Dr. Mary Marden Velasquez

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Medical School
Family Practice and Community Medicine
Director of ResearchAppointed: 1999

Mailing Address

UT-Houston Medical School
Family Practice and Community Medicine
6431 Fannin, JJL324
Houston, Texas 77030-1501
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (713) 500-7590
Fax: (713) 500-7598
Mary.M.Velasquez@uth.tmc.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Behavioral Science, 1997.
M.A., University of Houston, Clinical Psychology, 1988.

Expertise and Research Interests

Transtheoretical Model (TTM), Stages of Change, Motivational Interviewing (MI), brief interventions in emergency room care with substance abusers, substance abuse, dually diagnosed populations, fetal alcohol syndrome prevention, pregnancy and smoking, andprevention of HIV transmission among HIV+ males.

Other Expertise

CURRENT TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
- The Application of the Transtheoretical Model to Health Promotion, UT-H School of Public Health Third Year Clerkship
- Introduction to Clinical Medicine
- Intern Support Group, Family Practice and Community Medicine
- Social and Cultural Concepts in Public Health

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Feb, 2000-present
Associate Professor
Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine
University of Texas-Houston Medical School

Feb, 2000-present
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Sept, 1999-Feb, 2000
Associate Professor (Research)
Department of Psychology
University of Houston, Houston Texas

1997- Present
Adjunct Faculty- Behavioral Sciences
University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
School of Public Health

1999-present
Investigator
Center for Health Promotion and Development
University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
School of Public Health

1995 - 1999
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology,
University of Houston, Houston, Texas

1994-1997 Instructor
University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
School of Public Health

Future Research

Brief interventions in hospital or clinic settings
Prevention of alcohol-related birth defects
HIV prevention
Alcohol use and concurrent mental illness

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, HIV, HIV Prevention, Substance Abuse.

Additional Terms:

Birth Control, Dually Diagnosed Populations, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, HIV Positive Men, HIV Prevention, Harris County Jail, MI, MSM Project, Motivational Interviewing, Planned Parenthood, Project Choices, Project Success, Psychiatric Distress, Stages of Change, Substance Abuse, TTM, Transtheoretical Model, Treatment Centers, Women.

Memberships

American Public Health Association
Center for Population Health and Evidence-Based Medicine
Committee on the Status of Women
Design and Intervention Core, UT-H School of Public Health
Houston Alliance for the Mentally Ill
International Association of Motivational Interviewing Trainers
Psychology Advisory Board, University of Houston Clear Lake
Research Society on Alcoholism
SBM Scientific Liaison Committee
Texas Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Texas Public Health Association
The Gathering Place (a facility for the chronically mentally ill)
The Society for Behavioral Medicine
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
University of Houston Social Sciences Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects

Honors and Awards

2004-2005, Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Family and Community Medicine
1994, New Investigator Award, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
1988, M.A. with Highest Honors, University of Houston- Clear Lake
1986, B.S. with Highest Honors (Summa Cum Laude), University of Houston- Clear Lake
1984-1986, Psi Chi Honor Society,
1984, Bertini Academic Scholarship,

Previous Positions

1998-2000, Lecturer, Texas Woman's University
1997-2000, Lecturer, University of Texas, School of Nursing
1996-2000, Lecturer, The Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Medicine
1994-1997, Instructor, University of Texas, School of Public Health

