I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. I received my PhD in Developmental Science from Boston University in 2016 and completed a postdoctoral training program at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University (2019). I am PI of a K01 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and a pilot project funded by Brown’s Center for Addiction Disease Risk Exacerbation.
I study the parent-child dyad across two sensitive developmental periods: perinatal and adolescent. Ongoing studies explore: 1) the etiology and treatment of perinatal substance use; 2) the generational transmission of risk associated with parental substance use and mental health; and 3) parenting and parent-child relationship quality.
| Micalizzi, Lauren, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Delaney, Daniel J., Gunn, Rachel L., Hernandez, Lynn, Kemp, Kathleen, Spirito, Anthony, Stein, L.A.R. "A psychometric assessment of the Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire for Marijuana (BSCQ-M) in juvenile justice-involved youth." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 125, 2022, pp. 107154. |
| deSteiguer AJ, Frazier EA, Gelman DJ, Hedrick MA, Micalizzi L. "Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health in an Adolescent Partial Hospital Program." Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, vol. 7, no. 4, 2022, pp. 452-462. |
| Murphy, Cara M., Micalizzi, Lauren, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Borrelli, Belinda, Jennings, Ernestine G., Lee, Christina S., Parker, Donna R., Risica, Patricia Markham. "Motivational interviewing telephone counseling to increase postpartum maintenance of abstinence from tobacco." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 132, 2022, pp. 108419. |
| Knopik VS, Micalizzi L, Marceau K, Loviska AM, Yu L, Bien A, Rolan E, Evans AS, Palmer RHC, Heath AC. "The roles of familial transmission and smoking during pregnancy on executive function skills: A sibling-comparison study." Dev Psychopathol, 2022, pp. 1-13. |
| Micalizzi L, Marceau K, Evans AS, Brick LA, Palmer RHC, Heath AC, Knopik VS. "A sibling-comparison study of smoking during pregnancy and risk for reading-related problems." Neurotoxicology and Teratology, vol. 84, 2021, pp. 106961. |
| Micalizzi L, Zambrotta NS, Bernstein MH. "Stockpiling in the time of COVID-19." British journal of health psychology, vol. 26, no. 2, 2021, pp. 535-543. |
| Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Gunn, Rachel L., Micalizzi, Lauren, White, Helene R., Jackson, Kristina M. "Alcohol and Marijuana Co-Use: Consequences, Subjective Intoxication, and the Operationalization of Simultaneous Use." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 212, 2020, pp. 107986. |
| Micalizzi L, Brick LA, Thomas SA, Wolff J, Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A. "Cannabis Use and Emotional Awareness Difficulties in Adolescents with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 55, no. 7, 2020, pp. 1-9. |
| Gunn, Rachel L., Stevens, Angela K., Micalizzi, Lauren, Jackson, Kristina M., Borsari, Brian, Metrik, Jane. "Longitudinal associations between negative urgency, symptoms of depression, cannabis and alcohol use in veterans." Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 28, no. 4, 2020, pp. 426-437. |
| Thomas SA, Brick LA, Micalizzi L, Wolff JC, Frazier EA, Graves H, Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A. "Parent-adolescent relationship characteristics and adolescent cannabis use: A growth curve analysis." The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 46, no. 5, 2020, pp. 659-669. |
| Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Hertel, Andrew W., Micalizzi, Lauren, White, Helene R., Hayes, Kerri L., Jackson, Kristina M. "Preliminary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking and vaping in college students." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 115, 2020, pp. 106783. |
| Coe, Jesse L., Micalizzi, Lauren, Josefson, Brittney, Parade, Stephanie H., Seifer, Ronald, Tyrka, Audrey R. "Sex Differences in Associations between Early Adversity, Child Temperament, and Behavior Problems." International Journal of Behavioral Development, vol. 44, no. 6, 2020, pp. 490-504. |
| Micalizzi L, Brick LA, Marraccini ME, Benca-Bachman CE, Palmer RHC, Knopik VS. "Single nucleotide polymorphism heritability and differential patterns of genetic overlap between inattention and four neurocognitive factors in youth." Development and Psychopathology, 2020, pp. 1-11. |
