Welcome Dr. Denise Hien, the New CAS Director!
Denise Hien, Ph.D., ABPP joined Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, as the new Director for the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, and Professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University, New Brunswick on October 2, 2017. Recognized as a leader in the field of post-traumatic stress and addictions, her body of work has contributed to the evidence base on effective interventions for individuals with PTSD and substance use disorders. She and her group have conduct programmatic research through single- and multi-site clinical trials across the United States in community-based substance abuse treatment settings, with continuous funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (19 grants total: 6 R01, 1 multi-site) for over 20 years. She currently leads an NIDA R25 training grant for translational addiction research for racial/ethnic minority BS/MD, MA and PhD candidates in the biomedical and social sciences. She is board-certified in clinical psychology and has served as a standing and ad hoc member on NIDA, NIAAA and NIMH Institutional Review Groups, and a health disparities advisory group to the Director of NIDA on Asian/Pacific Islander issues. Dr. Hien will assume leadership to increase the center’s visibility in shaping the national conversation about traumatic stress and its role in the development and maintenance of alcohol and other substance use disorders.
Dr. Hien received her B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University, and her M.S., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her postdoctoral training in substance use research at the Division on Substance Use Disorders at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she has retained a longstanding adjunct appointment, now as Senior Research Scientist. Over her career, she has served on the doctoral faculties of the Derner School of Psychology at Adelphi University, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and The City College of New York. She has also served in numerous academic leadership roles within each of these institutions.
Contact and Affiliation Denise Hien, Ph.D., ABPP Director and Professor Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Smithers Hall, 607 Allison Road Piscataway NJ 08854 USA Phone 848.445.0749 Fax 732.445.3500 Email denise.hien@smithers.rutgers.edu