Prof Daniel Kivlahan

Professor Daniel Kivlahan joined the GMRF team in 2018 as an Academic Advisor to provide guidance in research investigating the reintegration process from military service to civilian life.

Dr. Kivlahan is currently Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington. From 1998-2010, he was Director of the Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education at VA Puget Sound in Seattle where he was an addiction treatment clinician and investigator from 1985-2010.

In 2010, Dr. Kivlahan was appointed as Associate National Mental Health Program Director for Addictive Disorders, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and he served as Director from 2012 until his retirement from VHA in 2015. He co-chaired the work groups that in 2009 and 2015 revised the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for SUD and has been active in development and validation of quality indicators based on guideline recommendations.

Among his over 150 peer reviewed publications are validation studies on the AUDIT-C to screen for alcohol misuse across care settings, reports on SUD and co-occurring conditions including PTSD, and analyses from several clinical trials including the COMBINE Study for combined pharmacotherapy and psychosocial treatment of alcohol dependence.