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Dr. Denise Hien

Senior Vice Provost for Research, Chancellor’s Office, Rutgers-New Brunswick; Center Director and Helen E. Chaney Endowed Chair in Alcohol Studies; Distinguished Professor, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology

Office: SMH 221B

Email: denise.hien@smithers.rutgers.edu

Phone: 848-445-0749

Curriculum Vitae:

  • Bio
  • Current Research
  • Grants
  • Selected Publications
  • Recent Awards
  • Other Information

Bio

Denise Hien, Ph.D., ABPP, is the Senior Vice Provost for Research, Chancellor’s Office, Rutgers-New Brunswick; Director of CAS; the Helen E. Chaney Endowed Chair in Alcohol Studies and Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University. 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 conducted 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 (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) (24 grants total: 7 R01, 2-R25, 1 multi-site) for over 30 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, and an NIAAA R01, a meta-analysis with individual patient data examining effectiveness of treatment for PTSD and AODs. 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 hopes 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 appointment, now as Adjunct 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. Within each of these institutions, she has held numerous leadership roles in academic and research administration.

Current Research

For a complete list, see https://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/research/tap-lab-trauma-and-addiction-project-lab/

Project Harmony: A virtual clinical trial and meta-analysis with individual patient data for PTSD and Alcohol and Other Drug Use Disorders.

PTSD and AOD are frequently co-occurring disorders. Individually, they each pose significant public health problems, which are substantially exacerbated by their comorbidity. The PTSD/AOD VCT study is a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism funded integrative data analysis project that will synthesize disparate data from 50 existing PTSD and alcohol and other drug disorders (AOD) treatment studies (resulting in a total of 4,544 study participants) to examine the relative efficacy of different AOD/PTSD treatments. Led by a team of experts in PTSD/AOD treatment and clinical trials from Rutgers Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies (Hien (MPI) & Ruglass), RTI International (Morgan-Lopez (MPI) & Saavedra), Medical University of South Carolina (Back, Brady & Killeen) & Columbia University (Campbell), the VCT study will use three novel and sophisticated data analytic approaches- meta-analysis of individual patient data, integrative data analysis, and propensity score weighting- to provide clear and definitive recommendations regarding which PTSD/AOD treatments are optimally effective. It will also indicate who is more or less likely to benefit from specific treatments, and whether the mechanisms of change in these treatments are similar or distinct. See Project Harmony website: https://projectharmonyvct.com for more details.

Expanding the COVID-Dynamic Study to Examine Patterns and Correlates of Substance Use During the Coronavirus Pandemic

As we face the immediate and longer-term impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, we see two broad domains that confer risk for the development of substance use problems/disorders, one involving medically related adverse impacts due to traumatic stress exposure and loss, and the second involving economic losses and social strains. In both of these domains, substance use, acting as a self-medication, will lead for some to problematic use and disorders. This study seeks to explore the longitudinal impacts of coronavirus related factors (stressors and trauma, losses, illnesses, economic conditions) on substance use patterns in a national sample, collaborating with the COVID Dynamic Study (CDS) at Caltech and Rutgers CAS’ Matt Lee, Yihong Zhao, and Lorraine Howard. Specifically, the COVID Dynamic Study, “Characterizing the dynamics of emotional and social attitudes during the covid-19 pandemic” is a big-data-driven longitudinal survey study of 1,800 individuals employing survey responses and experimental tasks. Its overarching translational goal is to help to improve messaging and compliance to public health regulations related to covid-19 through a better understanding of the socio-emotional factors that influence people’s decision-making. To quantify longitudinal effects that could inform public health policy, anonymized data is collected on subjects’ implicit and explicit socio-emotional biases, to characterize how these might relate to social, economic, moral and political judgments. See COVID Dynamic Study (CDS) at Caltech for more details.

Reading Faces: Social Cognition and PTSD

Our prior work (Social SCAN) found that individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) perceive facial stimuli as more trustworthy in comparison to trauma-exposed individuals without PTSD (Fertuck et al., 2016). Reading Faces extends this work by investigating the behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying trustworthiness perception among three groups: individuals with high posttraumatic symptoms, low posttraumatic symptoms, and individuals with no history of trauma exposure. A second aim of the Reading Faces project is to test the efficacy of an attentional learning task: can disruptions in social cognition related to PTSD improve with attentional training?  While electroencephalography (EEG) is being recorded, participants in the laboratory rate faces and then complete an attentional training task. See TREATlab for more.

