Version: 10/11/2018

Curriculum Vitae

christy capone, PhD

Business Address: Providence VA Medical Center

830 Chalkstone Avenue (116B)

Providence, RI 02908-4799

Phone:401-273-7100 x 6169

FAX:401-457-3354

E-mail:

EDUCATION

B.A.The University of Connecticut

1990Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

M.A. Fairfield University

1995Master of Arts in Applied Psychology

Ph.D.University of Rhode Island

2007 Clinical Psychology

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

InternshipBoston Consortium in Clinical Psychology

2006 - 2007Boston VA Healthcare System

FellowshipBrown University Medical School

2007 - 2009Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

POSTGRADUATE HONORS AND AWARDS

2007 Student Merit Award, Research Society on Alcoholism

2010Junior Investigator Award, Research Society on Alcoholism

2015Research Mentor Award, Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, Brown University

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed Psychologist

Rhode Island License PS01111Active Status (March 2009)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2009 – 2010Research Associate

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

Brown University

2010 – present Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

The Warren Alpert Medical School

Brown University

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

2008 – 2009Graduate Psychologist

Returning Veterans Program

Providence VA Medical Center

830 Chalkstone Avenue

Providence, RI 02908-4799

2009 – presentClinical Psychologist

PTSD-SUD Specialist

Providence VA Medical Center

830 Chalkstone Avenue

Providence, RI 02908-4799

OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1998 - 2001Research Associate

Yale University School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry

Division of Substance Abuse Research

New Haven, CT 06511

2000-2002Clinical Interviewer

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene

Columbia University

New York, NY 10032

2004-2006Psychometrician

South County Behavioral Medicine

Wakefield, RI 02879

2005-2006Behavioral HealthConsultant

South County Physicians’ Initiative

Wakefield, RI 02879

Invited Reviewer:

Addiction, Addictive Behaviors, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Psychiatry Research, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Substance Use & Misuse

HOSPITAL COMMITTEES

2009 - 2012Parasuicide Committee Member

Providence VAMC

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

2011 – present Data and Safety Monitoring Board Member

A Stage 2 Cognitive-Behavioral Trial: Reduce Alcohol First in Kenya Intervention (RAFIKI); PI: Papas

OTHER PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2015 - presentSteering Committee Member

