David Pennington, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Websites

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• Addiction Research Program (addictionresearch.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• Neural Links of Approach Bias Modification in Heavy Drinking Veterans, NIH, 2017-2022

Publications (39)

Top publication keywords:
SmokingTemperanceCognitionReceptors, Kainic AcidPost-Concussion SyndromeElectronic MailVeteransDrug OverdoseAlcohol DrinkingMemory, Short-TermFructosePatient Medication KnowledgeProton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAlcoholism

• N-acetylcysteine for smoking cessation among dual users of tobacco and cannabis: Protocol and rationale for a randomized controlled trial.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2023 Herbst ED, Pennington DL, Borsari B, Manuel J, Yalch M, Alcid E, Martinez Rivas M, Delacruz J, Rossi N, Garcia B, Wong N, Batki SL
• Perceived discrimination enhances the association between distress and impact related to the murder of George Floyd and unhealthy alcohol use in a survey sample of U.S. Veterans who report drinking.
  Addictive behaviors reports 2023 Cano MT, Reavis JV, Pennington DL
• Cognitive training and remediation interventions for substance use disorders: a Delphi consensus study.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2022 Verdejo-Garcia A, Rezapour T, Giddens E, Khojasteh Zonoozi A, Rafei P, Berry J, Caracuel A, Copersino ML, Field M, Garland EL, Lorenzetti V, Malloy-Diniz L, Manning V, Marceau EM, Pennington DL, …
• Impact of Alcohol Use, Traumatic Stress, and Cigarette Smoking on Cognitive Functioning in Veterans With Co-occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  Military medicine 2022 Hua JPY, Cano M, Batki SL, Pennington DL
• The Impact of Exercise and Virtual Reality Executive Function Training on Cognition Among Heavy Drinking Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Feasibility Study.
  Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 2022 Pennington DL, Reavis JV, Cano MT, Walker E, Batki SL

