Dr. Kate Carey studies the causes and consequences of risky drinking, and the factors contributing to alcohol-related risk reduction. Research interests include screening and brief interventions for at-risk drinking, motivation to change, young adult drinking, alcohol use and risky sexual behavior.

Biography

Kate Carey earned her PhD at Vanderbilt University in clinical psychology in 1985 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in addiction and behavioral medicine at the Miriam Hospital/Brown University. She joins the faculty in Public Health after 21 years at Syracuse University where she mentored 14 doctoral students and taught graduate and undergraduate courses. Her research addresses motivation to change substance use, application of screening and brief intervention models for at-risk drinkers, influence of social norms on drinking behavior, and the contribution of alcohol intoxication on sexual risk behavior. She has been funded by NIAAA for both therapy development and comparative efficacy trials of brief interventions with young adult drinkers. Her research has investigated mediators (readiness to change, normative perceptions) and moderators (gender, self-regulation, social comparison) of intervention response, as well as methods designed to enhance maintenance of change.

Awards

2005, Syracuse University Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award
2007, William Wasserstrom Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Syracuse University
2007, Department of Psychology Alumni Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Service

Affiliations

American Psychological Association, Divisions 12 (Fellow) & 50 (Fellow)
Association for Psychological Science
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Research Society on Alcoholism
Society of Behavioral Medicine
American Public Health Association

Funded Research

CURRENT
Title: Brief Alcohol Interventions by Counselor and Computer
Source/Type: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, R01-AA012518
Role: Principal Investigator
Total Costs: $1,464,558
Duration: 2/2011 – 1/2015

Title: HIV Prevention for STD Patients
Source/Type: National Institute on Mental Health, R01-MH068171
Role: Co-Investigator (M. Carey, PI)
Total Costs: $2,863,622
Duration: 2009 - 2014

Title: Within-session Mechanisms of Behavior Change in At-Risk College Students
Source/Type: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, R01-AA017427
Role: Co-Investigator (B. Borsari, PI)
Total Costs: $1,551,124
Duration: 2009 – 2014

Title: Multilevel Alcohol and HIV Prevention in South Africa
Source/Type: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, R01-AA017399
Role: Co-Investigator (S. Kalichman, PI)
Total Costs: $3,326,362
Duration: 2007 - 2012

RECENT PAST
Title: Subpopulation Differences in Intervention Efficacy for College Drinkers
Source/Type: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, R03-AA018771
Role: Co-Investigator (J. Henson, PI)
Total Costs: $174,526
Duration: 2010 - 2012

Title: Alcohol Use and Health in Young Women
Source/Type: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, R21-AA018257
Role: Co-Investigator (M. Carey, PI)
Total Costs: $401,500
Duration: 2009 - 2011

Title: Brief Alcohol Interventions by Counselor vs. Computer
Source/Type: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, R01-AA012518
Role: Principal Investigator
Total Costs: $1,941,674
Duration: 2005 – 2011

Title: K02 AA15574: Interventions for At-Risk College Drinkers
Source/Type: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Role: Principal Investigator
Total Costs: $930,831
Duration: 2005 – 2010

Teaching Experience

Dr. Carey has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Substantive areas include psychopathology, alcohol studies, and assessment.

Courses Taught

• Alcohol Use and Misuse (PHP 1540)

Selected Publications

• Seigers, D. K. L., & Carey, K. B. (2011). Screening and brief interventions for alcohol use in college health centers: A review. Journal of American College Health, 59, 151-158.(2011)
• Carey, K. B., Carey, M. P., Henson, J. M., Maisto, S. A., & DeMartini, K. S. (2011). Brief alcohol interventions for mandated college students: Comparison of face-to-face counseling and computer-delivered interventions. Addiction, 106, 528-537.(2011)
• Carey, K. B., Henson, J. M., Carey, M. P., & Maisto, S. A. (2010). Perceived norms mediate effects of a brief motivational intervention for sanctioned college drinkers. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 17, 58-71.(2010)
• Carey, K. B., Henson, J. M., Carey, M. P., & Maisto, S. A. (2009). Computer versus in-person interventions for students violating campus alcohol policy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 74-87.(2009)
• Carey, K. B., Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., Elliott, J. C., Bolles, J. R., & Carey, M. P. (2009). Computer-delivered interventions to reduce college student drinking: A meta-analysis. Addiction, 104, 1807-1819.(2009)
• Carey, K. B., Scott-Sheldon, L., Carey, M. P., & DeMartini, K. (2007). Individual-level interventions to reduce college student drinking: A meta-analytic review. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2469-2494.(2007)