Sarah E. Zemore

Alcohol Research Group

Sarah E. Zemore, PhD
Senior Scientist
szemore@arg.org 510-898-5852
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RESEARCH FOCUS
Psychological and social aspects of alcohol treatment and recovery; alternatives to professional treatment, including mutual-help groups and peer-based approaches; racial/ethnic disparities in alcohol use, problems, and treatment, with emphasis on Latinx populations.

Areas of Expertise

Treatment & Recovery

Intervention Trials

FEATURED PROJECTS

12-step Alternatives and Recovery Outcomes in a Large, National Study

Principal Investigator

Developing a New Scale of Treatment Readiness

Principal Investigator

Acculturation and Alcohol among U.S. Latinas

Principal Investigator

Effects of Disadvantage and Protective Resources on Alcohol-Related Disparities

Multiple Principal Investigator

Race/ethnicity, Socioeconomic Disadvantage, and Disparities in Alcohol Problems (A Center Research Component)

Component Co-Director

Graduate Research Training in Alcohol Problems: Alcohol-Related Disparities

Director

Hotspots: Understanding Areas of Concentrated Alcohol and Drug Problems at the US-Mexico Border (A Center Research Component)

Component Director

Pilot Studies (A Center Core Component)

Core Director

Factors Responsible for Racial-Gender Disparities in Alcohol Services Use

Subcontract PI

A Multi-Lingual Alcohol Measure Catalog/ Administration Tool - Phase II

Co-Investigator

Understanding Racial Disparities in Heavy Drinking over the Life Course

Co-Investigator

Epidemiology of Drinking and Disorders in Border vs. Non-Border Contexts

Co-Investigator

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Alcohol Outcomes: Moderators and Mediators

Co-Investigator

Making Alcoholics Anonymous Easier: A Group TSF Approach

Co-Investigator

Race, Stressors, and Alcohol-related Disparities

Co-Investigator

Peer Helping, Retention, and Relapse in Sober Living Houses

Co-Investigator

Understanding Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Services Utilization

Subcontract PI

Mutual Help Alternatives for Alcohol Problems: Benefits and Causal Mechanisms

Principal Investigator

Recovery Definitions and Behavior Change Processes in Recovery Outside of Treatment

Multiple Principal Investigator

Enhancing Effectiveness Research on Recovery Housing for Persons Prescribed Medication for Opioid Use Disorder

Senior Scientist

PUBLICATIONS

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Predictors and outcomes of online mutual-help group attendance in a national survey study

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2022

Maintaining recovery from alcohol use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: The importance of recovery capital

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2021

Barriers to retention in substance use treatment: Validation of a new, theory-based scale

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment Volume, 2021

Racial/ethnic disparities in mutual-help group participation for substance use problems

Alcohol Research, 2021

Black-White differences in barriers to specialty alcohol and drug treatment: findings from a qualitative study

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2020

Neighborhood context and drug use among Mexican Americans on and off the U.S.-Mexico border

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2020

Women’s barriers to specialty substance abuse treatment: A qualitative exploration of racial/ethnic differences

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2020

Ambivalent attendees: Transitions in group affiliation among those who choose a 12-step alternative for addiction

Addictive Behaviors, 2020

The downward spiral: Socioeconomic causes and consequences of alcohol dependence among men in late young adulthood, and relations to racial/ethnic disparities

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2020

Gender differences in use of alcohol treatment services and reasons for non-use in a national sample

Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 2019

“I don’t feel like I have a problem because I can still go to work and function”: Problem recognition among persons with substance use disorders

Substance Use & Misuse, 2019

Understanding differences in prescription drug misuse between two Texas border communities

Ethnicity & Health, 2019

Feasibility of a mail-in, self-administered dried blood spot collection method in national, population-based alcohol surveys in the United States

Addiction, 2019

Prevalence and correlates of arrests or stops for drunk driving on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2018

The future of research on alcohol-related disparities across U.S. racial/ethnic groups: A plan of attack

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2018

A longitudinal study of the comparative efficacy of Women for Sobriety, LifeRing, SMART Recovery, and 12-step groups for those with AUD

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2018

Job loss and alcohol dependence among blacks and whites in a National Longitudinal Survey

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2017

Wanting and getting help for substance problems on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2017

Comparison of 12-Step groups to mutual help alternatives for AUD in a large, national study: differences in membership characteristics and group participation, cohesion, and satisfaction

J Subst Abuse Treat, 2017

Factors explaining variation in alcohol use disorder prevalence across border and nonborder communities in Texas

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental, 2016