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Substance Abuse

 

 
Dolores Cimini   Dolores Cimini
Director Of Middle Earth
University Counseling Center
 
Areas of expertise:
Psychology; mental health issues; suicide prevention; alcohol and other drug abuse prevention in college students; peer counseling and peer education; college student hotlines; peer theater programs; disability issues
 
Campus e-mail:   dcimini@uamail.albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-5800
 
 
Heather Larkin   Heather Larkin
Assistant Professor
School of Social Welfare
 
Areas of expertise:
Substance abuse; co-occurring disorders; impact of adverse childhood experiences; homelessness; aging; meditation interventions; integrative service system responses; Integral Restorative Processes (IRP)
 
Campus e-mail:   hlarkin@albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 591-8779
 
 
Estela M. Rivero   Estela M. Rivero
Director of Counseling
University Counseling Center
 
Areas of expertise:
Clinical psychology; addiction; recovery; prevention
 
Campus e-mail:   erivero@uamail.albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-5800
 
 
Shadi S. Saleh   Shadi S. Saleh
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior
 
Areas of expertise:
Prescription drugs; hospital sector; health care financing; health care outcomes; pay-for-performance; substance abuse
 
Campus e-mail:   ssaleh@albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 402-0333
 
 
Bruce B. Svare   Bruce B. Svare
Professor
Department of Psychology
 
Areas of expertise:
Steroid abuse among athletes (Olympic, professional, collegiate, high school, youth); early specialization and professionalization of young athletes; overemphasis on winning; material rewards (e.g., athletics scholarships and professional contracts); academic corruption in high schools and colleges; increasing of performance enhancing drugs; declining sportsmanship; violence exhibited by athletes, coaches, parents, and fans; media coverage of young athletes; sports gambling; Title IX; increasing abandonment of intramural, recreational, and fitness-based needs of kids; rising obesity; increasing incidents of sports injury, burnout, overtraining of young athletes
 
Campus e-mail:   svare@cnsunix.albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-4848
 
 
Starr A. Wood   Starr A. Wood
Assistant Professor
School of Social Welfare
 
Areas of expertise:
Post-traumatic stress; substance abuse; HIV/AIDS care
 
Campus e-mail:   sawood@albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 437-3680
 
   
 


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