Research Scientist

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it studies comorbidity of addictive disorders. She is particularly interested in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addiction. Her research focuses on the structural, genetic, and biochemical correlates of PTSD and addiction, investigating areas where these overlap.

Dr. Sanjuan uses structural and functional neuroimaging to investigate differences in brain function, structure, and genetics that predict substance abuse and PTSD. She is especially looking for mechanisms that might be involved in treatment response or that might be targets for future treatment or prevention efforts. She utilizes functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), structural MRI (sMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and magnetoencephalography (MEG).

Dr. Sanjuan is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. In this capacity, she regularly mentors psychology students working on independent study projects in her laboratory.

She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University. She was an NIAAA research trainee at the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University and went on to complete her internship at the Southwest Consortium for Predoctoral Psychology (SCPPI) at the New Mexico Veterans Health Administration, Indian Health Services, and the University of New Mexico Hospital (HSC). Pilar worked as a postdoctoral psychology resident with Forensic Health Services at the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility where she developed a program for treatment of PTSD and substance use comorbidity as well as a behavioral medicine group, in addition to conducting individual interventions and forensic evaluations, before accepting the position at The Mind Research Network.

She is currently funded by NIH’s National Institute of Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse and by the Department of Energy. 


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PUBLICATIONS
Sanjuan, P. M., Langenbucher, J. W., & Labouvie, E. (2009). The role of sexual assault and sexual dysfunction in alcohol and other drug use disorders. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 27(2), 150-163. PDF

Hildebrandt, T., Langenbucher, J., Carr, S., Sanjuan, P. (2007). Modeling population heterogeneity in appearance- and performance-enhancing drug (APED) use: Applications of mixture modeling in 400 regular APED users. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116(4), 717-733.

Hildebrandt, T., Langenbucher, J., Carr, S., Sanjuan, P. M., & Park, S. (2006). Predicting Intentions for Long-Term Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use Among Males: A Covariance Structure Model. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 20(3), 234-240

Langenbucher, J., Labouvie, E., Sanjuan, P., Kirisci, L., Bavly, L., Martin, C., & Chung, T. (2004).  An application of Item Response Theory analysis to alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine criteria in DSM-IV.  Journal Of Abnormal Psychology, 113(1), 72-80.

Langenbucher, J., Bavly, L., Labouvie, E., Sanjuan, P. M., & Martin, C. S. (2001). Clinical features of pathological gambling in an addictions treatment cohort. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 15, 77-79.

Langenbucher, J., Martin, C., Labouvie, E., Sanjuan, P. M., Bavly, L., & Pollock, N. (2000). Toward the DSM-IV: The Withdrawal-Gate Model vs. the DSM-IV in the diagnosis of alcohol abuse and dependence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 799-809.

Sanjuan, P. M., & Langenbucher, J. (1999). Age-limited populations - Youth, adolescents, and older adults. In McCrady, B. S., & Epstein, E. E. (Eds.), Addictions: A comprehensive guidebook for practitioners. (pp. 477-498). New York: Oxford University Press.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Sanjuan, P. M., Langenbucher, J. W., & Labouvie, E. (2002). Sexual dysfunction among addicted women with prior sexual assault [Abstract]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 66(Suppl. 1), S155.

Langenbucher, J., Labouvie, E., Sanjuan, P. M., Kirisci, L., Bavly, L., & Martin, C. (2000). Item Response Theory analysis of alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine criteria in DSM-IV [Abstract]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 60(Suppl. 1), S121.

Langenbucher, J., Chung, T., Martin, C., Labouvie, E., Bavly, L., & Sanjuan, P. M. (2000). Item and algorithm analysis of DSM-IV subcriteria for alcohol withdrawal. [Abstract]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 24(Suppl. 5), 76A.

Sanjuan, P. M., Langenbucher, J., & Labouvie, E. (1998).  Sexual assault among women in addictions treatment: Effects on clinical history, status, and course [Abstract]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 22(Suppl. 3), 76A.

Langenbucher, J., Labouvie, E., Sanjuan, P. M., & Bavly, L. (1998). The withdrawal-gate model of substance dependence: Application to alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, and opiates [Abstract]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 22(Suppl. 3), 31A.

Sanjuan, P. M., Langenbucher, J. W., & Labouvie, E. (1997). Sex differences in adolescent drug use in the POSIT field validation study [Abstract]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 21 (Suppl. 3), 129A.

Langenbucher, J., Bavly, L., Morgenstern, J., Labouvie, E., & Sanjuan, P. M. (1997). Pathological gambling in addictions treatment: Prevalence, features, and effects on illness course [Abstract]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 21(Suppl. 3), 31A.