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Adolescent and Young Adult Addiction Treatment and Recovery Research Expertise

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Emily A. Hennessy is the Associate Director of Biostatistics at the Recovery Research Institute (RRI) and Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hennessy was a Fulbright Scholar to Norway where she completed an M.Phil. in Health Promotion and focused on adolescent well-being. She completed her Ph.D. in Community Research and Action at Vanderbilt University and her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Connecticut in the Systematic Health Action Research Program Lab. Dr. Hennessy’s research examines factors associated with health behavior change among adolescents. Her primary area of research, adolescent addiction treatment and recovery, is currently funded by an NIH career development award. She also has extensive systematic review and meta-analytic experience and is a Campbell Methods Editor and Editor of the Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Coordinating Subgroup.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Health Psychology
• ☆ Child & Adolescent Psychology
• ☆ Social Psychology
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ STATA
• ☆ R
• ☆ Tableau
• ☆ Psychiatry
• ☆ Addiction Psychiatry

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting, Financial Consulting

Work Experience

Associate Director of Biostatistics

Massachusetts General Hospital

December 2020 - Present

Member of the Faculty

Harvard Medical School

December 2020 - Present

Research assistant professor

University of Connecticut

June 2020 - November 2020

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Connecticut

June 2017 - June 2020

Education

PhD, Community Research and Action (Human and Organizational Development, Peabody College)

Vanderbilt University

August 2012 - May 2017

Master of Philosophy in Health Promotion

University of Bergen

August 2008 - June 2010

BA (Psychology)

Gordon College

August 2001 - May 2005

Certifications

• Minor in Quantitative Methods

  Vanderbilt University

  May 2017 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Emily A. Hennessy, Jordan Jurinsky, Kiefer Cowie, Agata Z. Pietrzak, Sophia Blyth, Paige Krasnoff, David Best, Mark Litt, Blair T. Johnson, John F. Kelly (2024). Visualizing the Influence of Social Networks on Recovery: A Mixed-Methods Social Identity Mapping Study with Recovering Adolescents . Substance Use & Misuse.

Emily A. Hennessy, Arun Sondhi, Adela Bunaciu, David Best, Jessica Best, Alessandro Leidi, Anthony Grimes, Matthew Conner, Robert DeTriquet, William White (2024). Modeling Recovery Housing Retention and Program Outcomes by Justice Involvement among Residents in Virginia, USA: An Observational Study . International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

Emily A. Hennessy, Samuel N. Meisel, Jordan Jurinsky, John F. Kelly (2024). Improving social recovery capital research to enhance clinical utility: a proposed agenda . Addiction Research & Theory.

Emily A. Hennessy, Adela Bunaciu, Ana-Maria Bliuc, David Best, Matthew J. Belanger, Christopher S. Y. Benwell (2024). Measuring recovery capital for people recovering from alcohol and drug addiction: a systematic review . Addiction Research & Theory.

Emily A. Hennessy, Sophia H. Blyth, Kiefer Cowie, Jordan Jurinsky (2023). A qualitative examination of social identity and stigma among adolescents recovering from alcohol or drug use . Addictive Behaviors Reports.

Emily A. Hennessy, Paige Krasnoff, David Best (2023). Implementing a Recovery Capital Model Into Therapeutic Courts: Case Study and Lessons Learned . International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

Lindsey M. Nichols, MS, Emily A. Hennessy, PhD, Tiffany B. Brown, PhD, Emily E. Tanner-Smith, PhD (2023). Co-occurring mental and behavioral health conditions among collegiate recovery program members . Journal of American College Health.

Emily A. Hennessy, Jordan Jurinsky, Kiefer Cowie, Sophia Blyth (2023). “A lot better than it used to be”: a qualitative study of adolescents’ dynamic social recovery capital . Addiction Research & Theory.

Noel Vest, Emily Hennessy, Sierra Castedo de Martell, Rebecca Smith (2023). A Socio-Ecological model for collegiate recovery programs . Addiction Research & Theory.

Mark D. Litt, Howard Tennen, Ronald M. Kadden, Emily Hennessy (2023). Daily drinking and social network interactions in network support treatment . Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Emily A. Hennessy, Jordan Jurinsky, Hazel Simpson, Angela Nash(2022). Parenting to provide social recovery capital: a qualitative study . Addiction Research & Theory. p. 1--7. Informa {UK} Limited

Emily A. Hennessy, Rebecca L. Acabchuk, Pieter A. Arnold, Adam G. Dunn, Yong Zhi Foo, Blair T. Johnson, Sonya R. Geange, Neal R. Haddaway, Shinichi Nakagawa, Witness Mapanga, et al. (2022). Ensuring Prevention Science Research is Synthesis-Ready for Immediate and Lasting Scientific Impact . Prevention Science.

Emily A. Hennessy, David Best(2022). The science of recovery capital: where do we go from here? . Addiction. 117. (4). p. 1139--1145. Wiley

Emily A. Hennessy, Bonnie Spring, Katrina E. Champion, Rebecca Acabchuk(2021). Self-regulatory behaviour change techniques in interventions to promote healthy eating, physical activity, or weight loss: a meta-review . Health Psychology Review. 15. (4). p. 508--539. Informa {UK} Limited

Emily A. Hennessy, Emily E. Tanner-Smith, Lindsey M. Nichols, Tiffany B. Brown, Bryce J. Mcculloch (2021). A multi-site study of emerging adults in collegiate recovery programs at public institutions . Social Science & Medicine.

