# Advanced Contingency Management System for Reduction of Alcohol Use.

> **NIH NIH R44** · MANAGED HEALTH CONNECTIONS, LLC · 2024 · $1,338,347

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Alcohol abuse remains a significant cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the US. Yet
only 15% of those with AUD receive treatment. Our group, and others have demonstrated that
contingency management (CM) is an effective approach for reducing alcohol use in problematic
drinkers. This project seeks to demonstrate the capability of an end-to end CM platform designed
to reduce alcohol use in problematic drinkers. Our goal is to combine mobile technology,
geospatial mapping and biomarker measurement, with individual goal setting and EMA feedback
to launch behavioral modification strategies and progress monitoring. The goal of the system is
to provide a feasible and effective end-to-end CM platform, which can aggregate information to
allow individuals and their clinicians to monitor drinking, reduce alcohol consumption, as well as
better understand factors related to each individual’s alcohol use (e.g., correlations between
mood, location, etc). Importantly, this intervention will be suitable for treatment and naturalistic
settings and require little to no required clinician involvement.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10865112
- **Project number:** 5R44AA030948-02
- **Recipient organization:** MANAGED HEALTH CONNECTIONS, LLC
- **Principal Investigator:** Ron Kimberly Johnson
- **Activity code:** R44 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,338,347
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-06-15 → 2026-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10865112

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10865112, Advanced Contingency Management System for Reduction of Alcohol Use. (5R44AA030948-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10865112. Licensed CC0.

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