CONSTANCE MEYER WEISNER, Dr.P.H., L.C.S.W
75 Weybridge Ct., Oakland, CA 94611
510-331-2420
CURRENT POSITIONS
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program
Investigator, Division of Research, Oakland, California 1993 – present
Associate Director, Division of Research, Oakland, California 2009 – 2012
Director of Faculty Development and Section Chief of Behavioral 2012 – present
Health and Aging Research, and Infectious Diseases 2012 – present
2000 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94614
Email:
Tel. 510-891-3599
University of California San Francisco
Professor, Department of Psychiatry 1999 – present
Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, Room 365, Box 0984
401 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143-0984
Email:
EDUCATION
University of Bonn, Germany 1965 – 1966
Psychology
Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa 1963 – 1967
B.A., Psychology and Social Work
University of Minnesota, Minnesota 1967 – 1969
M.S.W., School of Social Work
University of California at Berkeley 1983 – 1987
Dr.P.H., School of Public Health, Health Policy and Management
PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD
University Of California Berkeley
School of Public Health 1991 – 1999
Adjunct Professor 1996 – 1999
Director/Principal Investigator 1990 – 1999
Graduate Research Training on Alcohol Problems (T32)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Adjunct Associate Professor 1994 – 1996
Adjunct Assistant Professor 1991 – 1994
Public Health Institute, Berkeley, California
NIH National Alcohol Research Center, Alcohol Research Group
Director 1998 – 1999
Senior Scientist 1990 – 1999
Area Director, Health Services Research 1994 – 1999
Director of Community Epidemiology Laboratory 1985 – 1999
Acting Scientific Director 1990 – 1992
Research Associate, Associate Scientist 1976 – 1985
OTHER
Executive Director, Haight Ashbury Center for Alcohol 1974 – 1976
Problems, San Francisco County Bureau of Alcoholism
Evaluator and Curriculum Development Consultant 1973 – 1974
Jamia University School of Social Work, Delhi, India
Supervisor and Counselor, New Start Center, San Francisco 1970 – 1973
County Bureau of Alcoholism and Public Health Department
Research Assistant, Kenya: Evaluation of the Kenya School 1970
of Social Work, Government of Kenya
Social Worker, Nairobi, Kenya: Development of local 1970
personnel in leadership of sewing cooperative
Supervisor and Counselor of South Bronx Project, 1969 – 1970
Puerto Rican Family Institute, New York City,
Office of Economic Opportunity program
Researcher, Ford Foundation Grant in Honduras for Master’s 1968
thesis research – a study of comparative community
development approaches of U.S. aid programs in Honduras
School Social Worker, Harrison Public School, Minneapolis, 1968 – 1969
Minnesota. Graduate school field placement doing casework
and group work with elementary school students and families
Juvenile Probation Officer, Hennepin County Court Services, 1967 – 1968
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Graduate school field placement
Child Welfare Worker, Blackhawk County Welfare Department 1967
Waterloo, Iowa
LICENSURE
State of California Licensed Clinical Social Worker #5678 1975 – present
HONORS AND AWARDS (since 1995)
MERIT Award (Method to Extend Research in Time) 1995 – 2006
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, 1995 – 1997
Study on “Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement
in Behavioral Health
National Advisory Council, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 1998 – 2001
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Department of Health and Social Services
MERIT Award (Method to Extend Research in Time) 2001 – 2012
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Member, National Advisory Council, Robert Wood Johnson 2002 – 2004
Foundation’s Developing Leadership and Reducing Substance
Abuse Program
National Advisory Council, National Institutes of Health, 2002 – 2007
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Co-Chair, Blue Ribbon Task Force on Health Services Research 2003 – 2004
National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Member, Research Network on Mandated Community Treatment: 2003 – 2011
Mental Health and the Law, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, 2005 – 2006
Study on “Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and
Substance Use Conditions”
Chair, Task Force on NIDA’s Approach to Grant-Making, National 2005 – 2006
Advisory Council, National Institutes of Health, National Institute
on Drug Abuse
Chair, World Health Organization Expert Committee on Problems 2006 – 2007
Related to Alcohol Consumption: Second Report
Betty Ford Award, Association for Medical Education and 2007
Research in Substance Abuse
Study Advisor, National Center for Children in Poverty, 2007 – 2009
Columbia University and Carter Center
Member WHO International Seminar on Treatment Systems for 2010 – 2011
Substance Use Disorders—Ongoing Development of Survey for
Developing Countries
International Expert Advisory Council on Drug Dependence 2005 – 2009
and Alcohol Problems, World Health Organization, Geneva 2009 – 2014
2015 – 2019
State of California, 15th Assembly District 2014 Women of the 2014
Year Award, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2015 - 2019
National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
And Alcoholism
