| Dr. James McKay is an Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Scientific Director of the Penn-VA Center for Studies of Addiction and the Treatment Research Institute. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University, and completed a clinical psychology internship at McLean Hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship in treatment outcome research at Brown University, prior to coming to Penn.
Dr. McKay is the recipient of an Independent Scientist (K02) Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, as well as a number of research grants from NIDA and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. He is the author or coauthor of over 100 journal articles and 21 book chapters. His work has included evaluations of continuing care treatments for alcohol and cocaine use disorders, comparisons of outcomes following inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation treatments, the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of enhanced treatments for substance abuse, and the identification of factors over time that predict relapse following substance abuse treatment. He is a member of NIDA's Health Services Grant Review Committee, and a member of the Scientific Panel of Advisors, Butler Center for Research, Hazelden Foundation. Dr. McKay's current research efforts are focused on the development and evaluation of new approaches to the management of addiction as a chronic disorder. |
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