Dr. Craig A. Field

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University of Texas at Austin
School of Social Work
Center for Social Work Research
Health Behavior Research and Training Institute
Appointed: 2008
University Medical Center - Brackenridge
Screening and Brief Intervention
Program DirectorAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

UT Austin - School of Social Work
Center for Social Work Research
Health Behavior Research and Training Institute
1717 West 6th Street, Suite #295
Austin, Texas 78703
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (512) 232-0624
Fax: (512) 232-0626
craig.field@austin.utexas.edu

Qualifications

M.P.H., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2002.
Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Clinical Psychology, 1998.
B.A., University of North Texas, Psychology, 1993.

Expertise and Research Interests

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Brief Alcohol Interventions with Injured Patients
Use of Motivational Interviewing in Emergency Department and Trauma Care Centers
Ethnic Differences and Health Disparities Related to Alcohol Use, Injuries, and Intimate Partner Violence

Other Expertise

- June 2006 Motivational Interviewing for Adolescents with Diabetes, Conducted by Carolina Yahne, PhD
- December 2004 Supervision of Motivational Interviewing Conducted by William Miller, PhD and Terry Moyers, PhD
- August 2003 Motivational Interviewing: Training for Trainers Conducted by Terry Moyers, PhD., and Denise Ernst, M.A., M.S.
- August 2002 Advanced Motivational Interviewing Training Conducted by William Miller, PhD and Terry Moyers, PhD
- May 2003 Motivational Interviewing with Injured Patients, Conducted by Chris Dunn, MD
- May 2003, Motivation Interviewing Training with Spanish Speaking Patients, Conducted Carolina Yahne, PhD
- October 2001 Motivational Interviewing Training Individual and Group Application with DWI Offenders Conducted by Dr David Timken

Future Research

- Determine the most effective method of applying brief alcohol interventions with injured patients to reduce alcohol problems and future risk of injury
- Dissemenation of evidence based methods for Screening, Brief Intervention and Referal for Treatment (SBIRT) in the emergency department and trauma care center

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Alcohol or Alcoholism, Clinical Psychology, Counseling or Guidance, Critical Care, Domestic Violence, Emergency Health Services, Health Promotion, Injury, Injury Prevention, Medical Education, Medical Intervention Methods, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychology, Public Health, Rehabilitation Or Therapy, Surgery, Trauma.

Additional Terms:

Behavioral Science, Brief Alcohol Intervention.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Spanish: (Functional, Functional, Basic)

Memberships

American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association
College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Division 50: Addictions
Division 5: Evaluation, Measurement & Statistics
Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers
Research Society on Alcoholism

Honors and Awards

2007, Young Investigator Award, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2006, Fellow, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Summer Institute on Randomized Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions
2003-2008, Health Disparities Scholar, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
2002, Junior Investigator Award, Resarch Society Alcoholism
2001, Junior Investigator Award, Research Society on Alcoholism

Previous Positions

2006-2008, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Medical School - Departments and Divisions, Psychiatry
2004-2008, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas
2002-2004, Associate Faculty, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas Campus
2002-2002, Senior Research Associate, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Dallas Campus
2000-2002, Research Associate, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Dallas Campus
1998-2000, Assistant Instructor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Medical School - Departments and Divisions, Surgery, Burn, Trauma, and Critical Care

Funding Received

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse: Multidisciplinary Approach to Reduce Injury and Substance Abuse (Multiple PI), 2009 to 2014.
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Multidisciplinary Approach to Reduce Injury and Alcohol Use (Prinicpal Investigator), 2006 to 2011.
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Motivational Interviewing & Feedback for College Drinkers (Co-Investigator), 2006 to 2009.
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse: Clinical Trials Network (Scientific Coordinator), 2005 to 2008.
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Collaborative Alcohol Research Development and Planning (Co-Investigator), 2003 to 2006.
  • National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities: NIH Loan Repayment Program (Health Disparities Scholar), 2003 to 2008.
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH): Brief Intervention to Reduce Injury in Minorities (Co-Investigator), 2002 to 2008.
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH): Ethnicity, Alcohol and Spousal Violence (Co-Investigator), 1998 to 2007.

