Biographical Information

Dr. Katz is a licensed clinical psychologist and a clinical researcher. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 and completed post-doctoral training in substance abuse treatment research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She has extensive experience treating substance abusing, criminal-justice involved, and mental health patients. In addition, she has spent much of her career training and supervising clinicians working with these same populations. Her research interests include enhancing entry and engagement in treatment of substance dependent patients, improving treatment outcomes and reintegration of drug-involved offenders, and developing and evaluating treatment approaches that are theoretically-based and feasible for implementation within community treatment settings. She is principal investigator on a NIDA-funded study examining role induction as a strategy for facilitating the transition of opioid-addicted outpatients from a 30-day buprenorphine detoxification into longer-term drug-free treatment. Her prior work evaluated role induction as a means of engaging substance dependent patients into drug-free, outpatient treatment. Dr. Katz is co-investigator on two other NIDA-funded studies designed to develop and evaluate behavioral therapies, which include role induction as a component of treatment, for reducing substance use and recidivism among drug-involved offenders. In particular, she has been responsible for the development of detailed treatment manuals which guide the study interventions as well as for the training of Parole and Probation and clinical staff who are delivering the interventions. Dr. Katz is a member of the American Psychological Association and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence.

Abbreviated CV

Current Grant Support

Principal Investigator, “Engaging Detoxification Clients into Long-term Treatment;” National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Co-Investigator, “Step’n Out Study” of the “Criminal Justice-Drug Abuse Treatment Studies” (CJ-DATS) grant; National Institute on Drug Abuse; Principal Investigator: Peter Friedmann, M.D.

Selected Publications

      Katz EC, Brown B, Schwartz R, King SD, Weintraub E, & Barksdale W (2007). Impact of role induction on long-term drug treatment outcomes. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 26, 81-90.

      Katz EC, King SD, Schwartz R, Weintraub E, Barksdale W, Robinson R, & Brown BS (2005).  Cognitive Ability as a Factor in Engagement in Drug Abuse Treatment.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse,  31, 359-269.

      Brown BS, O’Grady KE, Battjes RJ & Katz EC. (2004). The Community Assessment Inventory - Measuring community support for drug treatment and behavior change.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 27, 241-251. 

      Katz EC, Chutuape MA, Jones H, Jasinski D, Fingerhood M, & Stitzer M (2004). Abstinence incentive effects in a short-term outpatient detoxification program. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 12, 262-268. 

      Katz EC, Brown BS, Schwartz R, Weintraub E, Barksdale W, & Robinson R (2004). Role induction: A strategy for improving retention in outpatient drug-free treatment.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 227-234.  

      Correia CJ, Dallery J, Katz EC, Silverman K, Bigelow G, & Stitzer ML (2003).  Single vs dual drug targets: Effects in a brief abstinence incentive procedure. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 11, 302-308. 

Dr. Elizabeth C. Katz

Assistant Professor

Director, Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology

Contact Information

Address:    Towson University

                 Dept. of Psychology

                 8000 York Road

                 Towson, MD 21252

Phone:       (410) 704-3072

Fax:           (410) 704-3800

Office:        Psychology 116

Relevant Links

Psychology Department

Clinical Psychology Program (MA)

Towson University