Profile
313-745-4993 (fax)
Detroit, MI 48201
Education
Baccalaureate:
1995 University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
B.Sc. in General Science
1997 University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
B.A. Honours Psychology With Thesis in Psychology
Graduate:
2000 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
M.A. in Marriage and Family Psychology
2010 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Ph.D. in Educational Psychology
Faculty Appointments
2002 – 2003
Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan
Adjunct Faculty, Psychology
2001 – present
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Adjunct Faculty Track II, Educational Psychology
2010 – present
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Naar-King, S., Templin, T., Wright, K., Frey, M.A., Parsons, J. T., & Lam, P. (2006). Psychosocial factors and medication adherence in HIV-positive youth. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 20, 44-47. PMID: 16426155
Naar-King, S., Wright, K., Parsons, J., Frey, M., Templin, T., Lam, P., & Murphy, D. (2006). Healthy Choices: Motivational Enhancement for Health Risk Behaviors in HIV+ Youth. AIDS Education and Prevention, 18, 1-11. PMID: 16539572
Naar-King, S., Lam, P., Wang, B., Wright, K., Parsons, J.T., & Frey, M.A. (2007). Brief report: Maintenance of effects of Motivational Enhancement Therapy to improve risk behaviors and HIV-related health in a randomized controlled trial of youth living with HIV. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 33, 441-445. PMID: 17905800
Wright, K., Naar-King, S., Lam, P., Templin, T., & Frey, M. (2007). Stigma Scale Revised: Reliability and validity of a brief measure of stigma for HIV positive youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40, 96-98. PMID: 17185215
Lam, P., Naar-King, S., & Wright, K. (2007). Social support, disclosure, and mental health in HIV+ youth. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 21, 20-29. PMID: 17263655
Naar-King, S., Rongkavilit, C., Wang, B., Wright, K., Chuenyam, T., Lam, P., & Phanuphak, P. (2008). Transtheoretical model and risky sexual behavior in HIV+ Youth in Thailand. AIDS Care, 20, 198-204. PMID: 18293130
Murphy, D. A., Lam, P., Naar-King, S., Harris, D. R., Parsons, J. T., Muenz, L. R., & the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions. (2010). Health literacy and antiretroviral adherence among HIV-infected adolescents. Patient Education and Counseling, 79, 25-29.
Grekin, E. R., Svikis, D. S., Lam, P., Connors, V., LeBreton, J. M., Streiner, D. L., Smith, C., & Ondersma, S. J. (in press). Drug use during pregnancy: Validating the Drug Abuse Screening Test against physiological measures. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Ondersma, S. J., Svikis, D. S., Lam, P. K., Connors-Burge, V. M., Ledgerwood, D. M., & Hopper, J. A. (in press). A randomized trial of comupter-delivered brief intervention and low intensity contingency management for smoking during pregnancy. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Recent Research Projects
Multisystemic Therapy to Reduce Health Disparities in Adolescents with Asthma. 09/08 to 08/13. NHLBI. Role: Project Director.