Departmental Spotlight - Welcome Dr. Shannon!

We would like to welcome Dr. Lisa Shannon, Ph.D as a new faculty member with the Department of Behavioral Science with and appointment at the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. Dr. Shannon’s are in the areas of substance use/abuse, victimization, and criminal justice system involvement among women with a particular interest in pregnant women.  She is the Co-Principal Investigator of an evaluation study focused on using a modified case management approach to provide screening, prevention services, referrals for substance abuse assessments and treatment, as well as support for continued prenatal care on a high risk group of pregnant women. She is also the Study Director and Co-Principal Investigator for a statewide evaluation of a program serving children with severe emotional and behavioral disturbance. She has previously worked on a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) studying alcohol, violence, mental health and health status among rural and urban women with protective orders, as well a statewide outcome evaluation of the Drug Court program. Please help us welcome her to our team!