Biography

Dr. Barnett is an Associate Professor (Research) in the Department of Community Health. She completed her graduate training at the University of Washington and her predoctoral and postdoctoral training at Brown University. Her primary areas of interest are 1) developing and testing brief interventions for substance use among adolescents and young adults, 2) how change occurs following alcohol-related critical events, and 3) the use of internet-based and transdermal technologies for the assessment and treatment of alcohol use disorders. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to investigate brief interventions for adolescents and young adults, to investigate naturalistic change in college students, and to develop a contingency management intervention for alcohol abuse using transdermal alcohol detection technology. Her recent publications have focused on efficacy, mediators, and moderators of brief interventions for adolescents and young adults, predictors of change following alcohol-related experiences, and characteristics of college students who have specific alcohol-related events. Dr. Barnett has served on numerous scientific review committees for the Center for Scientific Review and NIAAA, chaired the 2009 annual conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism, and is the Associate Editor of the Brown University Digest of Addiction Theory and Application (DATA).

Institutions

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Research Description

Dr. Barnett's research has been funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to investigate brief interventions for adolescents and young adults, to investigate naturalistic change in college students, and to develop a contingency management intervention for alcohol abuse using transdermal alcohol detection technology. Her recent publications have focused on efficacy, mediators, and moderators of brief interventions for adolescents and young adults, predictors of change following alcohol-related experiences, and characteristics of college students who have specific alcohol-related events. In addition to her research, Dr. Barnett is a Co-Investigator on seven other research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, including alcohol treatment outcome trials for adolescents, college students, and emergency room and trauma patients, an assessment study of drinking milestones in adolescents, an investigation of treatment processes in Motivational Interviewing, and a study of the dissemination of evidence-based treatments for substance use.

Awards

Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Training Program, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, 1998-1999.
Sharon Chauncey Award, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, 1999.

Affiliations

American Psychological Association
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
Research Society on Alcoholism

Funded Research

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): "Naturalistic Influences on Alcohol Problems in College"
9/30/03 –8/31/08, $3,290,694 total costs.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA):
"Contingency Management for Alcohol Abuse Using Transdermal Alcohol Detection."
9/15/08 – 8/31/10, $417,376 total costs.

NIAAA: "Motivational Interviews for Mandated ETOH Education."
04/01/00 - 03/31/05; $549,403 total direct costs.

Selected Publications

• Barnett, N. P., Wei, J., & Czachowski, C. (2009). Measured alcohol content in college party mixed drinks. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23(1), 152-156.(2009)
• Barnett, N. P., Borsari, B., Hustad, J.T.P., Tevyaw, T. O, Colby, S. M., Kahler, C.W., Monti, P. M. (2008). Profiles of college students mandated to alcohol intervention. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69, 684-694.(2008)
• Monti, P. M., Barnett, N. P., Colby, S. M., Gwaltney, C., Spirito, A., Rohsenow, D., & Woolard, R. (2007). Motivational interviewing vs. feedback only for young adult problem drinking in emergency care. Addiction, 102, 1234-1243.(2007)
• Barnett, N. P., Murphy, J. G., Colby, S. M., Monti, P. M. (2007). Brief motivational intervention vs. computerized alcohol education with college students mandated to intervention. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2529-2548.(2007)
• Goldstein, A., Barnett, N. P., Pedlow, C. T. & Murphy, J. G. (2007). Drinking in conjunction with sexual experiences among at-risk college student drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68(5), 697-705.(2007)
• Barnett, N. P., Goldstein, A., Murphy, J. G., Colby, S. M., & Monti, P. M. (2006). "I'll never drink like that again": Characteristics of alcohol-related incidents and predictors of motivation to change in college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67(5), 754-763.(2006)
• Barnett, N. P., & Read, J. P. (2005). Mandatory alcohol intervention for alcohol abusing college students: A systematic review. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 29(2),147-158.(2005)
• Spirito, A., Monti, P., Barnett, N. P., Colby, S. M., Sindelar, H., Rohsenow, D. J., Lewander, W., & Myers, M. (2004). A randomized clinical trial of a brief motivational intervention for alcohol positive adolescents treated in an Emergency Department. The Journal of Pediatrics, 145(3), 396-402.(2004)
• Barnett, N. P., Tevyaw, T. O., Fromme, K., Borsari, B., Carey, K. B., Corbin, W.R., Colby, S. M., & Monti, P. M. (2004). Brief alcohol interventions with mandated or adjudicated college students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28(6), 966-975.(2004)
• Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M, Spirito, A., Colby, S. M., Rohsenow, D. J., Ruffolo, L., & Woolard, R. (2003). Alcohol use and related harm among older adolescents treated in an Emergency Department: The importance of alcohol status and college status. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64(3), 342-349.(2003)
• Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M., Cherpitel, C., Bendtsen, P., Borges, G., Colby, S. M., Nordqvist, C., & Johansson, K. (2003). Identification and brief treatment of alcohol problems with medical patients: An international perspective. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(2), 262-270.(2003)
• D'Amico, E. J., Barnett, N. P., Monti, P. M., Colby, S. M., Spirito, A., & Rohsenow, D. J. (2002). Does alcohol use mediate the association between alcohol evaluations and alcohol-related problems in adolescents? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,16(2), 157-160.(2002)
• Barnett, N. P., Lebeau-Craven, R., O'Leary, T. A., Colby, S. M., Woolard, R., Rohsenow, D. J., Spirito, A., & Monti, P. M. (2002). Predictors of motivation to change after medical treatment for drinking-related events in adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 16(2), 106-112.(2002)
• Spirito, A., Barnett, N. P., Lewander, W., Colby, S. M., Rohsenow, D. J., Eaton, C. A., & Monti, P. M. (2001). Risks associated with alcohol-positive status among adolescents in the Emergency Department: A matched case-control study. The Journal of Pediatrics, 139(5), 694-699.(2001)
• Monti, P. M., Barnett, N. P., O'Leary, T., & Colby, S. M. (2001). Motivational enhancement for alcohol-involved adolescents. In P. M. Monti, S. M. Colby, & T. A. O'Leary (Eds.), Adolescents and Substance Abuse (pp. 145-182). New York: Guilford.(2001)
• Barnett, N. P. Monti, P. M., & Wood, M. D. (2001). Motivational interviewing for alcohol-involved adolescents in the emergency room. In E. F. Wagner & H. B. Waldron (Eds.), Innovations in Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention (pp. 143-168). Oxford: Elsevier.(2001)
• Monti, P. M., Colby, S. M., Barnett, N. P., Spirito, A., Rohsenow, D. J., Myers, M., Woolard, R., & Lewander, W. (1999). Brief intervention for harm reduction with alcohol-positive older adolescents in a hospital Emergency Department. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67(6), 989-994.(1999)
• Barnett, N. P., Spirito, A., Colby, S. M., Vallee, J. A., Woolard, R., Lewander, B., & Monti, P. M. (1998). Detection of alcohol use in adolescent patients in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine, 5(6), 607-612.(1998)