Distinguished University Professor
Professor, Department of Pyschiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Director, Charleston Alcohol Research Center |
EDUCATION | Kent State University, Kent, OH | B.A. | 1969 | Psychology | | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | M.S. & Ph.D. | 1974 | Psychobiology | | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | Postdoctoral | 1976 | Neuroscience |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | 1976-1977 | Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC,Charleston, SC | | 1977-1980 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1980-1985 | Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1980-1987 | Research Psychologist, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC | | 1982-1987 | Associate Research Career Scientist, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC | | 1985-present | Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1987-1994 | Research Career Scientist, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC | | 1990-present | Professor, Department of Neurosciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
| | 1994-1998 | Director, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry &Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1995-2000 | Scientific Director, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2000-present | Director, Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2005-present | Distinguished University Professor, MUSC, Charleston, SC |
AWARDS AND HONORS | 1994 | Recipient, Henry Rosett Award for contribution to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Research | | 1995 | Invited Speaker, NIAAA's 25th Anniversary Celebration Scientific Symposium | | 1996-2000 | Invited member, NIAAA National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | | 1998 | Recipient, Distinguished Research Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism | | 1998 | Tharpe Foundation Award for Alcohol Research | | 2000 | Recipient, Mark Keller Honorary Award from NIAAA | | 2005 | Named Distinguished University Professor, MUSC |
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Book SW, Thomas SE, Randall PK & Randall CL. Paroxetine reduces social anxiety in individuals with a co-occurring alcohol use disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 22(2):310-318, 2008. NIHMSID: NIHMS39778, PMCID: PMC2254554
Carrigan MH, Ham LS, Thomas SE & Randall CL. Alcohol outcome expectancies and drinking to cope with social situations. Addictive Behaviors 33(9):1162-1166, 2008. NIHMSID: NIHMS59589, PMCID: PMC2519899
Randall CL, Book SW, Carrigan MH & Thomas SE. Treatment of Co-Occurring Alcoholism and Social Anxiety Disorder. In Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders: The Vicious Cycle of Comorbidity, Stewart SH, Conrod PJ (Eds) Series in Anxiety and Related Disorders, pp 139-155. Springer, New York, NY, 2008.
Thomas SE, Randall PK, Book SW & Randall CL. A complex relationship between co-occurring social anxiety and alcohol use disorders: What effect does treating social anxiety have on drinking? Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 32(1):77-84, 2008. |
