Senior Research Scientist
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology
Texas Christian University
Email: w.lehman@tcu.edu
Wayne Lehman has been a Senior Research Scientist at the IBR since 2009. Dr. Lehman began as a graduate research assistant in 1978 and worked as a research scientist for the Behavioral Research Program at Texas A&M University from 1982 to 1989. He returned to TCU IBR as a scientist for 13 years conducting research on substance use in the workplace and assessment of organizational factors of drug treatment programs. In 2002, he went to work as a senior statistician for the Litigation Support Services division at a consulting firm in Colorado, and subsequently as a statistician with Project Safe at the University of Colorado in Denver where he conducted research on HIV prevention among out-of-treatment drug users in Colorado and the Ukraine. Since returning to the IBR in 2009, he is been PI for the DRR-1 and DRR-2 Projects developing and testing a curriculum to improve decision-making around health risk behaviors among people in prison-based substance use disorder treatment and a mobile app for improving decision-making around health risk behaviors for people on probation. He has also recently helped to develop a mobile app for the Iowa Department of Corrections and is currently overseeing core components of a large evaluation for the Bureau of Prisons. In addition to these activities, he serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment and has served as a reviewer for NIH study sections and special emphasis panels.
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Selected Advisory and Service Activities
Journal Reviewer: Addictions; Health Education Research; Implementation Science; Journal of Applied Psychology; Journal of Occupational Health Psychology; Journal of Studies on Alcohol Use; Prevention Science
Grants Application Reviewer: National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Drug Abuse; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Wellness Trust, Inc.
Selected Publications
Sease, T.B., Joe, G., Pankow, J., Lehman, W.E.K., & Knight, K. (2022). A psychometric reevaluation of the TCU criminal thinking scales (CTS), Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 61:3, 135-147, DOI: 10.1080/10509674.2022.2045528
Springer, S.A., Nijhawan, A.E., Knight, K., Kuo, I., Di Paola, A., Schlossberg, E., Frank, C.A., Sanchez, M., Pankow, J., Proffitt, R.P., Lehman, W., Pulitzer, Z., Thompson, K., Violette, S., Harding, K.K., & ACTION Cooperative Group (2022). Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing two linkage models for HIV prevention and treatment in justice-involved persons. BMC Infect Dis 22, 380, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07354-x
Lehman, W. E. K., Pankow, J., Muiruri, R., Joe, G. W., & Knight, K. (2021). An Evaluation of StaySafe, a tablet app to improve health risk decision making among people under community supervision. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 130, 108480.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740547221002063
Muiruri, R., Pankow, J., Bonnette, B., Goldberg, G., Knight, K., & Lehman, W. E. K. (2021). Methodological Considerations for Conducting Research in Correctional Settings: A Field Perspective. IBR Technical Report.
Welsh, W. N., Dembo, R., Lehman, W. E., Bartkowski, J. P., Hamilton, L., Leukefeld, C. G., & Wiley, T. (2021). Critical Factors Influencing Interorganizational Relationships Between Juvenile Probation and Behavioral Health Agencies. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. 48, 233–249. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10488-020-01066-7
Bennett, J. B., Lind, B. D., Reynolds, S., & Lehman, W. E. K. (2020). Building prevention for the workplace: An integral and process-oriented approach. In Designing evidence-based public health and prevention programs (pp. 221–241). New York: Rutledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Joe, G., Lehman, W. E. K., Rowan, G., Knight, K., & Flynn, P. M. (2019). Evaluating the impact of a targeted brief HIV intervention on multiple inter-related HIV risk factors of knowledge and attitudes among incarcerated drug users. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 19(1), 61–69. doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2019.1584140
Joe, G. W., Lehman, W. E. K., Rowan, G. A., Knight, K., & Flynn, P. M. (2019). The role of physical and psychological health problems in the drug use treatment process. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 102, 23–32. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.03.011
Knight, K., Lehman, W. E. K., Knight, D. K., & Flynn, P. M. (2019). Substance abuse treatment research and outcomes related to recovery and desistance for individuals involved in the legal system in the United States: Years of progress. In D. Best & C. Colman (Eds.), Strengths-based approaches to offending and substance use: From drugs and crime to recovery and desistance (pp. 178–194).London, UK: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Publishers. doi.org/10.4324/9781315227221-10
Lehman, W. E. K., Rowan, G., Pankow, J., Joe, G. W., & Knight, K. (2019). Gender Differences in a Disease Risk Reduction Intervention for People in Prison-based Substance Abuse Treatment. Federal Probation Journal, 83(2), 27-33.
Pankow, J., Lehman, W. E. K., Muiruri, R., & Knight, K. (2019). Facilitating self- exploration and behavioral change associated with HIV risk reduction: A qualitative study of individuals on probation and their experiences using a decision-making app. Federal Probation Journal, 83(2), 34-38.
Melnick, G., McKendrick, K., & Lehman, W. E. K. (2017). Feasibility of multiagency change teams involving the Department of Corrections and community substance abuse treatment agencies. The Prison Journal, 97(1), 94-117.
