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CDAP > Faculty > Dr. Suzanne Thomas
Dr. Suzanne Thomas

dr. thomas

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor, College of Health Professions




 



EDUCATION

Auburn University, Auburn,  ALB.A.  1990 Psychology
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC   Ph.D. 1996Experimental Psychology
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC  Postdoctoral1998Alcohol Research

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-2000  Research Instructor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2000-2005Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2003-2007Shared Scientific Resource Core Director, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2005-2007Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2007-presentResearch Mentor, Charleston Consortium Psychology Internship Training Program
2007-presentDirector, Office of Addiction Education and Outreach, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2007-presentAssociate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2008-presentAssociate Professor, College of Health Professions, MUSC, Charleston, SC

AWARDS AND HONORS

1994-1996 Student Representative (appointed by Provost) for the Internal Review Board and the Animal Care and Use Committee, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
1996Recipient of the Ralph H. Tindall Fellowship, awarded by the University of South Carolina for outstanding doctoral thesis
1997-1999Recipient of a Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Junior Investigator Award
2005Invited Speaker for the Dean's Lecture Series; presented information on evidence-based addiction treatments to 3rd year medical school students
2006-presentExpert Consultant, National Registry of Evidence-based Programs & Practices, SAMHSA
2007-present

Editorial Consultant/Advisor for the National Women's Health Report: Substance Abuse and Women.  National Women's Health Resource Center, Washington, DC

2007-2008Fellow, MUSC Trustees Leadership Academy
2008AMERSA Travel Award

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Crowley N, Budak A, Byrne TK & Thomas S. Patients who endorse more binge eating triggers before gastric bypass lose less weight at 6 months. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 7(1):55-59, 2011.

McRae-Clark AL, Carter RE, Price KL, Baker NL, Thomas S, Saladin ME, Giarla K, Nicholas K & Brady KT. Stress- and cue-elicited craving and reactivity in marijuana-dependent individuals. Psychopharmacology 218(1):49-58, 2011. PMCID: 3209966

Thomas SE, Bacon AK, Randall PK, Brady KT & See RE. An acute psychosocial stressor increases drinking in non-treatment-seeking alcoholics. Psychopharmacology 218(1):19-28, 2011. PMCID: 3115478

Thomas SE, Haney MK, Pelic CM, Shaw D & Wong JG. Developing a program to promote stress resilience and self-care in first year medical students. Canadian Medical Education Journal 2(1):46-50, 2011. PMCID: 3150750

Thomas SE, Randall PK, Brady KT, See RE & Drobes DJ. An acute psychosocial stressor does not potentiate alcohol cue reactivity in non-treatment-seeking alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 35(3):464-473, 2011. PMCID: 3117919

Book SW, Thomas SE, Smith JP & Miller PM. Severity of anxiety in mental health versus addiction treatment settings when social anxiety and substance abuse are comorbid. Addictive Behaviors 37(10):1158-1161, 2012. PMCID: 3389124

Book SW, Thomas SE, Stewart SH & Miller PM. Client attitudes toward alcohol use self-report. Substance Abuse 33(2):124-129, 2012.

Bushardt RL, Booze LE, Hewett ML, Hildebrandt C & Thomas SE. Physician Assistant program characteristics and faculty credentials on Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam pass rates. Journal of Physician Assistant Education 23(1):19-23, 2012.

  

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