Michael Fendrich, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
IJR /1747 W. Roosevelt Road, Room 287
312-413-1084
E-mail: Fendrich@uic.edu

Dr. Fendrich received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and a post-doctoral M.S. in Biostatistics from Columbia University in 1987. He has been on the faculty of UIC since 1991. He has taught courses in research methodology during this time period and has served on and chaired the UIC behavioral IRB (Board #2). His research explores high risk behavior such as crime and delinquency, drug abuse, and suicide. His most recent research has focused on the epidemiology of substance abuse, with particular attention to issues related to the measurement and the assessment of risk factors, correlates, and consequences of substance abuse in the community. His work also explores the utility of drug testing in research and treatment contexts. As a research methodologist, he actively collaborates with other principal investigators and departments at UIC and at other Universities. His work has been supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the National Institute of Justice.

Representative Publications

Fendrich, M., and Archer, M. (1998) Long-term rearrest rates in a sample of adjudicated delinquents: evaluating the impact of alternative programs. The Prison Journal, 78(4), 360-389.

Fendrich, M., Johnson, T., Wislar, J.S., and Nageotte, C. (1999) The Accuracy of Parent Mental Health Service Reporting: Results from a Reverse Record Check Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 38 (2) 147-155.

Fendrich, M., Mackesy-Amiti, M.E., and Kruesi, M., (2001). The Feasibility and Utility of a Mass Distributed CD-ROM for School Based Suicide Prevention. Crisis, 21(3), 135-140.

Fendrich, M. and Kim, J. (2001) Multivariate Analysis of Retest Artifact in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Drug Use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 11(2) 239-253.

Fendrich, M. and Rosenbaum, D. (2003). Recanting of substance use reports in a longitudinal prevention study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 70 (3), 241-253.

Fendrich, M., Wislar, J.S., and Johnson, T.P. (2003). The utility of debriefing questions in a household survey on drug abuse. Journal of Drug Issues, 33(2), 267-284.

Fendrich, M., Wislar, J.S., Johnson, T.P., and Hubbell, A. (2003). A contextual Profile of Club Drug Use Among Adults In Chicago. Addiction, 98 (12), 1693-1703.

Fendrich, M., Johnson, T., Wislar, J., Hubbell, A. (2004) Drug test feasibility in a general population household survey. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 73(3), 237-250..

Fendrich, M., Johnson, T., Hubbell, A., Wislar, J. (2004) The utility of drug testing in a general population household survey, Addiction, 99, 197-208.

Fendrich, M., Johnson, T., Mackesy-Amiti, M.E., Hubbell, A., Wislar, J. (In Press) Tobacco underreporting in a household substance use survey. Addictive Behaviors.