University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Lisa Arciniega, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dr. Lisa Arciniega is a Research Assistant professor in the Psychology Department at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Arciniega has been working in the substance abuse field for over 10 years. Most of her experience has been working on NIAAA and NIDA funded research projects at the Center on Alcoholism Substance Abuse and Addictions (CRA, MATCH, CRAFT, COMBINE). Early in this work (early 1990's) she realized that although many of the subjects or potential subjects were minorities, the projects were not adapted to appropriately meet the needs of this population (language, cultural needs). This led her to begin searching the literature for research done that addressed the needs of Hispanic substance abusers. She quickly learned that it didn't exist and that the work that was out there was primarily epidemiological in nature. This became a research interest of hers, which led to work looking at the Hispanic sub samples of the study participants and currently working on a project that will be working with Spanish speaking substance abusers. Dr. Arciniega have been working in the substance abuse field for over 15 years, on 5 NIAAA or NIDA sponsored research grants, under the direct supervision of Dr. William Miller. These grant-related experiences have been beneficial in providing her with a solid research foundation and incredible experiences working with a variety of substance abusing clients in different capacities. These experiences have helped her to develop research interests of her own. Dr. Arciniega has recently accepted a position as Director of the Substance Abuse Treatment Program at the Veteran’s Hospital.
In June 2005, Dr. Arciniega presented “Therapeutic Alliance, Treatment Compliance, and Satisfaction among Hispanic Female Alcohol Abusers” at RSA.
Publications:
Arciniega, L.T., Cuzmar, I., Miller, W.R. and. Tonigan, J.S. (2005, June). Therapeutic Alliance, Treatment Compliance, and Satisfaction among Hispanic Female Alcohol Abusers. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
Dr. Catherine Baca has been awarded a mentored career grant (K-23) from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. She works at the UNM Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA). The research project associated with the K-23 grant involves motivational interviewing (MI) of UNM Family Practice patients who have problem alcohol drinking. Dr. Baca has received funding gratefully) for a SARG research pilot which involved randomizing participants to receive MI for alcohol problems via telephone, televideo, or in person. This pilot study will help prepare me to apply for a larger study to test MI counseling via tele-communications for rural underserved communities. Her June '05 RSA presentation was the Tele-MI pilot project, “Client Acceptance of Tele-Counseling for Alcohol Problems”. Her goal is to develop an R01 MI Therapy telephone to be delivered in rural New Mexico.
New Publications:
Baca, C. (in press). Take-home Naloxone to Reduce Heroin Death. Addiction.
Publications in Process:
Grants in Process:
Presentations:
Lorenda Belone, M.P.H., Ph.D. Candidate
Lorenda Belone is a member of the Navajo Nation. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication and Journalism. Her professional paper for her masters program focused on hormone replacement therapy during menopause and its use or non-use among Navajo women. She currently is a Program Manager/Research Scientist with the Masters in Public Health Program. She has worked on several NIH and CDC capacity research projects in tribes. Prior to her graduate studies she has served as the Deputy Director and Executive Director of the Navajo Nation’s Environmental Protection Agency for over 10 years. Her current research area of interest is health communication strategies for translational research that involves the community as participants in a two-way mutual learning situation.
Lisa Broidy, Ph.D.
Lisa Broidy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of New Mexico. She is also director of the New Mexico Statistical Analysis Center (NMSAC). Dr. Broidy’s research focuses on gender differences in criminal and antisocial behavior and on the causes and consequences of crime and violence across the life course. She is also involved in research assessing the local violence problem and evaluating efforts to reduce rates of violence in Albuquerque and New Mexico. Along with Dr. Cameron Crandall, Dr. Broidy is funded by the SARG to conduct a pilot study assessing the link between alcohol use and violent trauma among Emergency Department patients. The long term goal is to develop an alcohol intervention program for ED patients that would reduce both alcohol dependency and violent involvement among this population.
Recent Publications:
Broidy, Lisa M., Jerry Daday, Cameron Crandall, and David Sklar, 2006.Exploring Demographic, Structural, and Behavioral Overlap Among Homicide Offenders and Victims. Homicide Studies. 10: 155-180.
Jerry, Gerhard, Lisa M. Broidy, Cameron Crandall, and David Sklar 2005. Individual, Neighborhood, and Situational Factors Associated with Violent Victimization and Offending. Criminal Justice Studies. 18(3): 215-235.
