The ADA Program is not a department on campus and does not make faculty appointments. Faculty associated with the program reside in departments across the WSU campus and are united by a common interest in the biological and sociological mechanisms of substance abuse. Research programs range from examining abuse patterns in Washington State to determining changes in gene expression following cocaine or alcohol administration to experimental animals. Below are listed in alphabetical order the substance abuse-related research currently being conducted on the WSU campus. These research programs are funded largely by the National Institutes of Health as follows:

National Institutes of Health - $1.2 Million
Private Foundations - $0.2 Million
Washington State - $0.2 Million

Research Faculty

Austin, Erica - Department of Communications. The interplay of children's social development, media and parents in children's decision making about substance abuse, particularly alcohol. Development of media literacy prevention programs for use by children and parents, geared to children as young as third grade.
eaustin@wsu.edu

Bouffard, Jeff - Criminal Justice Program, Department of Political Science. The implementation and effectiveness of drug and alcohol treatment for offenders, including drug courts and institutional treatment program evaluations; treatment quality improvement through comprehensive process evaluations.
jbouffard@wsu.edu

Brigham, Tom - Department of Psychology. Self-management approaches to reducing alcohol abuse and high-risk sexual behavior.
brigham@mail.wsu.edu

Churchill, Lynn - Department of VCAPP. Neurochemical and neuroanatomical alterations underlying opioid-induced augmentation in locomotion after dopamine depletion. This line of investigation is designed to understand the basis of heroin addiction and Parkinson's disease.
lnchurch@vetmed.wsu.edu

Craft, Rebecca - Department of Psychology. Analgesic, discriminative, and reinforcing properties of abused drugs; sex differences in drug effects. This line of investigation is designed to understand both the therapeutic and addictive properties of morphine-like drugs, especially with regard to male-female differences.
craft@wsunix.wsu.edu

Dyck, Dennis - Health Research and Education Center (HREC). Alcohol dependence and substance abuse in persons with serious mental illness.
dyck@wsu.edu

Hill, Herbert - Department of Chemistry. Drug Detection. Analytical chemistry and instrument development, chromatography, ion mobility spectrometry.
hhhill@wsu.edu

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Jansen, Heiko - Department of VCAPP. Understanding biological rhythmicity. Specifically, how long-term (annual) reproductive rhythms are generated and what role daily (circadian) rhythms play in drug addiction relapse.
heiko@vetmed.wsu.edu

Lutze, Faith - Criminal Justice Program, Department of Political Science. Drug courts and their effectiveness in increasing sobriety and reducing recidivism for adult felons, juvenile delinquents, and for parents whose children have become dependent on the state.
lutze@wsu.edu

Meadows, Gary - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The research in this laboratory explores the toxic effects of alcohol on immune function.
meadows@mail.wsu.edu

Morgan, Mike - Department of Psychology (Vancouver). Neural basis of pain modulation and morphine tolerance.
morgan@vancouver.wsu.edu

Mosher, Clayton - Department of Sociology (Vancouver). Drug policies; correlates and theories of drug use; drug use prevention and treatment.
mosher@vancouver.wsu.edu

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Quock, Raymond M. - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Pharmacological control of anxiety and pain; Pharmacology of anesthetic, benzodiazepine, opioid and cannabinoid drugs.
QuockR@wsu.edu

Rotolo, Thomas - Department of Sociology. Statistics/methodology, substance abuse, voluntary associations and organizations.
Rotolo@wsu.edu

Schenk, Jim - Department of Chemistry. Voltammetric measures of biogenic amine transporter mechanisms and inhibition by drugs of abuse. This research determines the molecular mechanism of action for amphetamine and cocaine with the goal of discovering drugs to interfere with this process.
geni@wsu.edu

Schwartz, Jennifer - Department of Sociology. Research tracks changes over time and group differences in alcohol and drug use, social and legal consequences, and correlates of substance abuse. Areas of emphasis include studies of women and adolescents, drunk driving, alcohol and violence, and comparative research methods.
schwartj@wsu.edu

Sorg, Barbara - Department of VCAPP. Effects of stress and cocaine on brain dopamine systems. This research is designed to determine how stress facilitates the biological effects of cocaine.
barbsorg@vetmed.wsu.edu

Tarnai, John - Social and Economic Sciences Research Center. Social and behavioral research on the causes and consequences of alcohol and drug abuse and its prevention. Areas of focus include survey research methods, evaluation, and studies of adolescents.
tarnai@wsu.edu

Walker, Brendan - Department of Psychology. Neurobiology of Motivation, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Negative Affect, Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Physiological Psychology, Psychopharmacology, Behavioral Pharmacology.
b_walker@wsu.edu

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