrens MB. Heatherton TF. The incidence and context of tobacco use in popular movies from 1988 to 1997. May 2002: Preventive Medicine.
- Dalton MA, Sargent JD, Beach ML, Titus-Ernstoff L, Gibson JJ, Ahrens MB, Tickle JJ, Heatherton TF. Effect of viewing smoking in movies on adolescent smoking initiation: a cohort study. Lancet 2003;362:281-285.
- Dalton MA, Adachi-Mejia AM, Longacre MR, Titus-Ernstoff LT, Gibson JJ, Martin SK, Sargent JD, Beach ML. Parental rules and monitoring of children's movie viewing associated with children's risk for smoking and drinking. Pediatrics 2006;118(5):1932-1942.

Joyce A. DeLeo, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Grants from NIH, NIDA, NIAMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Zimmer, and NCRR.

Robert E. Drake, M.D.
Andrew Thomson Professor of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School

Director of the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Psychiatry Research Center biography
Bob Drake has worked actively as a clinician in community mental health centers for 25 years, and he has been developing and evaluating innovative community programs for persons with severe mental health disorders. His 8 books and 300 papers cover diverse aspects of adjustment and quality of life among persons with severe mental disorders and those in their support systems.
Key publications of interest:
- Drake RE. Wallach MA. McGovern MP. Future directions in preventing relapse to substance abuse among clients with severe mental illnesses. October 2005: Psychiatric Services.
- Xie H. McHugo GJ. Fox MB. Drake RE. Substance abuse relapse in a ten-year prospective follow-up of clients with mental and substance use disorders. October 2005: Psychiatric Services.
- McGovern MP. Wrisley BR. Drake RE. Relapse of substance use disorder and its prevention among persons with co-occurring disorders. October 2005: Psychiatric Services.
- Xie H. McHugo GJ. Helmstetter BS. Drake RE. Three-year recovery outcomes for long-term patients with co-occurring schizophrenic and substance use disorders. June 15, 2005: Schizophrenia Research.
- Caton CL. Drake RE. Hasin DS. Dominguez B. Shrout PE. Samet S. Schanzer B. Differences between early-phase primary psychotic disorders with concurrent substance use and substance-induced psychoses. February 2005: Archives of General Psychiatry.
- Brunette MF. Mueser KT. Drake RE. A review of research on residential programs for people with severe mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. December 2004: Drug & Alcohol Review.
- Drake RE. Xie H. McHugo GJ. Shumway M. Three-year outcomes of long-term patients with co-occurring bipolar and substance use disorders. November 15, 2004: Biological Psychiatry.
- McGovern MP. Fox TS. Xie H. Drake RE. A survey of clinical practices and readiness to adopt evidence-based practices: Dissemination research in an addiction treatment system. January 2004: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
- Brunette MF. Noordsy DL. Xie H. Drake RE. Benzodiazepine use and abuse among patients with severe mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. October 2003: Psychiatric Services.
- Alverson H. Alverson M. Drake RE. An ethnographic study of the longitudinal course of substance abuse among people with severe mental illness. December 2000: Community Mental Health Journal.
- Brunette M. Drake RE. Gender differences in homeless persons with schizophrenia and substance abuse. December 1998: Community Mental Health Journal.
- Rosenberg SD. Drake RE. Wolford GL. Mueser KT. Oxman TE. Vidaver RM. Carrieri KL. Luckoor R. Dartmouth Assessment of Lifestyle Instrument (DALI): a substance use disorder screen for people with severe mental illness. February 1998: American Journal of Psychiatry.
- Mueser KT. Drake RE. Ackerson TH. Alterman AI. Miles KM. Noordsy DL. Antisocial personality disorder, conduct disorder, and substance abuse in schizophrenia. August 1997: Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
- Drake RE. Wallach MA. Alverson HS. Mueser KT. Psychosocial aspects of substance abuse by clients with severe mental illness. February 2002: Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease.
- Alverson H. Alverson M. Drake RE. Social patterns of substance use among people with dual diagnoses. March 2001: Mental Health Services Research.

