Jason Ramirez


Jason Ramirez, PhD
jjramirz@uw.edu | CV
Acting Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Jason Ramirez is an Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and faculty member of the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors (CSHRB). He received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Brown University and then completed a NIAAA T32 postdoctoral fellowship at CSRHB where transitioned to faculty in 2016. His research examines cognitive and psychosocial etiological factors underlying substance misuse among adolescents and young adults. The ultimate aims of his research are to identify malleable targets for novel prevention and intervention strategies. He is currently the PI of NIH funded research to develop implicit measures of identification with marijuana among adolescents and to evaluate implicit identification with marijuana as a risk factor for marijuana misuse. He is also the PI of NIH funded research to develop and test novel brief interventions that provide personalized feedback to young adults summarizing their craving responses to alcohol-related cues and situations.

Current Grants

Principal Investigator (Multiple), 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)

Principal Investigator, Cannabis Identity as Cognitive and Developmental Risk Factors for Adolescent Cannabis Misuse (R21DA045092)

Principal Investigator, Evaluating Cognitive and Developmental Risk Factors for Opioid Misuse Among Adolescent Cannabis Users (R21DA045092-01A1S1)

Co-Investigator, Evaluating Change in Drinking Identity as a Mechanism for Reducing Hazardous Drinking (R01AA024732, PI: Lindgren)

Supplemental Awardee, Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. Developmental Models of High-Risk Alcohol Use & Social Roles in Young Adulthood (R01AA022087-03S1, PI: Lee)

Past Grants

Principal Investigator, Cannabis Identity as a Cognitive Behavior Risk Factor for Young Adult Cannabis Misuse (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington)

Selected Publications

  • Lindgren, K. P., Hendershot, C. S., Ramirez, J. J., Bernat, E., Rangel-Gomez, M., Peterson, K. P., & Murphy, J. G. (2018). A dual process perspective on advances in cognitive science and alcohol use disorder. Clinical Psychology Review, 69, 83-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.04.002
  • 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
  • Ramirez, J. J., Olin, C. C., & Lindgren, K. P. (2017). Resolving an identity crisis: Implicit drinking identity and implicit alcohol identity are related but not the same. Addictive Behaviors, 72, 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.03.014
  • Lindgren, K. P., Neighbors, C., Gasser, M. L., Ramirez, J. J., & Cvencek, D. (2017). A review of implicit and explicit substance self-concept as a predictor of alcohol and tobacco use and misuse. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 43, 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2016.1229324
  • Ramirez, J. J., Dennhardt, A., Baldwin, S., Murphy, J., & Lindgren, K. P. (2016). Alcohol-approach inclinations and drinking identity as predictors of behavioral economic demand for alcohol. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 24, 356-366. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000086
  • Ramirez, J. J., Monti, P. M., & Colwill, R. M. (2015). Brief and extended alcohol cue exposure effects on craving and attentional bias. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 23, 159-167. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000018
  • Ramirez, J. J., Monti, P. M., & Colwill, R. M. (2015). Alcohol cue exposure effects on craving and attentional bias in underage college student drinkers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 29, 317-322. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000028
  • Ramirez, J. J. & Miranda, R. (2014). Alcohol craving in adolescents: bridging the laboratory and natural environment. Psychopharmacology, 231, 1841-1851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-013-3372-6