Dr. Alison B. Hamilton

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Alison B. Hamilton, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Alison B. Hamilton is an Associate Research Anthropologist at UCLA ISAP. Her main area of interest is the relationship between addiction, mental health, and sexuality among women. She is currently the Principal Investigator for the NIDA-funded “Women, Methamphetamine, and Sex” study (K01 DA017647), which utilizes mixed methods to investigate women methamphetamine users’ sexual experiences and behaviors as they relate to their methamphetamine use and/or histories of trauma. Dr. Hamilton also leads a pilot study funded by Dr. Yih-Ing Hser’s Center for Advanced Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research (CALDAR), entitled “Daily Stressors and Psychobiologic Reactivity among Women Methamphetamine Users.” Dr. Hamilton is a Research Health Scientist at the VA Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, specializing in mental health implementation research and quality improvement; and she is a fellow with the NIMH/VA Implementation Research Institute.

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
  • University of California, Los Angeles, CA, M.P.H., Community Health Sciences, 2009

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
11075 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90025
alisonh@ucla.edu

Selected Publications

  1. Brown, A.H., 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.
  2. Brown, A.H. (2004). Integrating research and practice in the CSAT Methamphetamine Treatment Project. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 26, 103-108.
  3. 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.
  4. Spear, S., Brown, A.H., Rawson, R.A. (2005). Introducing a science-based evaluation tool into standard application in substance abuse treatment: A qualitative study on the implementation of the Addiction Severity Index. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 29, 277-282.
  5. Brown, A.H., Domier, C., Rawson, R. (2005). Stimulants, sex, and gender. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 12, 169-180.
  6. Richard, C.A., Brown, A.H. (2006). Configurations of informal social support among older lesbians. Journal of Women & Aging, 18(4), 49-65.
  7. Brecht, M-L, Podus, D., Hamilton, A., Hall, E., Hardy, M., Teruya, C., Herbeck, D., Evans, E., Yang, J. (2006). Problem Gambling Prevention: Technical Assistance and Training Project Needs Assessment. Final Report for California. Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs Office of Problem Gambling.
  8. Hser, Y.I., Teruya, C., Brown, A.H., Huang, D., Evans, E., Anglin, M.D.  (2007). Impact of California’s Proposition 36 on the drug treatment system: treatment capacity and displacement. American Journal of Public Health, 97(1), 104-109.
  9. Brown, A.H., Cohen, A.N., Chinman, M.J., Kessler, C., Young, A.S. (2008). EQUIP: Implementing chronic care principles and applying formative evaluation methods to improve care for schizophrenia. Implementation Science.
  10. Chinman, M., Hamilton, A., Butler, B., Knight, E., Murray, S., Young, A.  (2008). Mental Health Consumer Providers: A Guide for Clinical Staff. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
  11. Hamilton, A., & Grella, C.E. (2009). Gender differences among older heroin users. Journal of Aging & Health, 21 (2), 111-124. PMCID: PMC2733531
  12. George, S., Hamilton, A., Baker, R. (2009). Pre-experience perceptions about telemedicine among African Americans and Latinos in South Central Los Angeles. Telemedicine and e-Health, 15(6), 525-530. PMCID: PMC2956566
  13. Niv, N., Hamilton, A., Hser, Y.I. (2009). Impact of court-mandated substance abuse treatment on clinical decision-making. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 36(4), 505-516. PMCID: PMC2821668
  14. Cohen, A., Glynn, S., Hamilton, A., Young, A. (2010). Implementation of a family intervention for individuals with schizophrenia. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(1), 32-37. PMCID: PMC2806956
  15. Hamilton, A., Cohen, A., Young, A. (2010). Organizational readiness in specialty mental health care. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(1), 27-31. PMCID: PMC2806963
  16. Stein, B.D., Kataoka, S.H., Hamilton, A.B., Schultz, D., Ryan, G., Vona, P., Wong, M. (2010). School personnel perspectives on their school's implementation of a school-based suicide prevention program. Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research, 37(3), 338-49. PubMed PMID: 19291410.
  17. Hamilton, A., Goeders, N. (2010). Violence perpetrated by women who use methampethamine. Journal of Substance Use, 15 (5), 313–329.
  18. Heslin, K.C., Hamilton, A.B., Singzon, T.K., Smith, J.L., Anderson, N.L. (2010). Alternative families in recovery: Fictive kin relationships among residents of sober living homes. Qualitative Health Research, Oct 15 [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed PMID: 20952602.

Last updated - 11/04/2011

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