Stitzer, Maxine L., Ph.D.

Professor

Main Office Address

Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
G Building, Room 3040
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Phone: 410-550-0042
Fax: 410-550-0030

Off Campus Address

Mason F. Lord, Room 569A
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Phone:410-550-5044
Fax: 410-550-8149

E-mail: mstitzer@jhmi.edu

Administrative Assistant

Linda Dowell
Phone: 410-550-5042
E-mail: lindadowell@mindspring.com

Education

Professional Interests

I have long maintained an extensive grant-supported research program focused on both pharmacological and behavioral approaches to the treatment of substance abuse. One primary interest has been in developing and testing contingency management interventions that can motivate positive behavior change in drug abusers enrolled in methadone or drug-free treatment.   This area of research has now been extended to conduct of  multi-site abstinence incentive studies within the National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network. In the tobacco dependence arena, my primary interest is understanding variables that  influence relapse. Using short-term models of cessatio and relapse, variables can be  experimentally manipulated, allowing causal inferences to be made. Some current studies model early smoking lapses during a quit attempt to examine the potential "priming" influence of smoke exposure while others test new treatment approaches that may counteract the deletory effects of early smoking slips and lapses during a quit attempt. 

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Selected Publications

Perkins, K.A., Stitzer, M.L., & Lerman, C. (2006). Medication screening for smoking cessation: A proposal for new methodologies. Psychopharmacology, 184, 628-636.

Peirce, J.M., Petry, N.M., Stitzer, M.L., Blaine, J., Kellogg, S., Satterfield, F., Schwartz, M., Kraznansky, J.,, Pencer, E., Silva-Vasquez, L., Kirby, K.C., Royer-Malvestuto, C., Roll, J.M., Cohen, A., Copersino, M.L., Kolodner, K., Li, R. (2006). Effects of lower-cost incentives on stimulant abstinence in methadone maintenance treatment. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 201-208.

Juliano, L.M., Donny, E.C., Houtsmuller, E.J., & Stitzer, M.L. (2006). Experimental evidence for a casual relationship between smoking lapse and relapse. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 166-173.

Petry, NM, Kolodner, KB, Li, R, Peirce, JM, Roll, JM, Stitzer, ML, Hamilton, JA (2006) Prize-based contingency management does not increase gambling. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 83, 269-273.

Roll, JM, Petry, NM, Stitzer, ML, Brecht, ML, Peirce, JM, McCann, MJ, Blaine, J, Macdonald, M, Dimaria, M, Lucero, J, Kellogg, S (2006) Contingency management for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 1993-1999.

Cropsey, KL, Eldridge, GD, Weaver, MF, Villalobos, GC, Stitzer, ML (2006) Expired carbon monoxide levels in self-reported smokers and nonsmokers in prison. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 8, 653-659.

Juliano, LM, Houtsmuller, E, Stitzer, ML (2006) A test of rapid smoking as a lapse-responsive treatment for tobacco dependence. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14, 429-438.

Strain, EC, & Stitzer, M.L. (eds). The Treatment of Opioid Dependence. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006.