Integrated Substance Abuse Program
University of California, Los Angeles
Principal Investigator:
Michael L. Prendergast, Ph.D.
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
NPI-Semel Institute for Neuroscience
University of California, Los Angeles
1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Office: 310-267-5503
mlp@ucla.edu
Other Investigators:
David Farabee, Ph.D.
William Burdon, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Co-PI:
Patricia Noble-Desy, M.A.
Administrator of Chemical Dependency Treatment Programs and Drug Testing
Washington State Department of Corrections
Administrator, Chemical Dependency Programs
Washington State Department of Corrections
Health Services Department
PO Box 41123 MS: 41123
Tumwater, WA 98504-1123
Office: 360-725-8700
pcmnobledesy@doc1.was.gov
The Pacific Coast Research Center (PCRC) is part of the nationwide network of research centers involved in NIDA’s Criminal Justice – Drug Abuse Treatment Research Studies (CJ-DATS). The PCRC brings together researchers from a broad array of disciplines with experience in criminal justice, drug abuse, and implementation research. The PCRC also partners with criminal justice agencies in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Michael L. Prendergast, Ph.D., PCRC’s Principal Investigator, is Director of the Criminal Justice Research Group at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs. PCRC key personnel include: Patricia Noble-Desy, M.A., Criminal Justice Co-Investigator. Ms Noble-Desy is Administrator of Chemical Dependency Treatment Programs and Drug Testing in the Washington State Department of Corrections. David Farabee, Ph.D., Co-Investigator. Dr. Farabee is a Professor-in Residence at UCLA and Director of the Juvenile Justice Research Group at ISAP. His research areas include drug abuse, adult and juvenile crime, HIV/AIDS, and offender treatment. Hildi Hagedorn, Ph.D., L.P., Scientific Advisor on Implementation, is Implementation Research Coordinator for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, and Substance Use Disorders Center. William Burdon, Ph.D., Co-Investigator, is a social psychologist with research experience in prison-based substance abuse treatment, contingency management in drug abuse treatment settings, and HIV/AIDS among incarcerated and post-incarcerated populations. Elizabeth Hall, Ph.D., Center Administrator, is a psychological anthropologist with research experience in program evaluation, qualitative methodology, substance abuse treatment for women offenders, and contingency management among correctional populations.
The Pacific Coast Research Center is situated in the Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) in UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. ISAP brings to the CJ-DATS initiative three decades of experience in research on the relationship between drugs and crime and on program- and system-level interventions for drug-using offenders.