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John D. Roache, Ph.D

Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Chief of the Division of Alcohol and Drug Addiction in the Department of Psychiatry at Ut Health Science Center

Chief of the Division of Alcohol and Drug Addiction, Department of Psychiatry

Ut Health Science Center

Biographical Sketch

John D. Roache, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Chief of the Division of Alcohol and Drug Addiction in the Department of Psychiatry. He also serves as the Director of clinical trials operations of the Institute on the Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) FIRST Program and Deputy Director of the STRONG STAR PTSD Research Consortium and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (CAP). His research interests are in understanding the behavioral neurobiology of the causes, consequences, and treatments for alcohol and drug addiction.

Education

Year	Degree	Major	Institution
1987	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Clinical Pharmacology Research	Addiction Research Center, National Institute on Drug Abuse Baltimore , MD
1985	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences	The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore , MD
1983	PhD	Pharmacology & Toxicology	Purdue University West Lafayette , IN
1980	MS	Pharmacology & Toxicology	Purdue University West Lafayette , IN
1977	BS	Biology	Indiana University Bloomington , IN

Presentations/Publications with the NRLC

The role of social support in motivating reductions in alcohol use: Tests of three models of social support in alcohol impaired drivers
Moon, T. J., Mathias, C. W., Mullen, J., Karns-Wright, T. E., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Roache, J. D., and Dougherty, D. M.

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43, 123-134.
Time Delays in Transdermal Alcohol Concentrations Relative to Breath Alcohol Concentrations
Karns-Wright, T. E., Roache, J. D., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Mullen, J., and Dougherty, D. M. (2017)

Alcohol and Alcoholism, 52, 35-41.
The correspondence between transdermal alcohol monitoring and daily self-reported alcohol consumption
Karns-Wright, T. E., Dougherty, D. M., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Mathias, C. W., and Roache, J. D. (2018).

Addictive Behaviors, 85, 147-152.
The potential clinical utility of transdermal alcohol monitoring data to estimate the number of alcoholic drinks consumed
Dougherty, D. M., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Lake, S. L., Cates, S. E., and Roache, J. D. (2015)

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 14, 124-130.
Using contingency management procedures to reduce at-risk drinking in heavy drinkers
Dougherty, D. M., Lake, S. L., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Mullen, J., and Roache, J. D. (2015).

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, 109-121.
Characterization of the pharmacokinetics of Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1 and 16:0/18:2 in human whole blood after alcohol consumption in a clinical laboratory study.
Javors, M. A., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Roache, J. D., Karns-Wright, T. E., and Dougherty, D. M. (2016).

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40, 1228-1234.
Behavioral impulsivity does not predict naturalistic alcohol consumption or treatment outcomes
Mullen, J., Mathias, C. W., Karns, T. E., Liang, Y., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Roache, J. D. Lamb, R. J., and Dougherty, D. M. (2016).

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 15, 120-128.
Transdermal alcohol concentration data collected during a contingency management program to reduce at-risk drinking
Dougherty, D. M., Karns, T. E., Mullen, J., Liang, Y., Lake, S. L., Roache, J. D., and Hill-Kapturczak, N. (2015).

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 148, 77-84.
Effects of tryptophan depletion and a simulated alcohol binge on impulsivity.
Dougherty, D. M., Mullen, J., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Lake, S. L., Mathias, C. M., and Roache, J. D. (2015).

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 23, 109-121.
Accounting for sex-related differences in the estimation of breath alcohol levels using transdermal alcohol monitoring
Hill-Kapturczak, N., Roache, J. D., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Cates, S. E., and Dougherty, D. M. (2015).

Psychopharmacology, 232, 115-123.
Assessing the validity of participant-derived compared to staff-derived values to compute a binge score
Lake, S. L., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Roache, J. D., Mullen, J., Karns, T. E., and Dougherty, D. M. (2015).

Alcoholl and Alcoholism, 50, 413-419.
Using transdermal alcohol monitoring to detect low-level drinking
Roache, J. D., Karns, T. E., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Mullen, J., Liang, Y., Lamb, R. J., and Dougherty, D. M. (2015).

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 39, 1120-1127.
Use of continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring during a contingency management procedure to reduce excessive alcohol use.
Dougherty, D. M., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Cates, S. E., Lake, S. L., Mullen, J., and Roache, J. D. (2014).

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 142, 301-306.
Do variable rates of alcohol drinking alter the ability to use transdermal alcohol monitors to estimate peak breath alcohol and total number of drinks?
Hill-Kapturczak, N., Lake, S.L., Roache, J.D., Cates, S.E., Liang, Y., and Dougherty, D.M. (2014).

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 2517-2522.
Accounting for sex-related differences in the estimation of breath alcohol concentrations using transdermal alcohol monitoring
Hill-Kapturczak, N., Roache, J. D., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Cates, S. E., and Dougherty, D. M. (2014).

Psychopharmacology, 232, 115-123.
Drinking histories in alcohol-use-disordered youth: preliminary findings on relationships to platelet serotonin transporter expression with genotypes of the serotonin transporter.
Dawes, M. A., Roache, J. D., Javors, M. A., Bergeson, S. E., Richard, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Ait-Daoud, N., Dougherty, D. M., and Johnson, B. A. (2009)

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70, 899-907.