Addiction Science Researcher & Clinical Psychologist; Distinguished Professor of Psychology at University of New Mexico; Director of Center on Alcohol, Substance Use & Addictions
Katie Witkiewitz Biography
Katie Witkiewitz is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and the director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions at the University of New Mexico. Witkiewitz, a licensed clinical psychologist, specializes in the development, evaluation, and implementation of mindfulness-based treatments for substance use disorder. She earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Washington, with a minor in quantitative psychology, under the mentorship of addiction researcher G. Alan Marlatt.
Witkiewitz conducts research on addiction treatment, mechanisms of behavior change, and outcomes among individuals with alcohol and drug use disorders, including those who do not seek treatment. Her work challenges traditional models of addiction recovery by emphasizing harm reduction and individualized treatment pathways, supporting flexible and evidence-based approaches to substance use treatment. Her research has been supported by multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health, with funding totaling more than $90 million. Witkiewitz's work is widely cited in addiction science, appearing in journals such as JAMA Psychiatry, Psychological Science, and Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
Witkiewitz has authored and edited several books, including "Evidence-Based Relapse Prevention," "Addictive Behaviors: New Readings on Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment," "Harm Reduction," "Neuroimaging and Psychosocial Addiction Treatment," and "Advances in Psychotherapy: Mindfulness." Her paper "Relapse prevention for alcohol and drug problems: that was Zen, this is Tao," co-authored with Marlatt, has been cited extensively in the field. Her research focuses on interventions for substance use disorders, harm reduction, mindfulness-based treatments, and relapse prevention, with numerous articles published in journals such as Addiction, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, and Psychological Science.
Witkiewitz serves on the United States National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She is editor of Psychology of Addictive Behaviors and serves on the editorial boards of Substance Use and Misuse, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Annual Reviews: Clinical Psychology, and Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Witkiewitz is a fellow and past president of the American Psychological Association Division 50 Society of Addiction Psychology.
Her honors include the Marlatt Mentorship Award from the Research Society on Alcohol, the Bowles Award from the Bowles Alcohol Research Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, the HEAL Director's Award for Mentorship, and the Distinguished Professor Award from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Mexico. She has also received a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association for her contributions to the science and treatment of addictive behaviors and service to the field.
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