Campbell/Spillane Substance Use Research - Interview with Jane Maxwell

Abstract

Jane Carlisle Maxwell, Ph.D., is an expert in monitoring changes in drug use patterns in Texas, the United States, and internationally. Her research specialties include trends and patterns of substance abuse nationally and internationally, with special interest in methadone mortality; the U.S-Mexico border; patterns of use and abuse of methamphetamine, party and synthetic drugs, heroin, and prescription drugs; the relationship of substance abuse and traffic safety; and the relationship of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. Maxwell has been a member of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service’s (SAMHSA) National Advisory Council, a consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a Fulbright Senior Specialist, a member of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) Community Epidemiology Work Group and NIDA’s National Drug Early Warning System. Dr. Maxwell is Research Professor Emeritus at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. Source: Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. https://socialwork.utexas.edu/directory/jane-maxwell/ Accessed 09 June 2023