Crandall, Cameron, Jost, Peter, Broidy, Lisa, Daday, Jerry and Sklar, David, 2004. Previous Emergency Department Use Among Homicide Victims and Offenders: A Case Control Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 44:646-655.
Cauffman, Elizabeth, Alex Piquero, Lisa Broidy, Dorothy Espelage and Paul Mazerolle, 2004. Heterogeneity in the association between social-emotional adjustment profiles and deviant behavior among male and female serious juvenile offenders. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 48: 235-252.
Hunnicutt, Gwen and Broidy, Lisa M. 2004. Liberation and economic marginalization: A reformation and test of (formerly?) competing models. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 41:130-155.
Broidy, Lisa M., Elizabeth Cauffman, Dorothy Espelage, Alex Piquero, and Paul Mazerolle. 2003. Sex Differences in Empathy and its Relation to Juvenile Offending. Violence and Victims. 18:203-516.
Espelage, Dorothy, Elizabeth Cauffman, Lisa M. Broidy, Paul Mazerolle, Alex Piquero, and Hans A. Steiner, 2003. Cluster Analytic Investigation of MMPI profiles of serious male and female juvenile offenders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 42:770-777.
Broidy, Lisa M., Daniel S. Nagin, Richard E. Tremblay, Bobby Brame, Kenneth Dodge, David Fergusson, John Horwood, Rolf Loeber, Robert Laird, Donald Lynam, and Terrie Moffitt, 2003. Developmental trajectories of childhood disruptive behavior disorders and adolescent delinquency: A six-site, cross-national study. Developmental Psychology. 39:222-245.
Lisa Cacari Stone, M.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Dr. Cacari Stone is an Alonzo Yerby Public Health Fellow and WK Kellogg Scholar in Health Disparities Research at the Harvard School of Public Health in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health. In 2005, she served as an H. Jack Geiger Congressional Health Policy Fellow for Senator Edward M. Kennedy with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. She worked on public health legislation including the reauthorizations of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and Community Health Centers Act and other health disparities elimination policies including the Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act, Hispanic Health, and Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Access. Prior to working on the hill, she was Health Policy Visiting Faculty with the Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine and the Political Science Department at the University of New Mexico (UNM).
Dr. Cacari-Stone is a national recipient of the WK Kellogg Doctoral Fellowship in Health Policy Research (1999-2004) and graduate of The Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University (2004). She is a member of the National Hispanic Science Network. Her research interests include: impact of public policies on health disparities (i.e. immigration, Medicaid, welfare reform, Title VI-language access); HIV and substance abuse prevention including environmental policy strategies; and mental health and primary care access for underserved communities in the Southwest.
Currently, she is collecting data for “Monitoring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Alcohol Policies to Reduce Underage Drinking among Border Youth” (#U01-AA0149626, NIAAA). From 2001-2005 she was co-investigator to the community outreach component of the “Southwest Alcohol Research Group” which is funded by NIAAA to address alcohol problem disparities in American Indian and Latino/a populations. In addition, she was research associate to an ethnographic study, “Race, Gender and Mental Health in Rural New Mexico” and the Mental Health Education Program (MEP) both NIMH grants. “Challenging the Myth of Monolithic Hispanic Ethnicity in Health Services Research”, which has been published in the Medical Care Review (April 2004) analyzed Hispanic sub-group health care utilization patterns from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and National Health Interview Survey. Her dissertation was an implementation study analyzing the “Local Consequences of Welfare Reform on the Funding and Provision of Health Care to Latino Immigrants in New Mexico”.
Her research portfolio includes collaborative investigation as a health policy and services researcher for the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, UNMHSC (NIAAA and NIMH Grants), New Mexico State Legislature and Aging and Long-Term Services Department, Center for Primary Care Research, Agency on Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, USDHHS), Robert Wood Johnson Access Project, Massachusetts Public Health Department, Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (NECAPT), and U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association (CDC Grant).
Presentations:
Stone, L. C. (2005, June) Data for Monitoring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Alcohol Policies to Reduce Underage Drinking Among Border Youth. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA
Lily Dow Velarde, Ph.D.
