Sarah E. Zemore, PhD
Senior Scientist; Center Associate Director; Training Grant Director
Email
szemore@arg.orgPhone
510-898-5852CV
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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.
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Current Projects
- Peer Helping, Retention, and Relapse in Sober Living Houses (Co-Investigator)
- Understanding Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Services Utilization (Project PI)
- Mutual Help Alternatives for Alcohol Problems: Benefits and Causal Mechanisms (Principal Investigator)
- Recovery Definitions and Behavior Change Processes in Recovery Outside of Treatment (Principal Investigator)
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Completed 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 (Sub-award)
- 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)
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Selected Publications
- Zemore, S. E., Gilbert, P. A., Pinedo, M., Tsutsumi, S., McGeough, B., & Dickerson, D. L. (2021). Racial/ethnic disparities in mutual-help group participation for substance use problems. Alcohol Research , 41 (1) Abstract or Full Text
- Zemore, S. E., Lui, C., & Mulia, N. (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, 44 (3) 669-678 Abstract or Full Text
- Pinedo, M., Zemore, S., & Mulia, N. (2020). Black-White differences in barriers to specialty alcohol and drug treatment: findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 21 (1) 1-15 Abstract or Full Text
- Tsutsumi, S., Timko, C., & Zemore, S. E. (2020). Ambivalent attendees: Transitions in group affiliation among those who choose a 12-step alternative for addiction. Addictive Behaviors, 102 Abstract or Full Text
- Pinedo, M., Zemore, S., Beltrán-Girón, J., Gilbert, P., & Castro, Y. (2020). Women’s barriers to specialty substance abuse treatment: A qualitative exploration of racial/ethnic differences. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 22 (4) 653-660 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C. J., Karriker-Jaffe, K. J., Li, L., & Zemore, S. E. (2020). Neighborhood context and drug use among Mexican Americans on and off the U.S.-Mexico border. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 81 (6) 770-779 Abstract or Full Text
- Gilbert, Paul A., Pro, George, Zemore, Sarah E., Mulia, Nina, Brown, Grant (2019). Gender differences in use of alcohol treatment services and reasons for non-use in a national sample. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, Abstract or Full Text
- Rogers, S. M., Pinedo, M., Villatoro, A. P., & Zemore, S. E. (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, 54 (13) 2108-2116 Abstract or Full Text
- Martinez, P., Zemore, S. E., Pinedo, M., Borges, G., Orozco, R., & Cherpitel, C. (2019). Understanding differences in prescription drug misuse between two Texas border communities. Ethnicity & Health, 1-17 Abstract or Full Text
- Martinez, P., & Zemore, S. E. (2019). Feasibility of a mail-in, self-administered dried blood spot collection method in national, population-based alcohol surveys in the United States. Addiction , 114 (7) 1303-1308 Abstract or Full Text
- Wallisch, L. & Zemore, S.E., Borges, G., Cherpitel, C.J., & Maxwell, J.C. (2018). 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, 17 478-500 Abstract or Full Text
- Zemore, S.E., Lui, C.K., Mericle, A., Hemberg,J., Kaskutas, L.A. (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 , 88 18-26 Abstract or Full Text
- Zemore, S.E., Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Mulia, N., Kerr, W.C., Ehlers, C.L., Cook, W.K., Martinez, P., Lui, C., Greenfield, T.K. (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, 79 (1) 7-21 Abstract or Full Text
- Zemore S, Kaskutas LA, Mericle A, Hemberg J (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, 73 16-26 Abstract or Full Text
- Wallisch L, Zemore SE, Cherpitel CJ, Borges G (2017). Wanting and getting help for substance problems on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 19 (5) 1174-1185 Abstract or Full Text
- Zemore SE, Mulia N, Williams E, Gilbert PA (2017). Job loss and alcohol dependence among blacks and whites in a National Longitudinal Survey. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 16 (3) 314-327 Abstract or Full Text
- Zemore, SE, Cherpitel, CJ, Ye, Y, Borgas, G, Li, L, Wallisch, LS. (2016). Factors explaining variation in alcohol use disorder prevalence across border and nonborder communities in Texas. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental , 40 (8) 1707-1716 Abstract or Full Text
- Zemore, SE, Ye, Y, Mulia, N, Martinez, P, Jones-Webb, R, Karriker-Jaffe, K. (2016). Poor, persecuted, young, and alone: Toward explaining the elevated risk of alcohol problems among Black and Latino men who drink.. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 163 31-39 Abstract or Full Text
- Vederhus, J.K., Zemore, S.E., Rise, J., Clausen, T., & Høie. M. (2015). Predicting patient post-detoxification engagement in 12-step groups with an extended version of the theory of planned behavior. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 10 (1:) 15 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Bond J., Zemore S.E., Borges G., Greenfield T.K. (2015). Border effects on DSM-5 alcohol use disorders on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Jan. 19 Abstract or Full Text
