Abstract

Clinical trials and clinical mentoring involving studies of adolescents with alcohol use disorders (AUD) lag considerably behind those for adults. This proposal for a Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research describes a career plan in patient-oriented research, mentorship, and career development in the area of clinical trials involving adolescents with AUD and comorbid major depression (MDD). The applicant has previously demonstrated expertise in conducting pharmacotherapy studies involving adults with comorbid AUD/MDD. The Career Development portion of this proposed award will seek to extend the applicant's ability to optimally conduct and interpret pharmacotherapy studies to those involving adolescent AUD populations. This goal would be accomplished by strengthening the applicant's background in developmental psychopathology and specified advanced statistical techniques. This training would make the applicant a more effective mentor for trainees working with this important but understudied population. This work would also enhance the applicant's knowledge of the relationship between clinical improvements in depressive symptoms and alcohol use among comorbid AUD/MDD adolescents during treatment. The clinical study proposed in this K24 award is associated with a double-blind, placebo-controlled study involving fluoxetine in adolescents with comorbid AUD/MDD (R01 AA13370), now in its third year. Research proposed in this application seeks to extend this funded work with adolescents by elucidating the nature of the relationship between improvement both in drinking and in depressive symptoms. This award would allow the applicant to curtail various clinical, administrative, and research duties in order to focus on adolescent populations with AUD. The largest part of the career plan is the mentoring of trainees in patient-oriented research involving adolescents with AUD. This will not only benefit the applicant's educational development, but will also address the paucity of researchers in this area.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24)
Project #
5K24AA015320-04
Application #
7344851
Study Section
Health Services Research Review Subcommittee (AA)
Program Officer
Huebner, Robert B
Project Start
2005-02-10
Project End
2010-01-31
Budget Start
2008-02-01
Budget End
2009-01-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$117,678
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Pittsburgh
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
004514360
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
15213

  Publications

Cornelius, J R; Chung, T A; Douaihy, A B et al. (2016) A Review of the Literature of Mirtazapine in Co-Occurring Depression and an Alcohol Use Disorder. J Addict Behav Ther Rehabil 5:
Cornelius, Jack R; Chung, Tammy; Douaihy, Antoine B et al. (2016) Mirtazapine in comorbid major depression and an alcohol use disorder: A double-blind placebo-controlled pilot trial. Psychiatry Res 242:326-330
Cornelius, Jack R; Kirisci, Levent; Reynolds, Maureen et al. (2015) Does the Transmissible Liability Index (TLI) assessed in late childhood predict suicidal symptoms at young adulthood? Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 41:264-8
Cornelius, Jack; Kirisci, Levent; Reynolds, Maureen et al. (2014) Does stress mediate the development of substance use disorders among youth transitioning to young adulthood? Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 40:225-9
Cornelius, Jack R; Haas, Gretchen L; Goldstein, Gerald et al. (2014) The ""S"" Allele of the Serotonin Transporter Is Not Associated with Major Depression in a Sample OF Veterans. Adv Genet Res 12:1-10
Cornelius, Jack R; Haas, Gretchen L; Goldstein, Gerald et al. (2014) The ""S"" Allele of the Serotonin Transporter Is Not Associated with Major Depression or Alcohol Use Disorders in a Veteran Sample. Int J Med Biol Front 20:103-111
Cornelius, Jack R; Douaihy, Antoine B; Kirisci, Levent et al. (2013) LONGER-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF CBT IN TREATMENT OF COMORBID AUD/MDD ADOLESCENTS. Int J Med Biol Front 19:
Cornelius, Jack R (2013) Editorial Regarding the New DSM-5 Diagnosis of PTSD in Veterans and Non-veterans. J Depress Anxiety 2:139-141
Cornelius, Jack R; Douaihy, Antoine B; Clark, Duncan B et al. (2013) Mirtazapine in Comorbid Major Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study. J Addict Behav Ther Rehabil 3:
Cornelius, Jack R; Aizenstein, Howard J; Chung, Tammy A et al. (2013) Paradoxical Decrease in Striatal Activation on an fMRI Reward Task Following Treatment in Youth with Co-morbid Cannabis Dependence/Major Depression. Adv Psychol Res 93:123-130

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