Dr. Velarde is a Department of Family & Community Medicine Vice Chair for the Integration of Public Health and Medicine (UNM School of Medicine), an Associate Director of Student Affairs in the Masters of Public Health (MPH), and the UNM MPH Practicum Director. Dr. Velarde also teaches several courses such as: Theory and Practice I, Theory and Practice II, Health Care and Public Health Management, and Public Health (Program) Evaluation. Her research interests lie in health and diversity, adolescent health, alcohol prevention, and diabetes and alcohol. She also works with the Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium (RMPHEC), which is a collaborative to increase training opportunities among Maternal Child Health practitioners in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. Dr. Velarde is a member of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the New Mexico Public Health Association (NMPHA). Her poster presentation at RSA in June 2005 was from a pilot project funded by UTEP subcontract of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid titled Alcohol Consumption Among Third Generation Latino/Hispanic New Mexicans at Risk for or Diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus. Dr. Velardes goal is to submit an R01 investigating diabetes self management in a co-morbid (diabetes and alcoholism) population of 3rd generation Hispanics.
Recent Presentations:
Velarde, L., et al (2006, June). Challenges for Working with Minority Communities: Use of Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), at the annual Research Society on Alcoholism, Baltimore, MD.
Velarde, Lily. (2006, May). Adolescent Voices: Fotonovelas (Photo Voice), Public Health Literacy and Positive Adolescent Development. Poster session presented at the annual Institute for Health Care Advancement, Orange County, CA.
Velarde, Lily. (2005, June) Alcohol Consumption among Third Generation Hispanic/Latino New Mexicans at Risk for or Diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Project. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
Celia Iriart, M.P.H., Ph.D., Co-Investigator, Outreach and Dissemination Component
Dr. Celia Iriart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Masters of Public Health Program at UNM where she teaches Health Care Systems, Public Health Community Health Assessment, and International and U.S. Health Policy Reforms. Her research interests are focused in health care system reforms, the interaction among providers and communities that facilitate or hide the access to preventive and /or treatment services. She conducted two innovative participatory research studies in the Southeast Heights area in Albuquerque to develop a collaborative service model that bridges an underserved mostly Hispanic community and its UNM community clinic. Also, Dr. Iriart was co-investigator in the projects Global Trade and U.S. Health Policies, and Mental Health Services and Global Trade conducted by Howard Waitzkin. She coordinates the research "Enhanced Access for Latin American Social Medicine" that developed a web site and database facilitating access to important Latin American publications in this field. She is very interested in creating a dialog between the Latin American research production regarding substance abuse and the U.S. production in this field.
Dr Kipp, Ph.D. is an associate scientist for the Southwest Addictions Research Group. Dr. Kipp has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Additionally, she is a child psychologist for the Pueblo of New Mexico. Her masters thesis focused on the effects of a Blackfeet cultural and language immersion program on Blackfeet children’s intelligence, racial identity, and self-esteem. Her current research is investigating the differences of crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence in American Indian children and American Indian children with a diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Billie is committed to culturally responsive research and providing research that is useful for tribes.
Recently Dr. Kipp has submitted a Healthy Marriage Initiative grant for the Blackfeet Tribe. The “SikSika (Blackfeet) Healthy Parents; SikSika Healthy Children Project” will provide services and research in stabilizing and increasing positive outcomes for Blackfeet couples who are recipients of TANF funds. Additionally, Dr. Kipp has submitted a child abuse grant titled “The Blackfeet Manpower Child Abuse and Neglect Reform” which partners with Dr. Dee Bigfoot Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Pediatrics, OUHSC. This project will utilize a national training program model specifically designed for tribes in the treatment of child abuse and neglect in Indian Country. Dr. Kipp pursues funding for tribes that is grounded in CBPR and provides service and research to Indian reservations. Currently, Dr. Kipp is appointed as Chairperson for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Advisory Board, and continues to pursue avenues for research and practice effecting the education and social welfare of American Indian children.
Presentations:
Kipp, B. ( June, 2006). Challenges of assess Native American Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Symposium presentation titled “Alcohol Intervention Research with Minority and Rural Populations”. The Research Society for Alcoholism: 29th Annual Scientific Meeting, Baltimore Maryland.
Kipp, B. (April, 2006). Difference in Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence in American Indian Children Diagnosed with FAS. 18th Annual IHS Research Conference
“Discovering Pathways to Better Health for American Indians and Alaska Natives”, Albuquerque, NM.
Kipp, B. (March, 2004). Psychological Well-Being of Children in Language Immersion Schools. Session presentation at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Culture and Language Symposium, Albuquerque, NM.
