Larimer is a professor of psychiatry and Behavioral sciences, Professor or Psychology, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors at University of Washington (UW).
[1] Additionally, she serves as a psychologist at the Psychiatry Clinic at UW Medical Center-Roosevelt.
Dr. Larimer's research include prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug problems among adolescents and young adults, prediction of initiation of drinking and adulthood substance use, and comorbidity of substance use with depression, suicide, trauma, PTSD, disordered eating, and gambling problems.
Her research also evaluates housing and treatment programs for chronically homeless and incarcerated individuals and disseminates evidence-based prevention and treatment approaches into various, relevant settings.
The grants include research on social norms & skills training on college campuses and the development of brief interventions for alcohol, marijuana, and sleep problems in young adults.