ISAP Researchers' Profiles
Darren I. Urada, Ph.D.
Dr. Urada is currently working on the state's evaluation of the
Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000. In addition,
he is in charge of external communications for UCLA ISAP. Previously
he was the Principal Investigator on a project to advance research
and cooperation in the Middle East, served as project director
for the California State Treatment Needs Assessment Program, project
director for a study on substance abuse and welfare reform. He
has also contributed to the California Treatment Outcome Project
(CalTOP), meta-analytic studies on substance abuse and HIV/AIDS,
and research on treatment expansion. He has worked for the UCLA
Drug Abuse Research Center / Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
since 1998.
Education and Training
- University of California, Los Angeles,
B.A.,
1993,
Psychology
- University of Southern California,
M.A.,
1995,
Social Psychology
- University of Southern California,
Ph.D.,
2000, Social Psychology
Specialties
Contact Info
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
durada@ucla.edu
Selected Publications
- Urada, D. & Miller, N. (2000). The impact of positive
mood and category importance on crossed categorization effects. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(3), 417-433.
- Prendergast, M. L., Urada, D., & Podus, D. (2001). Meta-Analysis
of HIV Risk-Reduction Interventions within Drug Abuse Treatment
Programs. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
69(3), 389-405.
- Shen, H., Brecht, M–L., Anglin, D., Hser, Y-I, & Urada,
D. (2001). Prevalence of Drug Treatment Need
Among Adult Arrestees in California, 1997. Sacramento:
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
- Urada, D., Brecht, M-L., Hser, Y-I., & Anglin, D. (2001). Existing
Service Utilization and Outcomes. Sacramento: Department
of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
- Urada, D., Brecht, M-L., Hser, Y-I., & Anglin, D. (2001). Existing
Service Outcomes: California Drug and Alcohol Treatment Assessment
(CALDATA). Sacramento: Department of Alcohol and Drug
Programs.
- Brecht, M-L., Anglin, M. D., Shen, H., Urada, D., & Hser,
Y-I. (2001). Integration of Results – California
State Treatment Needs Assessment Program. Sacramento:
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
- Longshore, D., Evans, E., Urada, D., Teruya, C., Hardy, M.,
Hser, Y.-I., Prendergast, M., & Ettner, S. (2002) Substance
Abuse and Crime Prevention Act Evaluation Year 1 Report: Evaluation
Plan. Los Angeles: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse
Programs.
- Prendergast, M. L., Podus, D., Chang, E., & Urada, D.
(2002). The Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment: A Meta-Analysis
of Comparison Group Studies. Drug and Alcohol Dependence,
67, 53-72.
- Urada, D., Evans, L., Hser, Y-I, & Anglin, M. D. (2002). California
Treatment Outcome Project (CalTOP), Characteristics of Patients.
Sacramento: Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
- Urada, D., Evans, L., Hser, Y-I, & Anglin, M. D. (2002). California
Treatment Outcome Project (CalTOP), Treatment Characteristics.
Sacramento: Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
- Read, S. & Urada, D. (2003). Neural network modeling
of the outgroup homogeneity effect. Personality and Social
Psychology Review, 7(2), 146-159.
- Longshore, D., Evans, E., Urada, D., Teruya, C., Hardy, M.,
Hser, Y.-I., Prendergast, M., & Ettner, S. (2003) Evaluation
of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act: 2002 Report. Los
Angeles: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.
- Anglin, M. D. & Urada, D. (2003). The California Substance
Abuse Research Consortium: Origins, History, and Issues, Journal
of Psychoactive Drugs, SARC Supplement No 1, 109-117.
- Longshore, D., Urada, D., Evans, E., Hser, Y-I, Prendergast,
M., Hawken, A., Bunch, T., & Ettner, S. (2004). Evaluation
of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act: 2003 Report. Los
Angeles: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.
- Longshore, D., Urada, D., Evans, E., Hser, Y-I, Prendergast,
M., & Hawken, A. (2005). Evaluation of the
Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act: 2004 Report. Los
Angeles: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.
- Evans, E., Longshore, D., Prendergast, M., Urada, D. (2006).
Evaluation of the substance abuse and crime prevention act:
client characteristics, treatment completion and re-offending
three years after implementation. Journal of Psychoactive
Drugs SARC Suppl. 3, 357-368.
- Longshore, D., Hawken, A., Urada, D., & Anglin, M. D.
(2006). SACPA Cost Analysis Report (First and Second
Years). Los Angeles: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse
Programs.
- Urada, D., Miller, N., & Stenstrom, D. (2007). Social
Crossed Categorization beyond the Two-Group Model. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(4), 649-664.
Last updated -
06/22/2007
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