Kipp, B. (March, 2004). Native American Adolescents: Understanding and Treating Violent Behaviors through Culture. Paper symposium on “Risk and Resilience among American Indian Adolescents”. The Society for Research on Adolescence: Tenth Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
Kipp, B. (August, 2001). Native Children in a Language and Culture Program: Self-Esteem, Identity, Verbal Intelligence. Symposium presentation titled “Depression, Achievement, and Self-Esteem in Native Americans - Science, Culture, and Spirituality” at The American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Irene Ortiz is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico in the Department of Psychiatry. She is outpatient psychiatrist with the VAMC in Albuquerque, NM where she specializes in addictions and geropsychiatry. She received her medical degree from Michigan State University. Her research interests are in alcohol dementia and cultural factors in the assessment of mood disorders and cognitive impairment in the elderly. Dr. Ortiz is currently studying the effect of alcoholism on thiamine deficiency and neurocognitive function in older veterans. Thus far this study is showing specific areas of deficits seen in alcoholism, even when individuals stop drinking. In June 2005, Dr. Ortiz’s RSA presentation was, “Thiamine Deficiency and Neurocognitive Function in Older Alcoholics”. She has been awarded a SARG pilot grant and has submitted two additional grants. She plans to submit an NIH R grant and a VA Merit Review grant in 2006.
Presentations:
Ortiz, I., Verney, S., Bennett, J., Benally, E., Leech, D., Thaler, G.
Thiamine Deficiency and Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Veterans, Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, June 29, 2005
Verney, S., Ortiz, I., Bennett, J., Benally, E. Culture-Fair Methods for Investigating Neurocognitive Deficits Due to Chronic Alcohol Use in Diverse Populations, Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, June 26, 2005
New Publications:
Romero, LJ, Garry, PJ., Schuyler, M., Bennahum, D., Qualls, C., Ballinger, L., Kelly, V., Schmitt, C., Skipper, B., Ortiz, I., Rhyne, R. Emotional responses to APOE genotype disclosure for Alzheimer Disease J of Genetic Counseling, Journal of Genetic Counseling 2005;14(2):141-150
Publications in Process:
Romero, LJ., Ortiz, I., Finley, R., Wayne S, Lindeman RD, Lower Education and Income Level Explain Higher Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms in Hispanic Elderly, Ethnicity and Disease, (in press)
Grants in Process:
Dr. Venner is a Visiting Professor (25%) and a Research Assistant Professor (75%) in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and works at the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA). She is a member of the Athabascan, Chitina tribe of Alaska. Her research interests have focused on addictions with an emphasis on improving treatment for Native Americans. Specifically, she is interested in the applicability of currently efficacious substance abuse treatments in Native communities, as well as learning from Native Americans who have successfully resolved alcohol dependence. As a recipient of the SARG pilot, Dr. Venner is collaborating with Nadine Tafoya, from the Community Advisory Board MSW (Mescalero Apache) to adapt motivational
interviewing (MI) for native communities. We have conducted focus groups with Native American community members and behavioral health providers to
adapt MI. The goal is to design a manual to help counselors use motivational interviewing with their clients who are struggling with alcohol problems. The hope is that the adaptations will make the treatment more effective and culturally relevant for Native people. In another on-going study, she is using both qualitative and quantitative methods to study how Native Americans have resolved alcohol dependence through her NIAAA funded K-23 award. This process allows the participants to be the expert regarding how to successfully overcome alcohol problems and the results may provide hope for others who are still struggling with addiction. Dr. Venner also has conducted cross-cultural applicability studies to ensure the reliability and validity of addiction measures that were developed with predominantly Anglo American samples. In addition, she conducted program evaluation with two alcohol programs for Native American clients and provided Motivational Interviewing workshops. Dr. Venner is a member of the American Psychological Association (APHA), APHA-Division 51-Addictions, Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native American (SACNAS) and Research Society on Alcoholism. Her RSA symposium was "The Sequence of Recovery Events among Native Americans". Her goal is to develop an R01 on testing her newly adapted MI manual for Native Americans.
Presentations:
Venner, K. L. (2005, July). A focus on recovery to improve treatment outcomes for indigenous people. Invited paper presentation at the Living with gambling * A global community response conference in Auckland, New Zealand.
Venner, K. L. (2005, July). Using qualitative stories to inform cross-cultural treatment recommendations. Paper presentation at the Living with Gambling * A global community response conference in Auckland, New Zealand.
Venner, K. L. (2005, July). Using focus groups to adapt efficacious treatment for indigenous people. Paper presentation at the Living with Gambling * A global community response conference in Auckland, New Zealand.
Venner, K. L. (2005, June). The sequence of recovery events among Native Americans. In K. L. Venner (Chair), The Course of Recovery from Alcoholism.
Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
Venner, K. L. (2005, February). Native Americans and Alcohol: A balanced view. Invited presentation for Indian Health Service Injury Prevention Specialists training, Albuquerque, NM.
