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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