Sara Dolan
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director
Psychology and Neuroscience
Baylor University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Dolan joined the Baylor faculty in 2007, after serving as a National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism-funded Postdoctoral Fellow and subsequently a National Cancer Institute-funded faculty member at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. While at Brown, she also served as a Research Scientist at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, as well as the Assessment Coordinator at Psychological Associates, in Warwick, RI. Prior to that, she earned her B.S. degree in psychology from Indiana University, followed by both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Clinical Psychology from the University of Iowa. She then completed her clinical internship at Yale University, in the Division of Substance Abuse. In her spare time, she can be found serving as an alumnae advisor for her sorority on campus, at a Baylor football or men's basketball game, traveling, or volunteering in the community.
Research Interest
Neuropsychological functioning and substance abuse treatment, as well as diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Publications
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Dolan, S.L., Bechara, A., & Nathan, P.E. (2008). Executive dysfunction as a risk marker for substance abuse: The role of impulsive personality traits. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 26, 799-822.
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Dolan, S.L., Rohsenow, D. J., & Martin, R.A. (2008). Self-Efficacy for Cocaine Abstinence: Pretreatment Correlates and Relationships to Treatment Outcomes. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 675-688.
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Shenassa, E.D., Dolan, S.L., Wilhelm, C.S., & Buka, S.L. (under review). Childhood antecedents of problem gambling: A 40 year longitudinal population based study.