Prendergast, M., Welsh, W. N., Stein, L., Lehman, W., Melnick, G., Warda, U., Shafer, M., Ulaszek, W., Rodis, E., Abdel-Salam, S., & Duvall, J. (2017). Influence of organizational characteristics on success in implementing process improvement goals in correctional treatment settings. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 44(4), 625-646. PMCID: PMC5303686
Rowan, G. A., Joe, G. W., Lehman, W. E. K., & Knight, K. (2016). A brief assessment for HIV risk: The TCU HVHP Form. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 22(3), 225-239. abstract
Lehman, W. E. K., Rowan, G. A., Greener, J. M., Joe, G. W., Yang, Y., & Knight, K. (2015). Evaluation of WaySafe: A disease-risk reduction curriculum for substance-abusing offenders. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 58, 25-32. PMCID: PMC4581912 [Available on 2016-11-01] abstract
Welsh, W. N., Lin, H.-J., Peters, R. H., Stahler, G. J., Lehman, W. E. K., Stein, L. A. R., Monico, L., Eggers, M., Abdel-Salam, S., Pierce, J. C., Hunt, E., Gallagher, C., & Frisman, L. K. (2015). Effects of a strategy to improve offender assessment practices: Staff perceptions of implementation outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 152, 230-238. PMCID: PMC4458146 abstract
Yang, Y., Knight, K., Joe, G. W., Rowan, G. A., Lehman, W. E., & Flynn, P. M. (2015). Gender as a moderator in predicting re-arrest among treated drug-involved offenders. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 49, 65-70. PMID:25216813 [PubMed – in process] abstract
Lehman, W. E. K., Gould, M., & Flynn, P. M. (2013). HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. In P. M. Miller (Ed.), Interventions for addiction: Comprehensive addictive behaviors and disorders
(pp. 235-243). San Diego: Academic Press.
Corsi, K. F., Lehman, W. E., Min, S.-J., Lance, S. P., Speer, N., Booth, R. E., & Shoptaw, S. (2012). The feasibility of interventions to reduce HIV risk and drug use among heterosexual methamphetamine users. Journal of AIDS and Clinical Research, S1(10). PMCID: PMC3595065 [abstract]
Lehman, W. E. K., Becan, J. E., Joe, G. W., Knight, D. K., & Flynn, P. M. (2012). Resources and training in outpatient substance abuse treatment facilities. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 42(2), 169-178. PMCID: PMC3268892 [abstract]
Lehman, W. E. K., Greener, J. M., Rowan-Szal, G. A., & Flynn, P. M. (2012). Organizational readiness for change in correctional and community substance abuse programs. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 51(1-2), 96-114. PMCID: PMC3325111 [abstract]
Booth, R. E., Lehman, W. E. K., Brewster, J. T., Sinitsyna, L., & Dvoryak, S. (2011). Individual and network interventions with injection drug users in five Ukraine cities. American Journal of Public Health, 101, 336-343. PMCID: PMC3020184 [Abstract]
Lehman, W. E. K., Simpson, D. D., Knight, D. K., & Flynn, P. M. (2011). Integration of Treatment Innovation Planning and Implementation: Strategic Process Models and Organizational Challenges. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 25(2), 252-261. [abstract]
Booth, R. E., Lehman, W. E. K., Dvoryak, S., Brewster, J. T., & Sinitsyna, L. (2009). Interventions with injection drug users in Ukraine. Addictions, 104(11), 1864-1873. [abstract]
Booth, R. E., Lehman, W. E. K., Latkin, C. A., Brewster, J. T., Sinitsyna, L., & Dvoryak, S. (2009). Use of a peer leader intervention model to reduce needle-related risk behaviors among drug injectors in Ukraine. Journal of Drug Issues, 39(3), 607-626. [abstract]
Corsi, K. F., Lehman, W. E. K., & Booth, R. E. (2009). The effect of methadone maintenance on positive outcomes for opiate injection drug users. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 37,
120-126. PMCID: PMC2741097 [abstract]
Fletcher, B. W., Lehman, W. E. K., Wexler, H. K., Melnick. G., Taxman, F. S., & Young, D. W. (2009). Measuring collaboration and integration activities in criminal justice and drug abuse treatment agencies. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 103(Supplement 1), S54-S64. [abstract]
Lehman, W. E. K., Fletcher, B. W., Wexler, H. K., & Melnick, G. (2009). Organizational factors and collaboration and integration activities in criminal justice and drug abuse treatment agencies. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 103 (Supplement 1), S65-S72. [abstract]
Booth, R. E., Lehman, W. E. K., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Brewster, J. T., Sinitsyna, L., & Dvoryak, S. (2008). Stimulant injectors in Ukraine: The next wave of the epidemic? AIDS and Behavior, 12, 652-661. [abstract]
Greener, J. M., Joe, G. W., Simpson, D. D., Rowan-Szal, G. A., & Lehman, W. E. K. (2007). Influence of organizational functioning on client engagement in treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 33(2), 139-147. PMCID: PMC1994649 [abstract]
Bennett, J. B., & Lehman, W. E. K. (Eds.). (2003). Preventing workplace substance abuse: Beyond drug testing to wellness. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. [abstract]
Lehman, W. E. K., Reynolds, G. S., & Bennett, J. B. (2003). Team and informational trainings for workplace substance abuse prevention. In J. B. Bennett & W. E. K. Lehman (Eds.), Preventing workplace substance abuse: Beyond drug testing to wellness (pp 165-201). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. [abstract]
Lehman, W. E. K., Greener, J. M., & Simpson, D. D. (2002). Assessing organizational readiness for change. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 22(4), 197-209. [abstract]