Social Emotions in co-occurring PTSD and alcohol misuse

PTSD and alcohol misuse or alcohol use disorder co-occur at significantly high rates. Current treatments targeting PTSD with co-occurring alcohol misuse have primarily focused on extinguishing the feeling of fear associated with trauma and reducing the activation of the reward pathway in alcohol misuse. But the efficacy of these treatments have proven to be limited; active and control conditions often show similar outcomes. Social emotions—specifically the feelings of shame and guilt — have been identified as emotions prevalent in both PTSD and alcohol misuse. Unlike fear and disgust, social emotions arise from interpersonal contexts and require self-referential thinking. This project investigates the behavioral and neural mechanism of shame and guilt in a sample of individuals with comorbid PTSD and hazardous drinking.  In a laboratory session, we look at whether shame and guilt increases alcohol craving and posttraumatic symptoms while using EEG to identify neural signatures for shame and guilt.

Mobile Mindfulness: Smartphone-based meditation training for enhanced cognition and emotion regulation

Research has shown that face-to-face mindfulness meditation has a positive impact on physical and psychological health. The Mobile Mindfulness project examines whether a smartphone-based mindfulness training (SBMT) can result in similar benefits. This project collects neural, behavioral, physiological, and subjective report data to help us understand how meditation helps us change how we feel, think, and respond. A second aim of this project is to pilot SBMT with individuals who report trauma-related distress and risky drinking. After screening for a good study fit, participants download a SBMT app onto their personal smartphone and use the app for 30 days. During the 30 days, participants complete one guided meditation daily. Before and after the 30-day period, participants attend an EEG laboratory session with attentional and cognitive exercises.

TRACC Program

TRACC (Translational Research Training in Addictions for Racial/Ethnic Minorities at the City College of New York and Columbia University Medical Center) aims to increase the number of scientists from underrepresented minority groups conducting translational addiction research. According to a 2011 article in Science, a low percentage of minority scientists achieve success in research award funding despite years of field-wide diversification efforts. Additionally, as the field of translational neuroscience continues to expand, the numbers of qualified minority scientists with interdisciplinary training lags behind. TRACC addresses these gaps by reaching earlier into the career development pipeline to identify and actively facilitate the professional success of the most talented minority students. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded $1.5 million to support TRACC’s mission. TRACC capitalizes on CCNY’s exceptional pool of diverse students, its renowned multidisciplinary faculty and a novel collaboration with substance use researchers at CUMC. TRACC will train 20 researchers over the next five years. Trainees will be selected from a pool of faculty-nominated CCNY graduate psychology students plus students in the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education’s BS/MD program. An initial cohort of four will begin training in the spring of 2014.

Grants

Active Support (see CV for past support):

2018-2023 Principal Investigator, “Meta-Analysis with Individual Patient Data for PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorders” (MPI: Antonio Morgan-Lopez, Ph.D.), National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIH) R01, Total Direct and Indirect Costs $1.8 Million.

2019-2024 Consultant/Scientific Advisory Board, “Missing Data Matters: Substance Use Disorder Clinical Trials” (PI: Dan Scharfstein, MD; Co-I’s: Edward Nunes, MD & Aimee Campbell, Ph.D.), National Institute on Drug Abuse. Total Direct and Indirect Costs ~$2.0 Million.

2022-2024 Principal Investigator, Addiction Continuing Education for Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselors, State of New Jersey, Department of Health, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, $108,000.

2020-2025 Scientific Advisory Board Member, Diversity in Addiction Research Training at the Medical University of South Carolina, (DART) (PIs: Sudie Back, Ph.D. & Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D.) at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), (National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH R25 DA020537, $2.0 million

2020-2025 Principal Investigator, Translational Research Training in Addictions at City College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (TRACC) (MPI: Ruglass, CCNY; Co-I’s: Frances R. Levin, M.D., Aimee Campbell, Ph.D., Francine Conway, Ph.D., Robert Melara, Ph.D., Mauricio Trevisan, M.D.), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH) R25 Renewal, Total Direct and Indirect Costs $2.0 Million.

2021-2026 Scientific Advisory Board Member, Enhancing Diversity in Alcohol Research (EDAR) program (PI: Julianne Flanagan, Ph.D.), National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, R25.

2021-2023 Scientific Advisory Board Member. Archiving and Harmonizing Data on Prevention and Treatment of Child Traumatic Stress (PI: Nancy Kassam-Adams, Ph.D.), National Institute of Mental Health, R03.

