Staff Publications & Presentations

Ives, M., Funk, R., & Dennis, M. L. (2007). Discriminant Analysis. Chestnut Health Systems

Ives, M., Funk, R., & Dennis, M. L. (2007). Tukey Box Plots. Chestnut Health Systems

Ives, M., Titus, J. C., Funk, R. R., Dennis, M. L., Modisette, K. C, & Ihnes, P. (2011). Using propensity score to create an equivalent comparison group.

Jalali, A., Clairemont, C., Hart, K., Ryan, D., McCollister, K., Watson, D. P., Grella, C., Dennis, M., & Murphy S. (2024, June). Health-related quality of life Profiles of individuals with a history of opioid use disorder by intensity of criminal-legal system involvement. [Conference session] College on Problems of Drug Dependence 86th Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Kahn, J. H., Hart, M. K., Watson, D. P., Allen, C. B., Singh, R. R., Grella, C. E., & Dennis, M. L. (2025). Recent incarceration and minoritized racial status as barriers to the effectiveness of Recovery Management Checkups. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 20(53). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-025-00684-4

Kahn, J. H., Hart, M. K., Watson, D. P., Allen, C. B., Singh, R. R., Grella, C. E., & Dennis, M. L. (2025). Recent incarceration and minoritized racial status as barriers to the effectiveness of Recovery Management Checkups. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 20(53). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-025-00684-4

Karuntzos, G. T., Caddell, J. M., & Dennis, M. L. (1994). Gender differences in vocational needs and outcomes for methadone treatment clients. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 26(2), 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1994.10472265

Karuntzos, G. T., Dennis, M. L., Fountain, D. L., Bonito, A. J., Fairbank, J. A., & Rachal, J. V. (1995). Community Services Coordinator's (CSC) manual for assisting methadone treatment clients [Manual]. National Institute on Drug Abuse

Karuntzos, G. T., Dennis, M. L., Norman, H. M., & French, M. T. (1995). Vocational protocol manual for assisting methadone treatment clients: Training and employment program [Manual]. Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems

Knight, D. K., Belenko, S., Dennis, M. L., Wasserman, G. A., Joe, G. W., Aarons, G. A., Bartkowski, J. P., Becan, J. E., Elkington, K. S., Hogue, A., McReynolds, L. S., Robertson, A. A., Yang, Y., & Wiley, T. R. A. (2022). The comparative effectiveness of Core versus Core+Enhanced implementation strategies in a randomized controlled trial to improve substance use treatment receipt among justice-involved youth. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), 1535. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08902-6

Knight, D. K., Belenko, S., Wiley, T., Robertson, A. A., Arrigona, N., Dennis, M., Bartkowski, J. P., McReynolds, L.S., Becan, J. E., Knudsen, H. K., Wasserman, G. A., Rose, E., DiClemente, R., Leukefeld, C., & JJ-TRIALS Cooperative. (2016). Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS): A cluster randomized trial targeting system-wide improvement in substance use services. Implementation Science, 11:57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-016-0423-5

Knight, D. K., Funk, R. R., Belenko, S., Dennis, M., Wiese, A. L., Bartkowski, J. P., Dembo, R., Elkington, K. S., Flynn, P. M., Harris, P. W., Hogue, A., Palinkas, L. A., Robertson, A. A., & Scott, C. K. (2023). Results of a national survey of substance use treatment services for youth under community supervision. Health & Justice, 11(1), 29. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40352-023-00233-w

Knight, D., Belenko, S., Robertson, A., Wiley, T., Wasserman, G., Leukefeld, C., DiClemente, R., Brody, G., Dennis, M., & Scott, C. (2015) Designing the optimal JJ-TRIALS study: EPIS as a theoretical framework for selection and timing of implementation interventions. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 10(Suppl. 1), A29. https://doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-10-S1-A29

Lennox, R. D., & Dennis, M. L. (1994). Measurement error issues in substance abuse services research: Lessons from structural equation modeling and psychometric theory. Evaluation and Program Planning, 17(4), 399–407. https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-7189(94)90040-X

Lennox, R. D., Mollenhauer, M., Sharar, D., Dennis, M., & Godley, M. (2011). Behavioral health screening, health-risk assessments and the bottom line. WorkSpan, 64–69

Lennox, R., Dennis, M. L., Ives, M., & White, M. K. (2006). The construct and predictive validity of different approaches to combining urine and self-reported drug use measures among older adolescents after substance abuse treatment. American Journal on Addictions, 15(Suppl. 1), 92–101. https://doi.org/10.1080/10550490601006089

Lennox, R., Dennis, M. L., Scott, C. K., & Funk, R. (2006). Combining psychometric and biometric measures of substance use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 83(2), 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.10.016

Lennox, R., Dennis, M., Godley, M., & Sharar, D. (2010). Screening for behavioral health risk to predict absenteeism and workers' compensation claims using the GAIN Short Screener. WorkSpan.

