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Audrey A. Klein, Ph.D.
Director, Butler Center for Research
Audrey A. Klein, Ph., D., is the Director of the Butler Center for Research at Hazelden's headquarters in Center City, Minnesota. The Butler Center for Research is dedicated to improving recovery from addiction by conducting clinical and institutional research, collaborating with other research centers, and communicating scientific findings.
Numerous studies are conducted on Hazelden patient populations and are designed to further elucidate the mechanisms underlying effective treatment for drug and alcohol problems. The more we can objectively describe and measure processes and indicators of change, the better we can target our treatment efforts, work to improve treatment outcomes, and communicate to people about our results.
Dr. Klein received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Case Western Reserve University in 1999. She completed her Master's degree in Cognitive Psychology (also from Case Western) in 1997 and received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Kenyon College in 1994. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in alcoholism research at the Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo (SUNY). As an experimentalist, much of her early research focused on elucidating the processes underlying cognitive functions such as memory and attention. More recently, she has examined cognitive processing in persons with substance use disorders using a wide variety of information processing methodologies. Prior to joining the Butler Center for Research in October 2007, Dr. Klein was an assistant professor of Psychology at Knox College, a small liberal arts college in central Illinois. In her current role as director, Dr. Klein oversees key data operations throughout Hazelden, including collection, analysis and reporting of patient outcomes and satisfaction. She regularly conducts multivariate statistical analyses of institutional data and disseminates the results. She also oversees clinical research studies involving Hazelden patient samples. She serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies and teaches the Research Design and Statistics course.
Dr. Klein's work has been published in several peer reviewed journals including the Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, Behaviour Research & Therapy, Addictive Behaviors, and the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
Dr. Klein is an excellent resource to the media and provides data to support trends in addiction. She has appeared in print and broadcast interviews and enjoys helping audiences understand the complexities of this multi-faceted disease.
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