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****Dr. Meshesha will NOT be considering graduate student applicants for 2025-2026 academic year.***

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Principal Investigator: Lidia Meshesha, PhD

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• Meshesha, L.Z., Magri, T.D.,* Braun, T.D., Sillice, M.A, Nguyen, M.D., Suren, V., & Abrantes, A.M. (2023). Patient Perspective on the Role of Substance-Free Activities During Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment: A Mixed-Method Study. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 41(3), 309-321.

• Abrantes, A.M., Meshesha, L.Z., Blevins, C.E., Battle, C., Lindsay, C., Marsh, E., Feltus, S., Buman, M., Agu, E., & Stein, M.D. (2022). A Smartphone Physical Activity App for Patients in Alcohol Treatment: An Open Pilot Trial. JMIR Formative Research, 6(10), e(35926).
• Meshesha, L. Z., Emery, N. N., Blevins, C. E., Battle, C. L., Sillice, M. A., Marsh, E., … & Abrantes, A. M. (2021). Behavioral activation, affect, and self-efficacy in the context of alcohol treatment for women with elevated depressive symptoms. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.
• Meshesha, L. Z., Aston, E. R., Teeters, J. B., Blevins, C. E., Battle, C. L., Marsh, E., & Abrantes, A. M. (2020). Evaluating alcohol demand, craving, and depressive symptoms among women in alcohol treatment. Addictive behaviors, 109, 106475.

• Meshesha, L. Z., Soltis, K. E., Wise, E. A., Rohsenow, D. J., Witkiewitz, K., & Murphy, J. G. (2020). Pilot trial investigating a brief behavioral economic intervention as an adjunctive treatment for alcohol use disorder. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 108002.

• Aston, E., & Meshesha, L.Z. (2020). Assessing cannabis demand: A comprehensive review of the marijuana purchase task. Neurotherapeutics, 1-13.

• Joyner, K.J., Meshesha, L.Z., Dennhardt, A., Borsari, B., Martens, M.P., & Murphy, J.G. (2019). High Opportunity Cost Demand as an Indicator of Weekday Drinking and Distinctly Severe Alcohol Problems: A Behavioral Economic Analysis. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43(12), 2607-2619.

• Teeters, J.B., Meshesha, L.Z., Dennahrdt, A.M., & Murphy, J.G. (2019). Elevated demand and proportionate substance-related reinforcement are associated with driving after cannabis use. Canadian Journal of Addiction, 20(3), 42-50.

• Murphy, J.G., Dennhardt, A.A., Martens, M.P., Borsari, B., Witkiewitz, K., & Meshesha, L.Z. (2019). A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Efficacy of a Brief Alcohol Intervention Supplemented with a Substance-Free Activity Session or Relaxation Training. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(7), 657.

• Acuff, S. F., Soltis, K. E., Luciano, M. T., Meshesha, L. Z., Pedrelli, P., Dennhardt, A. A., & Murphy, J. G. (2018). Depressive symptoms as predictors of alcohol problem domains and reinforcement among heavy drinking college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(7), 792-799.

• Meshesha, L. Z., Utzelmann, B., Dennhardt, A.A., & Murphy, J.G. (2018). A behavioral economic analysis of marijuana and other drug use among heavy drinking young adults. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 4(1), 65-75.