2021-2026 Scientific Partner, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) (PI: Lisa Marsch, Ph.D), National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH-NIDA funded P30.

2021-2026 Mentor, LEAD Program, (PIs: Carmen Masson, Gideon St. Helen), R25, NIDA.

2022-2027 Mentor, FLORIDA-FIRST Health Sciences Brigade, National Institutes of Health, (PI: Frankie Wong, Ph.D.), U54 NIH.

2023-2028 Co-Investigator, Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of Massed PTSD Treatment with Veterans in Substance Use Treatment (MPI: Norman, Ph.D., University of California San Diego; Co-I’s: Kehle-Forbes, University of Minnesota), Veterans Administration, Total Direct and Indirect Costs 2.4 Million. Submitted August 15, 2022.

2023-2029 Consultant/Scientific Advisor, “Project HOPE: Stepped Care for IPV PTSD” (PIs: Tami Sullivan, Dawn Johnson, Edelman), NIDA R33/R61 Total and Direct Costs 3.5 Million, National Institute on Drug Abuse R61/R33.

Selected Publications

Selected Recent Publications (out of over 100: For a more complete list, see CV and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/denise.hien.1/bibliography/public/

Kline, A.C., Panza, K.E., Lyons, R., Kehle-Forbes, S.M., Hien, D. A., & Norman, S. B (2022 in press). Trauma-Focused Treatment for Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use, Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00129-w

 

Lopez-Castro, T., Papini, S., Bauer, A., Swarbrick, M., Paul, L. K., Nizzi, M. C., … & Hien, D. (2022, in press). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in a 16-month COVID-19 pandemic period. Journal of Traumatic Stress. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1002/jts.22899

 

Simpson, T. L., Kaysen, D.L., Fleming, C., Rhew, I.C., Jaffe, A. E., Desai, S., Hien, D. A., Berliner, L., Donovan, D., Resick, P. (2022 in press) Cognitive Processing Therapy and Relapse Prevention for Comorbid PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. PLOS One Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276111

 

Hien, D. A., Morgan-López, A.A., Saavedra, L. et al. (2022 in press). Project Harmony: A meta-analysis with individual patient data of behavioral and pharmacologic trials for comorbid posttraumatic stress, alcohol, and other drug use disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 107, 106479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106479

 

Lopez-Castro, T., Papini, S., Bauer, A., Swarbrick, M., Paul, L. K., Nizzi, M., … Hien, D. (May 26, 2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in a 16-month COVID-19 pandemic period. htt ps://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wpjgm

 

Saavedra, L. M., Morgan-Lopez, A. A., Back, S. E., Patel, S. V., Hien, D. A., Killeen, T. K., Norman, S. B., Fitzpatrick, S., Ebrahimi, C. T., Ruglass, L. M (2022 in press). Measurement error-corrected estimation of clinically significant change trajectories for interventions targeting comorbid PTSD and SUDs in OEF/OIF Veterans, Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.04.007https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.04.007

 

Bauer, A., Ruglass, L., Shevorykin, A., Saraiya, T., Robinson, G., Cadet, K., Julien, L., Chao, T., & Hien, D. (in press 2022). Predictors of therapeutic alliance, treatment feedback, and clinical outcomes among African American women in treatment for co-occurring PTSD and SUD. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108766https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108766

 

Morgan Lopez, A., Hien, D. A., Saraiya, T. C., Saavedra, L., Norman, S., Killeen, T., Simpson, T., Fitzpatrick, S., Mills K. L., Ruglass, L. M., Back, S. E., López-Castro, T., and the Consortium on Addiction, Stress and Trauma (CAST). Estimating PTSD severity in the presence of differential item functioning across populations, comorbidities and interview measures: Introduction to Project Harmony. (in press 2022). Journal of Traumatic Stress.https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22800

 

Im, S., Fitzpatrick, S., Hien, D. A., Lopez Castro, T., Pawlak, A & Melara, R. (2022). Frontal alpha asymmetry in children with trauma exposure, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience,53, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/15500594221076346

 

Ebrahimi, C., Bauer, A., & Hien, D. A. (2022). Substance use and young adults: The good, the bad, and the not so ugly. for. In Z. Kahn & J. Martinez (Eds), Emerging adults in therapy: How to strengthen your clinical competency . New York, NY: Norton Press.

