Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA)

• Oxytocin to Enhance Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (NIAAA, R01, J. Flanagan, PI)
• Alcohol Research Training: Methods and Mechanisms (NIAAA, T32)
• Smartphone Help for DWI Offenders and their Families: A B-SMART App (NIAAA, R44; G. Woodall, PI)
• Neural Mechanisms of Behavior Change in a Community Sample of Drinkers (NIAAA 1 R01AA023665-01; E. Claus & K. Witkiewitz, MPIs)
• Developing a Brief Family-Involved Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders (B-FIT) (NIAAA, R34)
• Imaging Brain Activity in Substance Use Treatment (NIAAA, K01, J. Houck, PI)
• Injectable Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorders (IPOD) (LJ Arnold Foundation, T. Condon, PI)
• Adapting Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy for Service Members in Post-Deployment (NIAAA, R34)
• Neuroimaging Mechanisms of Change in Psychotherapy for Addictive Behaviors (NIAAA, R13)
• Testing A Couple-based Program for Alcohol Risk Reduction in the National Guard (NIAAA, Elizabeth Epstein, PI)
• Adapting alcohol behavioral couple therapy for service members in post-deployment (NIAAA, Elizabeth Epstein PI)
• Southwest Clinical Trials Network Node: CTN (NIDA, U10)
• Celebrate Recovery® and the Palmer Drug Abuse Program: Analyses of the Scientific Literature (J. F Maddox Foundation)
• Smartphone help for DWI offenders and the families: A B-SMART app (NIAAA, Gill Woodall PI)
• Brief Motivational Interventions for Male Drinkers being Released from Jail (NIAAA, F31)
• Mechanisms of Change: Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (NIAAA, R01)
• Review of the AA Literature: Clinical and Research Implications (NIAAA, R21)
• Testing CBT Models and Change Mechanisms for Alcohol Dependent Women (Co-Investigator, NIAAA, R01)
• An Evaluation of the Methadone maintenance Program at the Bernalillo County Detention Center
• Targeting Social Networks to Maximize Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment and Prevention (Primary Mentor, NIAAA, F31)
• Recovering Together in San Juan County: Cross-Discipline Collaboration and a Specialized Outpatient Treatment Program for Families Struggling with Substance Abuse and Child Maltreatment Issues (Co-Investigator, ACYF)
• Overall Evaluation of the DYFS MOMS Addiction Program (Co-Investigator, State of New Jersey, Division of Substance Abuse)
• Testing Alcohol Behavioral & Couples Therapy for Women (Principal Investigator, NIAAA, R37)
• Restructuring Services for Drug Abusing TANF Women (Co-Investigator, NIDA and ACF)
• Adapting Behavioral Marital Therapy to Treat Drug Abuse (Co-Investigator, NIDA, R01)
• Testing Alcohol Behavioral Couples Therapy for Women (Principal Investigator, NIAAA, R01)
• Applying Treatment Research Technologies in New Settings (Co-Investigator, NIAAA, R01)
• Rutgers Advanced Training Program in Clinical Research (Principal Investigator, NIAAA, T32)
• Issues in Informed Consent in Clinical Research with Alcohol and Drug Abusing Subjects (Principal Investigator, Busch Biomedical Research Grant)
• Alcoholic Couples: Two Models of Heterogeneity (Principal Investigator, NIAAA, R01)
• Research on A.A.: Opportunities and Alternatives (Co-Investigator, NIAAA, R13)
• Alcohol treatment: Integrating basic & applied research (Principal Investigator, NIAAA, P50)
• Preventing relapses after couples' alcoholism treatment (Principal Investigator, NIAAA, R01)
• Multisite study of substance use diagnosis (Co-Investigator, NIDA, R01)
• Environmental Treatment of Alcohol Abusers (Co-Investigator, NIAAA, R01)
• Conference: Directions in Alcohol Abuse Treatment Research (Principal Investigator, NIAAA, R13)
• Marital, Spouse & Self Control Therapy of Alcoholics (Principal Investigator, NIAAA, R01)
• Alcoholism Treatment in the Partial Hospital Setting (Co-Investigator, NIAAA, R01)

Alicia Shiver

• Awards:
  • 2023 Dora Goldstein Award for Diversity in Sciences, Research Society on Alcohol
  • 2018 Annual Research Lectureship, University of New Mexico
  • 2017 Seixas Award for Distinguished Service, Research Society on Alcoholism
  • 5th Annual G. Alan Marlatt Mentorship Award, Research Society on Alcoholism
  • Fellow, Divisions 12 & 50, American Psychological Association
  • MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, Betty Ford Lectureship award
  • Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy, Distinguished Service Award
  • American Psychological Association, Division 50 (Addictions), Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training Award
• Activities:
  • Member, Bernalillo County Addiction Treatment Advisory Board

• Epstein, E. E. & McCrady, B. S. (2023). Group CBT for women with Alcohol Use Disorder - Therapist guide. NY: Oxford University Press.
• Epstein, E. E. & McCrady, B. S. (2023). Group CBT for women with Alcohol Use Disorder – Client workbook. NY: Oxford University Press.
• Hernandez-Vallant, A., Votaw, V. R., Herron, J. L., Stein, E. R., Swan, J. E., Ulrich, D. M., Blackwell, M. A., & McCrady, B. S. (2023). A clinical science guide for reviewing the cross-cultural rigor of assessments in an alcohol training clinic. Psychological Services.
• McCrady, B. S., Tonigan, J. S., Fink, B. C., Chávez, R., Martinez, A. D., Borders, A., ... & Epstein, E. E. (2023). A randomized pilot trial of brief family-involved treatment for alcohol use disorder: Treatment engagement and outcomes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
• McCrady, B. S., Epstein, E. E., & Holzhauer, C. (2023). Couple therapy in the treatment of alcohol problems. In: D. K. Snyder & J. Lebow (Eds.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy, 6th edition (pp. 554-575). Guilford Press.
• McCrady, B. S. & Epstein, E. E. (2021). Alcohol use disorders. In: D. H. Barlow (Ed.), Clinical handbook of psychological disorders, 6th edition. A step-by-step treatment manual (pp. 555-611). NY: The Guilford Press.
• McCrady, B. S., & Flanagan, J. (2021). The role of the family in alcohol use disorder recovery. Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, 41.
• Hallgren, K. A., McCrady, B. S., Witkiewitz, K., & Caudell, T. P. (2021). Do alcohol interventions affect peers who do not receive intervention? Modeling treatment contagion effects via simulations of adolescent social networks. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 36, 326-336.
• Hallgren, K. A., Holzhauer, C. G., Esptein, E. E., McCrady, B. S., & Cook, S. (2021). Optimizing the length and reliability of measures of mechanisms of change to support measurement-based care in alcohol use disorder treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89, 277-287.
• McCrady, B. S., Witkiewitz, K., Venner, K. L., & Fokas, K. (2020). Education and training in substance use disorders and addictions: The University New Mexico integrated training model. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 14, 60-69.
• McCrady, B. S., Epstein, E. E., & Fokas, K. (2020). Treatment interventions for women with alcohol use disorder. Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, 40,
• Holzhauer, C., Epstein, E. E., Hallgren, K., Hilderbrand, T., & McCrady, B. S. (2020). Mechanisms of change in female-specific and gender-neutral cognitive behavioral therapy for women with alcohol use disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88, 541-553.