Wong, Conrad J., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Associate Director of the Center for Learning and Health

Main Office Address

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Center for Learning and Health, Ste. W142
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224

Phone: 410-550-1123
Fax: 410-550-0539

E-mail: cwong1@jhmi.edu

Administrative Assistant

Valerie Lawrence
Phone: 410-550-5079
E-mail: vlawrenc@mail.jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

My primary research interests have been developing and evaluating behavioral interventions for drug abuse and unemployment. Specifically, I have been interested in developing effective contingency management interventions for substance abuse.  My research focus has been developing and evaluating an employment-based intervention for individuals with long histories of drug addiction and chronic unemployment. I am also involved in evaluating a behavioral treatment that incorporates the Community Reinforcement Approach Behavior Therapy and abstinence contingent housing in recently detoxed heroin addicts.

Selected Publications

Wong, C.J., Jones, H.E., & Stitzer, M.L. (2003). Community reinforcement approach and contingency management interventions for substance abuse. In W.M. Cox and E. Kingler (Eds.), Handbook of motivational counseling: motivating people for change. Wiley. pp. 421-437. 

Wong, C.J., Sheppard, J.M., Dallery, J., Bedient, G, Robles, E., Svikis, D., & Silverman, K. (2003).  Effects of reinforcer magnitude on data entry productivity in chronically unemployed drug abusers participating in a Therapeutic Workplace.  Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 11, 46-55. 

Wong, C.J., Sigmon, S.C., Badger, G.J., & Higgins S.T. (2002) Gender differences among cocaine dependent outpatients. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology,3, 316-323. 

Silverman, K., Svikis, D., Wong, C.J., Hampton, J., Stitzer, M.L., & Bigelow, G.E. (2002). A reinforcement-based therapeutic workplace for the treatment of drug abuse: Three-year abstinence outcomes. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 10, 228-240. 

Higgins, S.T., Sigmon, S.C., Wong, C.J., Heil, S.H., Badger, G.J., Donham, R., Dantona, R.L. & Anthony, S. (in press). Community Reinforcement Approach Therapy for Cocaine-Dependent Outpatients. Archives in General Psychiatry.