Suzette Glasner-Edwards, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and a Principal Investigator at UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs. She earned her B.A. in psychology from UCLA and her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Minnesota. Subsequently she completed her post-doctoral training at UCSD and the San Diego VA in the study and practice of psychotherapy for addictions. Dr. Glasner-Edwards has extensive clinical and research background in the use of cognitive-behavioral, motivational, and mindfulness-based interventions for adults who have substance use disorders with and without concurrent mental illness. Dr. Glasner-Edwards teaches these therapy techniques to psychiatry residents and psychologists in post-doctoral training at UCLA. A recipient of a career development award from NIDA, Dr. Glasner-Edwards’ current research focuses on developing technology-assisted psychosocial interventions and evaluating treatment outcomes for drug abusing adults with co-occuring psychiatric illness (with a particular focus on depression). She has also conducted research on pharmacological treatments for stimulant users with depression. Her interests include psychological and pharmacological intervention development and outcome evaluation for substance abusers with co-occurring psychiatric and medical conditions (e.g., HIV), the clinical course of psychiatric illness in individuals with alcohol and/or drug use disorders, mechanisms of action or “key ingredients” of psychotherapy and risk factors for mental illness among substance abusers.