Constance Weisner, Dr.P.H., M.S.W.

Professor of Psychiatry
Phone: 476-7473
conniew@lppi.ucsf.edu

Constance Weisner, Dr.P.H., M.S.W., is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. She is jointly appointed and funded by UCSF and the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program (where she is a senior research scientist and directs the Drug and Alcohol Research Team, a large program of substance abuse research in Kaiser clinics and with Kaiser databases). Dr. Weisner is a health services researcher. She is a member of the World Health Organization's International Expert Advisory Council on Drug Dependence and Alcohol Problems, a member of the National Advisory Council of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and a former member of the National Advisory Council of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. Her research is funded by NIAAA, NIDA, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and includes alcohol and drug problem epidemiology, substance abuse treatment access, outcome and cost impact. A focus of her work is on gender issues. Prior to coming to UCSF in 1999, she was the PI and Program Director for a NIAAA-funded traineeship "Graduate Research Training on Alcohol Problems" at the University of California at Berkeley.

Parthasarathy S, Weisner C. (in press). Five-Year trajectories of health care utilization and cost in a drug and alcohol treatment sample. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Ammon L, Sterling S, Mertens, J, Weisner C. (2005). Adolescents in private chemical dependency programs: Who is at risk for HIV? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.29:39-45.

Mertens JM, Weisner C, Ray GT. (2005). Hazardous drinkers and drug users in HMO primary care: prevalence, medical conditions, and costs. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29(6):989-998.

Ray GT, Mertens J, Weisner C. (2005). The relationship of psychiatric severity and services to five-year alcohol and drug treatment outcomes. Psychiatric Services Feb;56(2):164-71.

Schmidt, L. A., & Weisner, C. M. (2005). Private insurance and the utilization of chemical dependency treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 28(1), 67-76.

Sterling S, Weisner C. (2005). Chemical dependency and psychiatric services for adolescents in private managed care: Implications for outcomes. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 25(5):801-9.