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Curriculum Vita
 

EDUCATION

2006    Ph.D.  Clinical Psychology.  University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

2002    M.S.   Clinical Psychology.  University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

1997    B.A.   Psychology, magna cum laude.  Yale University, New Haven, CT. 

 

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

2009-present               Member, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ.

2006-present               Associate Member, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research and                                     Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,                                     New Brunswick, NJ.                                    

2006-present               Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,                                     Piscataway, NJ. 

2005-2006                   Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,                                     Pittsburgh, PA.  Paul Pilkonis, Ph.D. and Marsha Marcus, Ph.D., Directors.  Clinical                                     Psychology Intern.

2000-2005                   Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, University of Wisconsin Medical                                     School, Madison, WI.  Tim Baker, Ph.D., Supervisor. Graduate Assistant.

1996-2003                   Yale Mellon Campus Life Survey, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Mahzarin Banaji,                                      Ph.D. & Peter Salovey, Ph.D., Supervisors.Research Assistant and Consultant.
                                   
1997-2000                   Health, Emotion, & Behavior Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, CT.  Peter                                     Salovey, Ph.D., Director. Research Assistant (1997-1999) and Associate                                                        (1999-2000).

 

GRANT FUNDING

2010-2012                   National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH.                                                                                                      Behavioral and Integrative Treatment Development Program (R21), PA-06-487.                                     Title: Evaluation of Learning-Theory-Based Smoking Cessation Preparation                                     Strategies.  Role: Principal Investigator (Direct Costs: $275,000).                                     This project will evaluate two behavioral and pharmacological treatment combinations                                     delivered in the weeks preceding a target smoking cessation attempt to inhibit the                                     learning that perpetuates smoking. Project No.:1R21DA026511-01A1.

2009-2011                   National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and                                     Alcoholism, NIH.
                                    Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science                                     Research (RC1) application (RFA-OD-09-003)
                                    Title: Phenotypic Markers for Smoking Cessation: Impulsive Choice and Impulsive
                                    Action.

                                    Role: Principal Investigator (Direct Costs: $492,613)
                                    The proposed project is a collaborative project testing delay discounting and                                     response disinhibition as potential phenotypic markers of the ability to quit smoking                                     with assistance through counseling and nictine replacement therapy.

                                                                                                             Project No. 1RC1DA028129-01.

2007-2009                   Charles and Johanna Busch Memorial Fund at Rutgers, The State University of New                                     Jersey, Evaluation of Electronic Diary Assessment Methods among Adults Attempting                                     to Quit Smoking

2003-2004                   University of Wisconsin-Madison Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center                                     Pilot Grant A Pilot Study of a Behavioral Treatment for Smokers

2003-2004                   University of Wisconsin-Madison Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center                                     Mini-Grant Color-Naming Performance in Nicotine Withdrawal and Under Stress

 

PUBLICATIONS

McCarthy, D. E., Baker, T. B., Minami, H. M., & Yeh, V. (in press). Applications of Contemporary Learning                   Theory in the Treatment of Drug Abuse. Invited chapter in S. Reilly and T. R. Schachtman (Eds.),                   Associative Learning and Conditioning: Human and Animal Applications. New York: Oxford                   University Press.

Minami, H. M., McCarthy, D. E., Jorenby, D. E., & Baker, T. B. (in press). An ecological momentary                   assessment analysis of relations among coping, affect, and smoking lapses. Article in press in                   Addiction.

McCarthy, D. E., Piasecki, T. M., Jorenby, D. E., Lawrence, D. L., Shiffman, S., M. C., & Baker, T. B. (2010).                   A multilevel analysis of nonsignificant counseling effects in a randomized smoking cessation trial.                   Addiction, 105, 2195-2208.

McCarthy, D. E., Curtin, J. J, Piper, M. E., & Baker, T. B. (2010).  Negative reinforcement: Possible                   clinical implications of an integrative model. Invited chapter in J. Kassel (Ed.) Substance Abuse                   and Emotion. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. pp. 15-42.

