Jennifer Merrill is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. She has primarily focused on investigating the etiology and consequences of alcohol use among young adults. She has five-year R01 from NIAAA to study drinking patterns, proximal antecedents, and consequences of both high-intensity drinking and alcohol-induced blackouts among emerging adults. She is also PI of an R34 from NIAAA to develop a mobile-delivered personalized feedback intervention, and MPI of an R21 focused on how young adults who are not in 4-year college discuss alcohol on social media. She has expertise in qualitative methods, ecological momentary assessment, alcohol biosensors, advanced data analysis, and intervention development.
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| Boyle HK, Singh S, López G, Carey KB, Jackson KM, Merrill JE. "A qualitative examination of positive and negative consequences young adults experience from simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 4, 2023, pp. 639-650. |
| Boyle HK, Singh S, López G, Carey KB, Jackson KM, Merrill JE. "A qualitative examination of the decision-making process of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: Intentions and willingness." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 47, no. 1, 2023, pp. 168-179. |
| Merrill JE, López G, Doucette H, Pielech M, Corcoran E, Egbert A, Wray TB, Gabrielli J, Colby SM, Jackson KM. "Adolescents' perceptions of alcohol portrayals in the media and their impact on cognitions and behaviors." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 6, 2023, pp. 758-770. |
| Aston, Elizabeth R., Merrill, Jennifer E. "Alcohol demand assessed daily as a predictor of same day drinking." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 1, 2023, pp. 114-120. |
| Aston ER, Merrill JE. "Alcohol demand assessed daily as a predictor of same day drinking." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 1, 2023, pp. 114-120. |
| Boyle HK, Carey KB, Jackson KM, Merrill JE. "Applying the prototype willingness model to day-level simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 4, 2023, pp. 626-638. |
| Berey BL, Aston ER, Gebru NM, Merrill JE. "Differences in cannabis use characteristics, routines, and reasons for use among individuals with and without a medical cannabis card." Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 31, no. 1, 2023, pp. 14-22. |
| Berey, Benjamin L., Aston, Elizabeth R., Gebru, Nioud Mulugeta, Merrill, Jennifer E. "Differences in cannabis use characteristics, routines, and reasons for use among individuals with and without a medical cannabis card." Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 31, no. 1, 2023, pp. 14-22. |
| Boyle HK, Singh S, López G, Jackson KM, Carey KB, Merrill JE. "Insights into the context of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use among young adults." Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 31, no. 3, 2023, pp. 662-673. |
| Merrill JE, Labhart F, Perks SN. "Negative but Not Positive Alcohol-Related Consequences Tend to Occur Above the Heavy Episodic Drinking Threshold: A Daily Study of Young Adult Heavy Drinkers." Alcohol and Alcoholism, vol. 58, no. 2, 2023, pp. 190-197. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Boyle, Holly K., Stevens, Angela K., Jackson, Kristina M., Miranda, Robert, Carey, Kate B. "Real-time and next-morning correlates of subjective alcohol consequence evaluations." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 2, 2023, pp. 247-257. |
| Merrill JE, Boyle HK, Stevens AK, Jackson KM, Miranda R, Carey KB. "Real-time and next-morning correlates of subjective alcohol consequence evaluations." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 2, 2023, pp. 247-257. |
| Waddell JT, Merrill JE, Okey SA, Woods-Gonzalez R, Corbin WR. "Subjective effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis versus alcohol-only use: A qualitative analysis." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2023. |
| Gunn RL, Merrill JE, Haines AM, Fernandez ME, Souza T, Berey BL, Leeman RF, Wang Y, Barnett NP. "Use of the BACtrack Skyn alcohol biosensor: Practical applications for data collection and analysis." Addiction, 2023. |
| Merrill JE, Fox OS, Boyle HK, Haines A, Carey KB. "Where do heavy drinking college students experience alcohol consequences and where are they perceived to be normative?." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 136, 2023, pp. 107474. |
| Zamboanga, Byron L., Merrill, Jennifer E., Olthuis, Janine V., Martin, Jessica L., Jarrell, Juliet T., Cannon, Margeaux, Meca, Alan, Milroy, Jeffrey J., Wyrick, David L. "A National Study on Drinking Game Behaviors and Related Consequences Among NCAA Student-Athletes: Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 83, no. 1, 2022, pp. 74-84. |
