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Laura MacPherson, Ph.D.
Background Information:Dr. MacPherson received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology in 2005 following completion of her clinical internship at the Brown Medical School Clinical Psychology Training Consortium. She recently joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2007 as a Research Assistant Professor and serves as Associate Director of the Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research.Research Interests:Dr. MacPherson’s clinical and research interests broadly include a developmentally-informed examination of the progression and cessation of addictive behaviors among adolescents and young adults to improve youth-tailored interventions. Current projects and interests include: 1) examining distress tolerance as a mechanism underlying relapse among adolescent smokers, 2) identifying trajectories of appetitive (e.g., risk taking propensity) and avoidant (e.g., distress tolerance) reinforcement based processes as they relate to changes in adolescent substance use and risk behaviors over time, 3) developing and testing behavioral activation-based cessation interventions for adult and adolescent smokers with a focus on reward processing mechanisms underlying treatment effects, and 4) developing instruments targeting motivational and behavioral self-change processes in adolescent and young adult substance use.Dr. MacPherson mentors graduate students in the Clinical Psychology Program in conjunction with Dr. Lejuez through the Center for Addictions, Emotion, and Personality Research (CAPER). Interested students should be sure to mention both Dr. MacPherson and Dr. Lejuez in their application for admission. Selected Publications:MacPherson, L., Lejuez, C.W., et al. (revise and resubmit). Randomized controlled trial of behavioral activation smoking cessation treatment for smokers with elevated depressive symptoms. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.Myers, M.G., & MacPherson, L. (in press). Assessing coping with temptations for adolescent smoking: A preliminary study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. MacPherson, L. & Myers, M.G. (in press). Examination of a process model of adolescent smoking self-change efforts in relation to gender. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse. MacPherson, L., Stipelman, B.A., Duplinsky, M., Brown, R.A., & Lejuez, C.W. (2008). Distress tolerance and pre-smoking treatment attrition: Examination of moderating relationships. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1385-1393. MacPherson, L., Strong, D.R., & Myers, M.G. (2008). Using an item response model to examine the nicotine dependence construct as characterized by the HONC and the mFTQ among adolescent smokers. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 880-894. Myers, M.G., & MacPherson, L. (2008). Adolescent reasons for quitting smoking: Initial psychometric evaluation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 129-134. MacPherson, L., Strong, D.R., Kahler, C.W., Abrantes, A.M., Ramsey, S., & Brown, R.A. (2007). Association of post smoking treatment change with future smoking and cessation efforts among adolescents with psychiatric comorbidity. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 9, 1297-1307. Myers, M.G., MacPherson, L., Jones, L., & Aarons, G. (2007). Measuring adolescent smoking cessation strategies: Instrument development and initial evaluation. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 9, 1131-1138. MacPherson, L., Myers, M.G., & Johnson, M. (2006). Adolescent definitions of change in smoking behavior: An investigation. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 8, 683-687. MacPherson, L., Frissell, K.C., Brown, S.A., & Myers, M.G. (2006). Adolescent substance use problems. In Mash, E.J., & Barkley, R.A. (Eds.). Treatment of childhood disorders (Third Edition). pp. 731-777. MacPherson, L., & Myers, M.G. (2004). Invariance study of an adolescent survey-based smoking-related cognitions scale: Examination across Hispanic & Caucasian groups. Preventive Medicine, 39, 1027-1036. Myers, M.G., & MacPherson, L. (2004). Smoking cessation efforts among substance-abusing adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 73, 209-213. Grants:FundedDistress Tolerance and Adolescent Smoking Cessation Principal Investigator: Laura MacPherson, Ph.D. Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse Type and Number: K23 DA023143 Project Period: 3 years Total Direct Costs: $514,368 Behavioral Measurement of Negative Reinforcement in Adolescent Alcohol Use/Abuse Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D. Role: Co-Investigator Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Aloholism Type and Number: R21 AA01768 Project Period: 2 years Total Direct Costs: $219,250 Investigating College Student Cigarette Smoking Self-Change Principal Investigator: Mark G. Myers, Ph.D. Role: Consultant/Co-Investigator Agency: California Tobacco Related Disease Research Program Type and Number: 15IT-0062 Project Period: 2 years Total Direct Costs: $100,000 Pending 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 Project Period: 4 years Total Direct Costs: $1,474,416 Priority Score First Submission: 29 (new NIH scoring system) Novel Behavioral Intervention for Low Income Depressed Smokers in Drug Treatment Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D. Role: Co-Investigator Agency: National Cancer Institute Type and Number: R01 CA141625 Project Period: 3 years Total Direct Costs: $1,105,212 Priority Score First Submission: 204 Behavioral Technologies for Predicting HIV Risk Principal Investigator: Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D. Role: Co-Principal Investigator Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse Type and Number: R01 DA018647 Project Period: 5 years Total Direct Costs: $3,140,215 Link to Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research (CAPER) website |
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College Park, Maryland 20742-4411 • phone: 301-405-5890 • fax: 301-314-9566 • email: jcoldren@psyc.umd.edu