Smith, S. S., McCarthy, D. E., Japuntich, S., Christiansen, B. Piper, M. E., Joreny, D. E., Fraser, D. L.,                   Fiore, M. C., Baker, T. B., & Jackson, T. C., (2009). Randomized effectiveness trial of five                   smoking cessation pharmacotherapies combined with quit line counseling referral in primary                   care clinics. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169, 2148-2155.

McCarthy, D. E., Jorenby, D. E., Minami, H. M., & Yeh, V. M. (2009). Treatment options in smoking cessation:                   what place for bupropion sustained-released? Invited review for Clinical Medicine: Therapeutics,                   1, 683-696.

Bolt, D. M., Piper, M. E., McCarthy, D. E., Japuntich, S. J., Fiore, M. C., Smith, S. S., & Baker, T. B. (2009).                   The Wisconsin Predicting Patients' Relapse (WI-PREPARE) Questionnare. Nicotine & Tobacco                   Research, 11, 481-492.

McCarthy, D. E., Gloria, R., & Curtin, J. J. (2009). Attention bias in nicotine withdrawal and under stress.                   Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 77-90.

McCarthy, D. E., Piasecki, T. M., Lawrence, D. L. Jorenby, D. E., Shiffman, S., & Baker, T. B. (2008).                    Psychological mediators of bupropion SR treatment for smoking cessation. Addiction, 103,                   1521-1533.

Piper, M. E., McCarthy, D. E., Bolt, D. M., Smith, S. S., Lerman, C., Fiore, M. C., & Baker, T. B. (2008).                    Assessing dimensions of the nicotine dependence phenotype: An evaluation of the Nicotine                   Dependence Syndrome Scale (NDSS) and the Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence                   Motives (WISDM). Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10, 1009-1020.

Piasecki, T.M., McCarthy, D.E., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B. (2008). Alcohol consumption smoking urge                    and the reinforcing effects of cigarettes: An Ecological Study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,                    22, 230-239

McCarthy, D.E., Piasecki, T.M., Lawrence, D.L., Jorenby, D.E., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B. (2008).  A                    randomized, controlled clinical trial of bupropion SR and individual smoking cessation                    counseling. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10, 717-729.

Piper, M.E., Federman, E.B., McCarthy, D.E., Bolt, D.M., Smith, S.S., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B. (2008)                            Using mediational models to explore the nature of tobacco motivation. Journal of Abnormal                    Psychology, 117, 94-105. 

McCarthy, D. E., Bolt, D. M., & Baker, T. B. (2007). The importance of how: A call for mechanistic research in                   tobacco dependence treatment studies. In T. B. Baker, R. Bootzin, & T. A. Treat (Eds.).                   Psychological Clinical Science: Recent Advances in Theory and Practice: Integrative                   Perspectives in Honor of Richard M. McFall. New York: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates. pp. 133-                   163.

Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) Tobacco Dependence Phenotype Workgroup;                   Baker, T.B., Piper, M.E., McCarthy, D.E., Bolt, D.M., Smith, S.S., Kim, S.Y., Colby, S, Conti, D.,                   Giovino, G.A., Hatsukami, D., Hyland, A., Krishnan-Sarin, S., Niaura, R., Perkins, K.A., & Toll,                   B.A. (2007).  Time to first cigarette in the morning as an index of ability to quit smoking:                   Implications for nicotine dependence. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 9, S555-S570.

Piper, M.E., Federman, E.B., Bolt, D.M., McCarthy, D.E., Smith, S.S., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B. (2007).                     Efficacy and treatment effects of bupropion alone and in combination with nicotine gum.                     Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 9, 947-954.

McCarthy, D.E., Bolt, D.M., & Baker, T.B. (2007).  The importance of how: A call for mechanistic research in                    tobacco dependence treatment studies.  In T.B. Baker, R. Bootzin, & T.A. Treat (Eds.).                     Psychological clinical science: Recent advances in theory and practice: Integrative perspectives                    in honor of Richard M. McFall.  New York: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.

