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Dr. KirbyKimberly C. Kirby, Ph.D. is a psychologist with specialization in behavior analysis and behavioral pharmacology. She received her doctorate from the University of Kansas and completed postdoctoral training at Duke University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and on the Executive Committee for the division on Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse. She is also a full member of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and the Association for Behavior Analysis. She has focused her research on behavioral treatments that improve motivation for recovery and addressed issues related to drug abuse and the family, and the involvement of religious communities in addiction recovery. She has more than 70 publications in professional books, meeting proceedings, and journals.

Lois Benishek, Ph.D. is a licensed counseling psychologist. Her research involves counselor training, treatment fidelity, and the acceptability of adaptations of empirically-supported interventions by substance abuse treatment programs. She has a special interest in multicultural issues. Dr. Benishek is an experienced counselor and clinical supervisor who has a special interest in multicultural issues. She has also been employed as the director of Temple University’s masters-level counseling psychology program. Dr. Benishek has served on the editorial board of Journal of Counseling and Development and is presently a member of the Association for Women in Psychology Board of Directors/Implementation Collective.

Brooks_Adam C. Brooks, Ph.D. is a Research Scientist working on continuous care and adaptive treatment protocols, along with performance-based contracting strategies. Dr. Brooks has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a specialization in marital and family therapy from St. John’s University. Prior to joining TRI, he was at the Columbia University Division on Substance Abuse where he treated substance abusing patients using a variety of empirically validated treatments. He is an expert supervisor in Motivational Interviewing, and part of a team at Columbia developing a teleconferenced form of supervision for distance learning of the technique. His research interests include computer-assisted treatment and training interventions, use of phone technology in treatment and recovery monitoring, and workforce development in the use of evidence-based practices.

MaryLouise Kerwin, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst with specialized experience in parent training, child maltreatment, and pediatric psychology. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Notre Dame and completed her clinical training at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine/The Kennedy Krieger Institute. Her professional experience includes extensive training and experience in the design and delivery of behavioral treatments and interventions for pediatric problems. Kerwin is a recipient of a National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded to the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to fund training with Dr. Kimberly Kirby at the Treatment Research Institute. Through her three-year collaboration with TRI, Dr. Kerwin has developed expertise in the design and delivery of community reinforcement interventions for women with drug addiction and family members of individuals with drug and alcohol problems. In addition, she has been investigating the use of contingency management interventions delivered individually and in a group format.

MERICLE_Amy A. Mericle, Ph.D. Dr. Mericle received Bachelor’s of Arts and Master’s of Social Work degrees from the University of Michigan. Prior to receiving her doctoral degree from the University of Chicago, she worked as a research assistant at the Northwestern University Psycho-Legal Studies Program. Dr. Mericle’s dissertation examined HIV/AIDS risk behavior among participants in the Northwestern Juvenile Project, a longitudinal study led by Linda Teplin, Ph.D. examining the mental health and substance abuse service needs and service use of detained adolescents. After completing her doctoral degree, Dr. Mericle accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California’s San Francisco Treatment Research Center where she worked with Barbara Havassy, Ph.D. examining violence and social networks among individuals with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. Dr. Mericle is currently working with Deni Carise, Ph.D. and is Principal Investigator on TRI’s Detection, Advice, Referral To Services (DARTS) project. Her research interests include co-occurring disorders and complications of substance abuse, social networks and treatment seeking, and treatment linkage among disparate systems of care. Dr. Mericle is a member (in training) of the College for Problems of Drug Dependence and the American Public Health Association. She holds a diplomate in measurement from the Institute of Objective Measurement.


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