ISAP Researchers' Profiles

Alison Hamilton-Brown, Ph.D.

Alison Hamilton-Brown, Ph.D., specializes in qualitative research on issues related to substance abuse treatment, the relationship between research and practice, dual diagnosis, and gender and sexuality. Currently she serves as an assistant research anthropologist on two studies: 1) NIDA's Gender Differences in a Long-Term Follow-Up of Opiate Users in CA (PI: Christine Grella), and 2) NIDA's Treatment System Impact (PI: Yih-Ing Hser), which looks at the impact of California's Proposition 36 on the substance abuse treatment system.

Prior to these studies, Dr. Brown directed a CSAT-funded study of treatment adherence among participants in the CSAT-funded Methamphetamine Treatment Project (MTP), and she served as Principal Investigator for an independent, qualitative study of research/practice dynamics in the MTP. Dr. Brown also served as the ethnographer for the NIDA-funded Substance Abusing Mentally Ill Project. She is an expert in the use of qualitative data analysis (QDA) software.

Education and Training

• Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, B.A., Anthropology, 1990
• University of California, Los Angeles, CA, M.A., Anthropology, 1996
• University of California, Los Angeles, CA, Ph.D., Anthropology, 2002

Specialties

• Women and drug addiction (particularly methamphetamine)
• Sexuality and drug addiction
• Qualitative research
• Evaluation research
• Gender issues
• Mental health and co-occurring disorders

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
alisonh@ucla.edu

Selected Publications

Brown, A.H., Domier, C.P., Rawson, R.A. (in press). Stimulants, gender, and sex. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity.

Obert, J.L., Brown, A.H., Zweben, J., Christian, D., Delmhorst, J., Minsky, S., Morrisey, P., Vandersloot, D., Weiner, A. (2005). When Treatment Meets Research: Clinical Perspectives from the CSAT Methamphetamine Treatment Project. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 28, 231-237.

Brown, AH (2004). Integrating Research and Practice in the CSAT Methamphetamine Treatment Project. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 26, 103-108.

Brown, AH, Grella C, Cooper L (2002) Living It or Learning It: Attitudes and Beliefs about Experience and Expertise in Service Provision for the Dually Diagnosed. Contemporary Drug Problems, 29, 687-710.

Hamilton A, Zeltzer L (1994) Visceral Pain in Infants. Journal of Pediatrics, 125, S95-S102.

Zeltzer L, Arnoult S, Hamilton A, De Laura S (1994) Visceral Pain in Children. In Pediatric Gastrointestinal Motility. P. Hyman and C. DiLorenzo, eds. Pp. 155-176. NY: Academic Professional Information Services.

Hamilton A, Zeltzer L (1995) Psychological Intervention for Procedural Pain. In Stress and Pain in Infancy and Childhood. A. Aynsley-Green, M.P. Ward Platt, and A. Lloyd-Thomas, eds. Pp. 601-618. London: Balliere Tindall.

Hamilton A (1996) Review of Constructing Panic: The Discourse of Agoraphobia, by Lisa Capps and Elinor Ochs. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 7(1), 168-171.

Zeltzer L, Hyman P, Heyman M, Boyce WT, Zwass M, Koh J, Hamilton A, Feldman EG (1996) Persistent Visceral Pain in Adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 22, 92-98.

Last updated - 07/23/2007

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