 

Rusch, T., Han, Y., Liang, D., Hopkins, A. R., Lawrence, C., Maoz, U., … Stanley, D. A & the Covid Dynamic Team  (in press 2022). COVID-Dynamic: A large-scale multifaceted longitudinal study of socioemotional and behavioral change across the pandemic. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/75eyx, Scientific Data

 

Hien, D. A, Fitzpatrick, S. et al., (2021). What’s in a name? Creating a taxonomy for PTSD-SUD treatment types: Report from a consensus meeting of the Consortium of Addiction, Stress and Trauma (CAST), Project Harmony, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(1), 2001191.

 

Lopez-Castro, T., Zhao, Y., Fitzpatrick, S., Ruglass, L. & Hien, D. A. (2021). Seeing the forest for the trees: Predicting attendance in trials for co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders with a machine learning approach. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(10), 869–884. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000688

 

Saavedra, L. Morgan-Lopez, A., Hien, D. A., López-Castro, T., Ruglass L.M., Back, S. E., Fitzpatrick, S., Norman, S. B., Killeen, T., Hamblen, J. and CAST Consortium on Addictions, Stress and Trauma (CAST) Authors (2021). Evaluating treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol and other drug use disorders using meta-analysis of individual patient data: Design and methodology of a virtual clinical trial, Contemporary Clinical Trials, 107, 106479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106479

 

Hien, D. A., Lopez-Castro, T. Fitzpatrick, S., T., Fertuck, E., Ruglass, L., & Melara, R. (2021). Translational approaches to advance novel treatment development for PTSD and SUD. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Volume 127, 779-794, 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.05.022

 

Hien, D. A., Bauer, A., Franklin, L., Lalwali, T., & Pean, K. (2021). Coronavirus, opioid use, and racism: Conceptualizing the COR syndemic and its associations to traumatic stress, Psychiatric Services, 127, 779-794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.05.022

 

Fitzpatrick, S., Morgan-Lopez, A. A., Saraiya, T. C., Back, S. E., Killeen, T. K., Norman, S. B., Lopez-Castro, T., Ruglass, L.M., Saavedra, L. M., & Hien, D. A. (2021). Graded Response Item Response Theory in Scaling Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Trauma-Exposed Women with Substance Use Disorders. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 36(4), 397-409. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000757.

 

Polanco-Roman, L, Miranda, R., Hien., D. & Anglin, D. M. (2021). Racial/ethnic discrimination as race-based trauma and suicide-related risk in racial/ethnic minority young adults: The role of stress sensitivity and dissociation. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13(7), 759-767. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001076

 

Kline, A. C., Straus, E., Lyons, R. C., Angkaw, A. C., Davis, B. C., Haller, M., Hien, D. A., & Norman, S. B. (2021). Substance use predictors of attendance among veterans in integrated PTSD and alcohol use disorder treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 124, 108278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108278.

 

Martinez, S., Jones, J. D., Brandt, L., Hien, D. A., Campbell, A., Batchelder, S., & Comer, S. D. (2021). Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 221, 108632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108632.

 

Zhao, Y., Constable, R. Todd, Hien, D. A., Chung, T., Potenza, M. B. (2021). Brain anatomical covariation patterns linked to binge drinking and age at first full drink. Neuroimage: Clinical, 129 102529. Deposited to the bioRxiv Preprint 10.1101/2020.08.02.232942 has posted on bioRxiv: https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.08.02.232942v1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102529

 

Fitzpatrick, S., Norman, S., Back, S. & Hien, D. A. (2021). PTSD (16 pages). For American Psychiatric Association, Handbook of Substance Use Disorders (Eds. K. Brady & F. Levin), American Psychiatric Association Press.

 

Ruglass, L. M., Morgan-Lopez, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., Back., S. E., & Killeen, T. K. (2020) Measurement non-equivalence on the Clinician-administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-IV-TR) by race/ethnicity among women with co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders. Psychological Assessment, 32(11), 1015–1027. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000943

 

Allan, N. P., López-Castro, T., Hien, D. A., Papini, S., Killeen, T. K., Gros, D. F., Ruglass, L. M., Barrett, E., & Back, S. E. (2020). Response-to-treatment for comorbid post-traumatic stress and substance use disorders: The value of combining person- and variable-centered approaches. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 42, 725–738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-020-09803-w

 