| Zamboanga BL, Merrill JE, Olthuis JV, Martin JL, Jarrell JT, Cannon M, Meca A, Milroy JJ, Wyrick DL. "A National Study on Drinking Game Behaviors and Related Consequences Among NCAA Student-Athletes: Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 83, no. 1, 2022, pp. 74-84. |
| Stevens AK, Boyle HK, Miller MB, Carey K, Jackson KM, Barnett NP, Merrill JE. "A qualitative examination of intentions and willingness for heavy drinking among young adult high-intensity drinkers." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 36, no. 3, 2022, pp. 236-242. |
| Boyle, Holly K., Singh, Samyukta, López, Gabriela, Carey, Kate B., Jackson, Kristina M., Merrill, Jennifer E. "A qualitative examination of the decision‐making process of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: Intentions and willingness." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2022. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Stevens, Angela K., Jackson, Kristina M., White, Helene R. "Changes in Cannabis Consumption Among College Students During COVID-19." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 83, no. 1, 2022, pp. 55-63. |
| Merrill JE, Stevens AK, Jackson KM, White HR. "Changes in Cannabis Consumption Among College Students During COVID-19." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 83, no. 1, 2022, pp. 55-63. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., López, Gabriela, Stevens, Angela K., Singh, Samyukta, Laws, M. Barton, Mastroleo, Nadine R., Magill, Molly, Monti, Peter M., Kahler, Christopher W. "Discussion of alcohol consequences during a brief motivational intervention session: comparing those who do and do not increase readiness to change." Addiction Research & Theory, 2022, pp. 1-9. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., López, Gabriela, Stevens, Angela K., Singh, Samyukta, Laws, M. Barton, Mastroleo, Nadine R., Magill, Molly, Monti, Peter M., Kahler, Christopher W. "Discussion of alcohol consequences during a brief motivational intervention session: Comparing those who do and do not increase readiness to change." Addiction Research & Theory, vol. 30, no. 4, 2022, pp. 1-9. |
| Boyle HK, Merrill JE, Carey KB. "Examining changes in drinking motives and their influence on drinking behaviors among heavy drinkers during their first year of college." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 124, 2022, pp. 107099. |
| Stevenson BL, Kummerfeld E, Merrill JE, Blevins C, Abrantes AM, Kushner MG, Lim KO. "Quantifying heterogeneity in mood-alcohol relationships with idiographic causal models." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 46, no. 10, 2022, pp. 1913-1924. |
| Riordan BC, Merrill JE, Ward RM, Raubenheimer J. "When are alcohol-related blackout Tweets written in the United States?." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 124, 2022, pp. 107110. |
| Stevenson BL, Kummerfeld E, Merrill JE. "Applying Causal Discovery to Intensive Longitudinal Data." Proceedings of machine learning research, vol. 160, 2021, pp. 20-29. |
| Aston ER, Berey BL, Boyle HK, Riordan B, Merrill JE. "Associations between alcohol demand and both the experience and subjective evaluation of positive and negative alcohol-related consequences." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 45, no. 11, 2021, pp. 2357-2369. |
| Jackson KM, Merrill JE, Stevens AK, Hayes KL, White HR. "Changes in Alcohol Use and Drinking Context due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multimethod Study of College Student Drinkers." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 45, no. 4, 2021, pp. 752-764. |
| Gunn, Rachel L., Steingrimsson, Jon A., Merrill, Jennifer E., Souza, Timothy, Barnett, Nancy. "Characterising patterns of alcohol use among heavy drinkers: A cluster analysis utilising alcohol biosensor data." Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 40, no. 7, 2021, pp. 1155-1164. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Boyle, Holly K., López, Gabriela, Miller, Mary Beth, Barnett, Nancy P., Jackson, Kristina M., Carey, Kate B. "Contextual factors associated with high‐intensity drinking events among young adults: A qualitative inquiry." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 45, no. 6, 2021, pp. 1317-1330. |
| Ward RM, Riordan BC, Merrill JE, Raubenheimer J. "Describing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol-induced blackout tweets." Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 40, no. 2, 2021, pp. 192-195. |
| Meca, Alan, Allison, Kelsie, Kubilus, Richie, Olthuis, Janine V., Merrill, Jennifer E., Zamboanga, Byron L., Wyrick, David, Milroy, Jeffrey J., Carr, Kyla. "Dimensions of Athletic Identity and their Associations with Drinking Behaviors among a National Sample of University Athletes in the United States." Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2021. |
