David A. Wasserman, Ph.D.                                    

Associate Clinical Professor
University of California, San Francisco
email: davidwinsf@sbcglobal.net

My research focuses on identifying environmental and psychological variables associated with abstinence from illicit drugs during and after drug abuse treatment. I am Principal Investigator of "Assessing Environments of Opioid and Cocaine Users" (NIDA grant # DA 09124), the major aim of which is to develop new self-report measures in four environmental domains: 1) availability of drugs, 2) stressful events and chronic strains, 3) social influences on drug use and abstinence, and 4) alternative reinforcers to drugs and alcohol. Once the new measures are finalized, the effects of the variables on illicit drug use during drug abuse treatment will be studied. I am also a Co-Investigator on the San Francisco Treatment Research Center component of Kevin L. Delucchi, Ph.D., a Core faculty member within UCSF's Postdoctoral Training Program in Drug Abuse Treatment Research, and a member of the Committee on Human Research, the institutional review board at UCSF.

Selected Publications
Wasserman DA, Sorensen JL, Delucchi KL, Masson CL, & Hall SM. (in press). Psychometric evaluation of the Quality of Life Interview, Brief Version in injection drug users. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Wasserman DA, Stewart AL, & Delucchi KL. (2001). Social support and abstinence from opiates and cocaine during opioid maintenance patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 65, 65-75.

Wasserman DA, Korcha R, Havassy BE, & Hall SM. (1999). Detection of illicit opioid and cocaine use in methadone maintenance treatment. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 25, 561-571.

Wasserman DA, Weinstein MG, Havassy BE, & Hall SM. (1998). Factors associated with lapses to heroin use during methadone maintenance. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 52, 183-192.

Wasserman DA, Havassy BE, & Boles S. (1997). Traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder in cocaine users entering private treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 46, 1-8.