Lennox, R., Dennis, M., Godley, M., Mollenhauer, M., and Sharar, D. (2011). Behavioral health screening: Health-Risk assessments and the bottom line. WorkSpan, January, 64-69.

Lennox, R., Dennis, M., Godley, M., Mollenhauer, M., and Sharar, D. (2011). Behavioral health screening: Health-risk assessments and the bottom line. WorkSpan,  64–69. 

Leukefeld, C. G., Farabee, D., McDermeit, M., Dennis, M. L., Wechsberg, W. M., Inciardi, J. A., Surratt, H. L., Compton, W. L., Cottler, L. B., Klein, H., Hoffman, J. A., Desmond, D., & Logan, T. K. (2001). Real and perceived HIV risk by population density: An exploratory examination. Journal of Drug Issues, 31(4), 889–903. https://doi.org/10.1177/002204260103100405

Linden-Carmichael, A. N., Stull, S. W., Scott, C. K., & Dennis, M. L. (2022). Time-varying effect modeling to examine recovery outcomes across four years. In J. A. Tucker, & K. Witkiewitz (Eds.), Dynamic pathways to recovery from alcohol use disorder: Meaning and methods (pp. 114–136). Cambridge University Press

Marks, K., Leukefeld, C. G., Dennis, M. L., Scott, C., Funk, R., and JJ-TRIALS Cooperative. (2019). Geographic differences in substance use screening for justice-involved youth. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 102, 40–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2019.04.005

Markwood, A., Mustari, E., Dennis, M., & Godley, M. (1997). Patterns of youth substance use: Report submitted to Illinois Department of Substance Abuse. Chestnut Health Systems

McCollister, K. E., French, M. T., Freitas, D. M., Dennis, M. L., Scott, C. K., & Funk, R. R. (2013). Cost-effectiveness analysis of Recovery Management Checkups (RMC) for adults with chronic substance use disorders: Evidence from a 4-year randomized trial. Addiction, 108 (12), 2166–2174. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12335

McCollister, K. E., Scott, C. K., Dennis, M. L., Freitas, D. M., French, M. T., & Funk, R. R. (2014). Economic costs of a postrelease intervention for incarcerated female substance abusers: Recovery Management Checkups for Women Offenders (RMC-WO). Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 53(7), 543–561. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2014.944739

McCollister, K., Baumer, P., Davis, M., Greene, A., Stevens, S., & Dennis, M. (2018). Economic evaluation of the Juvenile Drug Court/Reclaiming Futures (JDC/RF) model. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 45(3), 321–339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-018-9606-y

McCreary, L. L., Conrad, K. M., Conrad, K. J., Scott, C. K., Funk, R. R., & Dennis, M. L. (2013). Using the Rasch measurement model in psychometric analysis of the Family Effectiveness Measure. Nursing Research, 62(3), 149–159. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0b013e31828eafe6

McDermeit, M., & Dennis, M. L. (2000). Final report on the New Orleans Target Cities Project (NOTCP) participant data [Report]. Chestnut Health Systems

McDermeit, M., Funk, R., & Dennis, M. L. (1999). Data cleaning and replacement of missing values analysis training series. Chestnut Health Systems

McKay, J. R., Carise, D., Dennis, M. L., Dupont, R., Humphreys, K., Kemp, J., Reynolds, D.,  White, W., Armstrong, R., Chalk, M., Haberle, B., McLellan, T., O'Connor, G., Pakull, B., & Schwartzlose, J. (2009). Extending the benefits of addiction treatment: Practical strategies for continuing care and recovery. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 36(2), 127–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2008.10.005

Morral, A. R., & Dennis, M. L. (2001). Advances in adolescent treatment outcomes research In L. S. Harris (Ed.), Problems of drug dependence 2001: Proceedings of the 63rd annual scientific meeting of the College of Problems on Drug Dependence (pp. 106–115). National Institute on Drug Abuse

Mustari, E., Markwood, A., Dennis, M., & Godley, M. D. (1996). Patterns of drug use and consequences among Illinois students. Chestnut Health Systems

