Andrea King, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Address:	5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 3077, Rm L-470 Chicago, Illinois 60637
Phone:	773-702-6181
Fax:	773-834-7698
Fax 2:	773-834-5173
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, alcohol, and comorbidity in treatment

Research Interests

• Identifying risk factors, biological vulnerability, and co-morbidities in substance use disorders
• Examining efficacy of treatment for tobacco, alcohol, and other substance use 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 2006)

• King AC, Munisamy G, de Wit H, & Lin S. (2006). Attenuated cortisol response to alcohol in heavy social drinkers. International Journal of Psychophysiology 59:203-209. 
• King AC, de Wit H, Riley RC, Cao D, Niaura R, & Hatsukami D. (2006). Efficacy of naltrexone in smoking cessation: A preliminary study and an examination of sex differences. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 8: 1-12.
• Epstein AM, Sher TG, Young MA, & King AC. (2007). Tobacco chippers show robust increases in smoking urge after alcohol consumption. Psychopharmacology 190: 321-329.
• Tuvlin JA, Raza SS, Bracamonte S, Julian C, Hanauer SB, Nicolae DL, & King AC, Cho JH. (2007). Smoking and inflammatory bowel disease: Trends in familial and sporadic cohorts. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 13: 573-579.
• Brumback T, Cao D, & King, A.C. (2007). Effects of alcohol on psychomotor performance and perceived impairment in heavy social drinkers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 91: 10-17.
• King AC, Sánchez-Johnsen L, Van Orman S, Cao D, & Matthews AK. (2008). A pilot community-based intensive smoking cessation intervention in African Americans: Feasibility, acceptability, and early outcome indicators. Journal of the National Medical Association 100: 208-217.
• Walsh Z, Epstein A, Munisamy G, & King AC. (2008). The impact of depressive symptoms on the efficacy of naltrexone in smoking cessation. Journal of Addictive Diseases 27: 65-72.
• King AC, Epstein A, Conrad M, McNamara P, & Cao D. (2008) Sex differences in the relationship between alcohol-associated smoking urge and behavior: A pilot study. The American Journal on Addictions17: 347-353.
• Shah LM, Arora V, King AC, & Krishnan J. (2009 in press). The presence of tobacco cessation programs is not sufficient for low-income hospitalized smokers. Archives of Internal Medicine.
• Matthews AK, Sánchez-Johnsen L, & King AC (2009 in press).  Development of a culturally targeted smoking cessation intervention for African American smokers.  Journal of Community Health.
• Rueger SY, McNamara PJ, & King AC (2009 in press). 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.
• King AC, Cao D, Vanier C, & Wilcox T  (2009 in press). Naltrexone decreases binge drinking rates in smoking cessation treatment. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Selected Conferences & Presentations (Paper or symposia since 2006)

• King AC. (Symposium Chair). Alcohol-nicotine interactions: Are women like men? (2006). Paper presented: The relationship between smoking urge and alcohol consumption. The 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, February 2006, Orlando, FL.
• King, AC. (2007). (Symposium Chair). What’s the buzz: Alcohol response in high risk subjects. Paper to be presented: King AC, McNamara PJ, & Cao D. Heightened alcohol stimulation and reduced sedation in binge drinkers. The Research Society on Alcoholism 29th Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• King AC, McNamara PJ, Angstadt M, & Phan KL. (2008). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of alcohol-induced response to visual smoking cues. Paper presented at the at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Portland, OR.
• McNamara PJ, Conrad MF, Cao D, & King AC. (2008). Sex differences in alcohol induced increases in smoking topography for nicotinized and denicotinized cigarettes. Paper presented at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Portland, OR.
• King AC, Vanier C, Cao D, Wilcox T. (2008). Naltrexone decreases alcohol drinking levels in smoking cessation. Paper presented at the joint International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) and the Research Society on Alcoholism 30th Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• Gomih AA, Kittles RA, & King AC. (2009). A preliminary study examining smoking melanin associations in African American and European American smokers. Paper to be presented at the 67th Annual American Psychosomatic Medicine meeting, Chicago, IL.
• King AC. (2009). HPA axis response to naltrexone and cigarette smoking in nicotine dependent subjects. Paper to be presented at the 2009 Joint Conference of SRNT and SRNT-Europe, DUBLIN, IRELAND .

Other Activities

• Member, University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, 2003-present
• Member, American Cancer Society (ACS) Health Initiatives Committee, 2004-present
• Co-Program Leader, University of Chicago Cancer Research Center (UCCRC) Program 6, Clinical Cancer Risk and Prevention, 2004-present
• Member, Grand Rounds Committee, Department of Psychiatry, 2006-present
• Member, Internal Scientific Advisory Panel (ISAP), Clinical Translational Service Award, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007–present
• Member, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) AA3 Grant Review Committee, 2007-present
• Member, Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Education Committee, 2008–present
• Co-creator and Collaborator, 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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