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Victoria H. Coleman (Ph.D., 2008, American University) Specialty areas: Health disparities in substance abuse treatment, substance abuse and treatment outcome among pregnant and postpartum women, physician screening and practice patterns, comorbid mental health and substance abuse diagnoses, and mood and anxiety disorders.

Michael L. Dennis (Ph.D., 1988, Northwestern University) Specialty areas: Methodology, program evaluation, measurement, randomized field experiments, drug abuse treatment, adolescent treatment, Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN), technology transfer, and information dissemination.

Rodney R. Funk (B.S., 1987, University of Illinois) Specialty areas: Measurement, scaling, Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN), research design, quantitative research methods, and multivariate analysis.

Bryan R. Garner (Ph.D., 2006, Texas Christian University) Specialty areas: Substance abuse treatment process and outcome research, implementation science, continuing care, and multilevel data analysis.

Mark D. Godley (Ph.D., 1984, Southern Illinois University) Specialty areas: Research administration, health services and continuing care research in the management of substance use disorders, transfer of evidence-based treatments to community treatment settings.

Susan Harrington Godley (Rh.D., 1982, Southern Illinois University) Specialty areas: Program evaluation, substance abuse treatment outcome research with women and adolescents, and case management research.

Lilia Hristova (Ph.D., 1979, Institute of Hygiene, Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria) Specialty areas: SAS programming, data analysis, database management, public health, epidemiology.

Nora Jones (M.S., 1978, Illinois State University) Specialty areas: Web design, systems analysis, database design and management, data acquisition, Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN), data analysis, research design, quantitative research methods.

Melissa Ives (formerly McDermeit) (M.S.W., 1986, Boston College) Specialty areas: Psychosocial research, study design and analysis, Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN), developing tracking databases, measurement, scaling, research design, and quantitative research methods.

Alan J. Markwood (Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study,1991, Boston University; M.A., 1977, Alfred University) Specialty areas: ATOD prevention policy, prevention program planning and evaluation, violence prevention, and student negotiation/mediation.

Lora L. Passetti (M.S., 2002, Illinois State University) Specialty areas: Coordination of data collection, client tracking system, field study design, follow-up design; and data management.

Barth B. Riley (Ph.D., 1994, University of Toledo) Specialty areas: Measurement with emphasis on Rasch measurement model, computerized adaptive testing, health outcomes assessment, environmental factors related to health and disability.

Christy Scott (Ph.D., 1992, University of Illinois) Specialty areas: Outcome monitoring, personality measurement & cognitive psychology, marriage & close relationships, educational research, child welfare, and program development and evaluation.

David A. Sharar (Ph.D., 2008, University of Illinois) Specialty areas: Mental health and substance abuse in the workplace, evaluation of employee assistance programs (EAPs) and managed behavioral health services, design and delivery of international EAP.

Janet C. Titus (Ph.D., 1998, University of Minnesota) Specialty areas: Implementation and management of research, documentation of research procedures, Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN), quality assurance, assessments, psychosocial impact of chronic health conditions, and issues in deafness.

William L. White (M.A., 1978, Goddard College) Specialty areas: Addiction history and treatment, assessment and treatment of women, evaluation of DUI offenders, ethics, substance abuse and violence, training design and systems, organizational development, and supervisory/ management training.