Melinda Hohman is Professor at the School of Social Work, San Diego State University, San Diego, where she has worked since 1995. Dr. Hohman teaches courses in substance abuse treatment, research, and social work practice. She also coordinates the undergraduate social work program. Dr. Hohman’s research interests include substance abuse assessment and treatment services and the overlap of substance abuse treatment and Child Welfare services. She has been a trainer in Motivational Interviewing (MI) since 1999, training community social workers, Child Welfare workers, probation officers, and addiction counselors across Southern California. Dr. Hohman has been the PI or Co-PI on numerous grants, including a statewide survey of Alcohol and Drug Program administrators regarding perceptions of drug treatment. She also conducted a study of women in the drug treatment system who were also pregnant and of those concurrently involved with the Child Welfare system. Dr. Hohman also served as an evaluator for USCD when it had the Center for Substance Abuse Addiction Technology Transfer Center grants. Currently Dr. Hohman is the Co-PI/evaluator on two Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services expansion grants for women receiving drug treatment in a residential setting and is the Co-PI on an intervention pilot study with multiple offender clients who are enrolled in a Driving Under the Influence Program.
Research Projects:
2007- Present. "Pilot test of the Paradigm Developmental Model of Treatment". Funded by the SDSU School of Social Work, Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Studies. $5,000. Co-PI.
2004-2009: "Evaluation of Serenity House Residential Treatment Program". Funded by SAMHSA, $280,000. Evaluator.
2007-:"California Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment". Funded by the State of California/SAMHSA. Clinical Consultant, Co-Evaluator.
Teaching Interests:
Alcohol and Drug Problems: Identification and Intervention
Generalist Social Work Practice (Undergraduates)
Current Training Project:
2007-:"Motivational Interviewing Training for the Division of Juvenile Justice". Funded by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to UCSD/Center for Criminality, Addiction, Research, and Treatment Application. Lead trainer.