Daniel Squires
Assistant Professor (Research):
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Phone: +1 401 863 6486
Daniel_Squires@brown.edu
Dr. Squires' work focuses on the dissemination of evidence-guided practices for the treatment of addictive behaviors. He is currently the Principal Investigator of the New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center, and conducts research designed to evaluate comprehensive organizational change and training models for alcohol and other drug treatment organizations and providers.
Biography
Dr. Squires received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of New Mexico in 2004, where he also received a master's degree in public health. He completed his clinical psychology internship through the Brown University Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium in 2004, and went on to complete a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Alcohol Treatment and Early Intervention Research at the Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies at Brown. In 2006, Dr. Squires became Director of the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England at the Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies, and joined the research faculty in the Department of Community Health at Brown in the same year.
Degrees
PhD, MPH
Awards
National Institute of Mental Health Life after COR (Career Opportunities in Research) Panelist/COR Star Recipient, 2005
Benjamin Franklin Haught Memorial Research Lecture Award, University of New Mexico Department of Psychology, 2004
Research Society on Alcoholism Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award Finalist, 2002
Affiliations
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association Division 50 (Addictions)
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
Research Society on Alcoholism
Funded Research
Completed
1. 1 F31 AA14056-01 Squires (PI) 9/20/02-9/19/03
NIH/NIAAA
Diffusing a PC-Based Intervention for Problem Drinkers
The goal of this proposal was to evaluate the adoption of an interactive computer (PC)-based program for problem drinking by a sample of treatment providers across 10 treatment sites.
2. 6 UD1 TI013418-05-5 Squires (PI) 9/30/06-9/29/07
DHHS/SAMHSA
Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England
The goal of this project was to promote system change and workforce development/enhancement through the infusion of current research findings into clinical practice and educational programming across the six-state New England region.
3. 2 U10 DA015831-06 Weiss (PI) 9/1/07-8/31/08
NIH/NIDA
Clinical Trials Network: Harvard University Northern New England Node
The goal of this proposal was to bring together research expertise and community treatment programs to design and implement addiction treatment studies in the community, and to insure the broad distribution of research-based treatment practices into clinical practice.
Role: Co-Investigator
4. 1 R21 DA021150-01 Squires (PI) 5/10/07-12/31/10
NIH/NIDA
Training Drug Treatment Providers to Adopt Evidence-Based Practices
The goal of this proposal was to evaluate novel technology transfer methods intended to enhance adoption of evidence-based practice for drug treatment among treatment providers.
5. 30771 00030382 (UMKC) Squires (PI) 10/1/10-9/30/11
DHHS/SAMHSA/UMKC
Workforce Development for MAT (Subcontract through University of Missouri-Kansas City)
The goal of this project is to increase awareness, provide education, and promote access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) for specific racial and ethnic minority populations.
Current
1. 2 UD1 TI013418-06 Squires (PI) 9/30/07-9/29/12
DHHS/SAMHSA
Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England
The goal of this project is to promote system change and workforce development/enhancement through the infusion of current research findings into clinical practice and educational programming across the six-state New England region.
2. 1 P01 AA019072 Monti (PI) 9/30/10-8/31/15
NIH/NIAAA
Alcohol and HIV: Biobehavioral Interactions and Intervention
The goals of this alcohol research center are to study the effects of alcohol use on HIV disease progression and the effects of interventions to reduce alcohol use in HIV-infected populations. The center also fosters multidisciplinary collaborations and training in research on alcohol and HIV and dissemination of research findings to clinicians treating addictions and HIV.
Role: Co-Investigator
2. 1 K23 DA031881 Choo (PI) 07/1/11 - 6/30/16
NIH/NIDA
A Computer-based Intervention for Substance Use and Partner Abuse in the Emergency Department
The goal of this study is to development and test a novel, computer-based intervention for ED patients with coexisting substance use and partner violence victimization.
Role: Co-Mentor
Pending
1. 1 K23 Becker (PI) 07/01/11 - 06/30/16
NIH/NIDA
Services Marketing to Disseminate Evidence-Based Therapy for Youth Substance Use
The goal of this study is to evaluate whether strategies from services marketing, a field of marketing focused on increasing the appeal and quality of professional services, can be used to advance the dissemination of evidence-based psychotherapy for adolescent substance
abuse.
Role: Co-Mentor
