Office: 2103R Cole Field House
E-mail: ereynolds@psyc.umd.edu
Work Phone: 301-405-8899
Curriculum Vitae
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Elizabeth Keats Reynolds Office: 2103R Cole Field House E-mail: ereynolds@psyc.umd.edu Work Phone: 301-405-8899 Curriculum Vitae |
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Background Information
I am a fourth year graduate student in clinical psychology. I received my BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 2004. As an undergraduate, I worked on a study designed to examine the effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions administered in the Psychiatric Emergency Service. After graduating, I worked for a year as a research assistant at the NYU Child Study Center in the Institute for Prevention Science. I assisted with a prevention program involving public schools and communities to promote social and academic competence and prevent conduct problems in preschoolers living in socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Research Interests
My current research interests focus on the mechanisms underlying the development and continuance of risk-taking behaviors. I am interested in the ways in which social context and personality interact to influence the initiation and trajectory of risk-taking behaviors. I am currently the project director of a NIDA grant that tests the utility of a behavioral measure of risk taking (the Balloon Analogue Risk Task) in prospectively predicting adolescent risk behaviors. I also assist with a NIDA grant examining drug choice, impulsivity, and risky sexual behavior among treatment seeking substance users. In 2007, I received NRSA funding for a project titled “Risk Factors in the Relationship between Gender and Crack Cocaine”. The goal of this exploratory study is to better understand why inner-city female drug users may be more likely to use crack cocaine than any other drug by specifically focusing on relevant environmental and personality factors.