Veronica Richards, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the TSET Health Promotion Research Center and the Department of Health Promotion Sciences within the Hudson College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences.
Dr. Richards completed her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Florida in 2022 and then completed postdoctoral training at the Pennsylvania State University’s NIDA-funded T32 Prevention and Methodology Training program. She has been involved in alcohol-related research for over six years and has focused on two main areas: biomarkers and alcohol-related consequences in diverse populations. Dr. Richards has expertise in intensive longitudinal designs and advanced statistical methodologies (e.g., multilevel modeling).
Her graduate research focused on the measurement of alcohol use in adults with HIV. Her current research uses intensive longitudinal designs which include transdermal alcohol biosensors and ecological momentary assessments to understand factors associated with young adult drinking and related consequences. Dr. Richards is particularly interested in the relationship between alcohol-induced blackouts and other alcohol-related consequences (e.g., driving while intoxicated, sexual assault). The overarching goal of her research is to reduce alcohol-related harm in young adults.
Dr. Richards has published approximately 30 peer-reviewed articles. She has collaborated on over 50 scientific presentations at regional, national, and international conferences and won several prestigious awards for her work, including the Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award.
Education:
Degree-Granting Institutions
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, PhD in Epidemiology (2022)
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, MPH in Epidemiology (2018)
Postgraduate Training
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Prevention and Methodology Training Program (2022-2024)
Funding:
12/2022 – 7/2023
Multiple Principal Investigator
Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University
Examining the association of within-person patterns of daily drinking (using sensors) and early signs of alcohol disorders in a college population
MPIs: Richards, V., Turrisi, R., Russell, M., Mallett, K.
$10,000 total cost
Select Publications:
1. Russell, M. A., Richards, V. L., Turrisi, R. J., Exten, C. L., Pesigan, I. J. A., & Rodríguez, G. C. (2024). Profiles of alcohol intoxication and their associated risks in young adults' natural settings: A multilevel latent profile analysis applied to daily transdermal alcohol concentration data. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 10.1037/adb0001022. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001022
2. Richards, V. L., Glenn, S. D., Turrisi, R. J., Mallett, K. A., Ackerman, S., & Russell, M. A. Transdermal alcohol concentration features predict alcohol-induced blackouts in college students. (2024). Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. acer.15290. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15290
3. Richards, V. L., Turrisi, R. J., & Russell, M. A. (2024). Subjective intoxication predicts alcohol-related consequences at equivalent alcohol concentrations in young adults using ecological momentary assessment and alcohol sensors. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000993
4. Glenn, S. D., Turrisi, R., Richards, V. L., Mallett, K. A., & Russell, M. A. (2024). A dual-process decision-making model examining the longitudinal associations between alcohol-induced blackouts and alcohol use disorder risk among college student drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 85(1), 73-83. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.23-00063
5. Richards, V. L., Glenn, S. D., Turrisi, R. J., Altstaedter, A., Mallett, K. A., & Russell, M. A. (2023). Does it really matter that I do not remember my night? Consequences related to blacking out among college student drinkers. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. 47(9), 1798-1805. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15157
6. Richards, V. L., Turrisi, R. J., Glenn, S. D., Waldron, K. A., Rodriguez, G. C., Mallett, K. A., & Russell, M. A. (2023). Alcohol-induced blackouts among college student drinkers: A multilevel analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 143, 107706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107706
7. Richards, V. L., Rajendran, S., Cook, R. L., Leeman, R. F., Wang, Y., Prins, C., & Cook, C. (2023). Identifying desired features that would be acceptable and helpful in a wrist-worn biosensor–based alcohol intervention: Interview study among adults who drink heavily. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e38713. https://doi.org/10.2196/38713
8. Richards, V. L., Wang, Y., Porges, E. C., Gullett, J. M., Leeman, R. F., Zhou, Z., Barnett, N. P., & Cook, R. L. (2023). Using alcohol biosensors and biomarkers to measure changes in drinking: Associations between transdermal alcohol concentration, phosphatidylethanol, and self-report in a contingency management study of persons with and without HIV. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31(6), 991–997. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000637
9. Richards, V. L., Barnett, N. P., Cook, R. L., Leeman, R. F., Souza, T., Case, S., Prins, C., Cook, C., & Wang, Y. (2022). Correspondence between alcohol use measured by a wrist‐worn alcohol biosensor and self‐report via ecological momentary assessment (EMA) over a two‐week period. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47(2), 308-318. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14995
10. Richards, V. L., Liu, Y., Orr, J., Leeman, R. F., Barnett, N. P., Bryant, K., Cook, R. L., & Wang, Y. (2021). Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with transdermal alcohol concentration from the SCRAM biosensor among persons living with and without HIV. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 45(9), 1804-1811. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14665
Complete list of published works can be viewed at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/veronica.richards.1/bibliography/public/