IBR -- Staff, Dwayne Simpson, Ph.D., Emeritus Director and Professor of Psychology

Emeritus Director of IBR and Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Texas Christian University

Dwayne Simpson came to the IBR for graduate training in 1966 and never left. His tenure as its Director began during a temporary move to Texas A&M University (1982-1989), followed by another 20 years after the IBR returned to TCU in 1989. In 2009, he became Emeritus Director. His research on drug addiction and treatment effectiveness (reported in over 300 publications) includes several large-scale and longitudinal national evaluations. He later focused his attention on assessments of client functioning and service delivery process, and how these factors influence treatment engagement and retention rates, stages of recovery, and long-term outcomes. This work includes cognitive and behavioral interventions to enhance client services as well as improvements in program management. It also extended to the study of organizational behavior and its role in transferring evidence-based innovations into practice in community and criminal justice settings. Thus, assisting leadership teams in developing comprehensive but practical strategies for implementing innovations has been a priority for him. Simpson has been an advisor to national and international research centers and government organizations that address drug treatment and related policy issues, a Fellow in both the American Psychological Association and American Psychological Society, and has served on the editorial boards for several journals. (Full Vita)

Featured Interview

TCU's spring 2011 Endeavors features an interview with Dr. Simpson in “Fighting the Scourge of Addiction”. Endeavors is produced by the office of TCU Research and Creative Scholarship.

Professional Positions

1970-1982:	Professor (Asst to Full) in IBR, Texas Christian University (TCU)
1982-1989:	Professor of Psychology, Texas A&M University (TAMU)
	Director, Behavioral Research Program, TAMU Coordinator, Industrial/ Organizational Area, TAMU
1989-2009:	Director of IBR, Texas Christian University
1992-2010:	S.B. Sells Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Addiction Research
Present:	Emeritus Director of IBR and Professor of Psychology, TCU

Research Recognition

U.S. Distinguished International Scientist Collaborators Award (2009)
- Award Summary, NIDA, March 2009 (PDF: 75KB / 4 pages)
- Final Report on 2009 US Distinguished International Scientist Collaborators Award (USDISCA) (December 2009). This is an IBR Technical Report (PDF: 217KB / 17 pages) and features the “Adaptation and Implementation of TCU Mapping-Enhanced Counseling and Assessment Resources in the United Kingdom.”
Distinguished Scientist Award for Texas (1987)
National Institutes of Health/NIDA MERIT Award for Superior Competence and Outstanding Productivity (1999), resulting in a 5-year non-competitive extension of a grant for international research
Fellow in American Psychological Association and in American Psychological Society (Charter Member)
Principal Investigator on Federal Grant Awards (totaling $60 million since 1976)

Recent Presentations

May, 2010 — Montréal, Canada

Title	Planning for Effective Treatment Services and Implementing Change
Handouts	PDF: 1.2 MB; 12 pages, 2 slides per page
Speaker	Dr. Dwayne Simpson
	Invited keynote presentation given at Rond-Point 2010: Congress on Addictions, sponsored by Québec Association of Addiction Rehab Centers, Montréal, Canada, May 14, 2010

February, 2010 — Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Title	Strategies for change: Implementing innovations for criminal justice integrated services
Video	In process
Speaker	Dr. Dwayne Simpson
	Invited presentation given at the Symposium on Addiction in UAE: Treatment in Criminal Justice Systems, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 7, 2010

September-November, 2009 — United Kingdom

Title	Strategies for Change: Implementing Innovations for Integrated Services
Handouts	PDF: 585KB; 10 pages, 2 slides per page
Speaker	Dr. Dwayne Simpson
Presented at multiple sites on 25+ dates	Strategic Planning Seminar on Evidence-Based Treatment, U.S. Distinguished International Scientist Collaboration Award, National Institute on Drug Abuse International Program

International Consulting and Invited Presentations

Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Wales

2011 Mission to Honduras

Major Research Projects

Selected Publications

Note: Click on the Abstract link to view and/or print a publication's abstract from a separate window. Also see IBR Newsletters and Research Summaries focused on these topics:

National Treatment Effectiveness Evaluations

Simpson, D. D., & Sells, S. B. (1982). Effectiveness of treatment for drug abuse: An overview of the DARP research program. Advances in Alcohol and Substance Abuse, 2(1), 7-29. [Abstract]; [Full paper; PDF, 2.5 MB / 23 pages]

Simpson, D. D. & Sells, S. B. (Eds.). (1990). Opioid addiction and treatment: A 12-year follow-up. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Co.

