Instructor Bio Sketch

Dr. Meier is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Idaho and is currently the director of the University of Idaho Addictions Training Program. His academic training and expertise is in applied psychology with a specialization in addictive and high-risk behavior. Dr. Meier also has considerable experience in neuroscience with an emphasis in psychopharmacology.

Dr. Meier has also worked with several addictions treatment agencies (using different theoretical perspectives). He also has worked extensively with the Idaho Department of Health teaching courses related to sexually transmitted diseases. He also teaches courses related to behavioral change to professionals working with high-risk populations.

Finally, Dr. Meier’s technical expertise includes considerable experience in program evaluation as well as survey design and implementation. His projects include conducting the CSAT needs assessment project. In that project, he developed a survey instrument that evaluated treatment providers. He has also developed surveys that evaluated high-risk sexual behavior in individuals who were Gay or used alcohol or drugs. In addition, Dr. Meier has coordinated a program evaluation of state alcohol and drug abuse agencies, plus, developed a client outcome assessment project for the Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. His most recent project has been to coordinate the development of an extensive website of archival data-bases related substance abuse and STDs. This website is, http://www.class.uidaho.edu/sasi.