Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, PhD

Dr. Walukevich-Dienst (hear my name) is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.

Her research is focused on identifying psychosocial and contextual factors associated with alcohol and cannabis misuse and co-use among young adults, including social influences (e.g., romantic partners, use partnerships), affect management motives, co-occurring mental health concerns, and high-risk substance use events and contexts.

Dr. Walukevich-Dienst aims to leverage this information to develop and test innovative, technology-informed prevention and intervention efforts to  disseminate in real world settings.

She also provides psychotherapy to patients at the University of Washington’s Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic and provides supervision and training to psychology graduate students and psychiatry residents in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Link to Dr. Walukevich-Dienst’s CV.

Education

University of Washington, NIAAA F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021-2023)
University of Washington, Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Internship (2020-2021)
Louisiana State University, PhD in Clinical Psychology (2016-2021)
Syracuse University, BA in Psychology and Public Relations (2010-2014)

Department Affiliations

Recent Publications

Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States.
(2024 Nov 28)
Psychol Health
Zamboanga BL, Newins AR, Walukevich-Dienst K, Merrill JE, Ramarushton B, Kim SY, Perrotte JK, Lui PP

Simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis and attenuated age-related declines in alcohol and cannabis use disorder symptoms across young adulthood.
(2024 Sep)
Drug Alcohol Depend Rep 12(): 100252
Graupensperger S, Calhoun BH, Fairlie AM, Walukevich-Dienst K, Patrick ME, Lee CM

Examining whether young adults differ in their endorsement and subjective evaluation of alcohol consequences by age, drinking frequency, and current undergraduate status.
(2024 Jul 3)
J Stud Alcohol Drugs
Walukevich-Dienst K, Hoang AN, Fairlie AM, Lewis MA, Lee CM

General and Domain-Specific Perceived Risk Demonstrate Unique Associations with Cannabis Use, Negative Outcomes, and Motivation to Change among Undergraduate Students.
(2024)
Cannabis 6(4): 49-66
Smith-LeCavalier KN, Morris PM, Larimer ME, Buckner JD, Walukevich-Dienst K

Is the 21st birthday a turning point for alcohol and cannabis use? A monthly study of young adults.
(2024 May)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 48(5): 955-966
Rhew IC, Gilson MS, Fleming CB, Walukevich-Dienst K, Guttmannova K, Patrick ME, Lee CM

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