Andrea King, Ph.D.

Professor

Address:	5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 3077, Rm A-310 and L-470 Chicago, Illinois 60637
Phone:	773-702-6181
Fax:	773-834-0096
Email:	aking@bsd.uchicago.edu
Laboratory Website:	http://addictions.uchicago.edu

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Education & Training

• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Ph.D., 1992
• University of Pennsylvania, Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1992-1994
• New York Medical College, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Internship, 1994-1995
• Illinois Licensed Clinical Psychologist, 1997-present

Clinical Interests

• Assessment and treatment of substance use disorders
• Tobacco and alcohol addictions in medical and psychiatric patients.
• Cancer prevention and control.

Research Interests

• Identifying risk factors, biological vulnerability, and co-morbidities in substance use disorders.
• Examining efficacy of behavioral and pharmacological treatments for nicotine, alcohol, and other addictive disorders.
• Targeting treatments for minority and underserved smokers.

Teaching

• Lecturer, Clinical Psychology Internship Behavioral Medicine Seminars, “Substance Abuse and Dependence,” “Treatment for Nicotine Dependence,” and “Motivational Interviewing,” 1997-present
• Guest Lecturer, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Seminar PGY-II, “CBT Treatment for Substance Abuse,” 1999-present
• Lecturer, Clinical Psychology Internship Clinical Research Faculty Seminar, “Psychopharmacology Research for Clinical Psychologists,” 2000-present
• Guest Lecturer, MS-II Clinical Skills 2- Physical Diagnosis, “Motivational Interviewing in Smoker Patients,” 2005-present
• Guest Lecturer, MS-I Essentials of Physicianship II, “Smoking Cessation and Patient   Communication,” 2005-present

Society Memberships

• Research Society on Alcoholism, 1990 - present
• Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 1997 - present

Selected Publications (Since 2009)

• Shah, L.M., Arora, V., King, A.C., Krishnan, J. (2009).  The presence of tobacco cessation programs is not sufficient for low-income hospitalized smokers.  Archives of Internal Medicine, 169, 902-903.  PMID: 19433704.
• Rueger S.Y., McNamara P.J., & King A.C.  (2009). Expanding the utility of the biphasic alcohol effects scale (BAES) and initial psychometric support for the brief-BAES (B-BAES).   Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 33, 916-924. PMID: 19320625.
• King, A.C., Cao D., Vanier C., & Wilcox, T.  (2009). Naltrexone decreases heavy drinking rates in smoking cessation treatment: an exploratory study.  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 33, 1044-1050.  PMID: 19302083.
• Matthews, A.K., Sánchez-Johnsen, L., & King, A.C. (2009).  Development of a culturally targeted smoking cessation intervention for African American smokers.  Journal of Community Health, 34, 480-92. PMID: 19728056.
• King, A.C., McNamara, P.J., Conrad, M.F., & Cao, D.  (2009). Alcohol-induced increases in smoking behavior for nicotinized and denicotinized cigarettes in men and women.  Psychopharmacology, 207, 107-17. PMID: 19756530.
• Shah, L.M., King, A.C., Basu, A., Krishnan, J.A., Borden, W.B., Meltzer, D., & Arora, V. (2010).  Effect of clinician advice and patient preparedness to quit on subsequent quit attempts in hospitalized smokers.  Journal of Hospital Medicine, 5, 26-32.  PMID: 20063403.
• King, A.C., McNamara, P.J., Angstadt, M., & Phan, K.L.  (2010). Neural substrates of alcohol-induced smoking urge in heavy drinking nondaily smokers. Neuropsychopharmacology, 35, 692-701. PMID: 19907419.
• Roche, D.J.O., Childs, E., Epstein, A.M., King, A.C.  (2010). Acute HPA axis response to naltrexone differs in female vs. male smokers. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35, 596-606. PMID: 19837518.
• Hamidovic, A., Childs, E., Conrad, M.F, King, A.C., & de Wit, H. (2010). Stress-induced changes in mood and cortisol release predict mood effects of amphetamine. Drug and Alcohol Dependence ,109, 175-180. PMID: 20176450.
• Roche, D.J.O, & King, A.C.  (2010). Alcohol impairment of saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements:  Impact of risk factors for alcohol dependence.  Psychopharmacology, 212, 33-44.  DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1906-8.
• King, A.C., Cao, D., Southard, C.C., & Matthews, A.K. (2011).  Racial differences in eligibility determination and enrollment in a smoking cessation clinical trial.  Health Psychology, 30, 40-48.  DOI: 10.1037/a0021649.
• King, A.C., de Wit, H, McNamara, P.J., & Cao, D.  (2011).  Rewarding, stimulant and sedative alcohol responses and relationship to future binge drinking.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 68, 389-399.  PMID:  21464363.
• Sripada C.S., Angstadt, M., McNamara, P., King, A.C., & Phan, K.L. (2011).  Effects of alcohol on brain responses to social signals of threats in humans.  Neuroimage, 55, 371-380.  PMID: 21122818.

Other Activities

• Co-Program Leader, University of Chicago Cancer Research Center (UCCRC) Program 6: Clinical Cancer Risk and Prevention, 2004-present.
• Member, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) AA3 Clinical, Treatment, and Health Services Grant Review Committee, 2007-present.
• Member, Internal Scientific Advisory Panel (ISAP), Clinical Translational Service Award, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007–present.
• Member, Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Education Committee, 2008–present.
• Program Developer and Clinical Director, Courage to Quit© smoking cessation program, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago™, 2008-present.
• Member, Committee on Neurobiology, University of Chicago, 2009-present.

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