Center Investigators
CTBH is comprised of a wide array of researchers, technologists and clinicians with interest in developing, studying, and using technology-based tools for the assessment, treatment and prevention of substance use and related disorders.
Michelle Acosta, PhD
Principal Investigator, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
Pediatric Psychology; Addiction Psychology; Technology-Delivered Interventions
Ian David Aronson, PhD
Principal Investigator, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
Educational Communication and Technology; Computer-Based Learning Environments.
Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD
Director of the Thresholds-Dartmouth Research Center
mHealth; Serious Mental Illness; Psychosocial Interventions for Schizophrenia
Mary F. Brunette, MD
Medical Director, Bureau of Behavioral Health, NH Department of Health & Human Services
Addiction Psychiatry; Severe Mental Illness; Smoking Cessation
Elizabeth Carpenter-Song, PhD
Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Ethnographic Research; Disparities; Mental Illness/Mental Health Services
Joelle C. Ferron, PhD, MSW
Research Assistant Professor, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Motivational Interventions for Severe Mental Illness; Smoking Cessation
Honoria Guarino, PhD
Project Director, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
Qualitative/Ethnographic Research Methods; Social Aspects of Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS
Joanne Nicholson, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Parenting and Mental Illness; Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Web-based Interventions
Bethany R. Raiff, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Rowan University
Behavioral Pharmacology; Integration of Technological Innovations with Behavioral Interventions
Alex Ramsey, PhD
Research Associate, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health
Program Evaluation; Research Methodology; Behavioral Health Interventions
Tracy Stecker, PhD
Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Help-Seeking Behavior in Individuals with Mental Illness; Veterans; PTSD; Suicidality
Haiyi Xie, PhD
Applied Statistician, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Longitudinal and Multilevel Data Analyses; Generalized Linear-Mixed Models, Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE)