Research Program Evaluation Training About Us

  
  
  

Dennis Donovan, PhD

Director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington

1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 120
Box 354805
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 543-0937

ddonovan@u.washington.edu

Educational Background:

  • BS, Seattle University- Seattle, WA, Psychology, 1970
  • MA, Western Washington University- Bellingham, WA, Psychology, 1972
  • PhD, University of Washington- Seattle, WA, Clinical Psychology, 1980

Current Research Interests:

  • Alcohol and drug use, abuse, and dependence
  • Etiology, maintenance, prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors
  • Treatment entrance and engagement
  • Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment  
  • Relapse prevention
  • Clinical trials
  • Health disparities

CHAMMP-Related Projects:

Brief Intervention in Primary Care for Problem Drug Use and Abuse (PI: Roy-Byrne)
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
9/30/08-9/29/13
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Disseminating Organizational Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) Services (DO-SBIS) at Trauma Centers (PI: Zatzick)
Sponsor: National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
8/1/07-7/30/12
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CHAMMP-Related Publications:

  • Banta-Green, C. J., Maynard, C., Koepsell, T. D., Wells, E. A., & Donovan, D. M. (2009). Retention in methadone maintenance drug treatment for prescription-type opioid primary users compared to heroin users. Addiction, 104(5):775-783.
  • Dunn, C., Rivara, F.P., Donovan, D., Fan, M.Y., Russo, J., Jurkovich, G., & Zatzick, D. (2008). Predicting adolescent alcohol drinking patterns after major injury. Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 65(3), 736-740.
  • Terrell, F., Zatzick, D.F., Jurkovich, G.J., Rivara, F.P., Donovan, D.M., Dunn, C.W., Schermer, C., Meredith, J.W., Ries, R.K., & Gentilello, L.M. (2008). A Nationwide survey of alcohol screening and brief intervention practices at U.S. level I trauma centers. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 207(5), 630-638.
  • Donovan, D.M., Dunn, C.W., Rivara, F.P., Jurkovich, G.J., Ries, R.R., & Gentilello, L.M. (2004). Comparison of trauma center patient self-reports and proxy reports on the Alcohol Use Identification Test (AUDIT). Journal of Trauma, 56, 873-882.
  • McKay, J.R., Donovan, D.M., McLellan, T., Krupski, A., Hansten, M., Stark, K.D., et al. (2002). Evaluation of full vs. partial continuum of care in the treatment of publicly-funded substance abusers in Washington State. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 28, 307-338.
  • Gentilello, L.G., Rivara, F.P., Donovan, D.M., Villaveces, A., Daranciang E., Dunn, C.W., & Ries, R. (2000). Alcohol problems in females admitted to a level I trauma center: A gender-based comparison. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 48, 108-114.
  • Gentilelo, L.G., Rivara, F.P., Donovan, D.M., Jurkovich, G.J., Daranciang, E., Dunn, C.W., Villaveces, A., Copass, M., & Ries, R. (1999). Alcohol interventions in a trauma center as a means of reducing the risk of injury recurrence. Annals of Surgery, 230, 473-483.
  
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