Perl, H. I., Dennis, M. L., & Huebner, R. B. (2000). State-of-the-art methodologies in alcohol-related health services research. Addiction, 95(Suppl. 3), S275–S280. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1360-0443.95.11s3.1.x

Rachal, J. V., Bonito, A. J., Fairbank, J. A., Dennis, M. L., & Zelon, H. S. (1989). Increasing the capability of methadone maintenance programs: Randomly controlled trials of enhanced methadone maintenance counseling. Research Triangle Institute

Rasch, R. F., Weisen, C. A., MacDonald, B., Wechsberg, W. M., Perritt, R., & Dennis, M. L. (2000). Patterns of HIV risk and alcohol use among African-American crack abusers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 58(3), 259–266. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00098-8

Reif, S., Wechsberg, W. M., & Dennis, M. L. (2001). Reduction of co-occurring distress and HIV risk behaviors among women substance abusers. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 22(2), 61–80. https://doi.org/10.1300/J005v22n02_05

Richardson, S., Nissen, L., Dennis, M., & Moritz, K. (2014). Helping young people get treatment in juvenile justice and beyond. Focal Point, 18, 18–22

Riley, B. B., Conrad, K. J., Bezruczko, N., & Dennis, M. L. (2007). Relative precision, efficiency and construct validity of different starting and stopping rules for a computerized adaptive test: The GAIN substance problem scale. Journal of Applied Measurement, 8(1), 48–64

Riley, B. B., Dennis, M. L., & Conrad, K. J (2010). A comparison of content-balancing procedures for estimating multiple clinical domains in computerized adaptive testing (CAT): Relative precision, validity, and detection of persons with misfitting responses. Applied Psychological Measurement, 34(6), 410–423. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146621609349802

Robertson, A. A., Fang, Z., Weiland, D., Joe, G., Gardner, S., Dembo, R., McReynolds, L., Dickson, M., Pankow, J., Dennis, M., & Elkington, K. (2020). Recidivism among justice-involved youth: Findings from JJ-TRIALS. Crime Justice and Behavior, 47(9) 1059–1078. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854820922891

Robertson, A. A., Gardner, S., Dembo, R., Dennis, M., Pankow, J., & Wilson, K. J. (2023). Impact of implementation interventions to improve substance use service delivery on recidivism among justice-involved youth. Health and Justice, 11(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00210-3

Robertson, A. A., Hiller, M., Dembo, R., Dennis, M., Scott, C., Henry, B.F., & Elkington, K. S. (2019). National survey of juvenile community supervision agency practices and caregiver involvement in behavioral health treatment. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(11), 3110–3120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01488-4

Roebuck, M. C., French, M. T., & Dennis, M. L. (2004). Adolescent marijuana use and school attendance. Economics of Education Review, 23(2), 133–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-7757(03)00079-7

Rourke, K. M., Dennis, M. L., & Caddell, J. M. (1993). Global Appraisal of Individual Needs: Administration manual [Manual].Research Triangle Institute

Royse, D., Leukefeld, C., Logan, T. K., Dennis, M., Wechsberg, W., Hoffman, J., Cottler, L., Inciardi, J. (2000). Homelessness and gender in out-of-treatment drug users. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 26(2), 283–296. https://doi.org/10.1081/ada-100100605

Rush, B. R., Dennis, M. L., Scott, C. K., Castel, S., & Funk, R. R. (2008). The interaction of co-occurring mental disorders and recovery management checkups on substance abuse treatment participation and recovery. Evaluation Review, 32(1), 7–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X07307532

Ryan, M. E., Elkington, K. S., Sarapas, C., Sichel, C., Taxman, F., Dennis, M. L., & Wasserman, G. A. (2023). Evaluating e-Connect: Mitigating race by gender disparities in behavioral health referral among youths on probation, Northwest United States, 2019. American Journal of Public Health, 113(12), 1267–1270. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307417

Salomé, H. J., French, M. T., Scott, C., Foss, M., & Dennis, M. (2003). Investigating variation in the costs and benefits of addiction treatment: Econometric analysis of the Chicago Target Cities Project. Evaluation and Program Planning, 26(3), 325–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0149-7189(03)00036-3

Sarapas, C., Dennis, M. L., Sienna, M., Eaton, I. T., Dakof, G. A., & Passetti, L. L. (2023). Evaluation report: Project SAFE–Family Recovery (SAFE-FR). Connecticut Department of Children and Families