Book overview: (PDF: 28K / 7 pages)
Chapter 13 comments on Recovery Process Evidence: (PDF: 1.34mb/8 pages)

Simpson, D. D., & Curry, S. J. (Eds.). (1997). Special Issue: Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 11(4). [Newsletters: (Research Roundup, v.7(3), 1997) and (Research Roundup, v.7(4), 1997-98)]

Simpson, D. D. & Brown, B. (Guest Eds.). (1999). Special issue: Treatment process and outcome studies from DATOS. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 57(2). [Summary]; [Newsletters: (Research Roundup, v.9(3), 1999) and (Research Roundup, v.10(1-2), 2000)]

Therapeutic Process

Sells, S. B., Demaree, R. G., Simpson, D. D., Joe, G. W., & Gorsuch, R. L. (1977). Issues in the evaluation of drug abuse treatment. Professional Psychology, 8(4), 609-640. [Abstract]

Simpson, D. D. (1979). The relation of time spent in drug abuse treatment to posttreatment outcomes. American Journal of Psychiatry, 136, 1449-1453. [Abstract]

Simpson, D. D. (1981). Treatment for drug abuse: Follow-up outcomes and length of time spent. Archives of General Psychiatry, 38(8), 875-880. [Abstract]

Joe, G. W., Simpson, D. D., & Sells, S. B. (1994). Treatment process and relapse to opioid use during methadone maintenance. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 20(2), 173-197. [Abstract]

Simpson, D. D., Joe, G. W., Rowan-Szal, G. A., & Greener, J. (1995). Client engagement and change during drug abuse treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse, 7(1), 117-134. [Abstract]

Simpson, D. D., Joe, G. W., & Rowan-Szal, G. A. (1997). Drug abuse treatment retention and process effects on follow-up outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 47(1), 227-235. [Abstract]

Simpson, D. D., Joe, G. W., Broome, K. M., Hiller, M. L., Knight, K., & Rowan-Szal, G. A. (1997). Program diversity and treatment retention rates in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 11(4), 279-293. [Abstract]

Process Models

Simpson, D. D. (2001). Modeling treatment process and outcomes (editorial). Addiction, 96(2), 207-211. [Summary]; [Newsletter: (Research Summary: Focus on Treatment Process and Outcomes/Overview of TCU Treatment Model, Sept 2002)]

Simpson, D. D. (2002). A conceptual framework for transferring research to practice. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 22(4), 171-182. [Abstract]; [Newsletter: (Research Roundup, v.13(3), 2003)]

Simpson, D. D. (2004). A conceptual framework for drug treatment process and outcomes. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 27, 99-121. [Abstract]; [Newsletters: (Research Roundup, v.14(3-4), 2004-05) and (Research Reports from IBR, v.17(2), 2008)]

Simpson, D. D., & Flynn, P. M. (2007). Moving innovations into treatment: A stage-based approach to program change. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 33(2), 111-120. PMCID: PMC1995028 [Abstract]; [Author’s manuscript available in PubMed Central] [Newsletter: (Research Reports from IBR, v.16(3), 2006)]

Simpson, D. D. (2009). Organizational readiness for stage-based dynamics of innovation implementation. Research on Social Work Practice, 19(5), 541-551. [Abstract]

Simpson, D. D. (in press). A framework for implementing sustainable oral health promotion interventions. Journal of Public Health Dentistry.

