Key Documents
Keith Humphreys
Academic Appointments
- Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
Contact Information
- Academic
Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 617-2746Administrative Contact Ms. Deborah Page Administrative Officer Email Tel Work 617-2746
Professional Snapshot
Administrative Appointments
- Chairman, Faculty Advisory Committee, Stanford Health Policy Forum (2007 - present)
- Director, VA Program Evaluation and Resource Center (2001 - present)
- Affiliate, Center for Health Policy, Stanford University (2003 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Honorary Member, Psychiatry Journal Club, Ibn Rushd Hospital, Baghdad (2008)
- Distinguished Contribution to the Public Interest, American Psychological Association (2009)
Professional Education
| Ph.D.: | University of Illinois, Psychology (1993) |
| A.M.: | University of Illinois, Clinical/Community Psychology (1991) |
| B.A.: | Michigan State University, Psychology (1988) |
Postdoctoral Advisees
Community & International Work
Web Site Links
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Dr. Humphreys researches interventions for substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. He focuses particularly on evaluating the outcomes of professionally-administered treatments and peer-operated self-help groups (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous), developing health services research-related applications for innovative qualitative and quantitative research techniques, and analyzing national mental health policy.
Publications
- Developing and Validating Process Measures of Health Care Quality: An Application to Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment. Med Care. 2009
- Performance monitoring of substance use disorder interventions in the Veterans Health Administration. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2009; (3): 123-7
- Searching where the light is worse: overemphasizing genes and underplaying environment in the quest to reduce substance misuse. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2009; (4): 357-8
- Measuring the quality of substance use disorder treatment: evaluating the validity of the Department of Veterans Affairs continuity of care performance measure. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2009; (3): 294-305
- HEDIS initiation and engagement quality measures of substance use disorder care: impact of setting and health care specialty. Popul Health Manag. 2009; (4): 191-6
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