Andrew C. Voluse, PhD
Associate Professor
Department:
SOM-Psychiatry
Email:
avoluse@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5818
Biography
Andrew C. Voluse, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). He graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University and completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Nova Southeastern University. He then completed both his internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Boston Consortium (comprised of Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine, and the Boston VA Healthcare System). Dr. Voluse spent nearly a decade working within the VA Healthcare System in various leadership and clinical roles. During this time, he was the program manager for a residential Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) treatment program and the director of training for the postdoctoral fellowship program. He also served as a national consultant and trainer for the VA’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for SUDs program as well. At UMMC, he is co-director of the university’s Center for Innovation and Discovery in Addictions (CIDA), is the Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, and is the chair of the Research Training Oversight Committee. Dr. Voluse has received research funding from the following institutions: SAMHSA, DHHS, HRSA, and the VA. He has also received UMMC's Excellence in Research Award. His clinical and research interests and expertise include SUDs in underrepresented and underserved populations, SUD comorbidities, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness.
Education
| VA Boston Healthcare System, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Clinical Psychology | 2012 |
| Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology, Predoctoral Internship, Clinical Psychology | 2011 |
| Nova Southeastern University, PhD, Clinical Psychology | 2011 |
| Miami VA Healthcare System, Clinical Practicum, Clinical Psychology | 2008 |
| Guided Self-Change Clinic, Clinical Practicum, Clinical Psychology | 2007 |
| Nova Southeastern University, MS, Clinical Psychology | 2007 |
| Northeastern University, BS, Psychology | 2002 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Licensure, Psychologist, Mississippi Board of Psychology | 06/2021 - 06/2025 |
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences | 04/2023 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry | 07/2021 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/2021 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Trainer, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders, Department of Veterans Affairs | 03/2017 - 06/2021 |
| Consultant, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders, Department of Veterans Affairs | 02/2016 - 06/2021 |
| Director of Training, Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Department of Veterans Affairs | 10/2015 - 09/2019 |
| Acting Team Leader, Addictive Disorders Treatment Program, Department of Veterans Affairs | 05/2015 - 09/2018 |
| Staff Psychologist, Department of Veterans Affairs | 10/2012 - 06/2021 |
| Program Manager, Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program, Department of Veterans Affairs | 10/2012 - 06/2021 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, SUD Treatment Expansion in Mississippi (STEM), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | 09/2024 - 09/2029 |
| Extramural, SUD and IPV among Mississippi’s Moms: Initiative to Prevent and Treat (SIMM Initiative), Department of Health and Human Services | 09/2022 - 08/2025 |
| Extramural, Evidence-Based Treatment for Rural Intervention Courts (ERIC), Health Resources and Services Administration | 09/2022 - 08/2026 |
| Extramural, Provision of treatment for substance use disorders and mental health disorders in Mississippi to reduce transmission and improve clinical outcomes in people living with HIV, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | 07/2021 - 02/2023 |
| Intramural, Catch it, check it, change it: A Cognitive Behavior Therapy smartphone app for unhelpful thoughts, VA Innovator Network Accelerator Program | 03/2018 - 02/2019 |
| Intramural, Expansion of intimate partner violence screening and intervention services for Veterans in high risk populations, VA's HIV, Hepatitis, and Public Health Pathogens Programs within the Office of Patient Care Services/Specialty Care | 02/2016 - 01/2017 |
| Intramural, Using collaborative care to improve hepatitis C screening and referral practices in residential substance use disorder treatment programs, VA Innovator Network Accelerator Program | 02/2016 - 01/2018 |
| Extramural, A randomized study evaluating values-based motivational interviewing versus usual care to increase treatment completion with fixed dose combination MK-5172/MK-8742 among Veterans with active substance use disorders and treatment-naïve genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C, Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp. | 02/2016 - 06/2021 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Fang R, Steggerda J, Knokle-Parker D, & Voluse A. Age and race disparities in viral suppression and the moderating effect of substance use among men who have sex with men living with HIV Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2025; 1-11. | 2025 |
| Levy H, Wanklyn S, Voluse A, & Connolly K. Distress tolerance but not impulsivity predicts outcome in concurrent treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder. Military Psychology. 2018; 30:370-379 | |
Book Chapter | |
| Voluse A, Korkel J, & Sobell L Self-change toolbox: Tools, tips, websites, and other informational resources for assessing and promoting self-change | |
Presentations
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Treating Substance Use Disorders Among Adolescents, CHAMP for Schools ECHO- Region 12, Virtual | 05/2025 |
| Poster Presentation, Ties that bind: Assessing the prevalence of co-occurring psychiatric disorders among people interacting with rural drug courts, American Psychiatric Association, Los Angeles, CA | 05/2025 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Identifying Substance Use and Misuse Among Adolescents, CHAMP for Schools ECHO- Region 12, Virtual | 04/2025 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Reducing Recidivism: Using Evidence-Based Practices in Intervention Courts, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior’s Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS | 04/2025 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Providing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: An Overview, SUD and IPV among Mississippi’s Moms: Initiative to Prevent and Treat, Jackson, MS | 03/2025 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, High quality, Evidence-based mental health services for drug court participants in rural Mississippi, Health Resources and Services Administration, Washington, DC | 03/2025 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Three Overlapping Facets of Stigma Concerning Substance Use Disorders, ERIC/SIMM Initiative Speakers Series, Virtual | 09/2024 |