Emily A. Hennessy, Tracey E. Wilson, Louise Falzon, Rebekah Boyd, Ian M. Kronish, Jeffrey L. Birk(2020). Effectiveness of interventions targeting self-regulation to improve adherence to chronic disease medications: a meta-review of meta-analyses . Health Psychology Review. 14. (1). p. 66--85. Informa {UK} Limited

Emily A. Hennessy, Jerry Suls, Jazmin N. Mogavero, Louise Falzon, Linda S. Pescatello, Karina W. Davidson(2020). Health behaviour change in cardiovascular disease prevention and management: meta-review of behaviour change techniques to affect self-regulation . Health Psychology Review. 14. (1). p. 43--65. Informa {UK} Limited

Emily A. Hennessy, Blair T. Johnson, Rebecca L. Acabchuk, Kiran McCloskey, Jania Stewart-James(2020). Self-regulation mechanisms in health behavior change: a systematic meta-review of meta-analyses, 2006–2017 . Health Psychology Review. 14. (1). p. 6--42. Informa {UK} Limited

Emily A. Hennessy, Blair T. Johnson (2020). Examining overlap of included studies in meta‐reviews: Guidance for using the corrected covered area index . Research Synthesis Methods.

Emily A. Hennessy, Andrew J. Finch(2019). Adolescent recovery capital and recovery high school attendance: An exploratory data mining approach . Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. American Psychological Association ({APA})

Emily A. Hennessy, Blair T. Johnson, Ciara Keenan (2019). Best Practice Guidelines and Essential Methodological Steps to Conduct Rigorous and Systematic Meta‐Reviews . Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.

Emily A. Hennessy, Julie V. Cristello, John F. Kelly(2019). RCAM: a proposed model of recovery capital for adolescents . Addiction Research & Theory. 27. (5). p. 429--436. Informa {UK} Limited

Emily A. Hennessy, Angela J. Nash, Crystal Collier, John F. Kelly(2019). Young People’s Perceptions of the 12-Steps’ Role in Supporting Their Recovery (or Not) . Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse. p. 1--15. Informa {UK} Limited

Emily Alden Hennessy, Emily E. Tanner-Smith, Dimitris Mavridis, Sean P. Grant(2019). Comparative Effectiveness of Brief Alcohol Interventions for College Students: Results from a Network Meta-Analysis . Prevention Science. 20. (5). p. 715--740. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

(2018). A latent class exploration of adolescent recovery capital . Journal of Community Psychology.

Emily A. Hennessy(2017). Recovery capital: a systematic review of the literature . Addiction Research & Theory. 25. (5). p. 349--360. Informa {UK} Limited

Andrew J. Finch, Emily Tanner-Smith, Emily Hennessy, D. Paul Moberg (2017). Recovery high schools: effect of schools supporting recovery from substance use disorders . The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

(2017). ‘Pickle or a cucumber?’ administrator and practitioner views of successful adolescent recovery . Addiction Research & Theory.

(2017). A Review of Meta-Analysis Packages in R . Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.

(2016). Disparities in Youth Access to Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery Services: How One Recovery School Initiative is Helping Students “Change Tracks” . Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery.

(2016). School Resource Officers and Exclusionary Discipline in U.S. High Schools: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis . Adolescent Research Review.

Polanin, J.R., Tanner-Smith, E.E., Hennessy, E.A.(2016). Estimating the Difference Between Published and Unpublished Effect Sizes: A Meta-Review . Review of Educational Research. 86. (1). p. 207-236.

(2015). A Meta-Analysis Exploring the Relationship Between 12-Step Attendance and Adolescent Substance Use Relapse . Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery.

Hennessy, E.A., Fisher, B.W.(2015). A Meta-Analysis Exploring the Relationship Between 12-Step Attendance and Adolescent Substance Use Relapse . Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery. 10. (1). p. 79-96.

Tanner-Smith, E.E., Steinka-Fry, K.T., Hennessy, E.A., Lipsey, M.W., Winters, K.C.(2015). Can Brief Alcohol Interventions for Youth Also Address Concurrent Illicit Drug Use? Results from a Meta-analysis . Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 44. (5). p. 1011-1023.

Hennessy, E.A., Tanner-Smith, E.E.(2015). Effectiveness of Brief School-Based Interventions for Adolescents: A Meta-analysis of Alcohol Use Prevention Programs . Prevention Science. 16. (3). p. 463-474.

Hennessy, E.A., Tanner-Smith, E.E., Steinka-Fry, K.T.(2015). Do brief alcohol interventions reduce tobacco use among adolescents and young adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis . Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 38. (6). p. 899-911.

Fisher, E.A.(2014). Recovery Supports for Young People: What Do Existing Supports Reveal About the Recovery Environment? . Peabody Journal of Education. 89. (2). p. 258-270.

PREPRINT

Emily Alden Hennessy, Rebecca Acabchuk, Pieter Andrew Arnold, Adam G. Dunn, Yong Zhi Foo, Blair T. Johnson, Sonya Rita Geange, Neal Robert Haddaway, Shinichi Nakagawa, Witness Mapanga, et al. (2020). Ensuring Prevention Science Research is Synthesis-Ready for Immediate and Lasting Scientific Impact .