Author of chapter on Health Care Systems in Surgeon General’s 2015 - 2016
Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
KEYWORDS/AREAS OF INTEREST
Alcohol and drug disorders, co-occurring psychiatric/medical disorders,
health disparities, treatment outcome, cost effectiveness and offset of treatment, health systems research, including translational research on implementation of evidence-based treatments
MEMBERSHIPS
American Public Health Association
AcademyHealth/Association for Health Services Research
Council on Problems of Drug Dependence
Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol
Research Society on Alcoholism
International Network on Brief Interventions on Alcohol
American Medical Education and Research Society on Addiction
INVITED INTERNATIONAL LECTURESHIPS (selected since 1995)
“Addiction treatment in an era of rapid change.” Second Annual H. David Archibald Lecture, Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, Canada, 1995
“An international consensus statement on alcohol policy: an overview of a report.” WHO Expert Committee on Problems Related to Alcohol Consumption; Geneva, Switzerland, 1996
“Coercion in alcohol treatment: The case of the U.S. in the 1990’s.” Plenary speaker, 11th International Conference on Alcohol, Liverpool, England, 1998
“An international perspective on alcohol and drug issues: Treatment and prevention.” National Health Education Institute, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China, 1999
“Predicting entry to alcohol and drug treatment in California: studying the treatment system in a community context.” Center for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Sweden, 1999
“Substance abuse interventions and outcomes in non-specialized settings.” International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Cape Town, South Africa, 2000
“Opportunities and challenges in research: clinical, treatment, and health services research.” Plenary speaker, Research Collaborations Across Continents: Drug Abuse, Health Disparities, HIV and Other Health-Related Consequences, Cape Town, South Africa, 2003
“Outcome and economic considerations of integrated services.” WHO-sponsored meeting on Delivery Systems For Substance Abuse Treatment, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005
“An international consensus statement on alcohol policy: An overview of a report.” WHO Expert Committee on Problems Related to Alcohol Consumption, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006
“The role of employment mandates in chemical dependency treatment outcomes.” The Kettil Bruun Society, Budapest, Hungary, 2007
“Adolescents: The new chronic population.” International Addiction Summit A Climate for Change, Melbourne, Australia, 2008
“Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening.” 10th annual meeting of the International Society of Addiction Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, 2008
“Opportunities in substance use treatment and primary care to extend the benefits of treatment: South Africa and the U.S.” 10th annual meeting of the International Society of Addiction Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, 2008
“Alcohol and drug treatment in the context of health reform in the U.S.: The thorny example of mandated treatment.” Models, Implications and Meanings of Alcohol and Drug Treatment Systems, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009.
“Alcohol and drug treatment in the context of health reform in the U.S.: The thorny example of mandated treatment.” The Globalization of Mental Health Law: Mandating Treatment in Poor and Vulnerable Communities conference sponsored by the Rockefeller and MacArthur Foundations, Bellagio, Italy, 2009
“Integrating primary care with alcohol and drug treatment in a continuing care model: Outcomes and cost impact.” ISBRA World Congress, Paris, France, September 2010
“Addressing substance use disorders. Translating science to policy in the 2010 drug control strategy.” ISBRA World Congress Paris, France, September 2010
“Comparative effectiveness of services and interventions for substance use disorders.” World Health Organization meeting on International Treatment Systems for Substance Use Disorders; Valencia, Spain, December 2010
“Medical and psychiatric problems of women whose spouses have substance use disorders: Is there improvement after their spouses’ successful treatment?”
4th World Congress on Women's Mental Health, Madrid, Spain, March 2011
“Effectiveness and cost of integrated treatment.” World Psychiatric Association Thematic Conference: Rethinking Quality in Psychiatry Education, Research, Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment (NIDA Symposium), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2011
“The role of electronic medical records in addressing alcohol problems in health care.” International Conference of the International Society on Biomedical Research on Alcohol, NIAAA/NIH Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, September 2012
“What if?” Opportunities for screening for alcohol problems within mental health services.” International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs, NIAAA/NIH Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, September 2012
“Approaches to integration of AOD treatment and the health service system.” Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association conference, Melbourne, Australia, February 2013.
