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Research

Interests

I am a developmental psychologist with training in psychiatric and behavioral genetics. My primary area of focus is on how substance misuse affects and is affected by social factors and close relationships across the lifespan. Within this broad theme, I take a genetically informed perspective, with the dual goals of delineating gene-environment interplay among substance use and relationship factors, and strengthening inferences in observational data.

Current Focus Areas

  • Intergenerational transmission of alcohol, substance use and psychiatric disorders.
  • Spousal and partner influences on alcohol and other substance use disorders.
  • Characterizing social genetic effects for substance use and related psychiatric disorders.
  • Etiology and consequences of midlife drinking.

 

More information about my group’s research and copies of recent publications can be found in MyBibliography. 

More information about currently funded projects can be found on my ORCiD profile page.