Robert Pandina, Ph.D.
Director, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University
Director, Rutgers Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center, Center of Alcohol Studies,            Rutgers University
Professor of Psychology, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Applied and Professional            Psychology, Rutgers University
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Graduate Faculty in Clinical Psychology and Neurosciences, Rutgers University

Office: CAS Room 221
Tel: (732) 445-2518
Fax: (732) 445-3500
Email: rpandina@rci.rutgers.edu

Research Interest
  • Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology
  • Experimental and clinical neuropsychology
  • Neuropsychological models of mental disorders
  • Assessment, treatment, and management of addictive disorders
  • Sports psychology
  • Alcohol and drug dependence longitudinal studies
  • Forensic psychology
Honors

2007 Fellow, American Psychological Association
1967 William James Fellow, Hartwick College
Education
  Ph.D University of Vermont Psychology 1973
  M.A. University of Vermont Psychology 1969
  B.A. Hartwick College (William James Fellow) Psychology 1967
Professional Service
2008 - Present
 Member, Community Influences on Health Behavior Study Section, Health of the Population (HOP) Integrated Review Group, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes on Health
2007 - Present Driving Under the Influence Task Force, Department of Human Services, Division of Addiction Services, Intoxicated Driving Program, Trenton, NJ
2006 - Present Advisory Council, New Jersey Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) State Incentive Grant (SIG), Department of Human Services, Division of Addiction Services, Trenton, New Jersey
2006 - Present Co-Chair, New Jersey State Epidemiological Workgroup (SEOW), Department of Human Services, Division of Addiction Services, Trenton, New Jersey
2006 Member, Risk, Prevention and Intervention for Addictions (RPIA-H), Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes on Health
2000 - 2006 Member, Behavioral Genetics and Epidemiology Study Section (BGES), Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes on Health
1997 - Present Research Advisory Board, Rutgers University
1997 - 2000 Senate Task Force on Alcohol Related Motor Vehicle, Accidents and Fatalities in New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey
1995 - 1999 Representative, New Jersey Council of University Presidents, Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, New Jersey State Department of Health
Recent Publications

Yan, G., Bry, B., White, H. R., & Pandina, R. J. (In revision). Correlates of gambling among Asian American university students.

Buckman, J. F., Bates, M. E., Voelbel, G. T., Hendren, R. L., Pandina, G., Pandina, R. J., & Desai, C. M. (In revision). Cerebellar and vermal volumes in autism spectrum disorders: Familial influences and relations to neuropsychological ability. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Pandina, R. J., Johnson, V. L., & White, H. R. (2010). Peer influences on substance use during adolescence and emerging adulthood. In L. M. Scheier (Ed.), Handbook of drug use etiology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Buckman J. F., Yusko, D. A., White, H. R., & Pandina, R. J. (2009). Risk profile of college athletes who use banned performance enhancing substances. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Lagos, L., Vaschillo, E., Vaschillo, B., Bates, M., & Pandina, R. (2008). Heart rate variability biofeedback as a strategy for dealing with competitive anxiety: A case study. Biofeedback, 36(3), 109-115.

Yusko, D. A., Buckman, J. F., White, H. R., & Pandina, R. J. (2008). Alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, and performance enhancers: A comparison of use by college student-athletes and non-athletes. Journal of American College Health, 57(3), 281-290.

Yusko, D. A., Buckman, J. F., White, H. R., & Pandina, R. J. (2008). Risk for excessive alcohol use and drinking-related problems in college student athletes. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1546-1556.

Pandina, R. J. (2007). Idiosyncratic alcohol intoxication (Revisited): A construct that has lost its validity (Still)? In L. B. Schlesinger (Ed.), Explorations in criminal psychopathology: Clinical syndromes with forensic implications, Second Edition (pp. 56-65). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.

Pandina, R. J., & Johnson, V. L. (2007). P20 and P30 Center Grants: Developmental Mechanisms. In L. M. Scheier & W. L. Dewey (Eds.), The complete writing guide to NIH behavioral science grants (pp. 215-224). New York: Oxford University Press.

White, H. R., Morgan, T. J., Pugh, L. A., Celinska, K., Labouvie, E. W., & Pandina, R. J. (2006). Evaluating two brief substance-use interventions for mandated college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67(2), 309-317.

Dr. Pandina has been a faculty member since 1973, and is a developmental neuropsychologist with specialty training in experimental and clinical psychopharmacology. Other areas of expertise include: mechanisms of drug action, development and assessment of prevention and treatment interventions, drug testing in the workplace, forensic psychology, and sports psychology. He is President of Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc., the corporation that publishes the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, and also serves as the Director of the Center's Health and Human Development Laboratory, which is conducting a longitudinal study of alcohol and drug using behavior, its etiology, and its consequences. Dr. Pandina is currently Director of the NIDA-funded Rutgers Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center, which is focused on developing methods of intervention during a student’s key developmental transitional periods. Dr. Pandina has received grants from several sources including the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Criminal Justice, and the New Jersey State Department of Health. He has presented numerous papers and published articles on his research in several areas, including: alcohol and drug use etiology and consequences, psychosocial correlates of use, brain mechanisms and drug action, and addiction and the treatment process. Dr. Pandina also serves on several advisory and editorial boards, serves as a Scholar in Residence at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and is past president of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behavior.