Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
EDUCATION | Auburn University, Auburn, AL | B.A. | 1990 | Psychology | | University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC | Ph.D. | 1996 | Experimental Psychology | | Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC | Postdoctoral | 1998 | Alcohol Research |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | 1998-2000 | Research Instructor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2000-2005 | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2003-2007 | Shared Scientific Resource Core Director, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2005-2007 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2007-present | Research Mentor, Charleston Consortium Psychology Internship Training Program | | 2007-present | Director, Office of Addiction Education and Outreach, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2007-present | Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 2008-present | Associate Professor, College of Health Professions, MUSC, Charleston, SC |
AWARDS AND HONORS | 1994-1996 | Student Representative (appointed by Provost) for the Internal Review Board and the Animal Care and Use Committee, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC | | 1996 | Recipient of the Ralph H. Tindall Fellowship, awarded by the University of South Carolina for outstanding doctoral thesis | | 1997-1999 | Recipient of a Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Junior Investigator Award
| | 2005 | Invited Speaker for the Dean's Lecture Series; presented information on evidence-based addiction treatments to 3rd year medical school students | | 2006-present | Expert Consultant, National Registry of Evidence-based Programs & Practices, SAMHSA | | 2007-present | Editorial Consultant/Advisor for the National Women's Health Report: Substance Abuse and Women. National Women's Health Resource Center, Washington, DC | | 2007-2008 | Fellow, MUSC Trustees Leadership Academy |
PUBLICATIONS (2006-present)
Miller PM, Ravenel MC, Shealy A & Thomas SE. Alcohol screening in dental patients: Prevalence of hazardous drinking and patient attitudes about screening and advice. Journal of the American Dental Association 137(12):1692-1698, 2006. Miller PM, Thomas SE & Mallin R. Patient attitudes towards self-report and biomarker alcohol screening by primary care physicians. Alcohol & Alcoholism 41(3):306-310, 2006. Thomas SE & Miller PM. Knowledge and attitudes about pharmacotherapy for alcoholism: A survey of counselors and administrators in community-based addiction treatment centres. Alcohol & Alcoholism 42(2):113-118, 2007. |