Publications:
Venner, K. L., Wall, T. L., Lau, P., & Ehlers, C. L. (in press). Testing of an orthogonal measure of cultural identification with an adult Native American sample. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
Venner, K. L. (2005, June). The sequence of recovery events among Native Americans. In K. L. Venner (Chair), The Course of Recovery from Alcoholism.
Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29, 189A (Abstract).
Venner, K. L., Tonigan, J. S., & Feldstein, S. W. (June, 2005).Abstinence versus sobriety: A retrospective study of drinker and non-drinker well-being. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research,29, (Abstract).
Feldstein, S. W., Venner, K. L., & Bird, D. (June, 2005). Correlates of incarceration with a Native American sample of resolved drinkers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29, 30A (Abstract).
Papers in Process:
Grants:
2005-06
2002-07
Ms. Villarreal is a 5th Year Clinical Graduate Student, Minority Supplement Fellow through NIDA. Her primary research interests are minority populations, acculturation, and addictions. She is primarily interested in Hispanic populations and bridging the gap between science and clinical practice. Balancing health disparities in such populations is of great importance to her; and she has been involved in various projects through the Clinical Trials Network. Past research experience has been involved with survey studies of clinical treatment programs across the state; addictions in pregnant women and a variety of other projects.
Dr. Vanessa Lopez Viets is research faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Viets’ primary research focus is on addictive behaviors. She is specifically interested in the development of effective addiction prevention and intervention strategies based on the cultural strengths and values of underserved populations.
Dr. Verney is a American Indian (Tsimshian) Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. He completed his doctoral training from the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and his psychology post-doctoral training at the San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System’s Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC). Dr. Verney’s research focuses on psychophysiological indices of information processing efficiency and inefficiency. In this line of investigations, he has spanned several related areas in cognitive and clinical neuroscience and has utilized a variety of methods, including psychophysiological, neuroimaging, neuropsychological, and behavioral measures. His research has focused on the role of culture in cognition and assessment, cognitive deficits in psychopathology such as schizophrenia and alcoholism. He is also a member of the Southwest Addiction Research Group (SARG) at the University of New Mexico funded through the National Institute on Alchol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and a fellow with the Native Elder Research Center at the University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center funded through the National Institute of Aging (NIA). Dr. Verney is the recipient of a SARG research pilot grant to utilize these psychophysiological and information processing methods to investigate neurocognitive deficits in elderly alcoholics of diverse backgrounds. His goal is to obtain national funding in order to continue his line of investigations of developing more culture-fair methods of assessment for ethnic minority populations.
Recent Publications:
Verney, S. P., Granholm, E., Marshall, S. P., Malcarne, V. L. & Saccuzzo, D. P. (2005). Culture-Fair Cognitive Ability Assessment: Information Processing and Psychophysiological Approaches. Assessment, 12, 303-319.
Minassian, A., Granholm, E., Verney, S., Perry, W. (2005). Visual scanning deficits in schizophrenia and their relationship to executive functioning impairment. Schizophrenia Research, 74, 69-79.
Verney, S. P., Granolm, E., Marshall, S. (2004). Pupillary responses during the visual backward masking task predict cognitive ability. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 52, 23-36.
Granholm, E., & Verney, S. P. (2004). Pupillary responses and attentional allocation on the visual backward masking task in schizophrenia. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 52, 37-52.
Minassian, A., Perry, W., Granholm, E., Verney, S. P. (2004). Visual task-evoked pupillary dilation in schizophrenia: complex versus simple tasks and relationship to thought disturbance. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 52, 53-62.
Invited Speaker, California State University, Los Angeles (June, 2006). "Culture and Cognition: Issues in Assessment."
Invited Speaker, New Mexico Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM (March, 2006). "Culture and Acculturation: Issues in Assessment and Cognitive Ability Assessment." Approved for 4 Diversity CME credit by the University of New Mexico’s Office of Continuing Medical Education.
Invited Speaker, Psychology Grand Rounds, New Mexico VA Health Care System (February, 2005). "Assessment of Culture: Issues and Implications for Clinical Psychology." Approved for 1 CME credit by the University of New Mexico’s Office of Continuing Medical Education.
Invited Speaker, 21st Annual Behavioral Sciences Conference of the North, University of Alaska Anchorage (April 2004). “Cultural Differences in Cognitive Ability Assessment: Strategies and Pitfalls.”
