Randi M. Schuster E-mail: rschuste@gmail.com or rschus2@uic.edu Curriculum Vitae

Background Information

I graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Maryland in 2007 after which I worked as a full time faculty research assistant at CAPER. I worked primarily on treatment outcome studies in the Addictions division, including a behavioral activation treatment for drug dependent individuals who are HIV+ and depressed. I am currently working with Dr. Robin Mermelstein as a first year clinical psychology graduate student at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

Research Interests

Broadly stated, I am interested in the basic biological and behavioral mechanisms underlying both addiction and health behavior change as well as the application of this knowledge to the development of prevention-focused and treatment interventions.

Personal Interests

When I am not doing school work, I enjoy running, being outside and spending time with my friends and family.

Publications

Daughters, S.B., Stipelman, B.A., Sargeant, M.N., Schuster, R., Bornavolova, M.A., & Lejuez, C.W. (in press). The interactive effects of antisocial personality disorder and court-mandated status on substance abuse treatment dropout. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.

Posters

Schuster, R. M., Sargeant, M. N., Daughters, S. B., & Lejuez, C. W. (2007, June). A comparison of behavioral and self-report measures of distress tolerance among urban minority drug users. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Quebec City, Quebec.

Schuster, R. M., Sargeant, M. N., Daughters, S. B., & Lejuez, C. W. (2007, November). Methodological issues in the assessment of distress tolerance. Poster in preparation for annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

Sargeant, M. N., Daughters, S. B., Schuster, R., Hickman, A., Wesley, L., & Lejuez, C. W. (2007, November). Distress intolerance: a behavioral manifestation of a biological vulnerability factor in treatment-seeking substance users. Poster in preparation for annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.