Name: Kamilla Venner, Ph.D.

Primary Discipline: Clinical Psychology

Title, Department:
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology

Telephone: (505) 925-2377

FAX: (505) 925-2301

E-mail: kamilla@unm.edu

Snailmail:
UNM CASAA
2650 Yale
Albuquerque, NM 87106

Degree, department, university, year:
Ph.D. Psychology, UNM, 2001
M.S. Psychology, UNM, 1996
B.A. Psychology, Whitman College, 1988

Primary Research Interests:
My research aims to improve treatment outcomes among American Indians/Alaska Natives. Currently I am the principal investigator of a research grant to adapt motivational interviewing and the community reinforcement approach with and for the Zuni people. We will conduct a randomized controlled trial comparing the MI/CRA adaptations to treatment as usual at the Zuni Recovery Center. In addition, I am examining how AI/AN have resolved alcohol dependence to highlight strengths of the culture that may inform future substance abuse treatment.

Current projects and collaborations:

Zuni MI/CRA: Adapting and testing two evidence-based treatments (MI and CRA) in the Zuni population

Clinical Trials Network-Southwest Node: Assessing the prevalence of methamphetamine and other drug use problems and strengths among American Indian/Alaska Native populations in New Mexico

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