Invited Speaker, Psychology Grand Rounds, New Mexico VA Health Care System (April, 2004). "Cultural Influences in Cognitive Assessment: Awareness and Strategies." Approved for 1 CME credit by the University of New Mexico’s Office of Continuing Medical Education.
Invited Lecturer, Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (April, 2004). "Information Processing and Psychophysiological Approaches as Cultural-Fair Methods of Cognitive Assessment"
Invited Lecturer, Psychology Internship Rounds, San Diego VA Healthcare System (Dec., 2002). “Considering Culture in Cognitive Assessment.”
Verney, S. P., Bennett, J., Candelaria, F. (February, 2006). The influence of ethnic experience on cognitive ability assessment. Presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Bostaon, MA.
Rodriguez, E., Bennett, J., Verney, S. P. (November, 2005). Ethnic experiences and drinking patterns in older Veterans. Career Opportunities in Research Conference. Atlanta, GA. [S. Verney, Ph.D., research mentor; data from Verney lab]
Verney, S. P. (October, 2005). Towards Culture-Fair Cognitive Ability Assessment. Presented at the Second Bi-Annual Meeting of the International Network on Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Verney, S. P., Ortiz, I., Bennett, J., Benally, E. (June, 2005). Culture-Fair Methods for Investigating Neurocognitive Deficits Due to Chronic Alcohol Use in Diverse Populations. Presented at the 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. Santa Barbara, California.
Ortiz, I. E., Verney, S., Bennett, J., Benally, E., Leech, D., & Thaler, G. (June, 2005). Alcohol Abuse, Thiamine Deficiency and Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Veterans. Presented at the 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. Santa Barbara, California.
Granholm, E., Verney, S. P., Fish, S., Perivoliotis, D, & Miura, T. (April, 2005). Two-year longitudinal stability of visual information processing impairments in older patients with schizophrenia. Presented at the Tenth Biennial Meeting of the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research. Savannah, Georgia.
Bennett, J., & Benally, E. (April, 2005). The role of ethnic experience in cognitive ability assessment. Seventy-Fifth Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. Phoenix, AZ. 1st Place Student Competition. [S. Verney, Ph.D., research mentor; data from Verney lab]
Benally, E., Bennett, J., & Rich-Greenwood, P. (April, 2005). Ethnic minority experiences are similar relative to the majority culture yet influenced by local societies. Seventy-Fifth Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. Phoenix, AZ. Student Award Finalist. [S. Verney, Ph.D., research mentor; data from Verney lab]
Parisien, M., Benally, E., Bennett, J., Verney, S. (April, 2005). New Mexico student ethnic experiences: Influences of local and mainstream American societies. Presented at the University of New Mexico PROFOUND Student Research Symposium. [S. Verney, Ph.D., research mentor; data from Verney lab]
Principal Investigator: Spero Manson, Ph.D.
Native Investigator’s Development Program
Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center
The goals of the American Indian and Alaska Native Programs are to 1) identify an implement culturally acceptable, relevant activities that will promote the health and well-being of Native Elders, 2) develop and test culturally acceptable, relevant strategies to improve the application of well-accepted disease prevention measures, and 3) create and pilot culturally acceptable, relevant instruments, and interventions that will promote more effective clinical practice.
Role: Clinical Psychologist – Mentee
NIA 2 P30 AG15292-09
Principal Investigator: Nina Wallerstein, Ph.D.
Southwest Addictions Research Group (SARG)
The goals of the SARG are to promote regional and national leadership in the development of alcohol-related interventions research with (1) Native Americans, (2) Hispanics, and (3) the rural poor of the American Southwest.
Supported by 5 U01-AA014926-02
Role: Clinical Psychologist – CADET Mentee
SARG Pilot Project Principal Investigator: Steven P. Verney, Ph.D.
“The Nature of Neurocognitive Impairment Due to a History of Alcohol in Older Ethnic Minorities”This project investigates the relationship between thiamine deficiency and neurocognitive functioning in a diverse population of chronic alcoholics.
Neurocognitive Impairment of FAS
Principal Investigator: P. W. Kodituwakku, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico
Role: Co-Investigator
“Information processing efficiency and executive function in children with fetal alcohol spectrum”
This project investigates the underlying neurocognitive functioning and deficits of adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Effect of heat stress on cognitive performance
Principal Investigator: Suzanne Schneider, Ph.D.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Department of Defense
Role: Co-Investigator
Effect of palm cooling with negative pressure on heat balance during exercise in a hot dry environment
01/06 – 12/06; $104,646
