PATRICIA D. PERRY,Ph.D., R.N

Patricia D. Perry, Ph.D, R.N.

PATRICIA D. PERRY,Ph.D., R.N.

NYS Office of Alcoholism and

Substance Abuse Services

1450 Western Ave.

Albany, NY12203

(518) 457-6206

(518) 485-9480 (FAX)

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. University at Albany, State University of New York, School of Education; Program Evaluation Specialization (1992).

M.S.BostonUniversity; Maternal and Child Health Nursing (1971).

B.S.BostonUniversity; Nursing (1969).

New YorkState Office of Emergency Management Certificates of Completion

Incident Command System Orientation (ICS – 100)
Incident Command System National Training Curriculum (I-200 Basic Course; 12 hours)
NYS Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Training (16 hours)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

10/96-Present: Research Scientist IV. New YorkState Office of Alcoholism and Substance Services: Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

Evaluation SpecialistInitiative to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in New YorkState. Subcontract with Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc., SAMHSA Fetal AlcoholSpectrumDisordersCenter for Excellence. 11/1/04 to present.

Principal Investigator/Project Director. Enhanced Capacity for Emergency Mental Health and Substance Abuse Response in New York. Center for Mental Health Services, Grant # 1 H79 SM55182 ($198,000). 10/1/03-present.

Project Director.New YorkState Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services:Terrorism Related Disaster Relief Grant. Funded by the U.S.Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ($179,000)(SM00143) 10/1/02-9/30/03.

Principal Investigator. Building Consensus to Provide Healthcare Intervention Services for Pregnant Women. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Grant # 1 KD1 TI12824. One year grant, $149,953. 8/01/01-11/29/02.

This project focused on building community consensus to implement the best practice Healthcare Intervention Service for pregnant women in Monroe County, NY.

Principal Investigator. Adolescent Treatment Models: Evaluation of an Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Program in New York City, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Grant #1 KD1 TI11423, three year grant, $1,255,166. 10/98-9/29/02.

This project was part of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Adolescent Treatment Models Initiative. The project, a national collaborative effort among 10 adolescent treatment programs and program evaluators, was designed to evaluate and manualize adolescent treatment programs. Responsibilities included participation on the national cross-site analysis workgroup and directing the NY site study which evaluated an adolescent therapeutic community (Dynamite Youth, Inc., Brooklyn, NY). Evaluation activities included:

1. Outcome and Process Evaluation

A prospective study to obtain self-report data on client psycho-social and behavioral status at admission, 3, 6, 9 and 12 month intervals; an ethnographic study to describe the personal experiences of those experiencing the program; a participant observer study to document experiences in the residential and day services components of the treatment program; and focus groups to gather data from the Board of Directors, parents, alumni, and staff.

2. Cost Analysis

To document total cost per client. This analysis was conducted collaboratively with Capital Consulting Corporation and the Lewin Group.

3. Treatment Manualization

To facilitate replication in another setting, a detailed description of the program was developed.

Principal Investigator. The Effects of Managed Care on Adolescents in Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment in New York City, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Grant # UR7 TI 11334, three year grant (plus no-cost extension), $1,585,466. 10/97-10/01.

This study was part of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration 21 Site Cooperative Agreement for Medicaid Managed Care and Vulnerable Populations. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Medicaid managed care on cost, utilization, outcomes and satisfaction for vulnerable populations. Responsibilities included participation on the national steering committee meetings and target population workgroups. The New York study included the following sub-studies:

1. Prospective Study: – Structured interviews to obtain self-report data on the psycho-social and behavioral status of adolescents at admission to treatment, and 6 and 12 months later. Parent interviews were conducted 6 months after admission to learn about satisfaction with AOD services.

2. Administrative Data and Cost Study: Analysis of linked state administrative data to examine cost and utilization of services. Data sources include Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services admission and discharge records, Department of Health Medicaid Claim Detail, Medicaid Encounter Data, and Medicaid eligibility files.

