Dr. Yih-Ing Hser

ISAP Researchers' Profiles

Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.

Dr. Yih-Ing Hser is Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and the Director of the Center for Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research. As a trained quantitative psychologist, she has extensive experience in health services research, treatment evaluation, and long-term follow-up research, derived from her prior and ongoing research projects, including several intervention studies currently conducted in China.  She has been conducting research in the field of substance abuse and its treatment since 1980 and has extensive experience in research design and advanced statistical techniques applied to substance abuse data.  In addition to gender-related issues in substance abuse and treatment, Dr. Hser has published in the areas of treatment evaluation, epidemiology, natural history of drug addiction, and innovative statistical modeling development and application.  She is one of the founding members of the UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, established in the early 1980s at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, which was one of the primary formative components of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP).

Education and Training

  • National Taiwan University, B.S., Psychology, 1976
  • University of Texas at El Paso, M.A., Experimental Psychology, 1979
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, 1986

Specialties

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
11075 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90025
yhser@ucla.edu

Selected Publications

  1. Hser, Y., Huang, Y., Teruya, C., & Anglin, M.D. (2004). Diversity of drug abuse treatment utilization patterns and outcomes.  Evaluation and Program Planning, 27(3), 309-319.
  2. Hser, Y., Huang, Y., Teruya, C., & Anglin, M.D. (2004). Gender differences in treatment outcomes over a three-year period: A path model analysis.  Journal of Drug Issues, 34(2), 419-440.
  3. Farabee, D., Hser, T., Anglin, M.D., & Huang, Y.  (2004).  Recidivism among an early cohort of California’s Proposition 36 offenders. Criminology & Public Policy, 3(4), 563-584.
  4. Hser, Y., Evans, E., & Huang, Y. (2005). Treatment outcomes among women and men methamphetamine abusers in California. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 28(1), 77-85.
  5. Hser, Y., Longshore, D., Brecht, L., & Anglin, M.D. (2005).  Studying the natural history of drug use.  In Slobada, Z. (Ed.), Epidemiology of Drug Abuse.  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, N.Y., 29-43.
  6. Ettner, S.L., Huang, D., Evans, E., Ash, D.R., Hardy, M., Jourabchi, M., & Hser, Y.  (2006).  Benefit-cost in the California Outcome Project (CalTOP):  Does substance abuse treatment ‘pay for iteself’?  Health Services Research, 41(1), 192-213.
  7. Evans, E., Spear, S., Huang, Y., & Hser, Y. (2006).  Outcomes of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs Among American Indians in California.  American Journal of Public Health, 96(5), 1-8.
  8. Hser, Y., Stark, M.E., Paredes, A., Huang, D., Anglin, M.D., & Rawson, R.  (2006). A 12-year follow-up of a treated cocaine-dependent sample.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 30, 219-226.
  9. Hser, Y. I., Grella, C., Evans, E., & Huang, Y. C. (2006). Utilization and outcomes of mental health services among patients in drug treatment. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 25(1), 73-85.
  10. Teruya, C., Hardy, M., E., Hser, Y., & Evans, E.  (2006).  Implementation of a statewide outcome monitoring system: Lessons learned from substance abuse treatment provider staff.  Qualitative Health Research, 16, 337-352.
  11. Hser, Y. (2007).  Predicting long-term stable recovery from heroin addiction: Findings from a 33-year follow-up study.  Journal of Addictive Diseases, 26(1), 51-60.
  12. 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), 104-9.
  13. Herbeck, D., Hser, Y., & Teruya, C. (2008). Empirically supported substance abuse treatment approaches: A survey of treatment providers' perspectives and practices. Addictive Behaviors, 33(5), 699-712.
  14. Prendergast, M., Huang, D., & Hser, Y. (2008).  Patterns of crime and drug use trajectories in relation to treatment initiation and five-year outcomes:  An application of growth mixture modeling across three datasets.  Evaluation Review, 32(1), 59-82.
  15. Murphy, D., Brecht, M.L., Herback, D., Huang, D., & Hser, Y. (2008).  Longitudinal HIV risk behavior among the drug abuse treatment outcomes studies (DATOS) adult sample. Evaluation Review, 32, 83-112.
  16. Hser, Y., & Evans, E. (2008).  Cross-system data linkage for treatment outcome evaluation: Lessons learned from the California Treatment Outcome Project.  Evaluation & Program Planning, 31(2), 125-135. PMCID: PMC2413098
  17. Song, X.-Y., Lee, S.-Y., & Hser, Y. (2008). A two-level structural equation model approach for analyzing multivariate longitudinal responses.  Statistics in Medicine, 27(16), 3017-3041.
  18. Evans, E., Li, L., & Hser, Y. (2008).  Treatment entry barriers among California’s Proposition 36 offenders.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Published online.