| Invited Symposia, Careful and Kind Care for Patients and Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorders, UMMC School of Dentistry, Jackson, MS | 02/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Treating Substance Use Disorders Among Children and Adolescents, Center for the Advancement of Youth ECHO, Virtual | 09/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Identifying Substance Use and Misuse Among Children and Adolescents, Center for the Advancement of Youth ECHO, Virtual | 09/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Enhancing Substance Use Disorders Knowledge for Those Working with Pregnant and Postpartum Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence, Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Ridgeland, MS | 06/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Promoting Linkage to Care and Treatment Engagement in the Substance Use Disorder Population, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior’s Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS | 10/2021 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Providing Hepatitis C Care in Persons with Active Substance Use Disorders, New Orleans Infectious Disease Citywide Conference, New Orleans, LA | 06/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Collaborative care: Using residential treatment programs to improve hepatitis C education, screenings, and referral practices, National Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program, Virtual | 10/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Using collaborative care to improve hepatitis C screening and referral practices in residential substance use disorders treatment programs, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC | 08/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Collaborative care: Coordination of infectious disease clinics in residential substance abuse programs, National HIV/HCV Seminar Series for VA Psychology Postdoctoral Fellows, Virtual | 02/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Collaborative care model: Coordination and integration of infectious disease clinics and residential substance abuse programs, National HIV/HCV Seminar Series for VA Psychology Postdoctoral Fellows, Virtual | 05/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, Distress tolerance and trauma cognitions impact factors associated with PTSD in veterans, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC | 08/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, The impact of distress tolerance and self-blame on impulsivity among veterans with PTSD, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC | 08/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, An examination of the efficacy of brief emotion regulation skill treatments of veterans with a substance use disorder, Mississippi Psychological Association, Gulfport, MS | 09/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Treating substance abuse in older adults, VA Boston Substance Abuse Treatment Program, Boston, MA | 03/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Assessment of addictive behaviors, Boston Consortium, Boston, MA | 11/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Motivational interviewing for addictive behaviors, Boston Consortium, Boston, MA | 11/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Marijuana use and older adults, VA Boston Geropsychology Didactic Seminar, Boston, MA | 08/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Psychometric properties of the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) in two clinical settings, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL | 11/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Psychometric properties of the Timeline Followback, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA | 11/2007 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Utilizing group therapy to treat ‘bad’ thoughts: A new approach, Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, San Diego, CA | 07/2005 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Internet addiction: Is it a true addiction or part of an impulse control spectrum disorder?, Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry/McLean Hospital’s Grand Rounds, Boston, MA | 09/2004 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, How to use affect management skills in your OCD treatment, Greater Boston Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, Boston, MA | 09/2004 |
| Poster Presentation, On going study of group treatment for men involved in problematic Internet enabled sexual behavior, Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry’s Research Day, Boston, MA | 03/2004 |
| Poster Presentation, Preliminary study of group treatment for men involved in problematic Internet enabled sexual behavior (IESB), Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA | 11/2003 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Excellence in Research Award (Silver Level), University of Mississippi Medical Center's Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research | 2024 |
| Diffusion of Excellence Competition (Semifinalist), Department of Veterans Affairs | 2017 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Association for Psychological Science, Member | 2023 - Present |
| Mississippi Psychological Association, Member | 2023 - Present |
| Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Addictive Disorders Special Interest Group -- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Member | 2021 - Present |
| Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology) -- American Psychological Association, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) -- American Psychological Association, Member | 2013 - Present |
| Association of VA Psychologist Leaders, Member | 2012 - 2021 |
| American Psychological Association, Member | 2005 - Present |
Committee Service
| Research Training Oversight Committee, Division of Psychology, Chair | 2023 - Present |
| Residency Training Committee, Division of Psychology, Member | 2023 - Present |
| Institutional Review Board, Department of Veterans Affairs, Member | 2019 - 2021 |
| VISN16 Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Managers' Committee, Chair | 2017 - 2021 |
Community Service
| Rescue Revolution of Mississippi, Foster parent for rescue dogs | 05/2022 - Present |
| National Day of Service, Volunteer | 01/2022 - 01/2022 |
| Northeastern University Honors Alumni Mentoring Program, Mentor | 03/2016 - Present |
Other Service
| Planning Program Committee for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies' Annual Convention | 03/2025 - 04/2025 |
| Frontiers in Pharmacology | 03/2023 - 05/2023 |
| Planning Program Committee for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies' Annual Convention | 03/2023 - 04/2023 |
| Behavior Therapy |
Teaching Experience
| Medicine, Course, Course Director, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Summer 2025 - 2024 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Preparing for Licensure, Including the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) | Spring 2025 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Guided Case Review & Demonstration Examination Interview (Standard Patient) PTSD and SUD | Fall 2024 - 2025 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Preparing for Licensure, Including the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) | Spring 2024 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Medical Neuroscience & Behavior I | Fall 2023 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Guided Case Review & Demonstration Examination Interview (Standard Patient) PTSD and SUD | Fall 2023 - 2024 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Preparing for Licensure, Including the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) | Spring 2023 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, CORE Educational Series | Fall 2023 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Medical Neuroscience & Behavior I | Fall 2023 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Guided Case Review & Demonstration Examination Interview | Spring 2023 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Medical Neuroscience & Behavior I | Fall 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Preparing for Licensure, Including the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) | Spring 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Preparing for Licensure, Including the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) | Spring 2021 |
Directed Student Learning
| Dissertation Committee Member, Association Between Insurance Type and Medication-Assisted Treatment Utilization Among Mississippi Adults Diagnosed With an Opioid Use Disorder, 2018 - 2022 Advised: Erin Shirley-Orey | 2023 - 2024 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Role Of Sleep Disruption In Cognitive Impairment Associated With Methamphetamine Use Advised: Daniel Borgatti | 2023 - Present |
| Preceptor, Advised: Kayla Sharp | 2021 - 2021 |
Fellows supervised
| Division of Psychology, Preceptor, 8 fellows supervised, CIDA |
Residency Training
| Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Division of Psychology, Preceptor | 2021 - Present |
| Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Preceptor | 2021 - Present |