Gilbert J. Fanciullo, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Medical Director, Pain Management and Palliative Care
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography

Paul G. Gorman, Ed.M, Ed.D, M.Div
Research Associate in Psychiatry

Director of the West Institute at the New Hampshire - Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Dartmouth Medical School biography
DCARE biography

Alan I. Green, M.D.
Chair of the Department of Psychiatry

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dr. Green has engaged in clinical and biological studies of patients with schizophrenia and related psychiatric disorders/action of atypical and novel antipsychotic drugs.
Key publications of interest:
- Roth RM. Brunette MF. Green AI. Treatment of substance use disorders in schizophrenia: a unifying neurobiological mechanism?. October 15, 2005: Current Psychiatry Reports. (document delivery)
- Ziedonis DM. Smelson D. Rosenthal RN. Batki SL. Green AI. Henry RJ. Montoya I. Parks J. Weiss RD. Improving the care of individuals with schizophrenia and substance use disorders: consensus recommendations. Journal of Psychiatric Practice. (document delivery)
- Green AI. Schizophrenia and comorbid substance use disorder: effects of antipsychotics. September, 2005: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. (no online version)
- Le Fauve CE. Litten RZ. Randall CL. Moak DH. Salloum IM. Green AI. Pharmacological treatment of alcohol abuse/dependence with psychiatric comorbidity. February, 2004: Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
- Green AI. Tohen MF. Hamer RM. Strakowski SM. Lieberman JA. Glick I. Clark WS. HGDH Research Group. First episode schizophrenia-related psychosis and substance use disorders: acute response to olanzapine and haloperidol. February 1, 2004: Schizophrenia Research.
- Noordsy DL. Green AI. Pharmacotherapy for schizophrenia and co-occurring substance use disorders. October, 2003: Current Psychiatry Reports. (document delivery)
- Green AI. Burgess ES. Dawson R. Zimmet SV. Strous RD. Alcohol and cannabis use in schizophrenia: effects of clozapine vs. risperidone. March 1, 2003: Schizophrenia Research.
- Green AI. Salomon MS. Brenner MJ. Rawlins K. Treatment of schizophrenia and comorbid substance use disorder. (document delivery)
- Green AI. What is the relationship between schizophrenia and substance abuse?
- Drake RE. Xie H. McHugo GJ. Green AI. The effects of clozapine on alcohol and drug use disorders among patients with schizophrenia. April, 2002: Current Drug Targets - Cns & Neurological Disorders. (no online version)
- Zimmet SV. Strous RD. Burgess ES. Kohnstamm S. Green AI. Effects of clozapine on substance use in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: a retrospective survey. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. February, 2000: Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. (document delivery)
- Green AI. Zimmet SV. Strous RD. Schildkraut JJ. Clozapine for comorbid substance use disorder and schizophrenia: do patients with schizophrenia have a reward-deficiency syndrome that can be ameliorated by clozapine?. March-April, 1999: Harvard Review of Psychiatry.
- Lyons MJ. Toomey R. Meyer JM. Green AI. Eisen SA. Goldberg J. True WR. Tsuang MT. How do genes influence marijuana use? The role of subjective effects. April, 1997: Addiction.

Michael Hanitchak
Director of the Native American Program

Student Life Department
Guide to Dartmouth Experts biography

Viking A. Hedberg, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Punam A. Keller, MBA, Ph.D
Adjunct Professor of Community and Family Medicine

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Key publications of interest:
- Fiore MC. Keller PA. Baker TB. The Justice Department's case against the tobacco companies. September 8, 2005: New England Journal of Medicine.
- Perry RJ. Keller PA. Fraser D. Fiore MC. Fax to quit: a model for delivery of tobacco cessation services to Wisconsin residents. May 2005: WMJ.

Allen Koop, Ph.D
Visiting Professor of History

History Department biography

C. Everett Koop, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and of Community and Family Medicine and of Psychiatry

Former Surgeon General of the United States
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Key publications:
- The C. Everett Koop Papers

John M. Kopper, Ph.D
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry

Dartmouth Medical School biography

Robert N. Leaton, Ph.D
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Bryan J. Marsh, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)

Acting Chief, Section of Infectious Disease and International Health, Medical Director for The Hitchcock Clinic HIV Program
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Curriculum Vitae

Robert L. McGrath, Ph.D, M.F.A.
Professor of Art History

Department of Art History website
Key publications of interest:
- McGrath R. Tobacco and taking responsibility. April 13, 2001: New Zealand Medical Journal.