“Experiments with integration of AOD treatment and the health service system in the US: What works?” Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association, Melbourne, Australia, February 2013.
“Moving toward SBIRT in the U.S. Military [Abstract]. 10th Conference of International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA), Rome, Italy, September 2013. In Addict Sci Clin Pract 2013; 8(Suppl 1):A84.
“SBIRT implementation in the US: opportunities and remaining issues.” 10th Annual Conference of International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs, NIH/NIAAA sponsored plenary, Rome, Italy, September 2013.
"Effectiveness of nurse-practitioner-delivered brief motivational intervention for young adult alcohol and drug use in primary care in South Africa: a randomized clinical trial.” 11th Conference of the International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA), NIH/NIAAA sponsored plenary, Warsaw, Poland, September 2014.
“Gender differences in alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment: findings from an implementation study in primary care setting.” International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA) 12th Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 25, 2015.
INVITED NATIONAL LECTURESHIPS (since 1995)
“Randomized and naturalistic studies in outcomes research.” Invited Lecture Series, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science National Collaborative Minority Alcohol Research Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1998.
“Treatment outcome, cost-effectiveness, and cost offset: Issues for the addictions field.” Plenary speaker, State of the Art Conference, American Society of Addiction Medicine, New York, NY, 1999.
“Outcome and cost of day hospital versus traditional alcohol and drug treatment.” Honorary Lecture Series: Progress in Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, 2000.
“Linking primary care with alcohol and drug abuse treatment.” National Advisory Council, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Washington, DC, 2000.
“Identifying alcohol disorders in primary care: the case of a ‘carved-in’ health plan.” Plenary speaker, The Expanding Role of Primary Care in the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders: Issues for Research and Policy, NIAAA, AHRQ and NIH Center for Primary Care Research, Bethesda, MD, 2000.
“A prospective study of the factors influencing entry to alcohol and drug problems.” Little Rock Conference on Substance Abuse Health Services Research: Research in Practice, Centers for Mental Healthcare Research, Little Rock, AK, 2000
“Linking primary care and substance abuse treatment: outcome and cost.” Plenary speaker, State of the Art Conference, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Washington, DC, 2000
“Assessing substance abuse parity in a managed care health plan.” Conference on “The Federal Employees Health Benefit Program,” The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, Washington, DC, 2000
“Entering substance abuse treatment: influences of demographic characteristics, need, insurance and community pressures.” 128th meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, 2000
“The emergence of problem drinking women as a special population in need of treatment.” Conference on “The Identification and Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders Among Women of Childbearing Age,” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism & National Institutes of Health, Office on Minority Health and Women’s Health, Washington, DC, 2001
“Addiction treatment for adolescents: Access in managed care.” Research to Practice Symposium, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/College of Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, AZ, 2001
“Examining the importance of performance measures for adolescent substance abuse treatment.” Annual meeting of Addiction Health Services Research, Atlanta, GA, 2001
“An analytic approach to fieldwork access in health services research.” Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Drug Abuse conference “Beyond the Clinic Walls,” Washington, DC, 2003
“Coercion in alcohol and drug treatment: characteristics and effectiveness.” Research Network on Mandated Community Treatment, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Washington, DC, 2003
“What is the argument for dual diagnosis treatment: outcome and cost.” 2003 Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Consensus Conference on Dual Diagnosis, Washington, DC, 2003
“Addressing alcohol and drug problems: the role of formal and informal services.” Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Boston, MA, 2004
“Alcohol and drug treatment in an HMO: Early clinical response and long-term outcomes.” Plenary speaker, 35th meeting of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Washington, DC, 2004
“Integrating research and practice in a managed care setting.” 35th meeting of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Washington, DC, 2004
“Service access and utilization for co-occurring disorders: Crossing the research and practice divide.” Plenary speaker, Second Annual Meeting of NIMH/NIDA/NIAAA: Complexities of Co-Occurring Conditions: Harnessing Services Research to Improve Care for Mental Health, Substance Use, and Medical/Physical Disorders, Washington, DC, 2004
“NIDA health services research task force report: Treatment services research recommendations.” Addiction Health Services Research Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
“Coercion in chemical dependency treatment in a private managed care health plan.” MacArthur Network on Mental Health and the Law, San Diego, CA, 2005