Episode 33: Addressing Substance Use Disorders, Poverty, and AIDS Prevention Using Behavioural Science with Dr. Shrinidhi Subramaniam, Ph.D., BCBA-D

In this episode, Ben has a fascinating conversation with Dr. Shrinidhi Subramaniam on the applications of contingency management to drug addiction and poverty with a bit of precision teaching sprinkled on top. She also describes her team’s work on reducing viral loads in patients with HIV and shares some great resources.

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Show Notes:

• Georgia Southern University - Armstrong Campus (formerly Armstrong Atlantic State): https://www.georgiasouthern.edu/campuses/armstrong-campus      


• Miriari Elcoro: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mirari-Elcoro  


• Claire St. Peter: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Claire-St-Peter 


• Kenneth Silverman: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/kenneth-silverman  


• Robert Silicano: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/robert-siliciano 


• Steve Higgins: https://www.uvm.edu/cas/psychology/profiles/stephen-higgins-behavioral-pharmacology       


• Sheppard Kellam: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/367/sheppard-kellam   


• Muhummad Yunus: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2006/yunus/biographical  


• Liz Kyonka: https://www.csueastbay.edu/directory/profiles/psyc/kyonkaliz.html   


• Maxine Stitzer: https://friendsresearch.org/people/maxine-l-stitzer-ph-d  


• George Bigelow: https://professorships.jhu.edu/professorship/george-e-bigelow-phd-professorship  


• Nancy Petry: https://www.jsad.com/doi/full/10.15288/jsad.2018.79.669; https://www.routledge.com/Contingency-Management-for-Substance-Abuse-Treatment-A-Guide-to-Implementing/Petry/p/book/9780415882897 

Articles Referenced:

• Getty, C. A., Subramaniam, S., Holtyn, A. F., Jarvis, B. P., Rodewald, A., & Silverman, K. (2018). Evaluation of a Computer-Based Training Program to Teach Adults at Risk for HIV About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education, 30(4), 287–300. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2018.30.4.287 
  
  


• Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., Subramaniam, S., Arellano, M., Leoutsakos, J. M., Fingerhood, M., & Silverman, K. (2020). Financial incentives promote engagement in employment services for unemployed adults in treatment for opioid use disorder. Drug and alcohol dependence, 212, 107982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107982 
  
  


• Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., Subramaniam, S., Jarvis, B. P., Leoutsakos, J. M., Fingerhood, M., & Silverman, K. (2020). Abstinence-contingent wage supplements to promote drug abstinence and employment: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 74(5), 445–452. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-213761 
  
  


• Silverman, K., Holtyn, A. F., Rodewald, A. M., Siliciano, R. F., Jarvis, B. P., Subramaniam, S., Leoutsakos, J. M., Getty, C. A., Ruhs, S., Marzinke, M. A., & Fingerhood, M. (2019). Incentives for Viral Suppression in People Living with HIV: A Randomized Clinical Trial. AIDS and behavior, 23(9), 2337–2346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02592-8 
  
  


• Silverman, K., Holtyn, A. F., & Subramaniam, S. (2018). Behavior analysts in the war on poverty: Developing an operant antipoverty program. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26(6), 515–524. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000230 
  
  


• Toegel, F., Holtyn, A.F., Subramaniam, S. and Silverman, K. (2020), Effects of time-based administration of abstinence reinforcement targeting opiate and cocaine use. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53, 1726-1741. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.702