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Research Overview
Dr. Copenhaver is an Assistant Professor of Health Promotion in the Dept of Allied Health Sciences and the Dept of Psychology and is a PI at the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP). His current research involves developing and evaluating HIV risk reduction interventions that target high risk drug users. He is conducting a NIDA-funded randomized clinical trial of the community-friendly health recovery program (CHRP), an HIV risk reduction intervention targeting injection drug users in drug treatment. He is also conducting NIDA-funded exploratory research testing an adapted intervention targeting newly-released HIV-infected prisoners in CT. Dr. Copenhaver has been a PI at CHIP since 2002.
Education
Postdoctoral fellow, Yale University, 1999-2000
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1999 (clinical psychology)
M.S., Villanova University, 1989 (experimental psychology)
B.A., Clemson University, 1987 (psychology)
Featured Publications
Copenhaver, M., Chowdhury, S., & Altice, F. (2009). Adaptation of an evidence-based intervention targeting HIV-infected prisoners transitioning to the community: The process and outcome of formative research for the Positive Living Using Safety (PLUS) intervention. AIDS Patient Care & STDs, 23(3), 1-11.
Norton, W., Amico, R., Fisher, W., Copenhaver, M., Cornman, D. , Friedland, G., Kozal, M., & Fisher, J. (2008). IDU risk behavior and attitudinal correlates in a sample of HIV-infected patients in clinical care. AIDS Care, 20 (4), 462-469.
Copenhaver, M., Bruce, R., & Altice, F. (2007). Behavioral Counseling Content for Optimizing the Use of Buprenorphine for Opioid Dependence in Community Based Settings: A Review of the Empirical Evidence. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 33, 1-12.
Copenhaver, M., & Lee, I. (2007). Examining the decay of HIV risk reduction outcomes following a community-friendly intervention targeting injection drug users in treatment. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs,39(3), 223-229.
Copenhaver, M., Lee, I., & Margolin, A. (2007). Successfully integrating HIV risk reduction into a community-based treatment program. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 33(1), 109-120.
Copenhaver, M. & Lee, I. (2006). Optimizing a Community-friendly HIV Risk Reduction Intervention for Injection Drug Users in Treatment: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Approach. Journal of Urban Health, 83(6), 1132-1142.
Copenhaver, M., Johnson, B.T., Lee, I., Carey, M., & Harman, J. (2006). Behavioral HIV risk reduction among injection drug users: Meta-analytic evidence of efficacy. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, (31), 163-171.
Copenhaver, M., & Fisher, J. (2006). Experts outline ways to improve the decade-long U.S. trend of 40,000 new HIV infections per year. AIDS & Behavior. (published online 1/06).
Copenhaver, M. (2005). Book review for Treisman and Angelino: “The psychiatry of AIDS, A guide to diagnosis and treatment”. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Copenhaver, M., Margolin, A., Avants, K., & Warburton, L. (2003). Intervening effectively with drug abusers infected with HIV: Taking into account the potential for cognitive impairment. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 35(2), 209-218.
Margolin, A., Kantak, K., Copenhaver, M.M., Avants, K.(2003). A preliminary controlled investigation of magnesium L-aspartate hydrocholoride for illicit cocaine and opiate use in methadone-maintained patients. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 22(2), 49-62.
Copenhaver, M.M. (2000). Testing a social-cognitive model of intimate abusiveness among substance dependent males. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 26(4), 603-628.
Copenhaver, M.M. (1996). The Role of Fathers in Their Children's Psychological Development: Implications for the Prevention of Psychopathologies. Journal of Gender, Culture, and Health, 1(3), 221-246.
Copenhaver, M.M., & Eisler, R.M. (1996). Masculine gender role stress: A perspective on men's health. In P.M. Kato (Ed.), Health psychology of special populations: Issues in age, gender, and ethnicity. New York: Plenum.
Lash, S.J., & Copenhaver, M.M. (1998). Masculine Gender-Role Stress and Substance Abuse Among Substance Dependent Males. Journal of Gender, Culture, and Health, 3(3), 183-191.
Copenhaver, M.M., Lash, S. J., & Eisler, R.M., (2000). Masculine gender-role stress, anger, and male intimate abusiveness: implications for men's relationships. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 42 (5/6), 405-414.
Copenhaver, M.M., & Eisler, R.M. (2000). The Development and Validation of the Feelings Toward Father Scale (FTFS): A Tool for Assessing the Father's Role in Children's Psychopathologies. Behavior Modification, 24(5), 740-750.
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