Mark P. McGovern, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Addiction, substance abuse treatment services research, and professionals with addiction problems.
Curriculum Vitae
Key publications of interest:
- Drake RE. Wallach MA. McGovern MP. Future directions in preventing relapse to substance abuse among clients with severe mental illnesses. October 2005: Psychiatric Services.
- McGovern MP. Wrisley BR. Drake RE. Relapse of substance use disorder and its prevention among persons with co-occurring disorders. October 2005: Psychiatric Services.
- Hirschfeld LM. Edwardson KL. McGovern MP. A systematic analysis of college substance use policies. November-December 2005: Journal of American College Health.
- Shaw MF. McGovern MP. Angres DH. Rawal P. Physicians and nurses with substance use disorders. September 2004: Journal of Advanced Nursing.
- McGovern MP. Fox TS. Xie H. Drake RE. A survey of clinical practices and readiness to adopt evidence-based practices: Dissemination research in an addiction treatment system. January 2004: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
- McGovern MP. Carroll KM. Evidence-based practices for substance use disorders. December 2003: Psychiatric Clinics of North America.
- Angres DH. McGovern MP. Shaw MF. Rawal P. Psychiatric comorbidity and physicians with substance use disorders: a comparison between the 1980s and 1990s. 2003: Journal of Addictive Diseases.
- McGovern MP. Angres DH. Shaw M. Rawal P. Gender of physicians with substance use disorders: clinical characteristics, treatment utilization, and post-treatment functioning. June 2003: Substance Use & Misuse.
- McGovern MP. Angres DH. Uziel-Miller ND. Leon S. Female physicians and substance abuse. Comparisons with male physicians presenting for assessment. November-December 1998: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
- Appleby L. Dyson V. Altman E. McGovern MP. Luchins DJ. Utility of the chemical use, abuse, and dependence scale in screening patients with severe mental illness. June 1996: Psychiatric Services.

Gail C. Nelson, Ph.D
Research Associate in Psychiatry

Associate Director of DCARE
Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School biography

David W. Nierenberg, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Section Chief, Clinical Pharmacology and Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography

Joseph F. O'Donnell, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography
Key publications of interest:
- Powers CA. Zapka JG. Bognar B. Dube C. Hyder Ferry L. Ferguson KJ. O'donnell JF. Rigotti N. Conley Thomson C. White M. Wilkerson L. Geller AC. McIntosh S. Evaluation of current tobacco curriculum at 12 US medical schools. 2004: Journal of Cancer Education.
- Stein J. Glass K. Coburn K. Sisson J. Birnkrant J. Bravo A. Green A. O'Donnell JF. A medical school's plan for anti-tobacco-use education in community schools and hospitals. 1997: Journal of Cancer Education.

Leslie A. O'Neill, Ph.D
Infectious Diseases

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center HIV Program Team
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography

Donald E. Pease, Ph.D
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry

Dartmouth Medical School biography

Mark H. Reed, M.D.
Director of Dartmouth College's Counseling and Health Resources Departments

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography
DCARE biography
Key publications of interest:
- Amundson G. Solberg LI. Reed M. Martini EM. Carlson R. Paying for quality improvement: compliance with tobacco cessation guidelines. February 2003: Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Safety.

James D. Sargent, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and of Community and Family Medicine

