Priscilla Martinez

Alcohol Research Group

Priscilla Martinez, MPhil, PhD
Deputy Scientific Director, Scientist
pmartinez@arg.org 510-898-5860
RESEARCH FOCUS
Immunological mechanisms of alcohol use and comorbid health problems and mental disorders; Alcohol use among women and older adults; Alcohol and mental disorder comorbidity; alcohol-related racial/ethnic health disparities; Racial/ethnic minority participation in survey research

Areas of Expertise

FEATURED PROJECTS

Inflammation and alcohol-related racial/ethnic health disparities

Principal Investigator

Assessing the Acceptability and Feasibility of Mail-in, Self-Administered Dried Blood Spot Sampling in the National Alcohol Survey (A Center Pilot Study)

Pilot Director

Evaluating thoughts and attitudes of Latinos about providing biological samples for alcohol research

Principal Investigator

Alcohol Use Disorders, Psychological Distress and Immune Function (A Center Pilot Study)

Pilot Director

National Alcohol Surveys: Advancing Epidemiologic Analyses of 21st Century Drinking

Co-Director

Enhancing Awareness of Alcohol as a Breast Cancer Risk Factor Among Young Women in CA

Principal Investigator

COVID-19 Center Project

Principal Investigator

PUBLICATIONS

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Feasibility of a mail‐in, self‐administered dried blood spot collection method in national, population‐based alcohol surveys in the U.S.

Addiction, 2019

New estimates of the mean ethanol content of beer, wine, and spirits sold in the United States show a greater increase in per capita alcohol consumption than previous estimates

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2019

Circulating cytokine levels are associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety among people with alcohol and drug use disorders

Journal of Neuroimmunology, 2018

Drug use on both sides of the US-Mexico border.

Salud Pública de México, 2018

Learning from Latino voices: focus groups’ insights on participation in genetic research

The American Journal on Addictions, 2017

The relationship of alcohol-use disorders and depressive symptoms to tryptophan metabolism: cross-sectional data from a Nepalese alcohol treatment sample

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2015

A moderating role for gender in racial/ethnic disparities in alcohol services utilization: results from the 2000-2010 National Alcohol Surveys

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2014

Quality of life and social engagement of alcohol abstainers and users among older adults in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2014

Reversal of IDO-induced tryptophan metabolism may mediate antiretroviral therapy-related improvements in depressive symptoms in HIV-infected Ugandans

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2014

Alcohol abstinence and drinking among African women: data from the World Health Surveys

BMC Public Health, 2011