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About the Division on Addictions
The mission of the Division on Addictions (the Division) at the Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate, is to strengthen worldwide understanding of addiction through innovative research, education, and the global exchange of information. The ultimate goal of the Division is to alleviate the social, medical, and economic burdens caused by addictive behaviors. The Division provides a message of compassion, tolerance, acceptance, and hope and offers encouragement, education, and training to clinicians and practitioners who treat clients with addictive disorders and to scientists who study addiction. In addition, the Division provides relevant, up-to-date addiction-related information to public policy makers as well as the general public.
Division on Addictions Overview
In 1990, a Harvard Medical School (HMS) planning
committee recommended the creation of a Division on Addictions to direct the
school's educational, medical and scientific resources toward alleviating
the vast and complex array of public heath problems caused by addictive
behaviors. It assigned the Division the task of coordinating research,
education, training, and communication relevant to substance abuse at HMS
and its primary affiliated teaching hospitals.
Presently, the Division is deepening and broadening its scope both within
and outside the university. The Division provides a critical link between
HMS students, the clinical and research scientists at Harvard, other medical
education communities, and the lay public. Through its continuing medical
education, faculty development courses, research collaborations with other
HMS and non-HMS faculty, and fellowship training program, the Division is
having a meaningful influence on the public health and medical communities.
Further, The Division is reaching additional communities through its public
forums, public education activities, middle school curriculum development
and high school student internship program.
The Division’s work has resulted in groundbreaking psychiatric
epidemiological research concerning addictive behavior. Division faculty
members have published hundreds of scholarly publications that are advancing
our understanding of addiction. Most notably, Division researchers proposed
the ‘Syndrome Model’ to help explain the trajectory of addictive behavior
(Shaffer, LaPlante, Kidman, Donato, & Stanton, 2004). This system of
classification incorporates the risk factors and consequences common to all
addictions, and simultaneously accounts for the elements that distinguish
various forms of addiction from one another.
Director:
Howard J. Shaffer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Harvard
Medical School;
Editor, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (PAB) (Click
here to read more...)
Staff
Research:
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Mark Albanese, M.D., Director, Addiction Services, Cambridge Health Alliance
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Jeanne Blake, Medical Reporter, Author, and affiliated faculty member, Division on Addictions (Click here to read more...)
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Julia Braverman, Ph.D., Research Data Analyst, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (Click here to read more...)
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Evelyn Chao, Ph.D., Research Data Analyst, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (Click here to read more...)
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Gregory P. Gasic, Ph.D., Associate Director for Neuroscience & Genetics
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Heather Gray, Ph.D., Research Associate, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (Click here to read more...)
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John Kleschinsky, M.P.H., Research Associate
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John R. Knight, M.D., Associate Director for Medical Education
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Richard LaBrie, Ed.D., Associate Director for Data Analysis, Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School (Click here to read more...)
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Debi LaPlante, Ph.D., Associate Director, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (Click here to read more...)
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Erica Marshall, M.P.H., Research Associate
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Ryan Martin, Ph.D., Thomas N. Cummings Research Fellow
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Ingrid Maurice, Research Assistant
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Sarah Nelson, Ph.D., Associate Director for Research, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (Click here to read more...)
Administration:
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Tasha Chandler, Administrative Research Coordinator
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Peter Emerson, M.P.A., Administrative Associate
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Melissa Marcarelli, M.P.A., Financial Manager
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Bill Murphy, Web, IT and Technology Manager
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Christine Thurmond, Administrative Director
Visiting Faculty, Scholars, Research Mentors, and Postdoctoral Fellows:
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2009 - Simon Planzer, Attorney at Law, MLaw, M.A., Lecturer of Law, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland); Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School; Visiting Scholar, Division on Addictions
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2009 - Katerina Belkin, Research Mentor, Williams College
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2009 - Theresa Kelliher, Research Mentor, Boston University
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2008 - Ryan J. Martin, Ph.D., Thomas N. Cummings Postdoctoral Fellow
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2007 - 2008 Line Gebauer Josefsen from the Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Denmark
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2005 – 2006 Professor Tae Kyung Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Alcohol and Drug Addiction Center, Seoul National Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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2004 - 2006 Professor Valerie DeMarinis, Stockholm Centre for Dependency Studies/The Karolinska Institute Stockholm Sweden
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1998 - 2001 Richard McGowan, SJD, Professor of Economics, Boston College
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1997 - 1998 David Korn, M.D., University of Toronto
Division on Addictions Advisory Board
Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
Washington University School of Medicine
Joseph T. Coyle, M.D.
Eben S. Draper Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Jeff Derevensky, Ph.D.
Professor of Applied/Child Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Youth Gambling Research and Treatment Clinic
McGill University
William Eadington, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Director, Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming
University of Nevada, Reno
Richard I. Evans, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor of Psychology
University of Houston
Barry Kosofsky, M.D., Ph.D., chairman
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology
New York Weill Cornell Medical Center
Robert Ladouceur, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Université Laval
Eileen Luna Firebaugh, J.D., M.P.A.
Associate Professor of American Indian Studies
University of Arizona, Tucson
Brian McKay, J.D.
Former Nevada Attorney General
Richard McGowan, S.J., D.B.A.
Associate Professor of Economics
Boston College
Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Boston University School of Medicine
Peter E. Nathan, Ph.D.
University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished Professor of Psychology
University of Iowa
Eric Turner
Consultant
Charles F. Wellford, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland
Ken C. Winters, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Director
Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research
University of Minnesota
Harold Wynne, Ph.D.
President
Wynne Resources, Ltd.
Past Members
Mark Appelbaum, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor
Professor of Psychology
University of California, San Diego
Herbert D. Kleber, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
David C. Lewis, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Brown University
Project Director
Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy