Center of Alcohol Studies
Marsha E. Bates: addiction; alcohol and drug studies;
mechanisms of behavior change; human experimental psychology; neuropsychology;
psychophysiology; neuroimaging; clinical trials; technology in intervention
development
Jennifer Buckman: addiction research; the brain-body link; psychophysiology;
cardiovascular functioning; cognitive, social, and genetic influences on
alcohol use
Suchismita Ray: functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); basic cognitive
neuroscience; neurocognitive functioning; translation science
Bronya Vaschillo: theoretical and
applied research of alcohol effects on the cardiovascular
system; applying heart rate variability biofeedback methods in treatment of
depression, fibromyalgia, asthma, and alcohol disorders
Evgeny Vaschillo: physiology and bioengineering; investigation of cardiovascular system and brain-body communication in the mechanisms of
alcohol behavior; modeling; elaboration of new approaches and methods for
alcohol behavior change
School of Arts and Sciences (Psychology)
Maurice Elias: community psychology; child and adolescent clinical psychology; design and evaluation of primary preventive interventions; school-aged action research; social problem solving; social-ecological theory; emotional intelligence; social-emotional learning; Jewish education and identity development
George Wagner: animal studies on the neuropathology, neuropharmacology, and possible etiology of Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia
School of Arts and Sciences (Other Disciplines)
James Jones: psychology of religion; philosophy of science and its application to psychology; hypnosis and altered states of consciousness; religion and mental health, religious and spiritual issues in psychotherapy
Andrew N. Peterson: empowerment theory; community organization; program evaluation
Brent Ruben: theoretical and applied research on the
nature and functions of human communication in interpersonal,
organizational, health, intercultural, and educational settings;
organizational assessment and improvement in higher education
New Brunswick Counseling, Alcohol, and Other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Services (CAPS)
Jill Richards: providing administrative vision
and support for the use of evidence-based/evidence-informed treatments for
young adults including: cognitive behavioral therapy; dialectical behavior therapy; cognitive processing therapy; acceptance and commitment therapy
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
Peter Guarnaccia: medical anthropology; cross-cultural
patterns of psychiatric disorders; family strategies for coping with
chronic illness; psychiatric epidemiology among Latinos
Stephen Hansell: social psychology of health/illness
behavior; factors influencing symptom reporting and use of medical care;
adolescent health behavior, depression, and substance abuse;
effectiveness of inpatient and aftercare services for seriously
mentally ill adolescents
Kathleen Pottick: barriers to effective mental health
services for children and adolescents; disadvantaged populations and the
effects of urban life on adolescent mental health; effects of
inpatient psychiatric care on psychosocial role functioning of
children and adolescents
Institute for the Study of Child Development (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
Jason Gold: adolescent psychopathology; at-risk youth populations;
environmental risk and child development; early identification and
treatment of externalizing disorders
Michael Lewis:
typical and dysfunctional emotional development; longitudinal study of fetal
exposure to cocaine; facial recognition and intersensory integration in
children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Department of Pediatrics (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
Geraldine Oades-Sese: trauma and resilience in children; resilience-based therapeutic interventions with children; children of military families; development of Hispanic bilingual children; children with high functioning autism spectrum disorder; gifted children; neuropsychological assessment of learning problems; preschool and developmental assessment; mindfulness and relaxation techniques; cognitive behavioral therapy with children; therapeutic play interventions
Rutgers School of Public Health
Perry Halkitis: HIV/AIDS; drug abuse; mental health; health disparities;
urban health; LGBTQ; psychometrics; longitudinal modeling; research
methodology
University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC)
Frank Ghinassi: integrated physical and behavioral health care; mood and anxiety disorders; uptake and dissemination of evidence-based treatments: models for understanding quality of care, defining, measuring, and tracking it; models for using data feedback to change practitioner practices to better adhere to evidence-based treatments