Funding Received

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Project CHOICES: A Randomized Clinical Trial for Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Among High-Risk Women, $978,078, Sep 30, 2000 to Sep 29, 2003.
  • National Institute for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse: Developing Alcohol-Related HIV Preventive Interventions (Co-Principal Investigator), $1,527,071, Sep 30, 1997 to Sep 29, 2002.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies Among High-Risk Women (Co-Principal Investigator), $900,003, Sep 30, 1997 to Sep 29, 2000.
  • National Institute for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse: Combined Behavioral/Psychopharmalogic Treatment of Alcoholism- (Co-Investigator), Sep 1997 to Jun 1998.
  • National Institutes of Justice: Program Evaluation of the Harris County Sheriff's Department 'New Choices' Program- (Co-Investigator), Sep 1997 to Aug 1999.
  • National Institute for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse: 'PROJECT MATCH' (UH-VA Alcoholism Treatment Matching Clinical Research Unit) Continuation- (Co-Investigator), Sep 1994 to Aug 1996.
  • National Cancer Institute: Parent-Assisted Smoking Cessation. (Co-Investigator), $144,764, Sep 1,1999 to Aug 31, 2001.
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Efficacy of Ultrasound and Motivational Enhancement in Prenatal Smoking Cessation (Co-Investigator), $970,000, Sep 1, 2000 to Aug 31, 2004.
  • National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse: Preventing Alcohol Exposed Pregnancy After a Jail Term. (Co-Principal Investigator), $1,186,025, Sep 1, 1999 to Aug 31, 2002.
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Bridge Grant for Smoke Free Families- (Co-Principal Investigator), Sep 1997 to Sep 1998.
  • National Institute for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse: Psychiatric Severity and Behavior Change in Alcoholism., Mar 1996 to Feb 1998.
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Enhanced Case Management Services for Low Income Women- (Co-Investigator), Jul 1995 to Oct 1998.
  • National Institute on Allergies and Infectious Disease: STD Testing in Young Women, A Stage-Based Approach. (Co-Principal Investigator), $1,307,981, April 1,2001 to March 31, 2004.

