Principal Investigator at CAPER (current)


Behavioral Intervention for Low Income Depressed Smokers in Drug Treatment”

Principal Investigator: Laura MacPherson, Ph.D.

Agency: American Cancer Society

Type and Number: RSGT1101101CPPB

Period: 01/01/11-12/31/14

Total Costs = $898,000


Soft Commitment as a Mechanism to Prevent Preference Reversal”

Principal Investigator: Richard Yi, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01DA011692

Period: 09/09/10-02/28/14

Total Costs = $1,149,200


Integration of Basic Neuroscience Research into Addiction Treatment Development”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D. (Co-PI: Cynthia Moss, Ph.D.)

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: T32 DA28855 (Institutional Pre-doctoral Training Program)

Period: 7/15/10-6/30/15

Total Costs = $759,000


Behavioral Technologies for Predicting HIV Risk”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA18647 (Competitive Renewal years 6-10, previous PI: Lejuez)

Period: 7/1/10-4/30/15

Total Costs = $2,957,000


Stage II Trial of Novel Behavioral Activation Intervention for Smoking Cessation”

Principal Investigator: Laura MacPherson, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA018730 (Competitive Renewal years 4-7, previous PI: Lejuez)

Period: 7/1/10-5/31/14

Total Direct Costs: $1,475,000


Behavioral Activation Intervention, Reward Processing, and Youth Smoking Cessation”

Principal Investigator: Laura MacPherson, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA018730

Period: 5/10/10-4/30/13

Total Direct Costs: $600,000


Novel Intervention for Drug Use and HIV Risk among Anxiety Sensitive Heroin Users“

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D

Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA23384

Period: 08/01/09 – 07/31/11

Total Costs = $750,000


Behavioral Measurement of Negative Reinforcement in Adolescent Alcohol Use/Abuse”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D

Agency: National Institute of Alcohol Abuse, and Alcoholism

Type and Number: R21 AA17685

`qPeriod: 04/10/09 – 03/31/11

Total Costs = $400,000


Drug Choice, Impulsivity, and Risky Sexual Behavior”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse R01

Type and Number: R01 DA19405

Period: 6/01/06 – 5/31/11

Total Costs = $1,250,000


Principal Investigator at CAPER (past)


Behavioral Treatment for Depressed Smokers”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse R01

Type and Number: R01 DA18730

Period: 10/01/05 – 6/30/09

Total Costs = $1,100,000


Behavioral Technologies for Predicting HIV Risk”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA18647

Period: 7/1/05-6/30/10

Total Costs = $1,640,000


Behavioral Technologies for Predicting HIV Risk: Genetics Administrative Supplement”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA18647-S2

Period: 9/1/06-6/30/10

Total Costs = $196,000


Behavioral Technologies for Predicting HIV Risk: Environmental Assessment Administrative Supplement”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA18647-S3

Period: 9/1/08-6/30/10

Total Costs = $140,000


Distress Tolerance and Early Smoking Lapse”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA15375

Period: 8/15/03 – 5/31/07

Total Costs = $869,000


Distress Tolerance and Early Smoking Lapse: Cortisol Administrative Supplement”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA15375-S2

Period: 8/15/05 – 5/31/07

Total Costs = $74,500


A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Nalmefene HCl in the Treatment of Pathological Gambling”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Source: Somaxon Pharmaceuticals

Period: 7/1/05-6/30/06

Total Costs = $12,675


Testing a Behavioral Predictor of HIV Risk”

Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R21 DA14699

Period: 10/1/02 – 9/30/05

Total Costs = $289,000


Collaborative Mentoring in the Integration of Basic Cognitive Science and the Assessment and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors”

Co-Principal Investigators: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D. & Thomas S. Wallsten, Ph.D.

Agency and Type: University of Maryland Scholarship in Teaching and Learning

Period: 6/1/02 – 5/31/03

Total Costs = $3,500



Co-Investigator from CAPER on Grants Housed Elsewhere (current)


Depression Treatment for Urban Low Income Minority Substance Users"

Principal Investigator: Stacey B. Daughters, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01 DA26424
Period: 4/1/10-3/30/15
Total Direct Costs: $1,475,000


Behavioral Depression Treatment for African American HIV-infected Substance Users” Principal Investigator: Stacey B. Daughters, Ph.D.
Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse
Type and Number: R01 DA22974
Period: 9/1/08-6/30/12
Total Costs: $1,400,000


*“Distress Tolerance: Links with Family Emotional Climate and Adolescent HIV Risk”
Principal Investigator: Jude Cassidy, Ph.D.
Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse
Type and Number: R01 DA25550
Period: 9/1/08-6/30/10
Total Costs: $400,000


PTSD and Predictors of Residential Drug Treatment Drop Out”
Principal Investigator: Matthew T. Tull, Ph.D.
PI Affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center

Co-Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.
Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse
Type and Number: R21 DA22383
Period: 5/1/07 - 4/30/07
Total Costs = $400,000


*“Predictors of Drug-Related Attentional Bias among Crack/Cocaine Users with PTSD”

Principal Investigator: Matthew T. Tull, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R03 DA023001

Period: 5/1/2007 - 4/30/2007

Total Costs: $74,000


*“Distress Tolerance and Adolescent Substance Use”

Principal Investigator: Stacey B. Daughters, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R21 DA022741-01A1

Period: 9/1/07 - 8/30/09

Total Costs: $400,000


Integrated Treatment for Depressed Mothers of ADHD Children”

Principal Investigator: Andrea M. Chronis, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Mental Health

Type and Number: R34 MH073567-01A1

Period: 3/15/06-12/31/08

Total Costs: $646,102


Co-Investigator (Subcontract) with PI elsewhere


Toward an Institute of Child Development in Bucharest Romania”

Principal Investigator: Charles Nelson, Ph.D.