| Merrill JE, Carpenter RW, Boyle HK, Haikalis M, Jackson KM, Miranda R, Carey KB, Piasecki TM. "Do alcohol-related consequences and how they are evaluated predict consumption during and days until the next drinking event?." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 35, no. 5, 2021, pp. 587-596. |
| Park CJ, Freeman LK, Hall NA, Singh S, Carey KB, Merrill JE, DiBello AM, Miller MB. "Gender, acculturation, and alcohol-related consequences among college students of color." Journal of American College Health, 2021, pp. 1-9. |
| Raubenheimer JE, Riordan BC, Merrill JE, Winter T, Ward RM, Scarf D, Buckley NA. "Hey Google! will New Zealand vote to legalise cannabis? Using Google Trends data to predict the outcome of the 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum." International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 90, 2021, pp. 103083. |
| Carpenter, Ryan W., Merrill, Jennifer E. "How much and how fast: Alcohol consumption patterns, drinking-episode affect, and next-day consequences in the daily life of underage heavy drinkers." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 218, 2021, pp. 108407. |
| Carpenter RW, Merrill JE. "How much and how fast: Alcohol consumption patterns, drinking-episode affect, and next-day consequences in the daily life of underage heavy drinkers." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 218, 2021, pp. 108407. |
| Riordan BC, Raubenheimer J, Ward RM, Merrill JE, Winter T, Scarf D. "Monitoring the sentiment of cannabis-related tweets in the lead up to New Zealand's cannabis referendum." Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 40, no. 5, 2021, pp. 835-841. |
| Cioe PA, Merrill JE, Gordon REF, Guthrie KM, Freiberg M, Williams DM, Risica PM, Kahler CW. "Personalized feedback improves cardiovascular risk perception and physical activity levels in persons with HIV: results of a pilot randomized clinical trial." AIDS Care, vol. 33, no. 6, 2021, pp. 786-794. |
| Miller MB, Metrik J, McGeary JE, Borsari B, McCrae CS, Maddoux J, Arnedt JT, Merrill JE, Carey KB. "Protocol for the Project SAVE randomised controlled trial examining CBT for insomnia among veterans in treatment for alcohol use disorder." BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 6, 2021, pp. e045667. |
| Boyle HK, Gunn RL, López G, Fox OS, Merrill JE. "Qualitative examination of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use reasons, evaluations, and patterns among heavy drinking young adults." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 35, no. 6, 2021, pp. 638-649. |
| Zamboanga, Byron L., Merrill, Jennifer E., Olthuis, Janine V., Martin, Jessica L., Cannon, Margeaux, Jarrell, Juliet T., Meca, Alan, Milroy, Jeffrey J., Wyrick, David L. "Racial, ethnic, and sex differences in heavy drinking and negative alcohol-related consequences in a national sample of NCAA student-athlete drinkers." Journal of American College Health, 2021, pp. 1-9. |
| Zamboanga BL, Merrill JE, Olthuis JV, Martin JL, Cannon M, Jarrell JT, Meca A, Milroy JJ, Wyrick DL. "Racial, ethnic, and sex differences in heavy drinking and negative alcohol-related consequences in a national sample of NCAA student-athlete drinkers." Journal of American College Health, 2021, pp. 1-9. |
| Merrill JE, Boyle HK, López G, Riordan BC, Marie Ward R, Rosen RK, Carey KB. "Recent alcohol-induced blackouts among heavy drinking college students: A qualitative examination of intentions, willingness, and social context." Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2021. |
| Stevens AK, Haikalis M, Merrill JE. "Unplanned vs. planned drinking: Event-level influences of drinking motives and affect." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 112, 2021, pp. 106592. |
| Ward, Rose Marie, Riordan, Benjamin C., Merrill, Jennifer E. "I Still Don’t Know What Happened, Complete Blackout”: a Content Analysis of Tweets Referencing Alcohol-Induced Amnesia." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 56, no. 8, 2021, pp. 1202-1207. |
| DiBello, Angelo M., Miller, Mary Beth, Merrill, Jennifer E., Carey, Kate B. "A Test of the Theory of Planned Behavior in the Prediction of Alcohol‐Induced Blackout Intention and Frequency." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 225-232. |
| Merrill JE, Aston ER. "Alcohol demand assessed daily: Validity, variability, and the influence of drinking-related consequences." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 208, 2020, pp. 107838. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Fan, Pengyang, Wray, Tyler B., Miranda, Robert. "Assessment of Alcohol Use and Consequences: Comparison of Data Collected Via Timeline Followback Interview and Daily Reports." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 81, no. 2, 2020, pp. 212-219. |
