Anne Fairlie


Anne M. Fairlie, PhD
afairlie@uw.edu | CV
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Dr. Fairlie’s area of expertise is in the psychological, social, and environmental factors that influence young adult substance use, most notably alcohol and marijuana use, as well as associated negative consequences. In particular, she uses different types of daily-level or ecological momentary assessment (EMA) designs to elucidate why and how substance use varies across different occasions for a given individual in relation to changes in cognitions and contextual characteristics. Dr. Fairlie’s program of research enhances our knowledge of the etiology of substance misuse to inform the refinement and development of interventions.

Dr. Fairlie serves as Principal Investigator (PI) of a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism that examines unplanned heavy drinking, protective behavioral strategies, and alcohol-related consequences using daily surveys administered over eight consecutive weekends (NIAAA; R21AA024156). Dr. Fairlie serves as Multiple PI of grant that will develop and test two personalized feedback interventions that incorporate awareness of alcohol cues and response to craving using an in vivo lab paradigm and daily surveys (NIAAA; R34AA027302; MPI Fairlie/Ramirez). Finally, Dr. Fairlie serves as Co-Investigator (Co-I) or data analyst on several additional NIH-funded studies examining alcohol, marijuana, and/or nonmedical use of prescription stimulants.

Current Grants

Development and preliminary examination of two brief personalized feedback interventions focused on lab-based and EMA alcohol cues to reduce hazardous young adult alcohol use (R34AA027302; Multiple PIs: Fairlie/Ramirez)

Event-level unintended heavy drinking, protective strategies, and consequences (R21AA024156)

Selected Publications

  • Fairlie, A. M., Bernstein, M., Walls, T. A., & Wood, M. D. (2019). Effects of measurement timing on subgroup identification using growth mixture modeling: An empirical application to alcohol use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 33, 232-242. http://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000446
  • Fairlie, A. M., Cadigan, J. M., Patrick, M. E., Larimer, M. E., & Lee, C. M. (2019). Unplanned heavy episodic and high-intensity drinking: Daily-level associations with mood, context, and negative consequences. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80. 331-339. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2019.80.331
  • Lewis, M. A., Rhew, I. C., Fairlie, A. M., Swanson, A., Anderson, J., & Kaysen, D. (2019). Evaluating personalized feedback intervention framing with a randomized controlled trial to reduce young adult alcohol-related sexual risk taking. Prevention Science, 20, 310-320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-018-0879-4
  • Fairlie, A. M., Feinstein, B. A., Lee, C. M., & Kaysen, D. (2018). Subgroups of young sexual minority women based on drinking locations and companions and links with alcohol consequences, drinking motives, and LGBTQ-related constructs. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79, 741-750. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2018.79.741
  • Fairlie, A. M., Garcia, T. A., Lee, C. M., & Lewis, M. A. (2018). Alcohol use and alcohol/marijuana use during the most recent sexual experience differentially predict characteristics of the sexual experience among sexually active young adult drinkers. Addictive Behaviors, 82, 105-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.027
  • Patrick, M. E., Fairlie, A. M., & Lee, C. M. (2018). Motives for simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use among young adults. Addictive Behaviors, 76, 363-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.08.027
  • Ramirez, J. J., Fairlie, A. M., Olin, C. C., & Lindgren, K. P. (2017). Implicit and explicit drinking identity predict latent classes that differ on the basis of college students’ drinking behaviors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 178, 579-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.06.010
  • Fairlie, A. M., Ramirez, J. J., Patrick, M. E., & Lee, C. M. (2016). When do college students have less favorable views of drinking? Evaluations of alcohol experiences and positive and negative consequences. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30, 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000190
  • Fairlie, A. M., Maggs, J., L., & Lanza, S. T. (2016). Profiles of college drinkers defined by Alcohol behaviors at the week level: Replication across semesters and prospective associations with hazardous drinking and dependence-related symptoms. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, 38-50. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2016.77.38
  • Patrick, M. E., Cronce, J. M., Fairlie, A. M., Atkins, D. C., & Lee, C. M. (2016). Day-to-day variations in high-intensity drinking, expectancies, and positive and negative alcohol-related consequences. Addictive Behaviors, 58, 110-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.02.025