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Last Modified: 4/10/08
Advisory Council Members | NSAA Board of Directors
Scientific Advisory Board Members
Scientific Advisory Board Members, although representing many different backgrounds and perspectives, each must share NSAA’s commitment to building a strong national agenda for Student Assistance Programs and services. Scientific Advisory Board members are recommended based on their accomplishments. Membership is by invitation only, and board members serve in a non-compensated volunteer position.
Scientific Advisory Board members assist the NSAA Board in increasing impact and promoting both growth of the field and growth of the association through:
- Assisting in identifying critical issues of concern to the membership,
- Advising the formulation of association positions,
- Interfacing with policy makers in the federal government and fields related to Student Assistance,
- Reviewing the development of educational and training materials and programs,
- Advising on methods to enhance fundraising efforts
- Considering and advising on grant applications, research efforts, position statements and white papers.
Dr. Michael Dennis, Ph.D. (IL) GAIN Coordinating Center Director and a Senior Research Psychologist at Chestnut Health Systems, Bloomington, IL
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Mike has over 20 years of experience working in the areas of substance abuse treatment, mental health and criminal justice. He the chair of one of the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA's) Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, a past chair of the Health Services Research Review group for the National Institute Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the director of CSAT's adolescent treatment coordinating center. He has a MERIT award for NIDA to support his work on managing substance use disorders as a chronic condition and over 200 peer reviewed publications to date. mdennis@chestnut.org |
Dr. Ellyn Dickmann, Ph.D. (CO) Director of Research, Development and Planning for the Poudre School District, Fort Collins, CO |
Ellyn directs the Colorado State University Research and Development Center for the Advancement of Student Learning. She is an adjunct professor for Colorado State University in the area of Research Analysis and Techniques and serves as coordinator for district-wide Strategic Planning, Co-facilitates the Research and Reaction Think Tank, and the Radical Think Tank. She is a recognized speaker in the area of School Resource Officers and school safety. |
Dr.Andrew Finch, Ph.D. (TN) Assistant Clinical Professor of Human and Organizational Development, School Counseling Coordinator |
Dr. Andrew Finch is Assistant Clinical Professor and School Counseling Coordinator for the Human Development Counseling Program in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. He is also a co-founder of the Association of Recovery Schools. His book, Starting a Recovery School: A How-To Manual was released by Hazelden Publishing in 2005. From 1997-2006, Dr. Finch worked for Community High School in Nashville, a school for teens recovering from alcohol and other drug addictions that he helped form in 1997. Dr. Finch is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a licensed professional school counselor in Tennessee. Dr. Finch received his M.Ed. in human development counseling at Vanderbilt University in 1996 and his Ph.D. in school leadership and policy studies at Vanderbilt University in 2003. After receiving his Master’s degree, he worked for the Dede Wallace Center in Nashville as a school-based therapist before helping start Community High School. Dr. Finch’s research interests include the role of schools as continuing care for substance use disorders, counseling and human development, and school-community partnerships. |
Marc J. Fishman, MD (MD) Addiction Psychiatrist and a Faculty Member, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Marc serves as the Chairman and Medical Director of Maryland Treatment Centers, a regional behavioral healthcare provider, which includes programs for residential and outpatient treatment of drug-involved and dual-diagnosis adolescents and adults. His academic work has focused on models of care and treatment outcomes in adolescent addictions. He has been principal investigator for several projects funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to improve and evaluate adolescent treatment. He is the chair of the Treatment Criteria and Treatment Outcomes Committee of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a co-editor of the most recent edition of ASAM Patient Placement Criteria for the Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders, Second Edition-Revised (ASAM PPC-2R). |
| Dr. Carol Nixon,PhD. (TN) | Carol is Director of Evaluation and Grants for Students Taking a Right Stand, (STARS), based in Nashville, TN; and she serves as liason of the Scientific Board to the NSAA board of directors. She has seventeen years of experience in program evaluation, services research, and quality improvement related to prevention, intervention, and treatment services in school and community settings. Her work has been funded by federal agencies, such as the DOD, HRSA, and SAMHSA, as well as by state agencies, managed care organizations, and nonprofit organizations. She has authored numerous publications and reports and has presented evaluation findings nationally. |
Dr. Kerry J. Redican, PhD. (VA) Professor in the School of Education in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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Kerry has been a faculty member at Virginia Tech for twenty-three years. He has been actively involved in development, implementation, and evaluation of primary prevention programs in various settings including schools and communities. He is also a co-author of three textbooks (Health Today, Organization of School Health Programs, and Dimensions of Consumer Health) and has over 50 publications in health journals. He also has also served as a Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI on over $700,000 in grants and contract kredican@vt.edu |
| Dr. Sue Renes, PhD. (AK) | |
| Dr. David Sallee, (VA) | |
Dr. Susan Tarasevich, Ph.D. (PA) Lead Trainer and Consultant for the Commonwealth Approved Student Assistance Training and Development Program, Addiction Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Susan has provided regional/statewide staff training, program development, technical assistance, policy review and resources to 420 school districts, 42 private and parochial schools and 50+ community agencies from over 50 counties in Pennsylvania. She is the evaluator for multiple school districts in the areas of at-risk youth, and is a Grant Reviewer for the Federal Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, and the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration. |
Michelle White, Ph.D (IL) GAIN Coordinating Center Assistant Director and Research Scientist for the Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems, Bloomington, IL
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Michelle has also spent many years working as a Residential Treatment Specialist with adolescents with behavioral disorders and adults with developmental disabilities, a Certified Nursing Assistant in a nursing home, an intern for the McLean County Juvenile Detention Center, a diversion program for juveniles through the McLean County Courthouse, and in a pathology laboratory. Her current research interests are in the areas of the effects of changes in social environment on adolescent substance abuse relapse and criminal recidivism, and on implementation challenges to the treatment workforce in adopting evidence-based practices. |
Dr. Sigurd H. Zielke, Ph.D. Clinical Specialist, Fairbanks Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
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Sig's duties include field research, teaching, and special projects development. He is also a faculty member for the Fairbanks Research and Training Institute. The Indiana Counseling Association named him the Mental Health Counselor of the Year. He has co-authored Suicidal Youth and the School: An Educator’s Guide in 1994. In 2001, the Academy of Addictions Treatment Professionals produced videotapes of his“Helping the Angry Kid” and “Disturbed Attachment” lectures. SZielke@Fairbankscd.org |
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