Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Coordinating Center
Meet the Staff
Roger Peters, Director
Roger H. Peters, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), University of South Florida, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. Dr. Peters served as Chair of the department from 2004-2011 and as Associate Chair from 2002-2004. Dr. Peters holds a joint appointment in USF's College of Public Health, Department of Community and Family Health. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Florida State University, following completion of a pre-doctoral internship at the University of North Carolina, School of Medicine. He has been a licensed Psychologist in Florida since 1988. Dr. Peters has served as Principal Investigator and Director for numerous grant projects, including a NIDA P30 Research Core Center award to establish the USF Center on Co-Occurring Disorders, Justice, and Multidisciplinary Research (CJM Center). He also served as PI on the SAMHSA-funded Suncoast Practice and Research Collaborative (SPARC) project. Dr. Peters served from 1995-2004 as the lead consultant to the National GAINS Center for People with Co-occurring Disorders in the Justice System.
Dr. Peters has pursued research, consultation, and training initiatives involving substance abuse treatment within the criminal justice system. He has published frequently in major journals, served on federal expert panels, grant and document reviews, national advisory boards and committees, and has served as a consultant to numerous federal and state agencies. Research, consultation, and training have been conducted within the context of jail, prison, courts, community corrections, and juvenile justice settings. Clinical activities have included forensic assessment; supervision of postdoctoral fellows, predoctoral interns, and graduate students; and outpatient treatment of sex offenders and substance abusers.
Dr. Peters served for four years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals and for eight years on the Treatment-Based Drug Court Steering Committee for the Supreme Court of Florida. He currently serves on the Florida Supreme Court's Task Force for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues in the Courts, and is a faculty member of the National Judicial College. Dr. Peters is a member of the editorial boards for the Drug Court Review, the Journal of Dual Diagnosis, and the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Dr. Peters served as Chair and Co-Editor of the SAMHSA/CSAT Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) #44 on "Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System". He is also the lead author of the monograph "Screening and Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System" (3rd edition) which was published by SAMHSA in 2016. Dr. Peters recently co-authored the "Drug Court Treatment Resource Guide", published by American University and the Bureau of Justice Assistance. In 2007, Dr. Peters provided testimony to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on the Second Chance Act legislation. Dr. Peters received a Fulbright Specialist Grant and served in Ghana (West Africa) in June 2015 as a Fulbright Scholar with the University of Cape Coast, College of Health and Allied Sciences, Department of Mental Health. He was recently appointed by the International Centre for Certification and Education of Addiction Professionals (ICCE) to coordinate implementation of the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) within North American universities.
Lauren Miley, Research Assistant
Lauren Miley, MA, is a second-year doctoral student in the criminology department at the University of South Florida. She currently works as a research assistant - providing technical assistance to the GFIT Forensic Diversion project in Hillsborough County, as well as assisting with the UTC Coordinating Center for North American Universities. Her research interests include mental illness and crime, bio-social criminology, and developmental and life-course criminology.