Lehman, W. E. K., Simpson, D. D., Knight, D. K., & Flynn, P. M. (in press). Integration of treatment innovation planning and implementation: Strategic process models and organizational challenges. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Assessments and Interventions

Joe, G. W., Broome, K. M., Rowan-Szal, G. A., & Simpson, D. D. (2002). Measuring patient attributes and engagement in treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 22(4), 183-196. [Abstract]; [Newsletters: (Research Summary: Focus on Treatment Assessment, Sept 2002) and (Research Reports from IBR, v.17(3), 2008)]

Lehman, W. E. K., Greener, J. M., & Simpson, D. D. (2002). Assessing organizational readiness for change. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 22(4), 197-209. [Abstract] [Newsletters: (Research Summary: Focus on Organizational Change, Sept 2002) and (Research Roundup, v.12(2), 2002)]

Simpson, D. D., & Knight, K. (Guest Eds.). (2007). Offender needs and functioning assessments (Special Issue). Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34(9). [Abstract] [Newsletter: (Research Reports from IBR, v.16(1-2), 2006)]

Simpson, D. D., & Dansereau, D. F. (2007, April). Assessing organizational functioning as a step toward innovation. Science & Practice Perspectives, 3(2), 20-28. (Full text available electronically at http://archives.drugabuse.gov/PDF/Perspectives/vol3no2/
Assessing.pdf). [Abstract]

Dansereau, D. F., & Simpson, D. D. (2009). A picture is worth a thousand words: The case for graphic representations. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 40(1), 104-110. [Abstract] [Newsletters: (Research Summary: Focus on Treatment Mapping, Sept 2002) and (Research Reports from IBR, v.17(4), 2008-09)] [Additional information: National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) listing of TCU (Texas Christian University) Mapping-Enhanced Counseling (Date of Review: July 2008)]

Project Evaluations

Simpson, D. D., & Chatham, L. R. (Eds.). (1991). Inhalant use by Mexican American youth: Findings from a longitudinal study. Special issue of Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 13(3). [Summary]

Simpson, D. D., Wexler, H. K., & Inciardi, J. A. (Eds.) (September/December 1999). Special issue on drug treatment outcomes for correctional settings, parts 1 & 2. The Prison Journal, 79(3/4). [Summary] [Newsletters: (Research Summary: Focus on Correctional Treatment , Dec 2002) and (Research Reports from IBR, v.16(1-2), 2006)]

Simpson, D. D., Joe, G. W., & Broome, K. M. (2002). A national 5-year follow-up of treatment outcomes for cocaine dependence. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59, 538-544. [Abstract]

Simpson, D. D., & Brown, B. S. (Eds.). (2002). Special issue: Transferring research to practice. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 22(4). [Newsletter: (Research Roundup, v.13(2), 2002)]

Simpson, D. D. (Guest Ed.). (2003). Special section: 5-year follow-up treatment outcome studies from DATOS. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 25(3), 123-186. [Abstract] [Review of DATOS: Special issue from Drug and Alcohol Findings (2002: Mike Ashton, Editor). (Issue 7, 2002: PDF; 2.15 MB / 10 pages). The article in this issue by Christine Franey and Mike Ashton, "The grand designs from DATOS" (pp. 4-7, 16-19) provides a comprehensive external review of DATOS research and policy implications. Subscription information for Drug and Alcohol Findings is included with the article.

Simpson, D. D., & Flynn, P. M. (Guest Eds.). (2007). Organizational readiness for change (Special Issue). Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 33(2). More Information on this special issue

Simpson, D. D., Rowan-Szal, G. A., Joe, G. W., Best, D., Day, E., & Campbell, A. (2009). Relating counselor attributes to client engagement in England. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 36(3), 313-320. PMCID: PMC2697954 [Abstract] [Newsletter: (Research Roundup, v.15(1-2), 2005)]

IBR History

Simpson, D. D., Joe, G. W., Dansereau, D. F., & Flynn, P. M. (in press). Addiction treatment outcomes, process, and change: Texas Institute of Behavioral Research at TCU. Addiction. [Abstract] [Newsletters: (Research Roundup, v.12(3), 2003) and (Research Summary: TCU Treatment System: Overview of Background and Structure , August 2006)]

Other Publications (link to Publications page)

Dr. Simpson’s well-dressed beginning in his West Texas elementary school days.