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Gayle Dakof, Ph.D.

Associate Research Professor Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Clinical Research Building, Room 1010
1120 NW 14 Street
Phone: 305-243-3656
Fax: 305-243-3651
E-Mail: gdakof@med.miami.edu


Education
Psychology, American University B.A. 1974 Psychology
University of California, Berkley

Ph.D.

1986 Psychology
Professional Positions
2004-Present Associate Research Professor, Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine
2000-2004 Research Assistant Professor, Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine.
1996-2000 Research Assistant Professor, Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine
1990-1996 Director of Research, Center for Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1988-1990 Assistant Research Psychologist, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco
1988-1989 1988-1989 Post-Doctoral Intern, The Redwood Center, Berkeley, California
1985-1988 1985-1988 Post-Doctoral Scholar, Social-Clinical Health Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
1983-1985 Clinical Health Psychology Intern, Behavioral Sciences Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Research Interests

Long-term outcomes of adolescents in drug treatment, family-based interventions within the family drug court context, and research on the adaptation and adoption of empirically-supported treatment in non-research, community settings

Selected Publications

Liddle, H.A., C. Rowe, G.A. Dakof, and J. Lyke, Translating Parenting Research Into Clinical Interventions, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 3:419-443, 1998.

Newman, FL and GA Dakof, Progress and Outcome Assessment of Individual Patient Data: Selecting Single-Subject Design and Statistical Procedures, In: The use of psychological testing for treatment planning and outcomes assessment (2nd edition), ME Maruish ed., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 211- 223, 1998.

Diamond, G.M., H.A., Liddle, A. Hogue, and G.A. Dakof, Alliance Building Interventions with Adolescents in Family Therapy: A Process Study, Psychotherapy, 36:355-368,1999.

Dakof, G.A., Understanding Gender Differences in Adolescents Drug Abuse: Issues of Comorbidity and Family Functioning, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 32: 25-32, 2000.

Dakof, G.A., M. Tejeda, and H.A. Liddle, Predictors of Engagement in Adolescent Drug Abuse Treatment, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40:274-281, 2001.

Jackson-Gilfort, A., H.A. Liddle, M.J. Tejeda, and G.A. Dakof, Facilitating Engagement of African American Male Adolescents in Family Therapy: A Cultural Theme Process Study, Journal of Black Psychology, 27:321-340, 2001.

Liddle, H.A., G.A. Dakof, K. Parker, G.S. Diamond, K. Barrett and M. Tejeda, Multidimensional Family Therapy of Adolescent Substance Abuse, American Journal of Drug Alcohol Abuse, 27:651-687, 2001.

Liddle, H.A. & G. A. Dakof. (2002). Abstract. A randomized controlled trial of intensive outpatient, family based therapy vs. residential drug treatment for co-morbid adolescent drug abusers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 66, S2-S202(#385), S103.

Liddle, H.A., C.L. Rowe, T.J. Quille, G.A. Dakof, D.S. Mills, E. Sakran, and H. Biaggi, Transporting A Research-Based Adolescent Drug Treatment Into Practice, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 22: 231-243, 2002

Rowe, C.L., H.A. Liddle, and G.A. Dakof, Classifying Clinically Referred Adolescent Substance Abusers by Level of Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 11:41-65, 2001.

Dakof, G.A., T.J. Quille, M.J. Tejeda, L.R. Alberga, E. Bandstra, and J. Szapocznik, Enrolling and Retaining Mothers of Substance-Exposed Infants into Drug Abuse Treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71:764-772, 2003.

Liddle, H.A., C.L. Rowe, G.A. Dakof, Henderson, C. E. and R.A. Ungaro, Early Intervention For Adolescent Substance Abuse: Pretreatment To Posttreatment Outcomes Of A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Multidimensional Family Therapy and Peer Group Treatment. Journal Of Psychoactive Drugs, 36:49-63, 2004.

Lederman, C., G.A. Dakof, M. Larrea, and H. Li, Characteristics of Adolescent Females In Juvenile Detention. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 27:321-337, 2004

Rowe, C. L., H.A. Liddle, J. Caruso, and G.A. Dakof, Clinical Variations Of Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Empirically Based Typology. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 14:19-40, 2004.


 

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Full Time Faculty

Jose Szapocznik, Chairman

Charles Anello
Kristopher Arheart
John Beier
Margaret Byrne
Jennifer Clarke
Gayle Dakof
Noella Dietz
Robert Duncan
Daniel Feaster
Lora E. Fleming
Claude Earl Fox
Orlando Gomez
Jennifer Hu
Erin Kobetz
David J. Lee
Howard A. Liddle
Wen Liu
Kathryn E. McCollister
Clyde B. McCoy
Shari Messinger Cayetano
Lisa R. Metsch
Neta Peleg-Oren
Margaret Pereyra
Tatiana Perrino
Isildinha M. Reis
Cynthia Rowe
Gilbert Saint-Jean
Gail Shor-Posner
Hosanna Soler-Vila
Edward Trapido

Secondary Faculty

Toye Brewer
David Birmbach
Dale Chitwood
Eleni Damoulaki-Sfakianaki
Gordon Dickinson
Hermes Flores
Burton Goldstein
Marcelin Herns
Ewald Horwath
Tarek Khalil
Michael Kolber
Denise Korniewicz
Steven Lipshultz
Astrid Mack
Tracie Miller
Nilda Peragallo
Kathryn Roach
Shirin Shafazand
Donna E. Shalala
Jay Sosenko
Nancy Stein
Steven Ullmann
James D. Wilkinson

 


 

 
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