Dennis J. Hand, PhD

Associate Professor
Executive Director, Jefferson Center for Maternal Addiction Treatment, Education, and Research

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Contact

1233 Locust Street
Suite 401
Philadelphia, PA 19107

215-955-8419

Dennis J. Hand, PhD

Associate Professor
Executive Director, Jefferson Center for Maternal Addiction Treatment, Education, and Research

Education

PhD, Applied Experimental Psychology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI - 2012
MS, Experimental Psychology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI - 2008

Publications

Fellowship

Behavioral Pharmacology of Human Drug Dependence, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Awards

2013 - NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Junior Investigator Travel Award for travel to the College on Problems of Drug Dependence 75th Annual Meeting.
2020 - Sidney Kimmel Medical College Faculty Team Achievement Award

Research & Clinical Interests

Dr. Hand's leadership roles at MATER include strategic planning and program development with particular emphases on the care management and pharmacological treatment components of substance use disorder treatment. Dr. Hand also conducts research and mentors medical students, residents, and fellows on pharmacological treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy, treatment of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, treatments for tobacco and polysubstance use disorders among pregnant and parenting women and increasing access to comprehensive reproductive health services among individuals with substance use disorders.