| Brick LA, Micalizzi L, Knopik VS, Palmer RHC. "Characterization of DSM-IV Opioid Dependence Among Individuals of European Ancestry." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 80, no. 3, 2019, pp. 319-330. |
| Micalizzi, Lauren, Brick, Leslie A., Flom, Megan, Ganiban, Jody M., Saudino, Kimberly J. "Effects of socioeconomic status and executive function on school readiness across levels of household chaos." Early Childhood Research Quarterly, vol. 47, 2019, pp. 331-340. |
| Brick, Leslie A., Marraccini, Marisa E., Micalizzi, Lauren, Benca-Bachman, Chelsie E., Knopik, Valerie S., Palmer, Rohan H.C. "Overlapping genetic effects between suicidal ideation and neurocognitive functioning." Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 249, 2019, pp. 104-111. |
| Micalizzi, Lauren, Marceau, Kristine, Brick, Leslie A., Palmer, Rohan H., Todorov, Alexandre A., Heath, Andrew C., Evans, Allison, Knopik, Valerie S. "Inhibitory control in siblings discordant for exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy." Developmental Psychology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2018, pp. 199-208. |
| 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. |
| Micalizzi L, Knopik VS. "Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring executive function: What do we know and what are the next steps?." Dev Psychopathol, vol. 30, no. 4, 2018, pp. 1333-1354. |
| Micalizzi, Lauren, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Janssen, Tim, Jackson, Kristina M. "Parental Social Support and Sources of Knowledge Interact to Predict Children’s Externalizing Behavior Over Time." Journal of Youth and Adolescence, vol. 48, no. 3, 2018, pp. 484-494. |
| Micalizzi, Lauren, Knopik, Valerie S. "Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring executive function: What do we know and what are the next steps?." Development and Psychopathology, vol. 30, no. 4, 2017, pp. 1333-1354. |
| Micalizzi, Lauren, Ronald, Angelica, Saudino, Kimberly J. "A Genetically Informed Cross-Lagged Analysis of Autistic-Like Traits and Affective Problems in Early Childhood." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 44, no. 5, 2015, pp. 937-947. |
| Micalizzi, Lauren, Wang, Manjie, Saudino, Kimberly J. "Difficult temperament and negative parenting in early childhood: a genetically informed cross-lagged analysis." Developmental Science, vol. 20, no. 2, 2015, pp. e12355. |
| Saudino, Kimberly J., Micalizzi, Lauren. "Emerging Trends in Behavioral Genetic Studies of Child Temperament." Child Development Perspectives, vol. 9, no. 3, 2015, pp. 144-148. |
Active projects:
K01DA048135 (PI: Micalizzi)
Prenatal Tobacco Exposure: Self-Regulatory Pathways to Externalizing Behaviors
NIGMS COBRE Pilot Award (PI: Monti)
Multimethod Examination of the Effects of Perinatal Cannabis Use on Postpartum Depression and the Mother Infant Dyad
Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies Research Excellence Award (MPI: Bernstein, Micalizzi)
Precision Medicine and Open-Label Placebo (OLP): Do Genes Moderate OLP Effects?
R01DA045396 (PI: Spirito)
Brief Individual and Parent Interventions for Marijuana Misuse in Truant Adolescents
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | PhD | Boston University |
| T32 Postdoctoral Fellow | Brown University , center for alcohol and addiction studies | 2017-2019 | Providence, RI, United States |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Aston, Elizabeth | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Becker, Sara | Adjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Bernstein, Michael | Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging |
| Cassidy, Rachel | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Vice Chair of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Gunn, Rachel | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Jackson, Kristina | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) |
| Kemp, Kathleen | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Metrik, Jane | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Murphy, Cara | Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Parade, Stephanie | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Risica, Patricia | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Director of the Undergraduate Public Health Concentration, Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
| Scott, Kelli | Adjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Seifer, Ronald | Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Sokolovsky, Alexander | Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Spirito, Anthony | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Treloar Padovano, Hayley | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
