California-Arizona Research Node, NIDA National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) leads the California-Arizona (CA-AZ) Research Node of the NIDA National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN). The overall goal of the Research Node is to participate in and conduct high-quality multi-site clinical trials of interventions for drug abuse and addiction, and to guide the development, dissemination, and adoption of effective interventions in the field. The Research Node consists of a Regional Research and Training Center (RRTC) at UCSF that is linked in partnership with researchers at the University of Arizona and with twenty community-based treatment programs (CTPs) in California and Arizona. The goal of the CA-AZ Research Node is to stimulate research to improve the effectiveness of treatment of addiction to opiates, cocaine and methamphetamine, nicotine, and other abused drugs. The gap between research and treatment is one of the most critical unresolved issues in drug abuse. The Node fosters collaboration among scientists and practitioners to stimulate new research improving the effectiveness of drug abuse treatment in community settings.
INVESTIGATORS KEY STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Regional Research and Training Center (RRTC)
UCSF
James L. Sorensen, PhD
PI / Director
james.sorensen@ucsf.edu
Joseph R. Guydish, PhD
Co-PI / Co-Director
joseph.guydish@ucsf.edu
Carmen Masson, PhD
Training & Quality Assurance
carmen.masson@ucsf.edu
Steve Batki, MD
steven.batki@ucsf.edu
Grant Colfax, MD, MPH
grant.colfax@sfdph.org
Janice Tsoh, PhD
jtsoh@lppi.ucsf.edu
Elinore McCance-Katz, MD, PhD
elinore.mccance-katz@ucsf.edu
University of Arizona
Varda Shoham, PhD
PI, University of Arizona
varda@u.arizona.edu
Michale Rohrbaugh, PhD
Co-PI, University of Arizona
michaelr@u.arizona.edu
Key Staff
Audrey Brooks, PhD
Training & Quality Assurance
brooksaj@email.arizona.edu
Tim Matheson
tim.matheson@sfdph.org
Anh Nguyen, BA
Research Administrative Coordinator
anh.l.nguyen@sfdph.org
Barbara Paschke, MEd
Node Coordinator
barbara.paschke@ucsf.edu
Michael Shopshire, PhD
Training & Quality Assurance
michael.shopshire@ucsf.edu
Adrienne Wente, BA
Assistant to Director
adrienne.wente@ucsf.edu
Community Partners
Community Treatment Programs (CTPs)
Bi-Valley Medical Clinic, Inc., Sacramento, CA
Executive Director: John J. McCarthy, MD
East Bay Community Recovery Project, Oakland, CA
Executive Director: Joan Zweben, PhD
La Frontera Center, Inc., Tucson, AZ
Site PI: Patricia Penn, PhD
San Francisco General Hospital Division of Substance Abuse and Addiction Medicine(DSAAM)
Site PI: Valerie Gruber, PhD
Allied Programs
Native American Health Center, Oakland, CA
Site Leader: Ethan Nebelkopf PhD
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Site Leader: Peter Banys, MD
Tohono O’odham Nation, Sells, AZ
Site Leader: Juanita Homer
Walden House, San Francisco, CA
Site Leader: Richard Jimenez
Implementation Partners
Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Director: Marye L. Thomas, MD
Asian Pacific Islanders Wellness Center
Executive Director: Lance Toma, LCSW
Community Partnership of Southern Arizona
Director of Research and System Development: Michael R. Berren, PhD
Contra Costa County Alcohol & Other Services
Director: Haven Fearn
Marin County Division of Alcohol, Drug & Other Tobacco Programs
Chief: D.J. Pierce
Monterey County Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health Director: Wayne Clark
Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Director: Thomas E. Freese, PhD
Richmond Area Multi Services
President & CEO: Kavoos G. Bassiri, LMFT, CGP
San Francisco Community Behavioral Health Services
Director: Robert Paul Cabaj, MD
San Mateo County Substance Abuse & Shelter Services
AOD Administrator: Judy Davila
Sonoma County Alcohol & Other Drug Services Division
Director: Gino Giannavola, MPA
California Society of Addiction Medicine
Director: Peter Banys, MD, MSc
Contact
James L. Sorensen, PhD, Principal Investigator Director of the California-Arizona CTN Node
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Avenue
Building 20, Suite 2117, Box 0852
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-206-3969
james.sorensen@ucsf.edu