PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 15, 2021) – Angela Broadus, Ph.D., CPS, a training specialist in Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center, is making great strides in her effort to be the best she can be in her field. Broadus, who has been with PVAMU since 2016, was recently promoted to an associate member in the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). The CPDD’s longstanding mission is addressing problems in drug dependence and abuse.
Angela Broadus, Ph.D., CPS
“I’m excited because CPDD is a premier research group on the issue of substance dependence and abuse. I’ve tried to get this promotion for five years now, so this is just amazing to me!” said Broadus, who’s been a member of CPDD since 2009.
For over ten years, Broadus has been involved in the area of addiction prevention and education, understanding the impact of attitudes about substance dependence and helping others to understand the science of addiction, risk behavior, and how substances of abuse work in the body and brain.
“My primary research focus has centered on the development of a valid and reliable survey to measure attitudes about addiction and those with substance use disorder,” said Broadus. In addition, she has examined the influence of these attitudes on behavior, stigma, and discrimination. Broadus’ inspiration is piqued by the effectiveness of education on attitudes and beliefs about addiction and the differences between attitudes held by treatment professionals versus nontreatment professionals within the field of corrections.
To obtain the promotion with CPDD, Broadus was required to have two sponsorships. Elise M. Weerts, Ph.D., a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said that Broadus’ main educational focus has been to help others understand addiction.
“Dr. Broadus’ primary research focus has been to uncover the attitudes, beliefs, and moderators of substance use and dependence, with an emphasis on how these attitudes are associated with behaviors toward those suffering from substance dependence,” Weerts said. “She has developed and continues to work on validation of a multi-scale attitudes instrument that has been used worldwide.”
Broadus’ other sponsor, Sarah W. Yip, DPhil, MSc, an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine, stated Broadus’ teaching background is impressive and includes both undergraduate and graduate courses across diverse areas of addiction science, including courses dedicated to neuroscience and fetal alcohol syndrome.
With this promotion, Broadus said that her hope is to continue working with the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center to make a difference in others’ lives.
“My plan is to continue research on public attitudes about addiction, including further reliability and validity assessment of my public attitudes about addiction instrument,” she said.
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