Bio
Nancy A. Haug, Ph.D. is Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor and Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. She currently leads didactics and a journal club for Addiction Medicine fellows, and teaches a postdoctoral seminar on ethics and legal issues for the Clinical Psychology Fellowship Program. Dr. Haug is a member of the APA Ethics Committee and formerly served as a member of the California Psychological Association Ethics Committee. She recently completed the Stanford YogaX 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program with healthcare setting emphasis.
Dr. Haug is also Professor of Psychology at Palo Alto University where she teaches, advises and supervises doctoral students, and leads the Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment Research Laboratory. Dr. Haug previously served as faculty and attending psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco, and taught in the University of California, Berkeley Alcohol & Drug Studies program.
Dr. Haug was funded by SAMHSA for a practitioner-education initiative to expand training for evidence-based addiction treatment. She is a Fellow and Member-at-Large for Practice in the Society of Addiction Psychology (American Psychological Association, Division 50). Dr. Haug is on the editorial board of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs and the Journal of Addictive Diseases. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Haug has focused on behavioral and psychosocial interventions for treating addiction, and currently has projects studying mindfulness group treatment for addiction, cannabis vaping practices, and online interventions for alcohol harm reduction. Dr. Haug has been licensed in CA since 2004 and has a private practice in Los Gatos that informs her research and teaching. She is a WellConnect referral for Stanford fellows, residents and faculty in her clinical practice.