Publications

  • Roudsari B, Field C, Caetano R (Apr 2008) Clustered and missing data in the US National Trauma Data Bank: implications for analysis., Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 14 (2), 96-100 Abstract
  • Field CA, Duncan J, Washington K, Adinoff B (Nov 2007) Association of baseline characteristics and motivation to change among patients seeking treatment for substance dependence., Drug and alcohol dependence, 91 (1), 77-84 Abstract
  • Claassen CA, Larkin GL, Hodges G, Field C (Feb 2007) Criminal correlates of injury-related emergency department recidivism., The Journal of emergency medicine, 32 (2), 141-7 Abstract
  • Lipsky S, Caetano R, Field CA, Larkin GL (Feb 2006) The role of intimate partner violence, race, and ethnicity in help-seeking behaviors., Ethnicity & health, 11 (1), 81-100 Abstract
  • Lipsky S, Field CA, Caetano R, Larkin GL (Dec 2005) Posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology and comorbid depressive symptoms among abused women referred from emergency department care., Violence and victims, 20 (6), 645-59 Abstract
  • Field CA, Caetano R (Oct 2005) Longitudinal model predicting mutual partner violence among White, Black, and Hispanic couples in the United States general population., Violence and Victims, 20 (5), 499-511 Abstract
  • Caetano R, Field CA, Ramisetty-Mikler S, McGrath C (Sep 2005) The 5-year course of intimate partner violence among White, Black, and Hispanic couples in the United States., Journal of interpersonal violence, 20 (9), 1039-57 Abstract
  • Field C, Hungerford DW, Dunn C (Sep 2005) Brief motivational interventions: an introduction., The Journal of trauma, 59 (3 Suppl), S21-6 Abstract
  • Dunn C, Hungerford DW, Field C, McCann B (Sep 2005) The stages of change: when are trauma patients truly ready to change?, The Journal of trauma, 59 (3 Suppl), S27-32 Abstract
  • Caetano R, Ramisetty-Mikler S, Field CA (Aug 2005) Unidirectional and bidirectional intimate partner violence among White, Black, and Hispanic couples in the United States., Violence and victims, 20 (4), 393-406 Abstract
  • Lipsky S, Caetano R, Field CA, Larkin GL (May 2005) Is there a relationship between victim and partner alcohol use during an intimate partner violence event? Findings from an urban emergency department study of abused women., Journal of Studies On Alcohol, 66 (3), 407-12 Abstract
  • Lipsky S, Caetano R, Field CA, Larkin GL (Apr 2005) Psychosocial and substance-use risk factors for intimate partner violence., Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 78 (1), 39-47 Abstract
  • Field CA, Caetano R (Apr 2005) Intimate partner violence in the U.S. general population: progress and future directions., Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20 (4), 463-9 Abstract
  • Caetano R, McGrath C, Ramisetty-Mikler S, Field CA (Jan 2005) Drinking, alcohol problems and the five-year recurrence and incidence of male to female and female to male partner violence., Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 29 (1), 98-106 Abstract
  • Lipsky S, Caetano R, Field CA, Bazargan S (2005) The role of alcohol use and depression in intimate partner violence among black and Hispanic patients in an urban emergency department., The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 31 (2), 225-42 Abstract
  • Field CA, Caetano R (Oct 2004) Ethnic differences in intimate partner violence in the U.S. general population: the role of alcohol use and socioeconomic status., Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 5 (4), 303-17 Abstract
  • Field, C., Caetano, R., Nelson, S., Alcohol and Violence Related Cognitive Risk Factors Associated with the Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence, Journal of Family Violence, 19(4), 249-253, August 2004
  • Lipsky S, Caetano R, Field CA, Bazargan S (Aug 2004) Violence-related injury and intimate partner violence in an urban emergency department., The Journal of Trauma, 57 (2), 352-9 Abstract
  • Field CA, O'Keefe G (Jan 2004) Behavioral and psychological risk factors for traumatic injury., The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 26 (1), 27-35 Abstract
  • Field CA, Caetano R (Sep 2003) Longitudinal model predicting partner violence among white, black, and Hispanic couples in the United States., Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 27 (9), 1451-8 Abstract
  • Caetano, R., Field, C., Nelson, S., Association of Childhood Physical Abuse, Exposure to Parental Violence and Alcohol Problems in Adulthood, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18(3), 240-257, 2003
  • Caetano, R., Field, C., Nelson, S., Association Between Intimate Partner Violence and Help Seeking for Alcohol Problems, Journal of Ethnicity and Substance Abuse, 1(2), 9-18, 2002
  • Caetano, R., Schafer, J., Field, C., Nelson S., Agreements in Reports of Intimate Partner Violence among White, Black and Hispanic Couples in the United States General Population, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17(12), 1308-1322, 2002
  • Field CA, Claassen CA, O'Keefe G (Jan 2001) Association of alcohol use and other high-risk behaviors among trauma patients., The Journal of Trauma, 50 (1), 13-9 Abstract
  • McCarley MC, Field CA, Developing community coalitions., Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses, 10 (2), 41-2 Abstract

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