Contact
Email: crowe@miami.edu
Roles
Associate Professor
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Biography
I graduated from Temple University with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and am currently an Associate Professor (Clinical Educator Track) in the Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS, formerly DEPH), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. I was a graduate student with a NIDA-funded NRSA fellowship from 1994 to 1996 (NIDA F31 DA05724), a research associate and psychology intern at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and Center for Family Studies in 1997, a postdoctoral fellow in the UM Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse’s NIDA-funded training program from 1998 to 1999 (NIDA T32 DA07297-06; H. Liddle, Director), and UM DPHS faculty member since 2000. In 1996, I came to University of Miami Medical School with my research mentors, Drs. Liddle and Dakof, working on our second NIDA P50 Center grant, which funded our collective scientific enterprise. I have been Project Director and PI of several NIH-funded studies. With a faculty appointment and an R03 grant award from NIDA in 2000, I contributed to the Center’s work, examining psychiatric comorbidity among teenage drug abusers. The overall focus of my career has been the development, refinement, evaluation, and dissemination of family-based interventions for adolescent drug abusers. Much of this research has focused on an evidence-based approach for adolescent problem behaviors, Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT, H. Liddle, developer). Having completed several NIH-funded clinical trials demonstrating the effectiveness of MDFT with different populations in a range of settings, my attention has turned to implementation efforts and dissemination research in recent years. With long-term collaborator and colleague Dr. Gayle Dakof, a non-profit entity was formed to disseminate the MDFT model in practice and to reach the youth and families in the community who need these evidence-based services the most. I have maintained a dual focus of continuing to research implementation of the MDFT model and to improve its reach by developing new training methods and materials as Associate Director of MDFT International, Inc. My service to the University and community includes active involvement in scientific review, admissions, and dissemination. At UM, I have served as the DPHS MPH Admissions Committee Chair (2009 to present), DPHS MPH and PhD Admissions Committee Member (2002-2008); and other positions such as Curriculum Committee Member (2008 to 2010). National leadership roles include the Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness Chair of the 2007 meeting, co-sponsored by CSAT, NIDA, NIAAA, OJJDP, and RWJF, with over 600 participants. I have reviewed regularly for NIH study sections, including NIDA-F Scientific Review Group (Health Services Research). I have also reviewed for scientific journals, including Addiction, Health Education Research, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and others. Publications include research and clinical articles on family-based interventions as well as a comprehensive edited volume on adolescent substance abuse treatment research. -
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Teaching Interests
I have taught DPHS masters’ and doctoral students in Drug Abuse Epidemiology (EPH 630), and co-developed and taught PhD Prevention students in EPH 731, Intervention Development. Each opportunity to teach has challenged me to develop a stronger curriculum and more effective methods to engage students and increase their knowledge base of the public health problems, interventions, and research issues. I have also been a Comprehensive/Capstone Advisor for MPH and MD/MPH students since 2015. This has been extremely rewarding work, as I am acutely aware of the importance of mentoring the next generation of public health practitioners, administrators, policy makers, and physicians. In addition to traditional classroom instruction, I have many opportunities to assist in the dissemination of research findings in practice settings. I have trained and supervised MDFT therapists in our research studies, as well as conducting intensive clinical trainings and workshops with community agencies across the country and in Europe. These opportunities help me stay current with clinical trends and practice, and increase the clinical relevance of ongoing research. -
Research Interests
I have been active in drug abuse research since my undergraduate training and throughout my career at University of Miami. I was a NIDA trainee and grantee for the early part of my career within the Center for Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse (CTRADA, H. Liddle, Ed.D., PI and Director, NIDA P50 DA07697; NIDA P50 DA11328). The focus of my research has been the development, refinement, evaluation, and dissemination of family-based interventions for adolescent drug abusers. My NIH research funding began in graduate school at Temple University, where I was awarded an Individual National Research Service Award from NIDA to conduct my dissertation, investigating clinically relevant differences in adolescent drug abusers with comorbid externalizing and internalizing problems. I have collaborated on several NIH-funded studies focused on integrating evidence-based Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT; Liddle, 2002) within different settings. I helped design and test a family-based HIV/STD prevention component of MDFT for detained adolescent drug abusers in a multi-site randomized clinical trial. I was also Co-Investigator of a multi-national randomized clinical trial demonstrating MDFT’s superior effects in comparison to standard treatment in five Western European countries (H. Rigter, PI; Erasmus University, the Netherlands). With a NIDA-funded R01 award, “Family-based Drug Services for Young Disaster Victims,” an integrative version of MDFT was developed with clinically referred substance abusing teens and families in Greater New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. With a second NIH-funded R01 study award, “Long-term Outcomes and Economic Impact of the Detention to Community Model,” I further tested the integrated family-based substance abuse and HIV-risk reduction interventions with adolescent substance abusers in the juvenile justice system. Having completed several clinical trials demonstrating the effectiveness of MDFT with different populations in a range of settings, my attention has turned to implementation efforts and dissemination research. Current research publications demonstrate solid evidence for the effects of MDFT with transitional aged youth and its sustainment rates across the United States and Europe. -
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