Dave MacQueen (Psychopharmacology,
UNCW Graduate Alumni)
Dave MacQueen (Psychopharmacology,
UNCW Graduate Alumni)
Dave graduated from the Psychology Masters program in 2008 with a
concentration in clinical substance abuse treatment psychology (SATP). His masters thesis work
evaluated the effects of an NMDA receptor antagonist (dizocilpine) and an opiate
(morphine) on the performance of rats in a repeated acquisition/performance
(RAP) adaptation of the odor span task developed by Dudchenko, Wood and
Eichenbaum (2000), known as the olfactory memory span task. Dave is currently
completing his clinical internship at the Johns Hopkins center for learning and
health (CLH). At the CL, Dave is involved with the implementation and evaluation
of a contingency management treatment for substance abuse (SA). Participants in
the are program are provided paid skills training contingent upon drug
abstinence and/or adherence to a medication regimen (e.g. naltrexone). In the
future, Dave hopes to receive licensure as a psychological associate (LPA) and
as a clinical addictions specialist (LCAS) and pursue a doctoral degree in
psychology. His interests include behavioral pharmacology, learning and memory,
neuroscience, evidenced based mental health and substance abuse treatment, and
unnecessary abbreviations (abbrev's). Dave also brews his own beer and makes a
killer mix music cd.
