2009-10 Faculty Senate Members > Division of Health Sciences
Eric Albers
Term Expires:
May 2010
Phone: (775) 682-8711
Website: website
Email: eric@unr.nevada.edu
Brief Bio: Dr. Albers is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work. He has served and been chair of the University Promotion and Tenure committee as well as the Graduate Council. He also serves on the state of Nevada's Commission of Mental Health and Developmental Services which is a governor appointed position. Dr. Albers is also the lead evaluator for a federal SAMHSA contract on substance abuse prevention which is housed in CASAT.
Julie Hogan
Term Expires:
May 2011
Phone: (775) 682-8542
Website: website
Email: jhogan@casat.org or hoganj@unr.edu
Brief Bio: Julie Hogan, Ph.D., is the Director of Prevention at the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) and the Principle Investigator of numerous grants and contracts. She has a grant/contract portfolio that exceeds 21 million dollars. She is an accomplished director of a major federal training and technical assistance center, has extensive knowledge in the field of substance abuse prevention, and has a history of creating exemplary training and technical assistance products, trainings, and conferences. She is a Certified Prevention Specialist and the senior author of a substance abuse prevention textbook entitled Substance Abuse Prevention: The Intersection of Science and Practice (2003). Dr. Hogan has Doctor of Philosophy degree in Sociology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; a Master of Arts degree in Information and Communication Studies from California State University, Chico, and a Bachelors of Arts degree in Sociology and Speech Communication from Wayne State College in Nebraska. Dr. Hogan has been a faculty member at the University of Nevada, Reno since October 1997.