| Merrill JE, Fan P, Wray TB, Miranda R Jr. "Assessment of Alcohol Use and Consequences: Comparison of Data Collected Via Timeline Followback Interview and Daily Reports." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 81, no. 2, 2020, pp. 212-219. |
| Carey KB, Merrill JE, Boyle HK, Barnett NP. "Correcting exaggerated drinking norms with a mobile message delivery system: Selective prevention with heavy-drinking first-year college students." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 34, no. 3, 2020, pp. 454-464. |
| Pedrelli P, Borsari B, Merrill JE, Fisher LB, Nyer M, Shapero BG, Farabaugh A, Hayden ER, Levine MT, Fava M, Weiss RD. "Evaluating the combination of a Brief Motivational Intervention plus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and heavy episodic drinking in college students." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 34, no. 2, 2020, pp. 308-319. |
| Miller MB, Davis CN, Merrill JE, DiBello AM, Carey KB. "Intentions and motives to experience alcohol-induced blackout among young adults in college." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 34, no. 6, 2020, pp. 690-698. |
| Boyle HK, Merrill JE, Carey KB. "Location-Specific Social Norms and Personal Approval of Alcohol Use are Associated with Drinking Behaviors in College Students." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 55, no. 10, 2020, pp. 1650-1659. |
| Merrill JE, Ward RM, Riordan BC. "Posting Post-Blackout: A Qualitative Examination of the Positive and Negative Valence of Tweets Posted after "Blackout" Drinking." Journal of Health Communication, vol. 25, no. 2, 2020, pp. 150-158. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Ward, Rose Marie, Riordan, Benjamin C. "Posting Post-Blackout: A Qualitative Examination of the Positive and Negative Valence of Tweets Posted after “Blackout” Drinking." Journal of Health Communication, 2020, pp. 1-9. |
| Lauher ML, Merrill JE, Boyle HK, Carey KB. "The relationship between unplanned drinking and event-level alcohol-related outcomes." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 34, no. 4, 2020, pp. 497-505. |
| Miller MB, DiBello AM, Merrill JE, Neighbors C, Carey KB. "The role of alcohol-induced blackouts in symptoms of depression among young adults." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 211, 2020, pp. 108027. |
| Riordan BC, Merrill JE, Ward RM. "Can't Wait to Blackout Tonight": An Analysis of the Motives to Drink to Blackout Expressed on Twitter." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 43, no. 8, 2019, pp. 1769-1776. |
| Treloar Padovano H, Merrill JE, Colby SM, Kahler CW, Gwaltney CJ. "Affective and Situational Precipitants of Smoking Lapses among Adolescents." Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2019. |
| Miller MB, DiBello AM, Meier E, Leavens ELS, Merrill JE, Carey KB, Leffingwell TR. "Alcohol-Induced Amnesia and Personalized Drinking Feedback: Blackouts Predict Intervention Response." Behavior Therapy, vol. 50, no. 1, 2019, pp. 25-35. |
| Miller MB, DiBello AM, Merrill JE, Carey KB. "Development and initial validation of the alcohol-induced blackout measure." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 99, 2019, pp. 106079. |
| Merrill JE, Boyle HK, Jackson KM, Carey KB. "Event-Level Correlates of Drinking Events Characterized by Alcohol-Induced Blackouts." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 43, no. 12, 2019, pp. 2599-2606. |
| Merrill JE, Miller MB, DiBello AM, Singh S, Carey KB. "How do college students subjectively evaluate "blackouts"?." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 89, 2019, pp. 65-69. |
| Zamboanga, Byron L., Merrill, Jennifer E., Olthuis, Janine V., Milroy, Jeffrey J., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Wyrick, David L. "Secondary effects of myPlaybook on college athletes' avoidance of drinking games or pregaming as a protective behavior strategy: A multisite randomized controlled study." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 228, 2019, pp. 135-141. |
| Merrill JE, Rosen RK, Walker SB, Carey KB. "A qualitative examination of contextual influences on negative alcohol consequence evaluations among young adult drinkers." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 1, 2018, pp. 29-39. |
| Miller MB, Merrill JE, Singh S, DiBello AM, Carey KB. "College student knowledge of blackouts and implications for alcohol intervention: A qualitative analysis." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 8, 2018, pp. 933-943. |
| Merrill JE, Boyle HK, Barnett NP, Carey KB. "Delivering normative feedback to heavy drinking college students via text messaging: A pilot feasibility study." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 83, 2018, pp. 175-181. |
| Janssen T, Treloar Padovano H, Merrill JE, Jackson KM. "Developmental relations between alcohol expectancies and social norms in predicting alcohol onset." Developmental Psychology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2018, pp. 281-292. |
