I'm pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Gregory Stuart to the position of Editor in Chief of Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment. Dr Stuart replaces Dr John Curtin who was forced to step down owing to pressure of other work commitments, and who has taken a position on the journal's Editorial Board.

Dr Stuart joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 2008. Previously he worked in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He maintains an affiliation there, and he is also the Director of Family Violence Research at Butler Hospital. He serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies.

Dr. Stuart’s research has a particular emphasis on the role of substance use and abuse in intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization. His research has shown that intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization are overrepresented in populations of individuals in treatment for substance abuse, and that substance abuse is overrepresented in men and women court mandated to attend batterer intervention programs. His work examines the impact of substance abuse treatment on the prevalence and frequency of intimate partner violence and psychological aggression, as well as the effects of substance abuse treatment on other domains of relationship and family functioning. Dr. Stuart’s work also examines whether incorporating substance use treatments into batterer intervention programs improves outcomes for men and women arrested for domestic violence.

Joining Dr Stuart as the journal's first Associate Editor is Dr Susan Ramsey. Dr. Ramsey is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and the Department of Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She serves as coordinator of the seminar series for the Adult Psychopathology Track of the Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium. Dr. Ramsey’s research focuses on the confluence of substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, and medical issues.