Patrick M. Flynn, PhD

Pat Flynn's research (reported in numerous publications) has focused on the effectiveness and benefits of treatment, and included clinical assessment, questionnaire development, multisite clinical trials, dissemination and implementation in community-based programs in the US, UK, and Italy, studies of organizational functioning and costs in outpatient treatments, and treatment services and outcomes research in correctional settings. He is a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association and in several divisions of the American Psychological Association, is a frequent member of federal grant review panels, serves on the Editorial Board for Drug and Alcohol Dependence, is a regular reviewer for professional journals, and has served as chairperson of an NIH health services research study section. He served on the NIH/NIDA Health Services Research Initial Review Group for a term of 2004 through 2007. Since 1990, when he returned to the research environs, he has been the Principal Investigator/Project Director and Co-Director of national studies, and a Co-Principal Investigator and key investigator for a number of other treatment studies. He recently completed a 5-year NIDA funded project designed to develop and implement a treatment cost and organizational monitoring system. Currently, he is PI on a major 5-year NIDA project that is adapting, adopting, and implementing an intervention in Therapeutic Communities for adolescents. Prior to his return to full-time research, Dr. Flynn worked in therapeutic community, methadone, and outpatient drug-free treatment programs in several capacities, and served in upper-level management positions in higher education.