| Miller MB, Merrill JE, DiBello AM, Carey KB. "Distinctions in Alcohol-Induced Memory Impairment: A Mixed Methods Study of En Bloc Versus Fragmentary Blackouts." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 42, no. 10, 2018, pp. 2000-2010. |
| DiBello AM, Benz MB, Miller MB, Merrill JE, Carey KB. "Examining residence status as a risk factor for health risk behaviors among college students." Journal of American College Health, vol. 66, no. 3, 2018, pp. 187-193. |
| Lowery, Ashley D., Merrill, Jennifer E., Carey, Kate B. "How acceptable are intoxicated behaviors? Discrepancy between personal versus perceived approval." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 76, 2018, pp. 258-264. |
| Gunn, Rachel L., Norris, Alyssa L., Sokolovsky, Alexander, Micalizzi, Lauren, Merrill, Jennifer E., Barnett, Nancy P. "Marijuana use is associated with alcohol use and consequences across the first 2 years of college." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 8, 2018, pp. 885-894. |
| Janssen T, Cox MJ, Merrill JE, Barnett NP, Sargent JD, Jackson KM. "Peer norms and susceptibility mediate the effect of movie alcohol exposure on alcohol initiation in adolescents." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 4, 2018, pp. 442-455. |
| Carey KB, Merrill JE, Walsh JL, Lust SA, Kalichman SC, Carey MP. "Predictors of short-term change after a brief alcohol intervention for mandated college drinkers." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 77, 2018, pp. 152-159. |
| Lopez-Vergara HI, Merrill JE, Carey KB. "Testing variability in response to a brief alcohol intervention: The role of self-regulation and the therapeutic relationship." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 2, 2018, pp. 205-212. |
| Merrill JE, Rosen RK, Boyle HK, Carey KB. "The influence of context in the subjective evaluation of "negative" alcohol-related consequences." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 3, 2018, pp. 350-357. |
| Carey KB, Walsh JL, Merrill JE, Lust SA, Reid AE, Scott-Sheldon LAJ, Kalichman SC, Carey MP. "Using e-mail boosters to maintain change after brief alcohol interventions for mandated college students: A randomized controlled trial." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 86, no. 9, 2018, pp. 787-798. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Kenney, Shannon R., Barnett, Nancy P. "A time-varying effect model of the dynamic association between alcohol use and consequences over the first two years of college." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 73, 2017, pp. 57-62. |
| Fernandez AC, Yurasek AM, Merrill JE, Miller MB, Zamboanga BL, Carey KB, Borsari B. "Do brief motivational interventions reduce drinking game frequency in mandated students? An analysis of data from two randomized controlled trials." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 31, no. 1, 2017, pp. 36-45. |
| Kenney, Shannon R., Merrill, Jennifer E., Barnett, Nancy P. "Effects of depressive symptoms and coping motives on naturalistic trends in negative and positive alcohol-related consequences." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 64, 2017, pp. 129-136. |
| Carey, Kate B., Balestrieri, Sara G., Miller, Mary Beth, Merrill, Jennifer E., DiBello, Angelo M., Benz, Madeline B. "Efficacy of the College Drinkers Check-Up for Student Drinkers Living Off Campus." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 78, no. 4, 2017, pp. 571-579. |
| Carey KB, Balestrieri SG, Miller MB, Merrill JE, DiBello AM, Benz MB. "Efficacy of the College Drinkers Check-Up for Student Drinkers Living Off Campus." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 78, no. 4, 2017, pp. 571-579. |
| Yurasek, Ali M., Merrill, Jennifer E., Metrik, Jane, Miller, Mary Beth, Fernandez, Anne C., Borsari, Brian. "Marijuana use in the context of alcohol interventions for mandated college students." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 79, 2017, pp. 53-60. |
| Benz MB, DiBello AM, Balestrieri SG, Miller MB, Merrill JE, Lowery AD, Mastroleo NR, Carey KB. "Off-Campus Residence as a Risk Factor for Heavy Drinking Among College Students." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 52, no. 9, 2017, pp. 1236-1241. |
| Lopez-Vergara, Hector I., Merrill, Jennifer E., Janssen, Tim, Jackson, Kristina M. "Social and Individual-Level Predictors of Alcohol Use Initiation and Escalation: Replicating and Extending Tests of Differential Effects." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 78, no. 3, 2017, pp. 452-457. |
| Lopez-Vergara HI, Merrill JE, Janssen T, Jackson KM. "Social and Individual-Level Predictors of Alcohol Use Initiation and Escalation: Replicating and Extending Tests of Differential Effects." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 78, no. 3, 2017, pp. 452-457. |
