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John Roll

Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Scholarship

John Roll earned a Bachelor of Psychology degree from the University of Montana, a Master of Arts degree in psychology from Saint Bonaventure University, and a PhD in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Human Behavioral Pharmacology at the University of Vermont and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Substance Abuse Research at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. He has served as a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at Wayne State University, Director of Behavioral Pharmacology in UCLA's Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, and as Director of the Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training. He is currently a Professor and Associate Dean for Research in the WSU College of Nursing. He is also the Director of the Program of Excellence in the Addictions and the Program of Excellence in Rural Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment. Dr. Roll holds additional appointments in the WSU Department of Psychology and the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. He has been appointed by Governor Gregoire as an Executive Commissioner on the Eastern State Hospital Advisory Board and as a Vice Chair of the Governor's Council on Substance Abuse. Dr. Roll is a permanent member of the NIDA K review committee and has served as an ad hoc reviewer for many other NIH review committees. He has also served as a reviewer for CDC, SAMHSA, DVA, and the Parkinson's and Movement Disorder Foundation. Dr. Roll's work has focused on human behavioral pharmacology, the development and refinement of behavioral interventions for addiction and other psychiatric disorders, as well as technology transfer issues. His research is currently funded by NIH, DOJ, SAMHSA, and WA State Life Science's Discovery Fund. Dr. Roll is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and is President of the American Psychological Association's Division on Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse.

PUBLICATIONS

•  Hendryx M, Trusevich Y, Coyle F, Short R, Roll J. (2010).  The distribution and frequency of seclusion and/or restraint among psychiatric inpatients.  Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research.
• Roll, J., Rawson, R., Ling, W. & Shoptaw, S. (Eds.) (2009).  Methamphetamine Addiction: From Basic Science to Treatment. Guilford Publishing.
• Roll, J.M., Reilly, M.P., Chudzynski, J., Mercado, P. (2009).  Modulating the Reinforcing effects of alcohol in humans. Psychological Record.
• Roll, J. M., Madden G. J., Rawson, R., & Petry, N. M. (2009).  Facilitating the Adoption of Contingency Management for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders.  Behavior Analysis in Practice.
•  Roll, J. M., Howard, J. (2008). Economic gain versus economic loss:  Role of reinforcer valence in initiating abstinence.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
• Petry, N. M., Roll, J. M., Rounsaville, B., Ball, S., Stitzer, M., Peirce, J. M., Blaine, J.,  Kirby, K., McCarty, D., Carroll, K. (2008).  Serious adverse events in randomized psychosocial treatment studies: Safety or Arbitrary Edicts?  Journal of Consulting and  Clinical Psychology.
• Roll, JM (2007) Contingency-Management:  An Evidence-Based Component of Methamphetamine Use Disorder Treatments.  Addiction.
• Heinzerling, K., Shoptaw, S., Peck, J., Yang, X., Liu, J., Roll, J., & Ling, W. (2006). Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of baclofen and gabapentin for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
• Prendergast, M., Podus, D., Finney, J., Greenwell, L., & Roll, John (2006).  Contingency management for treatment of substance use disorders:  A meta-analysis.  Addiction.