PI Affiliation: Children’s Hospital Boston

Co-Investigator: Catalina Kopetz, Ph.d.

Prime Agency: MacArthur Foundation

Type and Number: N/A

Period: 06/01/10-08/31/11

Total Subcontract Costs: $12,478


Evaluation of Novel PTSD Risk Assessment Tools for Disaster-Exposed Youth

Principal Investigator: Carla K. Danielson, Ph.D.

PI Affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina

Co-Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R21 MH86313

Period: 7/01/09 – 6/31/11

Total Subcontract Costs = $29,000


"Treatment of Cocaine Addiction with Integrative Meditation"

Principal Investigator: Kevin Chen, Ph.D.

PI Affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R21 DA25149

Period: 4/01/09 – 3/31/11

Total Subcontract Costs = $32,000


Panic Disorder, Smoking, and Related Medical Problems”

Principal Investigator: Michael J. Zvolensky, Ph.D.

PI Affiliation: University of Vermont

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R21 DA16227

Period: 8/01/03 – 5/31/06

Total Subcontract Costs = $42,000

Primary Mentor on Junior Faculty and Student Grants


HPA Axis Reactivity To Stress In Chronic Cocaine Users And Healthy Control

Principal Investigator: Jessica Richards, B.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: F31 National Research Service Award Fellowship DA27242

Period: 6/1/10 – 5/31/13

Total Costs: $100,386


Examining The Effect Of Behavioral Activation On Substance Use Outcomes

Principal Investigator: Jessica Magidson, B.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: F31 National Research Service Award Fellowship DA26679

Period: 4/15/10 – 4/14/13

Total Costs: $41,341


Behavioral Technologies for Preventing HIV Risk: Minority Supplement”

Principal Investigator: Andres De Los Reyes

Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R01DA018647-S1

Period: 07/01/09-06/30/11

Total Costs: $78,506


Implicit & Explicit Mechanisms in Crack Cocaine & Sex Trade Association”

Principal Investigator: Catalina Kopetz, Ph.D.

Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Type and Number: F32 DA 026253

Period: 06/19/09-06/18/11

Total Costs: $97,264


Distress Tolerance and Adolescent Smoking Cessation”
Principal Investigator: Laura MacPherson, Ph.D.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Type and Number: K23 DA023143
Project Period: 04/01/08 – 3/31/11
Total Costs: $750,000


Drug Choice, Impulsivity, and Risky Sexual Behavior: Minority Supplement”

Principal Investigator: Tanya Geiger, M.A. (Public Health PhD student)

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type: Minority Supplement to R01 DA18730

Period: 06/01/08 – 5/31/10

Total Costs: $80,854


Risk Factors in the Relationship between Gender and Crack Cocaine

Principal Investigator: Elizabeth K. Reynolds, B.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: F31 National Research Service Award Fellowship DA23302

Period: 09/17/10-02/01/10

Total Costs: $97,938


Distress Tolerance Treatment for Inner-City Drug Users

Principal Investigator: Marina A. Bornovalova, M.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R36 Dissertation Research DA21820

Period: 10/01/06 – 9/30/08

Total Costs = $140,000


Anxiety Vulnerabilities in Heroin Users”

Principal Investigator: Autumn Paulson, M.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: F31 National Research Service Award Fellowship DA20406

Period: 10/01/06 – 9/30/08

Total Costs = $77,336


Behavioral Treatment for Depressed Smokers: Minority Supplement”

Principal Investigator: Tyish Hall Brown, M.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type: Minority Supplement to R01 DA18730

Period: 06/01/06 – 5/31/08

Total Costs = $72,820


Behavioral Technologies for Predicting HIV Risk: Minority Supplement”

Principal Investigator: Marsha Sargeant, B.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type: Minority Supplement to R01 DA18647

Period: 06/01/06 – 5/31/10

Total Costs = $178,292


Distress Tolerance and Drug Treatment Drop-out”

Principal Investigator: Stacey B. Daughters, M.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: R36 Dissertation Research DA018387

Period: 9/01/04 – 6/30/07

Total Costs = $140,000


Impulsivity Processes Underlying Drug Choice and Sexual Risk”

Principal Investigator: Marina Bornovalova, B.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type and Number: F31 National Research Service Award Fellowship DA18506

Period: 8/15/04 – 9/31/06

Total Costs = $69,571


Distress Tolerance and Early Smoking Lapse: Minority Supplement”

Principal Investigator: Adria-J. Trotman, M.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type: Minority Supplement to R01 DA15375

Period: 02/01/04 – 8/14/06

Total Costs = $65,715


Risk-taking Behaviors and African American Adolescents”

Principal Investigator: Will M. Aklin, M.A.

Agency: National Institute of Drug Abuse

Type: F31 Minority National Research Service Award Fellowship

Period: 10/01/03 – 9/31/06

Total Costs = $75,000