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> **National Institute on Drug Abuse**
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> **Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research**
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> **Disasters and Substance Abuse**
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> **Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center**
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> **North Bethesda, Maryland**
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> **December 7--8, 2006**
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> **Speaker List**

**Naomi Breslau, Ph.D.**

Professor

Department of Epidemiology

Michigan State University

West Fee Hall, B601

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 432-8383

E-mail: [[breslau@epi.msu.edu]{.underline}](mailto:breslau@epi.msu.edu)

**Wilson M. Compton, M.D., M.P.E.**

Director

Division of Epidemiology, Services and

Prevention Research

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institutes of Health

MSC-9589

6001 Executive Boulevard

Bethesda, MD 20892-9589

Phone: (301) 443-6504

Fax: (301) 443-2636

E-mail: <wcompton@nida.nih.gov>

**Linda K. Frisman, Ph.D.**

Director, Research

Department of Mental Health and Addiction

Services

University of Connecticut

MS #14RSD

410 Capitol Avenue

Hartford, CT 06106

Phone: (860) 418-6788

Fax: (860) 418-6692

E-mail: [linda.frisman@uconn.edu](mailto:Llinda.frisman@uconn.edu)

**Sandro Galea, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H.**

Associate Professor

Department of Epidemiology

School of Public Health

University of Michigan

1214 South University Avenue

Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2548

Phone: (734) 647-9741

E-mail: <sgalea@umich.edu>

**Russell T. Jones, Ph.D.**

Professor of Psychology

Department of Psychology

Virginia Tech University

Williams Hall, #137

Blacksburg, VA 24060

Phone: (540) 231-5934

E-mail: [rtjones@vt.edu]{.underline}

**Patricia Kissinger, Ph.D.**

Professor

Department of Epidemiology

School of Public Health and Tropical

Medicine

Tulane University

SL-18

1440 Canal Street

New Orleans, LA 70112

Phone: (504) 988-7320

Fax: (504) 988-1568

E-mail: <kissing@tulane.edu>

**Fran H. Norris, Ph.D.**

Research Professor

National Center for PTSD\
VA Medical Center, #116 D

215 North Main Street

White River Junction, VT 05009

Phone: (802) 296-5132\
E-mail: <fran.h.norris@dartmouth.edu>

**Carol North, M.D., M.P.E.**

Professor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical

Center

Mail Code 8828

5323 Harry Hines Boulevard

Dallas, TX 75390

Phone: (214) 648-5375

Fax: (214) 648-5376

E-mail: <carol.north@utsouthwestern.edu>

**Samia D. Noursi, Ph.D.**

Health Scientist Administrator

Division of Epidemiology, Services and

Prevention Research

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institutes of Health

Room 5164

6001 Executive Boulevard

Bethesda, MD 20892

Phone: (301) 496-4844

Fax: (301) 443-2636

E-mail:
[[snoursi@mail.nih.gov]{.underline}](mailto:snoursi@mail.nih.gov)

**David E. Pollio, Ph.D.**

Associate Professor

Department of Social Work and Psychiatry

Washington University

Campus Box 1196

St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Phone: (314) 935-7516

E-mail: [[depollio@wustl.edu]{.underline}](mailto:depollio@wustl.edu)

**Luanne Rohrbach, Ph.D., M.P.H.**

Associate Professor

Institute for Prevention Research

University of Southern California

Unit 8

1000 South Fremont Avenue

Alhambra, CA 91803

Phone: (626) 457-6642

Fax: (626) 457-4012

E-mail: <rohrbac@usc.edu>

**Cynthia Rowe, Ph.D.**

Associate Professor

University of Miami Miller School of

Medicine

P.O. Box 019132

Miami, FL 33101

Phone: (305) 243-3653

Fax: (305) 243-3651

E-mail: <crowe@med.miami.edu>

**Rebecca P. Smith, M.D.**

Medical Director

World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer

Mental Health Screening, Monitoring, and

Intervention Programs

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Third Floor

1212 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10029

Phone: (917) 353-8575

E-mail: <Rebecca.Smith@mssm.edu>

**Robert J. Ursano, M.D.**

Chairman

Department of Psychiatry

Uniformed Services University of the Health

Sciences

4301 Jones Bridge Road\
Bethesda, MD 20814

Phone: (301) 295-3294

Fax: (301) 295-1536

E-mail: [[rursano@usuhs.mil]{.underline}](mailto:rursano@usuhs.mil)

**Avelardo Valdez, Ph.D.**

Professor/Director

Office for Drug and Social Policy Research

University of Houston

237 Social Work Building, #303

Houston, TX 77045

Phone: (713) 743-8098

Fax: (713) 743-3985

E-mail: <avaldez2@uh.edu>

**Les B. Whitbeck, Ph.D.**

Professor

Department of Sociology

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Old Father Hall, #759

Lincoln, NE 68588-0324

Phone: (402) 472-5562

Fax: (402) 472-4983

E-mail: <Lwhitbeck2@unL.edu>

**Douglas Zatzick, M.D.**

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral

Sciences

Research Faculty

Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center

University of Washington School of

Medicine

Box 359896

325 Ninth Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: (206) 731-6701

Fax: (206) 731-3455

E-mail: <dzatzick@u.washington.edu>

**Cheryl Zlotnick, Dr.P.H., R.N.**

Associate Research Scientist/Manager

Children's Hospital & Research Center

Oakland

747 52^nd^ Street

Oakland, CA 94609-1809

Phone: (510) 428-3783

Fax: (510) 601-3913

E-mail: <czlotnick@mail.cho.org>