Baker, T.B., Japuntich, S.J., Hogle, J.M., McCarthy, D.E., & Curtin, J.J. (2006).  Pharmacologic and                    behavioral withdrawal from addictive drugs.  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15,                    232-236.

McCarthy, D.E., Piasecki, T.M., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B.  (2006). Life before and after quitting smoking: An                    electronic diary study.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 454-466.

Piper, M.E., McCarthy, D.E., & Baker, T.B. (2006).  Defining and assessing tobacco dependence: A critique                    and primer.  Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 8, 339-351.

Curtin, J., McCarthy, D.E., Piper, M.E., & Baker, T.B. (2006).  Implicit and explicit drug motivational                    processes: A model of boundary conditions.  In R.W. Wiers & A.W. Stacy (Eds.) Handbook of                    Implicit Cognition and Addiction.  Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Aries, E., McCarthy, D.E., Salovey, P., & Banaji, M. (2004).  A comparison of athletes and non-athletes at                    highly selective colleges: Academic performance and personal development.  Research in                    Higher Education, 45, 577-602.

Fiore, M.C., McCarthy, D.E., Jackson, T.C., Zehner, M.E., Jorenby, D.E., Mielke, M., Smith, S.S., Guiliani,                    T.A., & Baker, T.B.  (2004).  Integrating smoking cessation treatment into primary care:  An                    effectiveness study.  Preventive Medicine, 38, 412-420.

Baker, T.B., Piper, M.E., McCarthy, D.E., Majeskie, M.R., & Fiore, M.C.  (2004).  Addiction motivation                    reformulated:  An affective processing model of negative reinforcement.  Psychological Review,                    111, 33-51.

Apanovitch, A.M., McCarthy, D.E., & Salovey, P.  (2003).  Using message framing to motivate HIV testing                    among low-income, ethnic minority women.  Health Psychology, 22, 60-67.

Piasecki, T.M., Fiore, M.C., McCarthy,D.E., & Baker, T.B. (2002).  Have we lost our way? The need for                    dynamic formulations of smoking relapse proneness.  Addiction, 97, 1093-1108.

Schneider, T.R., Salovey, P., Apanovitch, A., Zullo, J., Pizzaro, J., McCarthy, D., & Rothman, A. (2001) The                    Effects of Message Framing and Ethnic Targeting on Mammography Use Among Low-Income                    Women.  Health Psychology, 20, 256-266.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

McCarthy, D. E., Chapman, G. B., Yoon, H., Minami, H. M., Yeh, V. M., & Waters, A. J. (2011, Aug.). EMA                    measures of impulsive choice and impulsive behavior during an attempt to stop smoking. Paper                    to be presented in a symposium entitled Cognition and Addiction: Using PDAs to Predict and                    Prevent (A.J. Waters and S. J. Heishman, Chairs) at the 119th Annual Convention of the                    American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Nwaziri, A. A., McCarthy, D. E., Yeh, V. M. (2011, May). Motivation to smoke to relieve negative affect                    predicts attention bias in smokers.  Poster to be presented at the 23rd Annual Convention of the                    Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

McCarthy, D. E., Chapman, G. B., Yoon, H., Minami, H. M., Yeh, V. M., & Waters, A. J. (2011, Feb.).                    Dynamics of impulsive choice and impulsive behavior during smoking cessation. Poster                    presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco;                    Toronto, ON, Canada.

McCarthy, D. E., Minami, H. M., & Yeh, V. M. (2011, Feb.).  An experimental analysis of reactivity to frequent                    ecological momentary assessment. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of                    the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco; Toronto, ON, Canada.

McCarthy, D. E., Minami, H. M., & Yeh, V. M. (2010, Feb.). An experimental investigation of reactivity                    to ecological momentary assessment frequency. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society                    for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco; Baltimore, MD.