Publications

  • Ingersoll K, Floyd L, Sobell M, Velasquez MM, Project CHOICES Intervention Research Group, Reducing the risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies: a study of a motivational intervention in community settings, Pediatrics, 111(5 Part 2), 1131-5, May 2003 Abstract
  • Mullen PD, Cummins AG, Velasquez MM, Von Sternberg K, Carvajal R, Jails as Important But Constrained Venues for Addressing Women's Health, Family and Community Health, 26(2), 157-68, 2003
  • Gladu R, Nieman LZ, Goodrich TJ, Groff JY, Velasquez MM, Family medicine month in a university-based program: establishing a family medicine identity, Family Medicine, 34(3), 164-6, March 2002 Abstract
  • Velasquez MM, Alcohol-exposed pregnancy: characteristics associated with risk, American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 23(3), 166-173, 2002
  • Sobell, M., Velasquez, M., Ingersoll, K., Sobell, L., Floyd, L. & Gould, D, Using a motivational enhancement intervention to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies, The annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA., November 2000
  • Velasquez, M.M., Project CHOICES Behavioral Intervention, Research Society on Alcoholism, Denver, CO, June 2000
  • Velasquez, M.M., Hecht, J., Quinn, V., Emmons, K., DiClemente, C. & Mullen, P.D, The application of motivational interviewing to prenatal smoking cessation, Tobacco Control, 9(3), 36-39, 2000
  • Velasquez, M.M., DiClemente, C.C. & Addy, R, The generalizability of Project MATCH: A comparison of those enrolled to those not enrolled in the study at one aftercare site, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 59(2), 177-182, 2000
  • Mullen, P.D., DiClemente, C., Velasquez, M., Groff, J., Carbonari, J, Enhanced prenatal case management for low-income smokers, Tobacco Control, 9(3), 75-77, 2000
  • Velasquez, M.M, Strategies for affecting change at multiple levels of an organization, . In Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The Change Book. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, 2000
  • Dolan-Mullen P, DiClemente CC, Velasquez MM, Timpson SC, Groff JY, Carbonari JP, Nicol L, Enhanced prenatal case management for low income smokers, Tobacco Control, 9 Suppl 3, III75-7, 2000 Abstract
  • Velasquez, M.M., Murray, N., Addy, R., Comparison of a 'staging ruler' and the stage of change algorithm for smoking, Society for Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA., February 1999
  • Murray, N.G., Velasquez, M.M. & Kammerman, B., Family and friend smoking as a predictor of college student smoking, Society for Behavioral Medicine, February 1999
  • Velasquez MM, Carbonari JP, DiClemente CC, Psychiatric severity and behavior change in alcoholism: the relation of the transtheoretical model variables to psychiatric distress in dually diagnosed patients, Addictive Behaviors, 24(4), 481-96, 1999 Abstract
  • Arciniega, L., Arroyo, J., Barrett, D., Bried, D., Carthy, K., Gulliver, S., Handmaker,. N., LoCastro, J., Longabaugh, R., Meyers, R., Miller, W., Najavits, L., Smith, J., Thevos., A., Velasquez, M., Yahne, C., Zweben, A., Combined Behavioral Intervention. In W. R. Miller, Project COMBINE (Combining medications and behavioral interventions) therapist manual, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1999
  • Velasquez, M.M., Stages of Change: Facilitating Positive Behavior Change in Your Patients, Invited presentation at the University of South Carolina Medical School's Fifth Annual Alcohol and Drug Issues Conference for Clinicians, Columbia, SC., December 1997
  • Velasquez, M.M., DiClemente, C.C. & Carbonari, J. P., Psychiatric severity and behavior change in alcoholism treatment, Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, November 1997
  • DiClemente, C.C., Morrel, T., Carbonari, J. & Velasquez, M., Client processes of change: Do they vary as a function of different therapies?, In Del Boca (Moderator), Advances in understanding treatment process: Findings from Project MATCH. Symposium conducted at the 28th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Geilo, Norway, June 1997
  • Velasquez, M.M., Rosengren, D. & Barrett, D., Kelsey-Seybold Addiction, Consultation and Treatment (ACT) program evaluation, 1997
  • DiClemente, C., Carbonari, J., Addy, R. & Velasquez, M., Alternative Short Forms of a Processes of Change scale for Alcoholism Treatment, Poster presented at the Fourth International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, November 1996
  • Mullen, P., Velasquez, M.M., Hecht, J., Groff, J. & DiClemente, C.C., Pregnancy, Stress and Smoking Study treatment manual, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1996
  • Zweben, A., Donovan, D., Randall, C., Barrett, D., Dermen, K., Meyers, R., Rice, C., Rosengren, D., Schmidt, P., Snow, M., Thevos, A., & Velasquez, M., Issues in the development of subject recruitment strategies and eligibility criteria in multisite trials of matching, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 12, 62-69, 1994
  • Scott, C.W., DiClemente, C.C., & Velasquez, M.M., Predicting participation in smoking cessation programs, Poster presented at the 101st annual convention of the American Psychological Association, August 1993
  • DiClemente, C.C., Carbonari, J.P., & Velasquez, M.M., Alcoholism treatment mismatching from a process of change perspective, . In R. R. Watson Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Totowa, NJ: The Humana Press, pp115-142, 1992
  • DiClemente CC, Prochaska JO, Fairhurst SK, Velicer WF, Velasquez MM, Rossi JS, The process of smoking cessation: an analysis of precontemplation, contemplation, and preparation stages of change, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59(2), 295-304, April 1991 Abstract
  • Velasquez, M.M., DiClemente, C.C., Addy, R. & Carbonari, J.P., , Research Society on Alcoholism., June 1988
  • Velasquez, MM., vonSternberg, K., Thomas-Cuttingham, A., Parsons, J., Carbonari, J. & DiClemente, C., Positive CHOICES therapist training and treatment manual, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, 1988
  • Velasquez, M.L., DiClemente, C.C., Grossman, A.A. & Prochaska, J.O., An analysis of efficacy evaluations in smoking cessation maintenance, Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA, August 1987
  • Velasquez, M.M., Crouch, C., von Sternberg, K., Grosdanis, I., Motivation for change and psychological distress in homeless substance abusers, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, (in press)
  • DiClemente, C.C. & Velasquez, M.M., Motivational Interviewing and the Stages of Change, In W.R. Miller & S. Rollnick Motivational Interviewing. (2nd Edition), New York: The Guilf(in preparation)
  • Velasquez, M.M., Gaddy-Maurer, G., Crouch, C., DiClemente, C.C., Helping people change substance use: A stage of change-based treatment program, New York: NY. The Guilford Press

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