Saraiya, T., Fitzpatrick, S., Lopez-Castro, T., Back, S., Hien, D. A. (2020). The social emotional profiles of PTSD, complex PTSD, and Borderline Personality Disorder: A latent class analysis of ICD-11 criteria. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34, 56-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22590

 

Allan, N. P., López-Castro, T., Hien, D. A., Papini, S., Killeen, T. K., Gros, D. F., Ruglass, L. M., Barrett, E., & Back, S. E. (2020). Response-to-treatment for comorbid post-traumatic stress and substance use disorders: The value of combining person- and variable-centered approaches. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 42, 725–738https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-020-09803-w

 

Saraiya, T., Fitzpatrick, S., Lopez-Castro, T., Back, S., Hien, D. A. (2020). The social emotional profiles of PTSD, complex PTSD, and Borderline Personality Disorder: A latent class analysis of ICD-11 criteria. Journal of Traumatic Stress. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22590

 

Saavedra, L. M., Morgan-Lopez, A.A., Hien, D. A., Back, S. E., Killeen, T.K., Ruglass, L.M., & Lopez-Castro, T. (2020). Putting the patient back in clinical significance: Using item response theory in estimating clinically significant change in treatment for PTSD and SUDs. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 34 (2), 454-466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22624.

 

Morgan-Lopez, A.A., Killeen T.K., Saavedra, L.M., Hien, D.A., Fitzpatrick, S., Ruglass, L.M., & Back, S.E. (2020). Crossover between diagnostic and empirical categorizations of full and subthreshold PTSD. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 274, 832-840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.031

 

Saraiya, T., Pavlicova, M., Hu, M., Nunes, E. V., Hien, D. A., & Campbell, A. (2020). Exploring gender differences among treatment-seekers who use opioids versus alcohol and other drugs. Women & Health, 31, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2020.1746952

 

Morgan-Lopez, A.A., Saavedra, L.M., Hien, D.A., Killeen, T.K., Back, S.E., Ruglass, L.M., Fitzpatrick, S., Lopez-Castro, T., & Patock-Peckham, J.A. (2020). Estimation of equable scale scores and treatment outcomes from patient- and clinician-reported PTSD measures using item response theory calibration. Psychological Assessment. 32(4), 321–335. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000789.

 

Saraiya, T., Lopez-Castro, T., Fareri, D., Fertuck, E., & Hien, D.A., Melara, R. (2020). The social cognitive appraisal of trustworthiness in individuals with dimensional levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms: A translational study, European Journal of Psychotraumatology. Vol 10 (1), 1697582 https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1697582

 

Hien, D.A., Kropp, F., Wells, E.A., Campbell, A.N., Hatch-Maillette, M., Lopez-Castro, T., Killeen, T., Ruglass, L.M., Saavedra, L. (2020). The “Women and Trauma” study and its national impact on advancing trauma specific approaches in community substance use treatment and research. For the 20th Anniversary of the Clinical Trials Network, Special Issue in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 112, 12-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.02.003

 

Fitzpatrick, S., Saraiya, T., Ruglass, L.M., Lopez-Castro, T. & Hien, D.A. (2020). Trauma characteristics of age of onset of trauma and severity predict treatment outcomes in a randomized clinical trial: A secondary analysis. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Vol 113, 107976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.01.012.

 

Saraiya, T., Swarbrick, M., Franklin, L., Kass, S. & Hien, D.A. (2020). Perspectives on trauma and the design of a technology-based trauma-informed intervention for women receiving medications for addiction treatment in a community based setting, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.112, 92-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.01.011

 

Papini, SP, Rubin, M, Powers, MB, Smits, JA, Hien, DA. (2020). Pretreatment PTSD symptom network metrics predict the strength of the association between node change and network change during treatment, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol 33 (1), 64-71. https://doi.org:10.1002/jts.22379

 

Hien, D.A., Litt, L., Lopez-Castro, T, Ruglass, L. (2020). Treatment of Addictions (25 pages). For Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced Relationship Based Approach-2nd Edition (Eds. C. Courtois & J. Ford), Guilford Press.

 

Lopez-Castro, T., Smith, K.Z., Nicholson, R.A., Armas, A. & Hien, D.A. (2019). Does a history of violent offending impact treatment response for comorbid PTSD and substance use disorders? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 97, 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2018.11.009

 

Saraiya, T., Zumberg, K., Campbell, A., & Hien, DA. (2019). Posttraumatic stress symptoms, shame, and substance use among Asian Americans, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 96, 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2018.10.002.

