ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS, AND HONORS
1996-present Senior Instructor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado.
1995-present Director of Outpatient Services, Addiction Research and Treatment Services, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado.
1992-1995 Outpatient Clinic Supervisor, Addiction Research and Treatment Services, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado.
1985-1992 University Program Specialist (Substance Abuse Therapist), Addiction Research and Treatment Services Outpatient Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado.
1990-1993 Research Interviewer, part-time, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
1986-1992 Clinical Social Worker, Private Practice, part-time, Denver, Colorado.
1983-1984 Clinical Social Worker, Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Danville, Virginia.
1982-1983 Clinical Social Worker, Parent-Child Resource Center, United Social and Mental Health Services, Willimantic, Connecticut.
1979-1981 Residential Case Manager, Arroway Program, Howard Mental Health Services, Burlington, Vermont.
1978-1979 University Year For Action Intern, Howard Mental Health Services, Burlington, Vermont.
1977-1978 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont.
Member, Board of Directors, American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD)
Past Chairperson, Colorado Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (COTOD)
Governor’s Summit Award, Communities For A Drug-Free Colorado. Received for Youth-2000 Collaborative Treatment Program, shared with New Pride and Urban Peak, Denver, Colorado, 1990.
“Marie” Award recipient, American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, 2007.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Adjunct Professor of Field Education, University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, Denver, Colorado, 1994-present.
Annual lectures to various graduate level classes (Physician Assistant Child Health Program, University f Denver Graduate School of Social Work)
Fourth year medical student lectures in Substance Abuse Elective Course taught by Dr. Tom Crowley
SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS
Abstracts
Amass, L, Ennis, E. Using fee rebates to reinforce abstinence and counseling attendance in cocaine abusers. Submitted for the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, June, 1997.
Papers presented at scientific meetings
Ennis, E. Psychotherapy with and adolescent borderline patient. Presented at the Hartford Child Psychiatry Consortium Grand Rounds, Hartford, Connecticut, April, 1983.
Ennis, E. Treatment as prevention. Presented at the Colorado Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division Annual Prevention Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April, 1989.
Ennis, E. Treatment of resistant adolescents in an outpatient setting. Presented at the Colorado NASW Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, March, 1990.
Ennis, E. Treatment of Opioid Addiction. Presented at the Colorado Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division Annual Prevention and Treatment Conference, Denver, Colorado, April, 1993.
Soran, L, Ennis, E. Treatment of Opioid Addiction. Presented at the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Winter School on Addictive Behavior, Grand Junction, Colorado, January, 1995.
Amass, L, Ennis, E., Brewster, J.T. Expanding Pharmacological Treatment Options for Opioid Dependence: Navigating the Real Life Issues.In:Using Multiple Opioid Pharmacotherapies: Buprenorphine, Methadone, LAAM. Annual Meeting of the American Methadone Treatment Association, New York, New York, 1998.
Fortuin, K.H., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Brewster, J.T., Ennis, E.P., Crowley, T.J., Booth, R.E. Can you ever get enough treatment? The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. 2000.
Poster: Ennis, E., Marijuana: The Effects of Program Policy Changes on Take-Home Privileges and Treatment Retention. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Methadone Treatment Association, San Fransisco, CA, 2000
Ennis, E., Marx, M., Enhanced Take-home Dosing: The Colorado Experience. Annual Meeting of the American Methadone Treatment Association, St. Louis, MI, 2001.
Ennis, E., Lundin-Martinez, J., Buprenorphine and the Multi-Pharmacologic Clinic: The Business and Science of Clinical Practice Innovation. Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, Washington, D.C., 2003
Ennis, E., Lundin-Martinez, J., Buprenorphine and the Multi-Pharmacologic Clinic: The Business and Science of Clinical Practice Innovation. Annual ADAD Prevention and Treatment Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2003
Ennis, E. An Examination of Deaths in an OTP Over a Four-Year Period. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, Atlanta, GA, 2006.
Ennis, E. Improving methadone Treatment Retention Through Motivational Interviewing. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, San Diego, CA, 2007.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Project Coordinator: SAMHSA (CSAT), Treatment For Homeless, Aromor Behavioral Health Supportive Housing – Grant # 1H79T1021453
Project Coordinator: SAMHSA (CSAT), Treatment For Homeless, “Project STAR”, 2000-2005 - Grant #1H79-TI14373
Project Coordinator: SAMHSA (CSAP), SAP/HIVP in Minority Communities, “Integrated Prevention Project”, 2003-2008,
Grant #5-SP10508
Co-Investigator, Ryan White HIV Therapeutic Support Program, Mayor’s Office of HIV Resources/Piton Foundation; $850,000, 1995-2010.
Local Co-Investigator, Methadone Treatment Quality Assurance System, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, and National Institute of Drug Abuse. 1996-1999.
Local Co-Investigator, Evaluation of an outpatient structured treatment manual for HIV-positive substance abusers, Matrix Center, Los Angeles, CA, and National Institute of Drug Abuse. 1995-1996.