| Suffoletto B, Merrill JE, Chung T, Kristan J, Vanek M, Clark DB. "A text message program as a booster to in-person brief interventions for mandated college students to prevent weekend binge drinking." Journal of American College Health, vol. 64, no. 6, 2016, pp. 481-9. |
| Jackson KM, Merrill JE, Barnett NP, Colby SM, Abar CC, Rogers ML, Hayes KL. "Contextual influences on early drinking: Characteristics of drinking and nondrinking days." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 30, no. 5, 2016, pp. 566-577. |
| Lopez-Vergara HI, Spillane NS, Merrill JE, Jackson KM. "Developmental Trends in Alcohol Use Initiation and Escalation From Early to Middle Adolescence: Prediction by Urgency and Trait Affect." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 30, no. 5, 2016, pp. 578-587. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Miller, Mary Beth, Balestrieri, Sara G., Carey, Kate B. "Do my peers approve? Interest in injunctive norms feedback delivered online to college student drinkers." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 58, 2016, pp. 188-193. |
| Borsari, Brian, Merrill, Jennifer E., Yurasek, Ali, Miller, Mary Beth, Carey, Kate B. "Does a Brief Motivational Intervention Reduce Frequency of Pregaming in Mandated Students?." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 51, no. 8, 2016, pp. 1056-66. |
| Merrill JE, Carey KB. "Drinking Over the Lifespan: Focus on College Ages." Alcohol research : current reviews, vol. 38, no. 1, 2016, pp. 103-14. |
| Merrill JE, Lopez-Vergara HI, Barnett NP, Jackson KM. "Hypothetical evaluations of positive and negative alcohol consequences in adolescents across various levels of drinking experience." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 30, no. 8, 2016, pp. 811-818. |
| Merrill JE, Treloar H, Fernandez AC, Monnig MA, Jackson KM, Barnett NP. "Latent Growth Classes of Alcohol-Related Blackouts Over the First 2 Years of College." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 30, no. 8, 2016, pp. 827-837. |
| Aston, Elizabeth R., Merrill, Jennifer E., McCarthy, Denis M., Metrik, Jane. "Risk Factors for Driving After and During Marijuana Use." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 77, no. 2, 2016, pp. 309-316. |
| Miller, Mary Beth, Merrill, Jennifer E., Yurasek, Ali M., Mastroleo, Nadine R., Borsari, Brian. "Summer Versus School-Year Alcohol Use Among Mandated College Students." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 77, no. 1, 2016, pp. 51-57. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Kenney, Shannon R., Carey, Kate B. "The Effect of Descriptive Norms on Pregaming Frequency: Tests of Five Moderators." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 51, no. 8, 2016, pp. 1002-1012. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Martin, Scott, Abar, Caitlin C., Jackson, Kristina M. "Trajectories and correlates of reasons for abstaining or limiting drinking during adolescence." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 52, 2016, pp. 1-7. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Wardell, Jeffrey D., Read, Jennifer P. "Is Readiness to Change Drinking Related to Reductions in Alcohol Use and Consequences? A Week-to-Week Analysis." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 76, no. 5, 2015, pp. 790-798. |
| Barnett, Nancy P., Merrill, Jennifer E., Kahler, Christopher W., Colby, Suzanne M. "Negative evaluations of negative alcohol consequences lead to subsequent reductions in alcohol use." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 29, no. 4, 2015, pp. 992-1002. |
| Thomas, Suzanne E., Merrill, Jennifer E., von Hofe, Johanna, Magid, Viktoriya. "Coping Motives for Drinking Affect Stress Reactivity but Not Alcohol Consumption in a Clinical Laboratory Setting." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 75, no. 1, 2014, pp. 115-123. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Carey, Kate B., Lust, Sarah A., Kalichman, Seth C., Carey, Michael P. "Do students mandated to intervention for campus alcohol-related violations drink more than nonmandated students?." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 28, no. 4, 2014, pp. 1265-1270. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Wardell, Jeffrey D., Read, Jennifer P. "Drinking Motives in the Prospective Prediction of Unique Alcohol-Related Consequences in College Students." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 75, no. 1, 2014, pp. 93-102. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Carey, Kate B., Reid, Allecia E., Carey, Michael P. "Drinking reductions following alcohol-related sanctions are associated with social norms among college students." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 28, no. 2, 2014, pp. 553-8. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Reid, Allecia E., Carey, Michael P., Carey, Kate B. "Gender and depression moderate response to brief motivational intervention for alcohol misuse among college students." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 82, no. 6, 2014, pp. 984-92. |