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography
Key publications of interest:
- Sargent JD. Beach ML. Adachi-Mejia AM. Gibson JJ. Titus-Ernstoff LT. Carusi CP. Swain SD. Heatherton TF. Dalton MA. Exposure to movie smoking: its relation to smoking initiation among US adolescents. November 2005: Pediatrics.
- Dalton MA. Bernhardt AM. Gibson JJ. Sargent JD. Beach ML. Adachi-Mejia AM. Titus-Ernstoff LT. Heatherton TF. Use of cigarettes and alcohol by preschoolers while role-playing as adults: "Honey, have some smokes". September 2005: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
- Sargent JD. Smoking in movies: impact on adolescent smoking. June 2005: Adolescent Medicine Clinics.
- Adachi-Mejia AM. Dalton MA. Gibson JJ. Beach ML. Titus-Ernstoff LT. Heatherton TF. Sargent JD. Tobacco brand appearances in movies before and after the master settlement agreement. May 18, 2005: JAMA.
- Lambert A. Sargent JD. Glantz SA. Ling PM. How Philip Morris unlocked the Japanese cigarette market: lessons for global tobacco control. December 2004: Tobacco Control.
- Sargent JD. Beach ML. Dalton MA. Ernstoff LT. Gibson JJ. Tickle JJ. Heatherton TF. Effect of parental R-rated movie restriction on adolescent smoking initiation: a prospective study. July 2004: Pediatrics.
- Dalton MA. Sargent JD. Beach ML. Titus-Ernstoff L. Gibson JJ. Ahrens MB. Tickle JJ. Heatherton TF. Effect of viewing smoking in movies on adolescent smoking initiation: a cohort study. July 26, 2003: Lancet.
- Sargent JD. Dalton MA. Heatherton T. Beach M. Modifying exposure to smoking depicted in movies: a novel approach to preventing adolescent smoking. July 2003: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
- Sargent JD. DiFranza JR. Tobacco control for clinicians who treat adolescents. March-April 2003: CA: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
- Tilson EC. McBride CM. Albright JB. Sargent JD. Smoking, exercise and dietary behaviors among mothers of elementary school-aged children in a rural North Carolina county. 2002: American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
- Dalton MA. Tickle JJ. Sargent JD. Beach ML. Ahrens MB. Heatherton TF. The incidence and context of tobacco use in popular movies from 1988 to 1997. May 2002: Preventive Medicine.
- Sargent JD. Dalton MA. Beach ML. Mott LA. Tickle JJ. Ahrens MB. Heatherton TF. Viewing tobacco use in movies: does it shape attitudes that mediate adolescent smoking?. April 2002: American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
- Dalton MA. Ahrens MB. Sargent JD. Mott LA. Beach ML. Tickle JJ. Heatherton TF. Relation between parental restrictions on movies and adolescent use of tobacco and alcohol. January-February 2002: Effective Clinical Practice.
- Sargent JD. Beach ML. Dalton MA. Mott LA. Tickle JJ. Ahrens MB. Heatherton TF. Effect of seeing tobacco use in films on trying smoking among adolescents: cross sectional study. December 15, 2001: BMJ.
- Sargent JD. Dalton M. Does parental disapproval of smoking prevent adolescents from becoming established smokers?. December 2001: Pediatrics.
- Tickle JJ. Sargent JD. Dalton MA. Beach ML. Heatherton TF. Favourite movie stars, their tobacco use in contemporary movies, and its association with adolescent smoking. March 2001: Tobacco Control.
- Sargent JD. Tickle JJ. Beach ML. Dalton MA. Ahrens MB. Heatherton TF. Brand appearances in contemporary cinema films and contribution to global marketing of cigarettes. January 6, 2001: Lancet.
- Sargent JD. Dalton M. Beach M. Exposure to cigarette promotions and smoking uptake in adolescents: evidence of a dose-response relation. June 2000: Tobacco Control.
- Distefan JM. Gilpin EA. Sargent JD. Pierce JP. Do movie stars encourage adolescents to start smoking? Evidence from California. January 1999: Preventive Medicine.
- Dalton MA. Sargent JD. Beach ML. Bernhardt AM. Stevens M. Positive and negative outcome expectations of smoking: implications for prevention. December 1999: Preventive Medicine.
- Sargent JD. Mott LA. Stevens M. Predictors of smoking cessation in adolescents. April 1998: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
- Sargent JD. Dalton MA. Beach M. Bernhardt A. Pullin D. Stevens M. Cigarette promotional items in public schools. December 1997: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

John M. Severinghaus, M.D.
Lecturer in Psychiatry

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Key publications of interest:
- Friedman MJ. Krstulovic AM. Severinghaus JM. Brown SJ. Altered conversion of tryptophan to kynurenine in newly abstinent alcoholics. January 1, 1988: Biological Psychiatry.

Jacqueline A. Sinclair, Ph.D, MS
Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry and of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dr. Sinclair has extensively studied how the consumption of alcoholic beverages increases liver damage from acetaminophen.
Grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs, NIH, NIEHS, and VA Merit Review.

Roger P. Smith, M.D.
Emeritus Irene Heinz Given Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Robert Sokol, Ph.D
Emeritus, Research Professor of Sociology

Department of Sociology biography

Will C. Torrey, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Dartmouth Medical School biography

John H. Turco, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography
Curriculum Vitae
Key publications of interest:
- Meilman PW. Gaylor MS. Turco JH. Stone JE. Drug use among college undergraduates: current use and 10-year trends. September 1990: International Journal of the Addictions.
- Meilman PW. Stone JE. Gaylor MS. Turco JH. Alcohol consumption by college undergraduates: current use and 10-year trends. September 1990: Journal of Studies on Alcohol.

Mary G. Turco, M.A., Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Director, Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences
Director, Continuing Medical Education
Dartmouth Medical School biography

Amy E. Wallace, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Dartmouth Medical School biography
Key publications of interest:
- Wallace AE. Weeks WB. Substance abuse intensive outpatient treatment: does program graduation matter? July 2004: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.

Donald A. West, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Director, Inpatient Psychiatry Service and Medical Director of the Addictrion Treatment Program
Dartmouth Medical School biography
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center biography