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• Substance-Specific and Shared Gray Matter Signatures in Alcohol, Opioid, and Polysubstance Use Disorder.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2022 Muller AM, Pennington DL, Meyerhoff DJ
• Factors associated with smoking in low-income persons with and without chronic illness.
  Tobacco induced diseases 2021 Cano MT, Pennington DL, Reyes S, Pineda BS, Llamas JA, Periyakoil VS, Muñoz RF
• Frontal Neural Activation During Alcohol Cue Exposure is Associated With Cognitive Bias Among Veterans With Alcohol Use Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury.
  Biological Psychiatry 2021 Erica Walker, Samantha Abram, Nicole Bautista, Monique Cano, Edith Harris, Hala El Bahraoui, Darin Witkovic, Jill Reavis, Steven Batki, Judith Ford, David Pennington
• Evaluating implementation of a consult to reduce new combination opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
  Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2021 Tessa Rife, Michelle Zhao, Jonathan Im, David Pennington
• Working memory and alcohol demand relationships differ according to PTSD symptom severity among veterans with AUD.
  Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology 2021 Abram SV, Batki SL, Pennington DL
• An initiative to increase opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution for homeless veterans residing in contracted housing facilities.
  Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2021 Rife T, Tat C, Jones J, Pennington DL
• A randomized pilot trial of topiramate for alcohol use disorder in veterans with traumatic brain injury: Effects on alcohol use, cognition, and post-concussive symptoms.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2020 Pennington DL, Bielenberg J, Lasher B, Herbst E, Abrams G, Novakovic-Agopian T, Batki SL
• A Qualitative Examination of Stay Quit Coach, A Mobile Application for Veteran Smokers With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2020 Herbst E, McCaslin SE, Hassanbeigi Daryani S, Laird KT, Hopkins LB, Pennington D, Kuhn E
• A Roadmap for Integrating Neuroscience Into Addiction Treatment: A Consensus of the Neuroscience Interest Group of the International Society of Addiction Medicine.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2019 Verdejo-Garcia A, Lorenzetti V, Manning V, Piercy H, Bruno R, Hester R, Pennington D, Tolomeo S, Arunogiri S, Bates ME, Bowden-Jones H, Campanella S, Daughters SB, Kouimtsidis C, Lubman DI, Meyerhoff …
• Care of the Transgender Patient.
  Annals of internal medicine 2019 Herbst ED, Harris E, Pennington DL, Batki SL
• T262. Working Memory Moderates Relations Between Alcohol Demand Characteristics, PTSD Arousal Symptoms and Alcohol Use.
  Biological Psychiatry 2018 Samantha Abram, David Pennington, Jennifer Bielenberg, Lamisha Muquit, Monique Cano, Fleurette Fong, Nicole Bautista, Brooke Lasher, Steven Batki
• An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed chronic opioids and benzodiazepines.
  Substance abuse 2018 Zaman T, Rife TL, Batki SL, Pennington DL
• Brain GABA and Glutamate Concentrations Following Chronic Gabapentin Administration: A Convenience Sample Studied During Early Abstinence From Alcohol.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2018 Meyerhoff DJ, Murray DE, Durazzo TC, Pennington DL
• Mobile Technology for Treatment Augmentation in Veteran Smokers With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2017 Herbst E, Pennington D, Kuhn E, McCaslin SE, Delucchi K, Batki SL, Dickter B, Carmody T
• Neurocognition and inhibitory control in polysubstance use disorders: Comparison with alcohol use disorders and changes with abstinence.
  Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 2016 Schmidt TP, Pennington DL, Cardoos SL, Durazzo TC, Meyerhoff DJ
• B-22Insomnia and Heavy Alcohol Use Synergistically Impact Cognitive Function in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 2016 E Tomlinson, D Pennington, T Wong, J Dack, J Bielenberg, L Hoyman, B Lasher, A Kinzler, S Batki
• Relations Between Cognitive Functioning and Alcohol Use, Craving, and Post-Traumatic Stress: An Examination Among Trauma-Exposed Military Veterans With Alcohol Use Disorder.
  Military medicine 2016 Heinz AJ, Pennington DL, Cohen N, Schmeling B, Lasher BA, Schrodek E, Batki SL
• Smoking and non-alcohol substance use in veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder.
  Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2015 Steven L. Batki, David Pennington, Brooke Lasher, Ellen Herbst, Emily Schrodek, Seghel Yohannes, Jordan McDonald, Brandi Schmeling, Tiffany Wong
• Alcohol use disorder with and without stimulant use: brain morphometry and its associations with cigarette smoking, cognition, and inhibitory control.
  PloS one 2015 Pennington DL, Durazzo TC, Schmidt TP, Abé C, Mon A, Meyerhoff DJ
• Effects of cigarette smoking history on neurocognitive recovery over 8 months of abstinence in alcohol-dependent individuals.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2014 Durazzo TC, Pennington DL, Schmidt TP, Meyerhoff DJ
• A Controlled Trial of Topiramate Treatment for Alcohol Dependence in Veterans with PTSD.
  2014 Steven L Batki, David L Pennington, Thomas Neylan, Angela Waldrop
• Structural brain differences in alcohol-dependent individuals with and without comorbid substance dependence.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2014 Mon A, Durazzo TC, Abe C, Gazdzinski S, Pennington D, Schmidt T, Meyerhoff DJ
• A preliminary examination of cortical neurotransmitter levels associated with heavy drinking in posttraumatic stress disorder.
  Psychiatry research 2014 Pennington DL, Abé C, Batki SL, Meyerhoff DJ
• Genetic and behavioral determinants of hippocampal volume recovery during abstinence from alcohol.
  Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) 2014 Hoefer ME, Pennington DL, Durazzo TC, Mon A, Abé C, Truran D, Hutchison KE, Meyerhoff DJ
• Topiramate treatment of alcohol use disorder in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled pilot trial.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2014 Batki SL, Pennington DL, Lasher B, Neylan TC, Metzler T, Waldrop A, Delucchi K, Herbst E
• Postural stability in cigarette smokers and during abstinence from alcohol.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2014 Schmidt TP, Pennington DL, Durazzo TC, Meyerhoff DJ
• Toward personalized medicine in the pharmacotherapy of alcohol use disorder: targeting patient genes and patient goals.
  The American journal of psychiatry 2014 Batki SL, Pennington DL
• A Controlled Trial of Topiramate Treatment for Alcohol Dependence in Veterans with PTSD.
  2013 Steven L Batki, David L Pennington, Thomas Neylan, Angela Waldrop
• Metabolic abnormalities in lobar and subcortical brain regions of abstinent polysubstance users: magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging.
  Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) 2013 Abé C, Mon A, Hoefer ME, Durazzo TC, Pennington DL, Schmidt TP, Meyerhoff DJ
• Neurocognition in 1-month-abstinent treatment-seeking alcohol-dependent individuals: interactive effects of age and chronic cigarette smoking.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2013 Durazzo TC, Pennington DL, Schmidt TP, Mon A, Abé C, Meyerhoff DJ
• The effects of chronic cigarette smoking on cognitive recovery during early abstinence from alcohol.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2013 Pennington DL, Durazzo TC, Schmidt TP, Mon A, Abé C, Meyerhoff DJ
• Polysubstance and alcohol dependence: unique abnormalities of magnetic resonance-derived brain metabolite levels.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2012 Abé C, Mon A, Durazzo TC, Pennington DL, Schmidt TP, Meyerhoff DJ
• Brain-derived neurotrophic factor genotype is associated with brain gray and white matter tissue volumes recovery in abstinent alcohol-dependent individuals.
  Genes, brain, and behavior 2012 Mon A, Durazzo TC, Gazdzinski S, Hutchison KE, Pennington D, Meyerhoff DJ
• Interactive effects of chronic cigarette smoking and age on brain volumes in controls and alcohol-dependent individuals in early abstinence.
  Addiction biology 2012 Durazzo TC, Mon A, Pennington D, Abé C, Gazdzinski S, Meyerhoff DJ