Additional Titles & Roles
- Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Psychiatry
- Director, Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Clinical Research Training Center
- Co-Director, LEAD Global Training Program at Washington University
Education & Training
- PhD: State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 2004
- BA: University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1998
Research Interests
Research interests include mental health epidemiology and understanding how policy and social media shape health risk behaviors of young people.
Key Publications
- Cavazos-Rehg PA, Sowles SJ, Krauss MJ, Agbonavbare V, Grucza R, Bierut L, A content analysis of tweets about high-potency marijuana. Drug Alcohol Depend 2016: 166, 100-108.
- Krauss MJ, Sowles SJ, Sehi A, Spitznagel EL, Berg CJ, Bierut LJ, Cavazos-Rehg PA. Marijuana advertising exposure among current marijuana users in the U.S. Drug Alc Depend 2017: 174, 192-200.
Read publication »Twitter Chatter about Marijuana - Cavazos-Rehg PA, Housten AJ, Krauss MJ, Sowles SJ, Spitznagel EL, Chaloupka FJ, Grucza R, Johnston LD, O’Malley PM, Bierut LJ, Selected state policies and associations with alcohol use behaviors and risky driving behaviors among youth: Findings from Monitoring the Future study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2016: 40(5), 1030-1036.
Read publication »Monitoring of Non-cigarette Tobacco Use using Google Trends - Cavazos-Rehg PA, Krauss MJ, Sowles S, Connolly S, Rosas C, Bharadwaj M, Bierut LJ, A content analysis of depression-related tweets. Comput Human Behav 2016: 54, 351-357
Read publication »Associations between selected state laws and teenagers’ drinking and driving behaviors - Cavazos-Rehg PA, Krauss MJ, Kim Y, Emery SL, Risk factors associated with hookah use. Nicotine Tob Res 2015: 17(12): 1482-1490
Read publication »Associations between selected state laws and teenagers’ drinking and driving behaviors - Cavazos-Rehg PA, Krauss MJ, Spitznagel EL, Schootman M, Cottler LB, & Bierut LJ. Number of sexual partners and associations with initiation and intensity of substance use. AIDS Behav, 2011; 15(4):869-74.
Read publication »Number of Sexual Partners and Associations with Initiation and Intensity of Substance Use
Funded Research Projects
NCATS(Significant Contributor):Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (KL2); Institutional Career Development Core (Fraser, KL2 Core Director)
NIDA(PI):Implications of Social Media Content and Engagement for Alcohol and Marijuana Use
NIDA(PI):Building on Bridging the Gap: Environmental Influences on Teen Substance Use
NIAAA(PI):Implications of Social Media Use for Alcohol Use Among Youth and Young Adults
NIMH(Significant Contributor):Leveraging Social Media to Identify and Connect Teens with Eating Disorders to a Mobile Guided Self-Help Mobile Intervention
SAMHSA(Significant Contributor):Missouri’s Opioid Response Grant (SOR)
NIDA(PI):mHealth to help pregnant and postpartum women in recovery for opioid use disorder
NIMHD(PI):Training LEADers to Accelerate Global Mental Health Disparities in Research (LEAD)
NIDA(Significant Contributor):1/2 – Optimizing access, engagement and assessment to elucidate prenatal influences on neurodevelopment: The Brains Begin Before Birth (B4) Midwest Consortium
NIDA(Significant Contributor):Recreational Marijuana Marketing and Young Adult Consumer Behavior
National Science Foundation(Significant Contributor):RAPID: Social Media Based Algorithms and Interventions to Tackle the Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis
SAMHSA(Key Personnel):uMAT-R: A mobile application to support individuals in Missouri who are recovering from Opioid Use Disorders (OUD)
Arnold Ventures(Significant Contributor):State-level Barriers and Facilitators for Evidence-Based Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Among the Uninsured Population
NIMH(Significant Contributor):Suubi+Adherence-US: A Combination Intervention Utilizing Community Health Workers to Address Treatment Outcomes among young people living with HIV
NIDA(PI):mHealth to help pregnant and postpartum women in recovery for opioid use disorder