  19. Brecht, M.-L., Huang, D., Evans, E., & Hser, Y. (2008).  Polydrug use and implications for longitudinal research: Ten-year trajectories for heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine users.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 96, 193-201. [PMID: 18329825].
  20. Prendergast, M., Greenwell, L., Farabee, D., & Hser, Y.  (2008).  Influence of perceived coercion and motivation on treatment completion and re-arrest among substance-abusing offenders.  Journal of Behavioral Health and Services and Research.  Published online.
  21. Hser, Y., Huang, D., Brecht, M.L., Li, L., & Evans, E.  (2008).  Contrasting trajectories of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine use.  Journal of Addictive Diseases, 27(3), 13-21.
  22. Niv, N., Hamilton, A., & Hser, Y.  (2008).  Impact of court-mandated substance abuse treatment on clinic decision-making.  Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. Published online.
  23. Prendergast, M., Greenwell, L., Farabee, D., & Hser, Y. (2009). Influence of perceived coercion and motivation on treatment completion and re-arrest among substance-abusing offenders. Journal of Behavioral Health and Services and Research, 36(2), 159-76. PMCID: PMC2802269.
  24. Grella, C.E., Needell, B.N., Shi, Y., and Hser, Y. (2009). Do drug treatment services predict reunification outcomes of mothers and their children in child welfare? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 36(3), 278-93. NIHMSID: NIHMS162573.
  25. Evans, E., Li, L., & Hser, Y. I. (2009). Client and program factors associated with dropout from court mandated drug treatment. Evaluation & Program Planning, 32(3), 204-212. PMCID: PMC2703685.
  26. Song, X.-Y., Lee, S.Y. & Hser, Y. (2009). Bayesian analysis of multivariate latent curve models with nonlinear longitudinal latent effects. Structure Equation Models, 16, 245-266. PMCID: PMC2794133.
  27. Hser. Y., Hamilton, A., & Niv, N. (2009). Understanding drug use over the life course: past, present, and future. Journal of Drug Issues, 22, 231-236. NIHMSID: NIHMS162578.
  28. Niv, N., Pham, R. & Hser, Y. (2009). Racial and ethnic differences in substance abuse service needs, utilization, and outcomes in California. Psychiatric Services, 60(10), 1350-1356. NIHMSID: NIHMS172548.
  29. Evans, E., Hser, Y., & Huang, D. (2009). Employment Services Utilization and Outcomes among Substance Abusing Offenders Participating in California's Proposition 36 Drug Treatment Initiative. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. [Epub ahead of print] NIHMSID: NIHMS171997.
  30. Brecht, M., Huang,D., & Hser, Y. (2010).  Introduction to the Special Issue, Journal of Drug Issues, 40(1), 1-6. NIHMSID:  NIHMSID #243795.
  31. Prendergast, M., Huang, D., Evans, E., & Hser, Y. (2010). Are There Gender Differences in Arrest Trajectories among Adult Drug Abuse Treatment Participants?  Journal of Drug Issues, 40(1), 7-26. NIHMSID: NIHMSID #243799.
  32. Liang, L., Huang, D., Brecht, M., & Hser, Y. (2010).   Differences in Mortality among Heroin, Cocaine and Methamphetamine Users: A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach. Journal of Drug Issues, 40(1), 121-140. NIHMSID:  NIHMSID #243803.
  33. Chou, C., Chi, D., Weisner, C., Pentz, M., & Hser, Y. (2010).   Initial status in growth curve modeling for randomized trials. Journal of Drug Issues, 40(1), 155-172. NIHMSID:  NIHMSID #225544.
  34. Huang, D. Brecht, M., Hara, M., & Hser, Y. (2010). Influence of covariates on growth mixture modeling.  Journal of Drug Issues, 40(1), 173-194. NIHMSID: NIHMS194465.
  35. Li, L., Evans, E., & Hser, Y. (2010). A marginal structural modeling approach to assess the cumulative effect of drug treatment on later drug use abstinence. Journal of Drug Issues, 40(1), 221-240. NIHMSID: NIHMS214866.
  36. Teruya, C. &  Hser, Y. I. (2010).  Turning Points in the Life Course: Current Findings and Future Directions in Drug Use Research.  Current Drug Abuse Reviews.  [Epub ahead of print]
  37. Evans, E., Grella, C., Murphy, D., & Hser, Y. (2010).  Utilizing administrative data for longitudinal substance abuse research. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 37(2), 252-271. PMCID: PMC2850956.
  38. Murphy, D., Hser, Y., Huang, D., Brecht, L., & Herbeck, D.M. (2010).  Self-report of longitudinal substance use: A comparison of the UCLA Natural History Interview and the Addiction Severity Index.  Journal of Drug Issues, 40(2), 495-516.
  39. Cai, J.H., Song, X.Y., & Hser, Y. (2010).  A Bayesian analysis of mixture structural equation models with non-ignorable missing responses and covariates.  Statistics in Medicine, 29, 1861-1874.
  40. Xu, Y., Okuda, M., Hser, Y. I., et al. (2011).  Twelve-month prevalence of psychiatric disorders and treatment-seeking among Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in the United States: Results from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.  Journal of Psychiatric Research [Epub ahead of print]
  41. Dickerson, D. L, Spear, S, Marinelli-Casey, P., Rawson, R., Li, L., Hser, Y. I. (2011).  American indians/alaska natives and substance abuse treatment outcomes: positive signs and continuing challenges.  Journal of Addictive Diseases, 30(1), 63-74.

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