Minami, H. M. & McCarthy, D. E. (2010, Feb.). An ecological momentary assessment analysis of relations among coping, affect, and smoking lapses. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco; Baltimore, MD.

Farris, S., Hunter-Reel, D., Epstein, E., & McCrady, B. (2009, Nov.). Evaluating anxiety as a predictor of                    drinking outcomes and treatment effects in alocohol dependent women with comorbid current                    anxiety disorder. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Convention of the Association for                    Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.

McCarthy, D. E., Curtin, J. J., & Gloria, R. (2009, Apr.). Attention bias toward smoking-related and pleasant                    cues in withdrawal and under stress. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society                     for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco; Dublin, Ireland.

McCarthy, D. E., Fiore, M. C., & Baker, T. B. (2009 Apr.). Counseling effects on reactions to lapses during a                    smoking cessation attempt. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for                    Research on Nicotine & Tobacco; Dublin, Ireland.

McCarthy, D. E., Jackson, T. C., Fiore, M. C., & Baker, T. B. (2009, Apr.). Primary care provider tobacco                    intervention behaviors following implementation of a smoking cessation referral program. Poster                    presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco;                    Dublin, Ireland.

McCarthy, D. E., Gloria, R., Piper, M. E., & Baker, T. B. (2009, Apr.). A pilot study to test the feasibility of                    pre-cessation withdrawal exposure and rapid puffing among adult smokers motivated to quit.                    Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine &                    Tobacco; Dublin, Ireland.

McCarthy, D.E.*, MacKinnon, D. P., Shiffman, S., Piper, M. E., & Baker, T. B. (2008, Feb.).  Mechanisms of
                   change in smoking cessation treatment. Symposium to be presented at the 14th Annual Meeting                    of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Portland, OR. (*Symposium Chair)

McCarthy, D.E., Bolt, D.M., Piasecki, T. M., Lawrence, D. L., Jorenby, D. E., Shiffman, S., Fiore, M. C., &                    Baker, T. B. (2008, Feb.).  Cognitive and Behavioral Mediators of Bupropion SR and Individual                    Smoking Cessation Counseling in a Randomized Clinical Trial. Paper to be presented at the                    14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Portland, OR.

Jackson, T., Japuntich, S. J., McCarthy, D. E., Curry, S., Fraser, D., Fiore, M. C., & Baker, T. B. (2008, Feb.).                    University of Wisconsin’s Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC-2):                    Implementing a Cessation Trial in a Real-World Clinical Setting. Paper to be presented at the                    14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Portland, OR.

Japuntich, S., McCarthy, D. E., Jackson, T. C., Fiore, M. C., & Baker, T. B. (2007, Mar.).  Recruitment of                    primary care patients into a smoking cessation study.  Poster presented at the 28th Annual                    Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C.

McCarthy, D.E., Bolt, D.M., Lawrence, D.L., Piasecki, T.M., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B. (2006,  May).                     Withdrawal Distress on the First Day of a Smoking Cessation Attempt.  Poster presented at the                    18th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

McCarthy, D.E., Bolt, D.M., Lawrence, D.L., Piasecki, T.M., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B. (2006, Apr.).                     Withdrawal Distress on the First Day of a Smoking Cessation Attempt.  Poster presented at                    National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Training Institute, Bethesda, MD.

McCarthy, D.E., Piper, M.E., Bolt, D.M., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B. (2005, Oct.).  In Search of How: Testing                    Mediational Hypotheses in Tobacco Cessation Clinical Trials.  Paper presented at 2005                    Transdiscplinary Tobacco Use Research Center Grantee Conference, Silver Spring, MD.

McCarthy, D.E., Fiore, M.C., Lawrence, D.L., & Baker, T.B. (2004, Jul.).  Associations among Smoking                    Cessation Treatment, Nicotine Withdrawal, and Abstinence.  Poster presented at the 112th                    annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

McCarthy, D.E., Piasecki, T.M., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B. (2004, Feb.).  Life before and after quitting                    smoking.  Poster presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine                    and Tobacco, Scottsdale, AZ.