SAMHSA Veterans Treatment Court

MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES

2001 -presentAmerican Psychological Association

2003 -presentResearch Society on Alcoholism

2009 - presentInternational Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

PUBLICATIONS LIST

ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

  1. Read, J. P., Wood, M. D., & Capone, C. (2005). A prospective investigation of relations between social influences and alcohol involvement during the transition into college. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66, 23-34.
  1. O’Malley, S.S., Sinha, R., Grilo, C., Capone, C., Farren, C., McKee, S., Rounsaville, B., & Wu, R. (2007). Naltrexone and cognitive behavioral coping skills therapy for the treatment of alcohol drinking and eating disorder features in alcohol dependent women: A randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial.Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 625-634.
  1. Capone, C., Wood, M.D., Borsari, B., & Laird, R. (2007). Fraternity and sorority involvement, social influences, and alcohol use among college students: A prospective examination.Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21, 316-327.
  1. Wood, M.D., Capone, C., LaForge, R., Erickson, D.J., & Brand, N.H. (2007). Brief motivational intervention and alcohol expectancy challenge with heavy drinking college students: A randomized factorial study.Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2509-2528.
  1. Capone, C. & Wood, M.D. (2008). Density of familial alcoholism and its effects on alcohol use and problems in college students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32, 1451-1458.
  1. Ray, L., Capone, C., Sheets, E., Young, D., Chelminski, I., & Zimmerman, M. (2009). Posttraumatic stress disorder with and without alcohol use disorders: Diagnostic and clinical correlates in a psychiatric sample. Psychiatry Research, 170, 278-281.
  1. Capone, C., & Wood, M.D. (2009). Thinking about drinking: Need for cognition and readiness to change moderate the effects of brief alcohol interventions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 684-688.
  1. Borsari, B., Hustad, J.T.P., & Capone, C. (2009). Alcohol use in the Greek system, 1999-2008: A decade of progress. Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 2, 216-225.
  1. Wood, M.D., Fairlie, A.M., Fernandez, A.C., Borsari, B., Capone, C., Laforge, R., & Barros, R. (2010). Brief motivational and parent interventions for college students: A randomized factorial study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 341-369.
  1. Capone, C., Kahler, C.W., Swift, R.M., & O’Malley, S.S. (2011). Does family history of alcoholism moderate naltrexone’s effects on alcohol use? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72, 135-140.
  1. Borsari, B., Capone, C., Mastroleo, N. R., & Monti, P. M. (2011). Clinical considerations in the treatment of substance use disorders with veterans. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 41, 247-253.
  1. Carter, A.C., Capone, C., & Short, E.E. (2011). Co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorders in veteran populations. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 7, 285-299.
  1. Capone, C., Carter, A.C., Reddy, M., & Shea, M.T. (2013). Trauma-related predictors of alcohol use in recently deployed OEF-OIF veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26, 354-360.
  1. Capone, C., Short, E.E., Carter, A.C. & McGovern, M.P. (2014). Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ICBT) for co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: A feasibility study. Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & Treatment, 3, 12-16.
  1. Contractor, A.A., Presseau, C., Capone, C., Reddy, M.K., & Shea, M.T. (2016). The moderating role of dysphoria in the relationship between intrusions and alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors, 55, 5-14.
PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION
  1. McGovern, M.P., Capone, C., & Presseau, C. Adapting an integrated cognitive behavioral therapy for U.S. Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan: Lessons learned. Manuscript under review.
  2. Eaton, E.M., Magill, M.,, Capone, C., Cramer, M.A., Mastroleo, N.R., Reavy, R., & Borsari, B. Mechanisms of Behavior Change within Peer-Implemented Alcohol Interventions. Manuscript under review.
  3. McGovern, M.P., Capone, C., & Presseau, C. Integrated CBT for co-occurring PTSD-SUD among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Manuscript in preparation.
  4. Eaton, E.M., & Capone, C. A pilot study of mindful self-compassion in Veterans with PTSD-SUD and trauma-related guilt. Mansucript in preparation.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
  1. Sinha, R., Hurley, C., Farren, C., O'Malley, S.S. (1999, June). Co-morbid psychopathology, eating pathology, and dependence severity in treatment-seeking alcoholic women. Poster presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
  1. Wood, M. D., Brand, N., & Capone, C. (2002). Individualized feedback and alcohol expectancy challenge with heavy drinking college students. Paper presented at the First Annual Brown University Forum on College Student Drinking, Providence, RI, July 15, 2002.
  1. O’Malley, S., Sinha, R., Farren, C., Wu, R., Grilo, C., Hurley, C., & Meandzija, B. (2002, June). Naltrexone treatment in alcoholic women with and without eating disturbances. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Capone, C., Wood, M. D., Brand, N. H., & Kenna, G. A. (2002, June). The effect of individualized feedback and expectancy challenge on alcohol use among heavy drinking college students. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Brand, N. H., Wood, M. D., & Capone, C. (2002, June). Examining individual differences in expectancy and normative influences on college student drinking. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Read, J. P., Wood, M. D., & Capone, C. (2003, June). A prospective test of social learning theory in college drinking. Poster presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  1. Capone, C., Wood, M. D., & Brand, N. H. (2003, June). A test of mediation, moderation, and gender invariance in two brief interventions for college students. Poster presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  1. Brand, N. H., Wood, M. D., & Capone, C. (2003, June). Readiness to change and expectancy awareness as mediators of interventions to reduce alcohol use in college students. Poster presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  1. Wood, M. D., Capone, C., & Brand, N. H. (2004, June). An investigation of individualized feedback and alcohol expectancy challenge with heavy drinking college students. Poster presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  1. Capone, C., Wood, M. D., & Brand, N. H. (2004, June). Examining potential mediators of brief intervention effects with heavy drinking college students. Poster presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  1. Reavy, R., Wood, M.D., Capone, C., Laforge, R., & Briggs, E. (2005, June). Peer and parent influences on alcohol use and problems among incoming college freshmen. Poster presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
  1. Capone, C., Wood, M. D., Reavy, R., & Guindon, A. (2005, June). Confirmatory factor analysis of parental involvement measures across parent and teen samples. Poster presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
  1. Wood, M.D., Capone, C., Resendes, A., & Fairlie, A.M. (2006, May). Correspondence of parent and teen reports as correlates of alcohol involvement. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
  1. Capone, C. & Wood, M.D. (2007, July). An examination of familial density of alcoholism and associations with alcohol use and problems among college students. Poster presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Reseach Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, IL.
  1. Capone, C. & Wood, M.D. (2008, July). An examination of moderators of alcohol intervention effects among heavy drinking college students. Poster presented at the 31th annual meeting of the Reseach Society on Alcoholism, Washington DC.
  1. Capone, C., Kahler, C.W., Swift, R.M., & O'Malley, S.S. (2010, June). Does family history of alcoholism moderate naltrexone's effects on alcohol use? Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Reseach Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, TX.
  1. Capone, C., Carter, A.C., & Shea, M.T. (2011, February). Predictors of alcohol use among recently deployed OIF-OEF veterans. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Samuel B. Guze Symposium on Alcoholism, St Louis, MO.
  1. Capone, C., Carter, A.C. & Shea, M.T. (2011, November). Re-experiencing symptoms predict alcohol use in OIF-OEF veterans during the first month post-deployment. Poster presented at the 27th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore, MD.
  1. Capone, C., Short, E.E., & Carter, A.C. (2012, November). A Pilot Trial of Integrated CBT for PTSD and Substance Use Disorders with OEF-OIF-OND Veterans. In C. Capone (Chair), Treatment of co-occurring PTSD and substance use in veterans: Innovations and challenges. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Los Angeles, CA.
  1. McGrath, A.C., Presseau, C., McLeman, B.M., McGovern, M., & Capone, C. (2014, June). A Comparison of Military Veterans and Civilians Seeking Treatment for PTSD and Substance Use Disorders. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Bellevue, WA.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

