United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Center for Health Care Evaluation

CHCE Investigators

John W. Finney, Ph.D.

John W. Finney, Ph.D.

Director, VA HSR&D Center for Health Care Evaluation

Research Coordinator, QUERI Substance Abuse Module

Consulting Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University


BA, University of Oklahoma

MA, University of Colorado

Ph.D., University of Colorado

Research Interests

  • Evaluating process and outcome of substance abuse treatment

  • Conducting meta-analyses of substance abuse treatment research

  • Investigating the matching of patients with beneficial substance abuse interventions

  • Understanding the impact of extra-treatment factors on substance abuse treatment outcome