Mary Larimer, PhD

Faculty Appointment(s)

Professor

Leadership Role(s)

Director, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors (CSHRB)

larimer@uw.edu

206-543-3513

Personal Statement

I have been a member of the department faculty since 1995. My research and clinical interests include 1) prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug problems among adolescents and young adults (with a particular focus on college drinking prevention), 2) prediction of initiation of drinking and trajectories of alcohol and substance use during emerging adulthood, 3) co-morbidity of substance use with depression, suicide, trauma, PTSD, disordered eating, and gambling problems, 4) evaluation of housing and treatment programs for chronically homeless and incarcerated individuals and 5) dissemination of evidence-based prevention and treatment approaches into clinical, school, and work-site settings. I have published more than 100 articles and book chapters on these topics.​

Education

Univ. of Washington, Psychology Medical education, 1992
UW - Neuropsychology & Geriatrics Teaching Appointment
UW - Addictive Behaviors Research Center Fellowship, Addictive Behaviors Research
Brown University Internship, Clinical Psychology

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Recent Publications

Changing Developmental Patterns of Cannabis and Alcohol Use in Washington State: an Analysis of Young Adult Birth Cohorts Born in 1990-2004.
(2025 May 27)
Prev Sci
Acolin J, Calhoun B, Rhew IC, Fleming CB, Hultgren B, Martinez G, Kilmer JR, Larimer M, Guttmannova K
Blood Alcohol Content Estimation Formulas (eBAC): Challenges, Considerations, and Implications for Intensive and Longitudinal Survey Research.
(2025 May 15)
J Stud Alcohol Drugs
Hultgren BA, Calhoun BH, Canning J, Fossos-Wong N, Guttmannova K, Kilmer JR, Cadigan JM, Larimer ME, Lee CM
When less is more: How attentiveness impacts the efficacy of online personalized feedback interventions for college student alcohol use.
(2025 May)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 49(5): 1139-1148
Kang D, Graupensperger S, Piccirillo M, Lewis M, Foster KT, Larimer ME
A just-in-time adaptive personalized mobile app intervention produces limited short-term reductions in heavy episodic drinking frequency in college students: A randomized control trial during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2025 Apr 25)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken)
Lee CM, Cadigan JM, Calhoun BH, Cronce JM, Fairlie AM, Rhew IC, Patrick ME, Walter T, Graupensperger S, Yan AN, Duckworth JC, Larimer ME
A longitudinal investigation of PTSD symptoms, hazardous drinking, and relationship satisfaction in college student dating relationships.
(2024 Oct)
J Soc Pers Relat 41(10): 2983-3007
Mackey CD, Schultz ME, Nguyen KH, Mettert KD, Bernabe AM, Garcia M, Jaffe AE, Larimer ME
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