McCarthy, D.E., Piasecki, T.M., Lawrence, D.L., Fiore, M.C., & Baker, T.B. (2004, Feb.).  Efficacy of                    bupropion SR and individual counseling among adults attempting to quit smoking.  Poster                    presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco,                    Scottsdale, AZ.

Devos-Comby, L., McCarthy, D., Ferris, H., & Salovey, P.  (2003, Feb.).  Integrated Theory of Reasoned                    Action predicts later condom use among low-income inner-city women.  Poster presented at the                    4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

McCarthy, D.E., Fiore, M.C., Smith, S.S., Zehner, M.E., & Baker, T.B.  (2002, Feb.).  Smokers in primary                    care: Will they enter formal smoking cessation programs? Poster presented at 8th Annual                    Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Savannah, GA.

Salovey, P., Apanovitch, A. M., & McCarthy, D. (2001, May).  Framing persuasive messages to encourage                    HIV-testing.Paper presented at the 9th International Conference, AIDS, Cancer, and Related                    Problems, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Apanovitch, A.M., Salovey, P., & McCarthy, D. (2001, Mar.).  Using Message Framing to Promote HIV Testing                    Among Low-Income, Ethnic Minority Women.  Poster presented at the Society for Behavioral                    Medicine Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Apanovitch, A.M., McCarthy, D., & Salovey, P. (1999, Aug).  Message framing and HIV testing in low-income                    women.  Paper presented at the CDC National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA.
           
Apanovitch, A.M., McCarthy, D., & Salovey, P. (1999, Aug).  Gain-framed messages increase HIV-testing for                    promotion-oriented women.  Poster presented at the CDC National HIV Prevention Conference,                    Atlanta, GA.

McCarthy, D., Salovey, P., Banaji, M.R., Bedell, B.T., Carpenter, S.J., Park, J., & Truax, K. (1998, May). The                    importance of elective group membership to undergraduate self-esteem.  Poster presented at                    the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.

Schneider, T.R., Apanovitch, A., Zullo, J., McCarthy, D., Gardner, N., & Salovey, P. (1998, May).   Maximizing                    low-income women’s intentions to get a mammogram.  Poster presented at the Annual                    Convention of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.

Truax, K., Banaji, M.R., Salovey, P., Bedell, B., Carpenter, S., McCarthy, D., & Park, J. (1998, May). The role                    of joining groups in psychological adaptation. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the                    American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2006-present               American Psychological Association

2007-present               Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

2006-present               Association for Psychological Science

2008-present               Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology


2008-present               Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

 

PEER REVIEW

Journals & Conferences

2008-2010                   Addiction

2009                            Anxiety, Stress, & Coping

2006-2011                   Behavior Research and Therapy

2009                            Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention

2009-2010                   Journal of Abnormal Psychology

2008-2010                   Nicotine and Tobacco Research

2008                            Prevention Science

2009-2010                   Psychological Science

2010-2011                   Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

2010                            Psychopharmacology

2005                            Psychophysiology

2003, 2004,                 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting Abstract reviewer        2007-2009                   

 

TEACHING

Undergraduate Health Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Graduate Research Design and Analysis II, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2004                            Received rating of Distinction for clinical specialty preliminary examination

2004                            Awarded first prize in the American Psychological Association Division 50 (Addictions)                                     Annual Student Poster Competition

2004                            NIDA Travel Award to present at Young Investigator’s Poster Session at
                                    American Psychological Association Annual Meeting

2003-2004                   Marian Schwartz Fellowship for Experimental and Cognitive Research

2002                            Received rating of Distinction for general clinical preliminary examination

2001                            Received rating of Distinction for the first year project

2000-2001                   Academic Year University Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1997                            Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University