| Reid, Allecia E., Carey, Kate B., Merrill, Jennifer E., Carey, Michael P. "Social network influences on initiation and maintenance of reduced drinking among college students." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 83, no. 1, 2014, pp. 36-44. |
| Wray TB, Merrill JE, Monti PM. "Using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to Assess Situation-Level Predictors of Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Consequences." Alcohol research : current reviews, vol. 36, no. 1, 2014, pp. 19-27. |
| Jackson, Kristina M, Roberts, Megan E, Colby, Suzanne M, Barnett, Nancy P, Abar, Caitlin C, Merrill, Jennifer E. "Willingness to Drink as a Function of Peer Offers and Peer Norms in Early Adolescence." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 75, no. 3, 2014, pp. 404-414. |
| Jackson KM, Roberts ME, Colby SM, Barnett NP, Abar CC, Merrill JE. "Willingness to drink as a function of peer offers and peer norms in early adolescence." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 75, no. 3, 2014, pp. 404-14. |
| Messeri P, Khan S, Millery M, Campbell A, Merrill J, Shih S, Kukafka R. "An information systems model of the determinants of electronic health record use." Applied Clinical Informatics, vol. 4, no. 2, 2013, pp. 185-200. |
| Merrill JE, Thomas SE. "Interactions between adaptive coping and drinking to cope in predicting naturalistic drinking and drinking following a lab-based psychosocial stressor." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 38, no. 3, 2013, pp. 1672-8. |
| Merrill, Jennifer E., Vermont, Leah N., Bachrach, Rachel L., Read, Jennifer P. "Is the Pregame to Blame? Event-Level Associations Between Pregaming and Alcohol-Related Consequences." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 74, no. 5, 2013, pp. 757-764. |
| Merrill JE, Read JP, Colder CR. "Normative perceptions and past-year consequences as predictors of subjective evaluations and weekly drinking behavior." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 38, no. 11, 2013, pp. 2625-34. |
| Read, Jennifer P., Merrill, Jennifer E., Griffin, Melissa J., Bachrach, Rachel L., Khan, Saba N. "Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Alcohol Problems: Self-Medication or Trait Vulnerability?." The American Journal on Addictions, vol. 23, no. 2, 2013, pp. 108-116. |
| Merrill JE, Read JP, Barnett NP. "The way one thinks affects the way one drinks: subjective evaluations of alcohol consequences predict subsequent change in drinking behavior." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 27, no. 1, 2013, pp. 42-51. |
| de Groot M, Doyle T, Kushnick M, Shubrook J, Merrill J, Rabideau E, Schwartz F. "Can lifestyle interventions do more than reduce diabetes risk? Treating depression in adults with type 2 diabetes with exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy." Current diabetes reports, vol. 12, no. 2, 2012, pp. 157-66. |
| Bachrach RL, Merrill JE, Bytschkow KM, Read JP. "Development and initial validation of a measure of motives for pregaming in college students." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 9, 2012, pp. 1038-45. |
| Simons, Jeffrey S., Dvorak, Robert D., Merrill, Jennifer E., Read, Jennifer P. "Dimensions and severity of marijuana consequences: Development and validation of the Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire (MACQ)." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 5, 2012, pp. 613-621. |
| Wardell JD, Read JP, Colder CR, Merrill JE. "Positive alcohol expectancies mediate the influence of the behavioral activation system on alcohol use: a prospective path analysis." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 37, no. 4, 2012, pp. 435-43. |
| Read JP, Colder CR, Merrill JE, Ouimette P, White J, Swartout A. "Trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms predict alcohol and other drug consequence trajectories in the first year of college." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 80, no. 3, 2012, pp. 426-39. |
| Wardell, Jeffrey D., Read, Jennifer P., Curtin, John J., Merrill, Jennifer E. "Mood and Implicit Alcohol Expectancy Processes: Predicting Alcohol Consumption in the Laboratory." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 36, no. 1, 2011, pp. 119-129. |
| de Groot M, Kushnick M, Doyle T, Merrill J, McGlynn M, Shubrook J, Schwartz F. "A Model of Community-Based Behavioral Intervention for Depression in Diabetes: Program ACTIVE." Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association, vol. 23, no. 1, 2010, pp. 18-25. |
| Read, Jennifer P., Merrill, Jennifer E., Bytschkow, Katrina. "Before the Party Starts: Risk Factors and Reasons for “Pregaming” in College Students." Journal of American College Health, vol. 58, no. 5, 2010, pp. 461-472. |
