Thomas K. Greenfield

Alcohol Research Group

Thomas K. Greenfield, PhD
Senior Scientist
tgreenfield@arg.org 510-898-5853; Cell: 510-326-1555
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RESEARCH FOCUS
Epidemiology of alcohol use and problems, alcohol policy studies, alcohol-related problem and consumption measurement, drinking patterns and mortality, cultural and racial/ethnic variations in drinking behavior; US and cross-national population studies; services research and consumer satisfaction; alcohol’s harm to others.

Areas of Expertise

Treatment & Recovery

FEATURED PROJECTS

Alcohol Consumption & Mortality in the US 1950-2000

Co-investigator

Improving Alcohol Consumption Self-report Measurement

Principal Investigator

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Alcohol Outcomes: Moderators and Mediators

Co-Investigator

Population Drinking Patterns & HIV Risk in Goa, India

Principal Investigator

Quality Substitution Among Heavy and AUD Drinkers and Alcohol Tax Policy

Principal Investigator of Subcontract

National Alcohol Surveys (NAS) Resources (A Center Core Component)

Co-Director

Epidemiology of Alcohol Problems: National Alcohol Research Center

Principal Investigator

When Does Pressure Facilitate Help Seeking? 25 Year Trends and Correlates

Co-Investigator

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

Co-Investigator

Sex, Alcohol, and Culture: Secondary Data Analysis

Principal Investigator of Subcontract

Drinking Patterns & Ethnicity: Impact on Mortality Risks

Principal Investigator

Alcohol- and Drug-Attributable Burden of Disease and Injury in the U.S.

Principal Investigator of Subcontract

Alcohol in Mexican-Origin Groups: U.S. and Mexican Surveys,

Initial Principal Investigator

Effects of Spirits Privatization on Alcohol Prices and Alcohol-Related Harms

Co-Investigator

Alcohol's Harms to Others among US Adults: Individual and Contextual Effects

Multiple Principal Investigator

Inter-relationships Between Life-course Alcohol Patterns and Health Conditions

Co-Investigator

Methodologies for Improving Measurement of Alcohol Use and Problems (A Center Research Component)

Co-Investigator

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

Principal Investigator of Subcontract

National Alcohol Research Center Statistical and Data Services Core (A Center Core Component)

Director

Alcohol's Harms to Others: Multinational Cultural Contexts and Policy Implications

Multiple Principal Investigator

Sugar Alert- Evaluating San Francisco’s Sugar Sweetened Beverage Advertising

Principal Investigator (Subaward)

High-Intensity Drinking over the Life Course

Co-Director

Impacts of Recreational Marijuana Legalization and Retail Outlets in Washington

Co-Investigator

Calibrated Agent Simulations for Combined Analysis of Drinking Etiologies (CASCADE)

Co-Investigator

PUBLICATIONS

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Are countries’ drink-driving policies associated with harms involving another driver’s impairment?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2021

State alcohol policies, binge drinking prevalence, socioeconomic environments and alcohol’s harms to others: a mediation analysis

Alcohol and Alcohol, 2020

Association between state-level alcohol availability and taxation policies on the prevalence of alcohol-related harms to persons other than the drinker in the USA, 2000-2015

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2020

The GENAHTO Project (Gender and Alcohol’s Harm to Others): design and methods for a multinational study of alcohol’s harm to persons other than the drinker

The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 2018

Alcohol use patterns and DSM-5 alcohol use disorder on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2017

Those harmed by others’ drinking in the US population are more depressed and distressed

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2016

Trends in Alcohol’s Harms to Others (AHTO) and co-occurrence of family-related AHTO: the four US National Alcohol Surveys 2000 to 2015

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2015

Test-retest reliability and validity of life-course alcohol consumption measures: the 2005 National Alcohol Survey follow-up

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 2014

Risks of alcohol use disorders related to drinking patterns in the US general population

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2014

Second-hand drinking may increase support for alcohol policies: new results from the 2010 National Alcohol Survey

Drug & Alcohol Review, 2014

Biomonitoring for improving alcohol consumption surveys: the new gold standard?

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, 2014

Alcohol measurement methodology in epidemiology: recent advances and opportunities

Addiction, 2008

Maximum quantity consumed and alcohol-related problems: assessing the most alcohol drunk with two measures

Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res., 2006