Deidre Patterson, MPH
Associate Scientist
- dpatterson@arg.org
RESEARCH FOCUS
Economic conditions and alcohol problems, alcohol-related problem and consumption measurement; ethnic variation in drinking behavior, disparities in alcohol behaviors and treatment, and cultural and community effects on alcohol drinking patterns.

FEATURED PROJECTS
PUBLICATIONS
See All PublicationsA Woman’s Burden: Mental Health Outcomes Among US Women with Heavy Drinkers in Their Lives
Journal of Women's Health, 2025
Extending the harm to others paradigm: comparing marijuana- and alcohol-attributed harms in Washington State
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2021
Recovery in context: Sober living houses and the ecology of recovery
Journal of Community Psychology, 2020
The relationship between the U.S. state alcohol policy environment and individuals’ experience of secondhand effects: Alcohol harms due to others’ drinking
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 2019
Cannabis use during alcohol treatment is associated with alcohol-related problems one-year post-treatment
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2018
Adjustments for drink size and ethanol content: new results from a self-report diary and trans-dermal sensor validation study
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2014





