CURRENT FUNDING
International Center for Responsible Gaming
A Randomized Clinical Trial of Contingency Management for Gambling Disorder: Enhancing Treatment Retention and Outcomes
July 2025 - June 2027
Role: Co-investigator
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Change the Odds: Building a System of Care for Gambling Harms
July 2024 - June 2025
Role: Co-investigator
PAST FUNDING
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Alcohol and Addiction Research Domain Criteria and Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery
July 2021 - June 2023
RECENT PUBLICATIONS (*indicates undergraduate or graduate student co-author)
*Free, B. L., *Smith, E. H., Ginley, M. K., Whelan, J. P., & Pfund, R. A. (2024). Does cognitive-behavioral treatment affect putative mechanisms of change among individuals with gambling disorder? An exploratory meta-analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 158, 108110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108110
*Paul, M. L., *Meinerding, M., Weinstock, J., Ginley, M. K., Whelan, J. P., & Pfund, R. A. (2024). Minimizing measurement error in treatment outcome estimates: A meta-analysis comparing estimates between the gambling timeline followback and other self-report assessments of gambling behavior. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 38, 704-715. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001024
Pfund, R. A., Richards, D. K., Boness, C. L., Schwebel, F. J., Tonigan, J. S., Maisto, S. A., & Witkiewitz, K. (2023). Relative and interactive associations between psychosocial intervention and Alcoholics Anonymous attendance with alcohol use disorder outcomes. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 84, 281-286. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00042
Pfund, R. A., Ginley, M. K., Zajac, K., & Rash, C. J. (2022). Contingency management for treatment attendance: A meta-analysis. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 133, 108556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108556
ONGOING STUDIES
Meta-Analysis of Pre-Treatment Discontinuation in Gambling Disorder Interventions
Database of Treatment Processes in Outpatient Gambling Treatment