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Associate Professor of Psychology

Director of Heads UP
Responsible Drinking Project 


www.lmu.edu/headsup

University Hall 4753

(310) 338 - 5238

jlabrie@lmu.edu


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Education and Training:

2001-2002 VA Medical Center, West Los Angeles

1996-2002 University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

1995-1996 Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
Studies in Pastoral Counseling and Theology

1992-1995 Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
Master of Divinity

1984-1986, 1989 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master of Science in Mathematics

1987-1988 Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
Licentiate in Philosophical Studies

1979-1983 Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
B.S. Mathematics and Theology

Honors and Research 2005 Grantee ($100,000), Alcoholic Beverage and Medical Research Foundation

2005 Grantee ($124,000), U.S. Department of Education Grant Competition for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses

2005 Awardee, National Institute on Drug Abuse Early Career Researcher Award

2004-2007 Grantee ($671,000), National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Rapid Response to College Student Drinking Problem Grant Competition.

2003-2005 Grantee ($273,000), U.S. Department of Education Grant Competition to reduce high risk drinking and violence on college campuses.

2003 LMU Summer Faculty Research Grant Award ($4000)

2000-2001 Kellerman Dissertation Research Grant Award, University of Southern California

Research Interests

Alcohol, Substance Abuse Treatment, Sexual Behavior, Major Mental Illness, Motivational Approaches to Behavior Change

Courses:

Introduction to Psychology; Introduction to Clinical Psychology; Research Methods; Abnormal Psychology; Substance Abuse Treatment; Alcohol, Drugs, and Human Behavior.

Clinical Interests:

Adolescent / Early Adulthood Adjustment, Sexual Identity Issues, Addictive Behaviors / Substance Abuse Interventions, Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder

Publications:

LaBrie, J. W., Tawalbeh, S., Earleywine, M. (2006, In Press). Differentiating adjudicated from non-adjudicated freshmen men: The role of alcohol expectancies, tension, and concern about health. Journal of College Student Development

LaBrie, J. W., Earleywine, M. E., Lamb, T., & Shelesky, K (2006, In Press). Comparing Electronic-Keypad Responses to Paper-and-Pencil Questionnaires In Group Assessments of Alcohol Consumption and Related Attitudes. Addictive Behaviors.

LaBrie, J. W., Lamb, T., Pedersen, E. R., & Quinlan, T. (2006. A group Motivational Interviewing intervention reduces drinking and alcohol-related consequences in adjudicated college students. Journal of College Student Development, 47 (3), 267-280.

LaBrie, J. W., Pedersen, E., & Lamb, T., Bove, E. (2006). Heads UP! A Nested Intervention with Freshmen Male College Students to Promote Responsible Drinking. Journal of American College Health, 54, 301-304.

LaBrie, J.W., Pedersen, E.R., & Tawalbeh, S. (2006, In Press). Classifying risky drinking among college students: Another look at the two-week drinker type categorization. Journal of Studies on Alcohol.

Pedersen, E. R., & LaBrie, J. W. (2006, In Press). Drinking game participation among college students: Gender and ethnic implications. Addictive Behaviors.

Pedersen, E. R., & LaBrie, J. W. (2006). A within-subjects validation of a group administered Timeline Followback. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67(2), 332-335.

LaBrie, J.W., Pedersen, E.R., Earleywine, M., & Olsen, H. (2006). Reducing heavy drinking in college males with the decisional balance: Analyzing an element of Motivational Interviewing. Addictive Behaviors, 31, 254-263.

LaBrie, J. W., Earleywine, M., Schiffman, J., Pedersen, E.R., & Marriot, C. (2005). The effects of alcohol, expectancies, and partner type on condom use in college males: An event level study. Journal of Sex Research, 42(3), 259-266.

LaBrie, J. W., Quinlan, T., Schiffman, J., & Earleywine, M. (2005). Performance of alcohol and safer sex rulers compared to readiness to change questionnaires. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 19(1), 112-115.

LaBrie, J. W., Pedersen, E., Earleywine, M. (2005). A Group-Administered Timeline Followback Assessment of Alcohol Use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66, 693-697.

Schiffman, J., Nakamura, B., Earleywine, M., & LaBrie, J. (2005). Symptoms of schizotypy precede cannabis use. Psychiatry Research, 134, 37-42.

Lamb, T., & LaBrie, J. W. (2005). Changes in drinking patterns during the transition to college among freshmen males. Abstract. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 29 (5, Supp.), 22A

Pedersen, E., & LaBrie, J. W. (2005). An alcohol targeted decisional balance intervention with high risk college males. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 29 (5, Supp.), 73A

LaBrie, J. W., Lamb, T., & Pedersen, E. (2005). A group motivational intervention to reduce problematic drinking with college students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 29 (5, Supp.), 74A

LaBrie, J. W., & Earleywine, M. E. (2003). Part I: Socially undesirable behaviors: The case of risky sex. Sex Offender Law Report, 4, 49-50, 59-62.

LaBrie, J. W., Schiffman, J. E, & Earleywine, M. E. (2002). Expectancies specific to Condom Use Mediate the Alcohol and Sexual Risk Relationship. The Journal of Sex Research, 39, 117-125.

LaBrie, J. W. & Earleywine, M. E. (2000). Sexual risk behavior and alcohol: Higher base rates revealed using the unmatched-count technique. The Journal of Sex Research, 37, 321-326.

Schiffman, J.,LaBrie, J. W., Carter, J.; Cannon, T., Schulsinger, F., Parnas, J., & Mednick, S. (2002). Perception of parent-child relationships in high-risk families, and adult schizophrenia outcome of offspring. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 36, 41-47.

Schiffman, J., Abrahamson, A., Cannon, T., LaBrie, J., Parnas, J., Schlusinger, F., & Mednick, S. (2001). Early rearing factors in Schizophrenia. International Journal of Mental Health, 30, 3-16.

Schiffman, J., Ekstron, M., LaBrie, J., Schlusinger, F., Sorenson, H., & Mednick, S. (2002). Minor physical anomalies and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: A prospective investigation. American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 238-243.

Schiffman, J., LaBrie, J., Cannon, T., Parnas, J., Shlusinger, F., Mednick, S. (2001). The two hit model and schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A prospective investigation. Submitted to Schizophrenia Bulletin.