Ph.D., Rhode Island
Barbara S. McCrady divides her time between the professional school and
the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies. She combines her interests in
behavior therapy, addictions, and family functioning through her
federally funded research on the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse
and through her courses in behavioral couples therapy and treatment of
addictive behaviors. As clinical director of the Center of Alcohol
Studies, she is responsible for the administration of PACT, a specialty
addiction treatment program in the GSAPP Psychological Clinic, and
directs an NIAAA-funded predoctoral research training program for
clinical students at GSAPP and in the Department of Psychology. She has
published extensively in the addictions field, including as senior
editor of Addictions: A Comprehensive Guidebook; Research on Alcoholics Anonymous: Opportunities and Alternatives; and deputy regional editor of Addiction.
Dr. McCrady also serves as the director of training for the clinical
Ph.D. program at Rutgers. She is a past member of NIAAA's prestigious
Extramural Science Advisory Board and serves on the editorial boards of
several journals.
