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Home » Research Projects » National Institutes of Health (NIH) » National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Projects Sponsored by:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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CHOICES-TEEN: Efficacy of a Bundled Risk Reduction Intervention for Juvenile Justice Females (2026)

Researcher(s):
  • Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.
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Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
End Date2026

Strengthening Hispanic families via NIDA Prevention Science

Researcher(s):
  • Ruben Parra-Cardona, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Latinx populations Parenting
Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2020

Multidisciplinary approach to reduce injury and substance abuse

Researcher(s):
  • Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.
  • Richard Spence, Ph.D.
  • Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.
  • Craig Field, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Health/Health care
Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2015

Acculturation and adolescent substance abuse prevention

Researcher(s):
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    Topics:Addictions
    Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    End Date2009

    Program and Process Initiative of Texas (SA/PPT)

    Researcher(s):
    • Richard Spence, Ph.D.
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    Topics:Addictions Health/Health care
    Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
    End Date2008

    Family-based substance use treatment for runaway youth

    Researcher(s):
    • Sanna J. Thompson, Ph.D.
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    Topics:Addictions Homelessness
    Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    End Date2008

    Transtheoretical Model Group Therapy For Cocaine

    Researcher(s):
    • Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.
    • Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.
    • Angela Stotts, Ph.D.
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    Topics:Addictions
    Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    End Date2007

    Ethnicity and faith-based treatment

    Researcher(s):
    • Richard Spence, Ph.D.
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    Topics:Addictions Latinx populations
    Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    End Date2006

    Border drug problems and treatment utilization

    Researcher(s):
    • Lynn Wallisch, Ph.D.
    • Richard Spence, Ph.D.
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    Topics:Addictions Latinx populations
    Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    End Date2005

    Normalization of heroin: A study of heroin as a "club drug"

    Researcher(s):
    • Richard Spence, Ph.D.
    • Jane Maxwell, PhD
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    Topics:Addictions
    Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    End Date2005

    Substance use among partner-abuse survivors residing in domestic violence shelters

    Researcher(s):
    • Diana M. DiNitto, Ph.D.
    • Noël Busch-Armendariz, Ph.D., LMSW, MPA
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    Topics:Addictions Interpersonal/Community violence
    Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    End Date2005
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