| Professor Director, Program for Alcoholism & Other Drug Dependencies |
Main Office Address
911 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 410-955-543
Fax: 410-955-4769
E-mail: betsymc@jhmi.edu
Off Campus Address
Research, Room 203
550 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
Administrative Assistant
Lori Sweet
E-mail: lsweet@jhmi.edu
Phone 410-955-6792
Education
1972 | B.A. | College of William & Mary |
1976 | M.A. | Boston University |
1980 | Ph.D. | Boston University |
1980-1983 | Postdoctoral Fellowship | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Professional Interests
Dr. McCaul has expertise in human behavioral pharmacology research. Most recently, her laboratory research has focused on alcohol effects in a variety of subject populations, including social drinkers, alcohol-dependent subjects and adult offspring of alcoholics. In addition, she has conducted several large-scale pharmacotherapy trials investigating the effectiveness of a variety of medications for alcohol- and opioid-dependent patients. She is the Principal Investigator on several NIH research projects examining alcohol and drug etiology, interventions and treatment effectiveness.
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Selected Publications
McCaul, M.E., Wand, G.S., Eissenberg, T., Rohde, C.A., Cheskin, L.J. Naltrexone alters subjective and psychomotor responses to alcohol in heavy drinking subjects. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2000, 22(5), 480 - 492.
McCaul, M.E., Wand, G.S., Rohde, C., Lee, S. Serum 6-beta-naltrexol levels are related to alcohol responses in heavy drinkers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2000, 24, 1385 û 1391.
McCaul, M.E., Wand, G.S., Stauffer, R., Lee, S., Rohde, C. Naltrexone dampens ethanol-induced cardiovascular and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2001, 25, 537 û 547.
McCaul, M.E., Svikis, D.S., Moore, R. Predictors of outpatient treatment retention: Demo- graphic versus substance use characteristics. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2001, 62, 9 û 17.
McCaul, M.E., Petry, N.M. The role of psychosocial treatments in pharmacotherapy for alcoholism. American Journal on Addictions, 2003, 12 (Suppl. 1):S41- S52.
