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Richard Grucza, PhD
Current
Position
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University Roles
Coursemaster, Epidemiology Seminar
Scholar, Institute for Public Helath
Education and Training
B.S. Rochester Institute of Technology, 1989
M.S. Pennsylvania State University, 1991
Ph. D. Washington University, 2000
Master in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Washington University, 2003
Major Awards
Walter G. Klopfer Award for distinguished contribution to the literature in personality assessment
Areas of Research Interests
Human molecular genetics and epidemiology of substance use disorders, gene-environment interactions.
Key Publications
Grucza RA, Norberg, KE, Bierut LJ. Binge drinking among youth and young adults in the United States: 1979-2006. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2009, 48: 7(In Press - 2009)
Grucza RA, Wang JC, Stitzel JA, Hinrichs AL, Saccone SF, Saccone NL, Bucholz KK, Cloninger CR, Neuman RJ, Budde JP, Fox L, Bertelsen S, Kramer J, Hesselbrock V, Tischfield J, Nurnberger JI Jr, Almasy L, Porjesz B, Kuperman S, Schuckit MA, Edenberg HJ, Rice JP, Goate AM, Bierut LJ (2008 Dec 1). A risk allele for nicotine dependence in CHRNA5 is a protective allele for cocaine dependence. Biol Psychiatry. 64(11): 922-9. Full Article ->
Grucza RA, Bucholz KK, Rice JP, Bierut LJ (2008 May). Secular trends in the lifetime prevalence of alcohol dependence in the United States: a re-evaluation. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 32(5): 763-70. Full Article ->
Grucza RA, Abbacchi AM, Przybeck TR, Gfroerer JC (2007 Apr). Discrepancies in estimates of prevalence and correlates of substance use and disorders between two national surveys. Addiction. 102(4): 623-9. Full Article ->
Grucza RA, Przybeck TR, Cloninger CR (2007 Mar-Apr). Prevalence and correlates of binge eating disorder in a community sample. Compr Psychiatry. 48(2): 124-31. Full Article ->
Grucza RA, Robert Cloninger C, Bucholz KK, Constantino JN, Schuckit MI, Dick DM, Bierut LJ (2006 Jul). Novelty seeking as a moderator of familial risk for alcohol dependence. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 30(7): 1176-83. Full Article ->
Funded Research Projects
NIAAA(PI):Alcohol Dependence in African-Americans: A Case-Control Genetic Study
NIDA(PI):Early Substance Use and Addiction: Genes, Environment, and Epidemiology
NHGRI(Key Personnel):Study of Addiction: Genetics and Environment
NIDA(Key Personnel):Genome-wide Association Study of HIV-1 Host Genetics among Injection Drug Users
NCI(Key Personnel):The Collaborative Genetic Study of Nicotine Dependence
NIDA(Key Personnel):Case Control Candidate Gene Study of Addiction