Postdoctoral Faculty

Faculty participating in the T32 training grant

Mary E. Larimer, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Co-morbidity of alcohol use with depression, suicide, trauma, PTSD, disordered eating, and gambling problems

Christine M. Lee, Ph.D., Research Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Etiology and prevention of alcohol use; longitudinal methods; daily and EMA assessment methods; developmental transitions

Michele Bedard-Gilligan, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Emotional engagement and relapse to alcohol use in a trauma-exposed sample

Jessica Blayney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Jennifer Cadigan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Bia Carlini, Ph.D., MPH, Research Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Seema Clifasefi, Ph.D., MSW, Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Alcohol and substance use among homeless and/or criminal justice involved individuals

Susan Collins, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Harm reduction, alcohol and other drug use, substance use disorder

Bonnie Duran, Dr.PH, Professor Emerita, Social Work
Research interests: Indigenous health and wellbeing, community-based participatory research

Emily Dworkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Recovery from sexual assault and other forms of trauma; PTSD and comorbid conditions; early brief post-trauma intervention; social support

Anne Fairlie, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Etiology of alcohol and cannabis use; brief intervention; daily and EMA assessment methods; self-regulation processes

Susan Ferguson, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry

Brian P. Flaherty, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology
Research interests: Applied statistics and measurement issues in alcohol and substance use research

Jennifer Forsyth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychology
Research interests: Mechanisms underlying serious mental illness, genetics, environment, brain development, cannabis use

Kate Foster, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychology

Tessa Frohe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Tracey Garcia, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

William H. George, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology
Research interests: Alcohol and sexual risk & sexual assault

Scott Graupensperger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests:Social Influences; Mental Health; Gambling; Sports Betting; Substance Use

Katarina Guttmannova, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Etiology and prevention of alcohol, marijuana, and other substance misuse, social policy, drug laws, health disparities

Kevin Hallgren, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Alcohol and drug use disorder treatment for adults, statistics and technology in addiction research

Brittney Hultgren, PhD., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Development and evaluation of interventions, impaired driving, etiology of alcohol and cannabis use and consequences, behavioral decision-making theories, ecological momentary designs

Anna Jaffe, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: sexual assault recovery, alcohol use, PTSD, social networks, brief interventions

Debrielle Jaques, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychology
Research interests: Effects of maternal alcohol use disorders on parenting, family functioning, and child mental health

Jason R. Kilmer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Brief interventions targeting alcohol and marijuana use; behavioral addictions; polysubstance use

Natalia M. Kleinhans, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Radiology
Research interests: Brain imaging in autism and addiction

Beth Lehinger, Ph.D., Acting Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Kristen P. Lindgren, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Implicit cognition, identity, and alcohol use/misuse, cognitive factors and substance use, PTSD and substance use

Ty W. Lostutter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Etiology, prevention and treatment of alcohol use disorders, and co-morbid mental health issues

Maya Magarati, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Connor McCabe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

John F. Neumaier, M.D. Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Neurocircuitry & molecular pharmacology & addiction

Christina Oré, MPH, DrPH, Acting Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Myra Parker, PhD, JD, MPH, Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Cultural adaptation of EBI

Paul E. M. Phillips, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Dopamine transmission in motivated behavior and substance use

Douglas Ramsay, D.M.D., Ph.D., M.S.D., Professor, Oral Health Sciences
Research interests: Behavioral pharmacology (drug tolerance, drug addiction, drug-induced allostasis)

Isaac C. Rhew, Ph.D., M.P.H., Research Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Psychiatric & alcohol use epidemiology

Abigail G. Schindler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Substance abuse & disorders

Tracy L. Simpson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: PTSD and SUD

Denise D. Walker, Ph.D., Research Professor, Social Work
Research interests: Substance abuse intervention development and evaluation

Thomas O. Walton, Ph.D., MSW, Acting Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: military and sexual minority populations; substance use, traumatic stress, and sexual risk behaviors

Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: psychosocial/contextual influences on alcohol and cannabis use, co-occurring mental health concerns, high-risk substance use events, intervention

Larry S. Zweifel, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry
Research interests: Mechanisms of phasic dopamine-dependent modulation of reward and punishment and the role of dopamine in generalized fear and anxiety