Matthew Kirkpatrick, PhD
Associate Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences
Biography
Dr. Kirkpatrick's research uses laboratory psychopharmacology, Ecological Momentary Assessment, and survey methods to focus on how drug use - both normal and problematic - functions in social contexts. His work examines the acute and residual effects of a range of psychoactive drugs (including alcohol, nicotine, and amphetamines) in ethnically diverse populations of both current drug abusers and healthy normal volunteers, and under various laboratory and naturalistic conditions. His current interests focus on: (1) the complex bi-directional interactions between acute drug effects and social settings, and how these interactions contribute to the rewarding effects of drugs; and (2) how friends and family can either help or hinder quit attempts (especially cigarette smoking quit attempts). Overall, this multidisciplinary approach carries direct clinical relevance as it will improve our understanding of drug use, which will help to develop novel treatments for those who wish to quit.
Publications
Conceptualizing Health Behaviors as Acute Mood-Altering Agents: Implications for Cancer Control.
Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2020 Apr;13(4):343-350. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-19-0345. Epub 2020 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 31948998; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7158868.
Detection of acute 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) effects across protocols using automated natural language processing.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2020 Apr;45(5):823-832. doi: 10.1038/s41386-020-0620-4. Epub 2020 Jan 24. PubMed PMID: 31978933; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7075895.
Content Analysis of Instagram Posts From 2019 With Cartoon-Based Marketing of e-Cigarette-Associated Products.
JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Jul 20;. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1987. Epub 2020 Jul 20. PubMed PMID: 32687566; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7372496.
Subjective effects of combustible, vaporized, and edible cannabis: Results from a survey of adolescent cannabis users.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Jan 1;206:107716. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107716. Epub 2019 Nov 4. PubMed PMID: 31718923;
Sensory attributes of e-cigarette flavours and nicotine as mediators of interproduct differences in appeal among young adults.
Tob Control. 2020 Nov;29(6):679-686. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055172. Epub 2019 Dec 18. PubMed PMID: 31852818; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7473634.
Courses Taught
- Health Behavior Statistical Methods
- Health Behavior Research Methods