Michael A. Dawes, M.D

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry,

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

South Texas Veterans Health Care System

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Dawes is a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and is Medical Director of the Substance Abuse Treatment Program at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS). He has been PI and Co-Investigator on numerous clinical studies from the National Institutes of Health. He was an leader in NRLC projects focusing on adolescent substance use initiation and mechanisms of change.

Research Interests

Screening, Brief Interventions, and Referrals for Treatment
Curriculum for training residents and faculty on the assessment and treatment of adolescent substance abuse

Education

Year	Degree	Major	Institution
2000	Fellowship	Addiction Psychiatry	St. Francis Medical Center - Pittsburgh
1997	Post Doc	Adolescent Substance Use	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
1994	Residency	Child/Adolescent Psychiatry	Harvard Children's Hospital
1990	Residency	Adult Psychiatry	Medical College of Georgia
1986	M.D.	Medicine	University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
1982	B.A.	Zoology/Chemistry	University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Period of Service

2007 - 2015

After the NRLC

After the NRLC, Dr. Dawes went on to develop a successful addications training program within the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS).

Presentations/Publications with the NRLC

Functional activation and effective connectivity differences in adolescent marijuana users performing a simulated gambling task
Acheson, A., Ray, K., Hines, C., Li K., Dawes, M. A., Mathias, C. W., Dougherty, D. M., and Laird, A. (2015).

Journal of Addiction, 2015 (783106), 1-11.
Ethical considerations in adolescent drug research, a response to “Conflicting ethics of confidentiality in adolescent drug research”
Dougherty, D. M., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Ryan, S. R., Mathias, C. W., Dawes, M. A., Acheson, A., Charles, N. E., Furr, M. A., and Liguori, A. (2014).

Psychopharmacology, 231(8), 1433-1435. DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3183-9
Impulsivity, attention, memory, and decision-making among adolescent marijuana users
Dougherty, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Dawes, M. A., Furr, R. M., Charles, N. E., Liguori, A., Shannon, E. E., and Acheson, A. (2013).

Psychopharmacology, 226, 307-319.
Acquisition of rater agreement for the Stressful Life Events Schedule
James, L. M., Mathias, C. W., Bray, B. C., Cates, S. E., Farris, S. J., Dawes, M. A., Hill-Kapturczak, N., and Dougherty, D. M. (2013)

Journal of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, 1:125, 1-5.
Intolerance to delayed reward in girls with multiple suicide attempts.
Mathias, C. W., Dougherty, D. M., James, L. M., Richard, D. M., Dawes, M. A., Acheson, A., and Hill-Kapturczak, N. (2011).

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 41, 277-286.
Failure to sustain prepulse inhibition in adolescent marijuana users.
Mathias, C. W., Blumenthal, T. D., Dawes, M. A., Liguori, A., Richard, D. M., Bray, B., Tong, W., and Dougherty, D. M. (2011).

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 116, 110-116.
Triple Blind Study.
Dawes, M. A. (2010). In N. J. Salkind (Ed.),

Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1541-1543). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA
True Experimental Designs.
Dawes, M. A. (2010). In N. J. Salkind (Ed.),

Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1543-1546). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
Type III Error.
Dawes, M. A. (2010). In N. J. Salkind (Ed.),

Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1579-1581). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
Impulsivity and clinical symptoms among adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury with or without attempted suicide.
Dougherty, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Marsh-Richard, D. M., Prevette, K. N., Dawes, M. A., Hatzis, E. S., Palmes, G., and Nouvion, S. O. (2009)

Psychiatry Research, 169, 22-27
Distinctions in behavioral impulsivity: Implications for substance abuse research.
Dougherty, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Marsh-Richard, D. M., Furr, R. M., Nouvion, S. O., and Dawes, M. A. (2009)

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 8, 61-73.
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.
L-tryptophan: Basic metabolic functions, behavioral research, and therapeutic indications.
Marsh-Richard, D. M., Dawes, M. A.., Mathias, C. W., Acheson, A., Hill-Kapturczak, N., and Dougherty, D. M. (2009).

International Journal of Tryptophan Research, 2, 45-60.
Adolescent suicidal behavior and substance use: Developmental mechanisms
Dawes, M. A., Mathias, C. W., Richard, D. M., Hill-Kapturczak, N., and Dougherty, D. M. (2008).

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2, 13-28
Prospective study of cannabis withdrawal in cannabis-using adolescents.
Dawes, M. A., Richard, D. M., Mathias, C. W., and Dougherty, D. M. (2008).

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47, 1095-1096.
The effects of alcohol on laboratory-measured impulsivity after L-Tryptophan depletion or loading.
Dougherty, D. M., Marsh, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Dawes, M. A., Bradley, D. M., Morgan, C. J., and Badawy, A. A.-B. (2007).

Psychopharmacology, 193, 137-150.
Behavioral impulsivity in adolescents with Conduct Disorder who use Marijuana.
Dougherty, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Liguori, A., Marsh, D. M. Dawes, M. A. and Moeller, F. G. (2007).

Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment, 6, 43-50.
Cannabis withdrawal among adolescent cannabis users in an outpatient research setting.
Dawes, M. A., Liguori, A., and Dougherty, D. M. (2006).

American Journal of Addiction, 15, 485-486.