3. Implementation Study: Key informant interviews to determine the extent to which the Medicaid managed care program was implemented as planned. Key informants included New YorkState and New York City policy makers, and NYC Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) adolescent treatment providers.

Co-Principal Investigator. Identification and Referral Process for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment in a Medicaid Managed Care Setting,, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Grant # UR7 TI11285, three year grant (plus no-cost extension), $1,836,863, 10/96-10/00

This study was part of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration 21 Site Cooperative Agreement for Medicaid Managed Care and Vulnerable Populations. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Medicaid managed care on cost, utilization, outcomes and satisfaction for vulnerable populations. Responsibilities included participation on the national steering committee meetings and target population work groups. The New York study included the following sub-studies:

1. Prospective Study: Structured interviews to obtain self-report data on the psycho-social and behavioral status of adults at admission to treatment and 6 and 12 months later.

2. Administrative Data and Cost Study: Analysis of linked state administrative data to examine cost and utilization of services. Data sources included Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services admission and discharge records, Department of Health Medicaid Claim Detail, Medicaid Encounter Data, and Medicaid eligibility files.

3. Managed Care Organization (MCO) Study: Questionnaire to document a MCO’s operational structure, quality management and prior-approval practices.

4. Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Provider Study: Key informant interviews to obtain information about the administrative, clinical, and financial effects of transitioning into Medicaid managed care forAOD providers.

General Responsibilities as Research Scientist IV:

Manage research staff members (up to 18 staff in Albany and New York City offices)

Maintain a working relationship with alcohol and drug treatment programs participating in the evaluation research studies

Generate project budgets and oversee project expenditures

Ensure the research is conducted according to established policies and procedures and in compliance with Institutional Review Board requirements

Direct data analysis for qualitative and quantitative studies

Write final reports and journal articles

Write proposals for future grant activities

Participate on interagency work groups as needed

Seek additional funding through grant writing

Fall, 1996: AdjunctFacultyMaristCollege, Poughkeepsie, NY, Department of Psychology.

Taught Research Methods II: Program Evaluation.

9/92-10/95: Research Scientist II. New YorkState Office of Alcoholism and Substance Services: Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. Implemented a state-wide outcome and process evaluation of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Health Care Intervention Service (H.I.S.), funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Recruited hospitals, obtained approvals, supervised research interviewers, managed data collection and quality management, conducted analyses, wrote final reports and papers.

6/89-9/91: Research Associate.StateUniversity of New York Research Foundation. Calculated effect sizes for a Meta-Analysis of Adolescent Drug Prevention Programs, National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant #R01DA05505. Wrote an effect size calculation manual.

9/84-5/89: Assistant Professor. Department of Nursing, RussellSageCollege, Troy, NY.

Taught undergraduate courses which included Introduction to Nursing, Pediatrics, and Senior Seminar; taught Parent Child Nursing at the graduate level. Other faculty responsibilities consisted of supervising students in the clinical area, student advisement, and serving on department and all-college committees. Served as the Coordinator for the Basic Baccalaureate Program, 1986-1987.

1972-1976: Instructor of Nursing. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado.

1969-1972; 1982- 1984: Registered Professional Nurse.

St. Clare's Hospital, Schenectady, NY. , Flex-time 1982-1984

WeldCountyGeneralHospital, Greeley, Colorado 1972

LeeMemorialHospital, Fort Myers, Florida 1971

Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 1969-1970

PUBLICATIONS

Perry, P., Substance abuse emergency preparedness: Reshaping the plan in New York.

The Dialogue, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, Winter, 2002.

Hefflinger, C., Saunders, R., Deck, D., Gabriel, R., Mulkern, V. Hughes, D., Lambert-Wacey,

D., & Perry, P. (under review-International Journal of Drug Policy). Access to Medicaid-financed Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Adolescents: Change Over Time and Influence of Managed Care.

