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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Training Programs

Recent Publications

Depressive Symptoms and Substance Use: Longitudinal Examination of Alcohol and Cannabis Coping Mechanisms in Young Adults.
(2025 Oct 8)
Prev Sci
Graupensperger S, Janson MA, Fairlie AM, Larimer ME, Lee CM
An Event-Level Examination of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: Effects of Alcohol, Instigation, and Regulatory Mechanisms.
(2025 May 15)
Psychol Violence
Gulati NK, Stappenbeck CA, Westemeier O, Larimer ME, George WH
Pilot randomized controlled trial of a tailored personalized normative feedback intervention for college student alcohol use.
(2025 Oct 1)
Drug Alcohol Depend 275(): 112824
Gilmore AK, Leone RM, Reuben K, Garner JB, Flowers N, Chipman T, Patton EE, Capobianco J, Zong ZY, Stappenbeck CA, Ellis JR, Fortson K, Mullican KN, Larimer M
Increased Mesostriatal Intrinsic Connectivity Associated With Cue Exposure in Adult Cannabis Users: Preliminary Findings.
(2025 Aug)
Addict Biol 30(8): e70067
Kleinhans NM, Terry GE, Kang D, Larsen SF, Larimer ME
Pandemic-Related Stressors Linked to Cannabis and Nicotine Use in a Longitudinal Study of Asian, Latinx, and White Young Adults.
(2025 Aug 6)
J Stud Alcohol Drugs
Martinez G, Fleming CB, Rhew IC, Kilmer JR, Larimer ME, Guttmannova K
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