  1. Wood, M.D. & Capone, C. (2009, April). The prevalence of substance use and misuse in emerging adulthood: Psychological, social, and familial challenges. Invited presentation, Harvard-Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA.
  1. Capone, C. (2012, August). Treating co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders in veterans. Invited presentation, Annual Training of Vet Center clinical staff, Providence, RI.
  1. Capone, C. (2012, November). Treatment of co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders. Invited presentation, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.
  1. Capone, C. (2013, November). Seeking Safety: Research and clinical considerations. Invited presentation, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.
  1. Shea, M.T., & Capone, C. (2014, April). Addressing combat related guilt and moral injury in Veterans. Mental Health Colloquium, Providence VA Medical Center.

COMPLETED GRANTS

  1. “Prazosin and Combat Trauma PTSD (PACT)”

Funding Source: VA Cooperative Studies Program (CSP #563)

Role: Clinician Rater

2. “Integrated CBT for Co-occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders” (7/1/10-6/30/15).

Funding Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA 1RO1DA030102; PI: McGovern)

Role: Co-Investigator

Direct Costs: $1,037,657

3. “Self Compassion Focused Treatment for co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders for Veterans with post traumatic guilt” (4/1/15-9/30/15)

Funding Source: VA Seed Grant Program (PI: Eaton)

Role: Co-Investigator

Direct Costs: $25,000

CURRENT GRANTS

1. “Virtual Role-Plays to Train Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment (CBT) for Addictions” (9/25/2014-6/15/2017).

Funding Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R44AA023719; PI:Olsen)

Role: Consultant

2. “Trauma-Informed Guilt Reduction (TrIGR) Intervention” (9/30/2015 – 9/29/2019)

Funding Source: Department of Defense (PT140066)

Role: Co-PI

Direct Costs: $935,444

UNIVERSITY TEACHING ROLES

2009-presentPostdoctoralClinical Supervisor, Providence VAMC

Integrated treatment for comorbid PTSD-SUD

Brown University Fellowship Program

2013 – 2015Practicum Supervisor, Providence VAMC

2014 – 2015Master’s of Science (ScM) ThesisCommittee

Behavioral and Social Sciences Intervention ScM Program

School of Public Health, Brown University

Madeline Benz, 2014-2015

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