Section: Research

David Smelson, Psy.D.

Academic Role: Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Psychiatry

Joint Faculty In:
   Center for Mental Health Services Research

David Smelson, Psy.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and  Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Psychiatry of   the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Smelson is also the Director of Translational research of the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital. He is the Director of Dual Diagnosis for the Veterans Affairs New England Health Care System (Network 1) and a member of the VA Mental Health QUERI. He is the Chair of the VA Mental Health QUERI Dual Diagnosis Workgroup and a Co-Chair of VA/DOD Dual Diagnosis Clinical Practice Guidelines

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:

1. Addiction
2. Persistent mental illness
3. Co-occurring disorders of substance abuse and mental illness

Ongoing Projects:

1. Health and Human Services-Center for Substance Abuse Treatment # TI16576, Award Amount $1,968,071. Title: Maintaining Independence and Sobriety through Systems Integration, Outreach and networking:  The MISSION Program. PI David Smelson,  Co-PI Anna Kline, Co-I Douglas Ziedonis, Bradley Sussner, Miklos Losonczy. October 2004-September 2009
2. VA HSR&D Merit Review Grant # IIR-020-145, Award Amount $686,909. Title: A Brief Community Linkage Intervention for Dually Diagnosed individuals. PI David Smelson, Co-I’s Miklos Losonczy, Anna Kline, Bradley Sussner, Douglas Ziedonis, Fred Blow. February 2005-February 2009
3. National Institute for Health Grant # R21 AT001350 Award Amount $586,063. Title:  Qigong Therapy for Treating Cocaine Addiction. PI David Smelson, Co-I Kevin Chen, Douglas Ziedonis, Anna Kline. June 2005-May 2009.
4. National Institute of Health R03 DA020434-01 $155,500.  Cue-elicited Craving and Genetics in Cocaine Dependence. PI David Smelson, CO-I’s Paul Manowitz, Jay Tishfield, Anna Kline, Paul Lehrer, Bradley Sussner, Doug Ziedonis. September 2005-October 2008.
5. Health and Human Services-Center for Mental Health Services $199,836. Title: The MISSION Fidelity Project. PI David Smelson. Co-PI Anna Kline, CO-I’s Bradley Sussner, Douglas Ziedonis, Miklos Losonczy. September 2006-September 2008.

Office: Biotech 3 - 121
Phone: 508-856-3768 (x15122)
Fax: 508-856-8376
E-mail: David.Smelson@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Health Services Research, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Addiction, Pharmacology

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