| Merrill JE, Read JP. "Motivational pathways to unique types of alcohol consequences." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 24, no. 4, 2010, pp. 705-11. |
| Merrill JE, Wardell JD, Read JP. "Is expectancy reality? Associations between tension reduction beliefs and mood following alcohol consumption." Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 17, no. 6, 2009, pp. 434-44. |
| Read, Jennifer P., Beattie, Melissa, Chamberlain, Rebecca, Merrill, Jennifer E. "Beyond the “Binge” threshold: Heavy drinking patterns and their association with alcohol involvement indices in college students." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 33, no. 2, 2008, pp. 225-234. |
| Read JP, Merrill JE, Kahler CW, Strong DR. "Predicting functional outcomes among college drinkers: reliability and predictive validity of the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 11, 2007, pp. 2597-610. |
K01 AA022938 Merrill (PI) 10/14 – 9/20
Real-Time Evaluations of Alcohol Consequences and Subsequent Drinking
This is a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award with the research aim of identifying the impact that event-level alcohol-related consequences have on subsequent drinking decisions among heavy drinking college students. Proposed training goals include building expertise in the following: (1) qualitative research methods to inform measures and methods development; (2) methodology of ecological momentary assessment (EMA); (3) analysis of EMA data; and (4) intervention development.
Role: Principal Investigator
R01 AA027495 Merrill (PI) 06/2019 – 05/2024
NIAAA
High-Intensity Drinking and Alcohol-Induced Blackouts among Young Adult Drinkers: An Event-level Analysis
Role: Principal Investigator
R34 AA 029733 Merrill (PI)
Daily personalized drinking feedback delivered via mobile phone
Role: Principal Investigator
R21 AA 029749 Merrill/Ward (MPIs)
A Novel Social Media approach to #Identification and #Screening for Hazardous Drinking among Diverse Non-College Young Adults
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator
Salomon Award, Office of VP for Research, Brown University 02/2019-02/2020
$15,000
Mobile-delivered Feedback on Drinking Events: Pilot Testing an Intervention for Heavy Drinking College Students
Role: Principal Investigator
R21AA026740 Barnett (PI) 05/2019-04/2021
NIAAA
Bystander Intervention for Alcohol-Related Risk Behavior: Instrument Development & Validation
Role: Co-Investigator
R21 AA024771 Carey (PI) 01/2017 – 12/2018
Correcting Exaggerated Drinking Norms with a Mobile Message Delivery System
This project develops content for a text-based corrective norms intervention and pilot tests implementation in a small RCT.
Role: Co-Investigator
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PhD | State University of New York at Buffalo |
2016 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction (CPA) Conference Outstanding Research Presentation Award, APA Division 50
2016 Early Career Investigator Award, Mechanisms of Behavior Change, Research Society on Alcoholism
2016 NIAAA/NIDA and Divisions 28/50 Early Career Poster and Travel Award, American Psychological Association
2016 Early Career Achievement Award, Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Addictive Behaviors Special Interest Group
2017 Scholar, Alcohol Medical Scholars Program (Director: Marc Schuckit, M.D.)
2017 Recent Alumnus Award, SUNY Brockport
2018 Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contribution Award, APA Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology)
2018 APA Early Career Achievement Award
2018 mHealth Training Institute (mHTI) Scholarship, NIH and UCLA
2021 Early Career Research Achievement Award, Brown University
2021 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring, School of Public Health, Brown University
2023 Mark Wood Outstanding Mentor Award, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Aston, Elizabeth | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) |
| Barnett, Nancy | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Carey, Kate | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Colby, Suzanne | Associate Director of Applied Learning for the MPH Program, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Jackson, Kristina | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) |
| Kahler, Christopher | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Director of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Metrik, Jane | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research), Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Treloar Padovano, Hayley | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Clinical Psychologist | 2014-2017 | #PS01479 |
| PHP 1540 - Alcohol Use and Misuse |
