Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Overview

           Peter M. Monti, Ph.D. is the Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies and Director of the Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE) at Brown University. He is an internationally recognized leader in the study of the bio-behavioral mechanisms underlying addictive behaviors and in the development of prevention and treatment interventions for substance use disorders.

           Dr. Monti has authored approximately 400 peer-reviewed publications, monographs, and book chapters, with scholarship focused on assessment, mechanisms of change, early intervention, and treatment. He is co-editor of the second edition of Adolescents, Alcohol and Substance Abuse and continues to lecture nationally and internationally.

         His research spans: 1) adolescent substance use prevention and treatment; 2) coping skills and relapse prevention; 3) integrated cognitive -behavioral and pharmacological interventions; 4) alcohol use and HIV/sexual risk behavior; and 5) the impact of substance use on chronic disease.

           Dr. Monti's contributions to the addictions field are both theoretical and applied. He has trained hundreds of students, primarily psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows, and has served as Principal Investigator on multiple NIH-funded center grants and a T32 institutional training grant. His center leadership has advanced research on alcohol and HIV risk as well as the role of substance use in the onset and exacerbation of chronic disease.

           He has served extensively on national scientific review committees, including those for NIAAA and NIDA and the VA Merit Review Board. He was a long-time member of NIAAA's Portfolio Review Committee-a committee charged with helping to chart the course for the Alcohol Institute and has served on NIAAA's Extramural Advisory Board. He has sat on numerous editorial boards of scientific journals, including Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Dr. Monti is a Fellow of Divisions 12, 18, and 50 of the American Psychological Association and of the American Psychological Society.

           His honors include the Distinguished Researcher Award from Section VIII of APA’s Division 12 (2003), the Musiker-Merenda Award from the Rhode Island Psychological Association (2002), the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Association of Medical School Psychologists (2003), the Distinguished Researcher Award (2006) and Marlatt Mentorship Award (2013) from the Research Society on Alcoholism, the Distinguished Career Contribution Award from APA Division 50 (2012), and the Mendelson Award from the National Institutes of Health (2012) for his longstanding contributions to the understanding and treatment of substance use disorders. He is a past President of the Research Society on Alcoholism and previously served on the NIH Council for NIAAA.

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