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

Department Affiliations

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Recent Publications

Young Adult Cannabis, Alcohol, Nicotine, and Nonprescribed Pain Reliever Use in Washington State Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic.
(2025 Aug)
AJPM Focus 4(4): 100342
Fleming CB, Martinez G, Rhew IC, Kilmer JR, Larimer ME, Guttmannova K
Are online norms-based alcohol interventions efficacious for college students with higher social anxiety?
(2025 Jun 2)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken)
Walukevich-Dienst K, Graupensperger S, Piccirillo ML, Smith-LeCavalier KN, Acolin J, Larimer ME
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
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