 

Ruglass, LM, Zumberg, K., Killeen, T. & Hien, D.A. (2019). Principles and recommendations for implementing psychopharmacology for the treatment of psychological disorders: Trauma related disorders (50 pages). Handbook of Psychopharmacology (Eds. S. Evans & K. Carpenter), American Psychological Association Press.

 

Litt, L., Cohen, L.R. & Hien, D.A. (2019). Seeking Safety: A present-focused integrated treatment for PTSD and SUD. In A. Vujanovic & S. Back (Eds.) Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders: A Comprehensive Clinical Handbook (pp. 183-207). Routledge Press.

 

Hien, DA, Zumberg, K., Owens, M, Lopez-Castro, T, Ruglass, L, & Papini, S. (2018). Lagged effects of symptom change in a randomized controlled trial for PTSD and substance use disorders with modified prolonged exposure and relapse prevention. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86 (10), 810-819. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000345

 

Melara, R, Singh, S, Hien, DA. (2018). Neural and behavioral correlates of attentional inhibition training and perceptual discrimination training in a visual flanker task. Frontiers in Neuroscience. Vol 12, Article 191. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00191

 

Melara, R, Ruglass, LM, Fertuck, E & Hien, DA. (2018). Regulation of threat in post-traumatic stress disorder: Associations between inhibitory control and dissociative symptoms. Biological Psychology, 133, 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2018.01.017

 

Chao, T, Radoncic, V, Hien, DA, Bedi, G & Haney, M. (2018). Stress responding in cannabis smokers as a function of trauma exposure, sex, and relapse in the human laboratory. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 185, 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.11.021

 

Maru, M., Saraiya, T., Lee, C., Meghania, O., Hien, DA, & Hahm, H. (2018). The relationship between intimate partner violence and suicidal ideation among young Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese American women, Women and Therapy. 41:3-4, 339-355. https://doi.org/10.1080/02703149.2018.1430381

 

Radoncic, V., Marcoux, B., & Hien, D. A. (2018). Self-management in addictive disorders. In. E. Martz (Ed.) Promoting self-management of chronic health conditions: Theories and practice (pp. 147-170). New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190606145.003.0007

Recent Awards

Hien, D. (2023). Letter of Appreciation for Service, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program.

Hien, D. (2023). Inaugural Mary Jean Kreek Award for Underserved Populations, College on Problems of Drug Dependence.

Hien, D. (2023). Award for Excellence in Trauma Services for the Underserved: Policy, Advocacy, Research and Clinical, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Hien, D. (2022). Nominee, Lifetime Achievement Award. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Hien, D. (2022). Nominee, Award for Excellence in Trauma Services for the Underserved: Policy, Advocacy, Research and Clinical. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Hien, D. (2022 and 2020). Certificate of Appreciation. New York Army National Guard, recognizing the contribution of trauma and mental health resources for National Guard soldiers on the COVID-19 mortuary affairs mission.
Hien, D. (2022). Nominee, Marian W. Fischman Memorial Lecture Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, recognizing the contributions of an outstanding woman scientist in drug abuse research.
Hien, D. (2022). Nominee, Board of Governors, College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Hien, D. (2020). Inaugural Helen E. Chaney Endowed Chair in Alcohol Studies. Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Hien, D. (2020). Eminent Scholar Mentorship Award. UMBC, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, for work with Rebecca Schact, Ph.D.
Hien, D. (2019). Honoree, Humanitarian of the Year, Empowering Futures, Transforming Communities Gala. Center for Great Expectations, New Jersey.
Hien, D. (2019). Elected Member. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence.
Hien, D. (2018). Elected Advisory Board Member for DART Program. Medical University of South Carolina.

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Research Interests: Effects of trauma exposures and addiction on the mind and body; intergenerational trauma and the impact of parental history on child functioning; the role of threat-related cognitive processing in the development and maintenance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and associated interpersonal impairments; efficacy of treatment interventions for co-occurring PTSD and addiction; psychophysiological (EEG) predictors of social emotions related to trauma and PTSD; multicultural/diversity barriers in mentoring in social sciences.

Expertise: Board Certification in Clinical Psychology (ABPP), 25 years in private practice working with traumatic stress and addiction related disorders, evidence-based assessment and treatment of PTSD and SUD, clinical supervisor and mentor, consulting for legal cases on physical and sexual abuse in the women’s prison population by prison guards. Licensed psychologist in New York State and New Jersey.

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