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Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, PhD
Current
Position
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Education and Training
BA: University of Houston, 1998
PH.D.:State University of New York at Buffalo, 2004
Areas of Research Interests
Research interests include the reduction of health and mental health disparities among underserved populations and the risk behaviors associated with substance abuse and dependence.
Key Publications
Cavazos-Rehg, PA, Krauss, MJ, Spitznagel, E, Schootman, M, Bucholz, KK, Cottler, LB, Bierut, LJ: Understanding Adolescent Parenthood from a Multisystemic Perspective. J Adolesc Health 2010: 46, 525-531.
Cavazos-Rehg PA, Spitznagel E, Bucholz KK, Nurnberger J, Edenberg HJ, Kramer J, Kuperman S, Hesselbrock V, Bierut LJ: Predictors of sexual debut at age 16 or younger. Arch Sex Behav 2010; 39 (3). PMCID: PMC2855761
Cavazos-Rehg, P.A., Spitznagel, E., Bucholz, K.K., Norberg, K., Nurnberger, J., Hesselbrock, V., Kramer, J., Kuperman, S., Bierut, L.J. (2007). The relationship between alcohol problems and dependence, conduct disorder symptoms, and number of sex partners in a sample of young adults. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 12: 2046-52.
Cavazos-Rehg, PA, Krauss, MJ, Spitznagel, E, Schootman, M, Bucholz, KK, Peipert, JF, Sanders-Thompson, V, Cottler, LB, Bierut, LJ: Age of sexual debut among U.S. adolescents. Contraception 2009: 80, 158-162.
Cavazos-Rehg PA, DeLucia-Waack JL: Education, ethnic identity, and acculturation as predictors of self-esteem in Latino adolescents. J Couns Dev 2009; 87, 47-54.
Cavazos-Rehg, PA, Spitznagel, E, Schootman, M, Strickland, JR, Afful, SE, Cottler, LB, Bierut, LJ: Risky Sexual Behaviors and STDs: A Comparison Study of Cocaine Dependent Individuals in Treatment versus a Community Matched Sample. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2009; 23, 727-734. PMCID: PMC2804246