Perry, P., Hedges Duroy, T. (2004). Adolescent and young adult heroin and non-heroin users:

A quantitative and qualitative study of experiences in a therapeutic community. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 36(1), pp 75-84.

Hedges Duroy, T., Schmidt S. & Perry, P. (Fall, 2003).Adolescent perspectives on a continuum

of care in a three year drug treatment program. In B. Bullington (Ed.), Qualitative Explorations of Adolescent in Treatment and Selected Papers. Journal of Drug Issues, 33(4), pp.801-832.

Perry, P., Hedges, T., Carl, D., Fusco, W., Carlini, K., Schneider, J. & Salerno, N. (2003).

Dynamic Youth Community, Incorporated: A multiphase, step-down therapeutic community for adolescents and young adults. In S. J. Stevens and A. Morral (Eds.), Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment in the United States (pp 235-255).Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.

Levin, R., Perry, P., Gurney, C. (2002). Designing a statewide agenda for nursing research.

Journal of the New YorkState Nurses Association 33 (2) p 4-10.

Hedges, T., Perry, P., Carlini, K, & Fusco, W. (2001, Spring). Adolescent drug and alcohol

treatment: A therapeutic community for American and Russian-American teens and young adults. CommonHealth, Journal of the American International Health Alliance, 9(1), pp. 33-36. [Also translated into Russian].

Welte, J., Perry, P., Longabaugh, R., & Clifford, P.R. (1998). An outcome evaluation of a hospital-based early intervention program. Addiction, 93, 573-582.

Perry, P. (1997). Realities of the effect size calculation process: Considerations for beginning meta-analysts. Meta-Analysis of Drug Abuse Prevention Programs ( National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph # 170). Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Perry, P., & Backus, C., (1995). A different perspective on empowerment in evaluation: Benefits and risks to the evaluation process. Evaluation Practice, 16, 37-46.

Perry, P., Chapman, D., & Snyder, C. (1995). Quality of teacher worklife and classroom

practices in Botswana. International Journal of Educational Development, 15, 115-125.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Perry, P. New YorkState Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Serves All Hazards Emergency Preparedness Response Plan (Draft, 2005)

Hedges Duroy, T. L., Schmidt, S.L., Carlini, K., Fusco, W. Salerno, N, & Perry, P. (2003). Dynamic Youth Community, Inc. A Therapeutic Community for Adolescents and Young Adults – Treatment Manual. Chestnut Health Systems, 1003 Martin Luther King Dr., BloomingtonIL, 61701. Available on the web at:

Perry, P., Hedges Duroy, T., Schmidt, S. (2002). Summary of the Adolescent Treatment Model Study: Dynamic Youth Community, Inc. New YorkState Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, 1450 Western Avenue, Albany, NY12203.

McKing Consulting Corporation, Perry, P., Hedges Duroy, T., (2002) Cost Analysis and Client Cost Profiles, Dynamite Youth Center, Inc. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Adolescent Treatment Model Study. McKing Consulting Corporation, 115 Debbie Avenue, Slippery Rock, PA16057.

Perry, P., Wyman-Paquin, M., Gallati, R., Lambert-Wacey, D. (July, 2002), Key Informants Discuss Issues in Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment in New York, 1997-2000. Prepared under grant # 6 UR7 TI11334, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Managed Behavioral Health Care in the Public Sector Cooperative Agreement.

Welte, J., Longabaugh, R., Clifford, P., & Perry, P. (1995).Comprehensive Findings of the Outcome and Process EvaluationThe Health Care Intervention Service Program Evaluation.Final Report Submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Welte, J., Longabaugh, R., Clifford, P., & Perry, P. (1995). Summary of the Principal Findings: The Health Care Intervention Service Program Evaluation. (Available from the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, 1450 Western Ave., Albany, NY12203).

Perry, P. (1991) Handbook for the calculation of effect sizes for the meta-analysis of adolescent drug prevention programs. In N. Tobler Meta-Analysis of Adolescent Drug Prevention Programs. (Contract No. #R01DA05505). Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.