U18 Grantees

College Research Partnership Awards for Rapid Response to College Problems

1. Clemson University

PI -- Hugh D. Spitler, Ph.D. Title of Project: Reducing High-Risk Drinking Among First-Year College Students Summary: This project will incorporate data on the specific high-risk drinking contexts and peer influences unique to Clemson University into tailored, targeted brief motivational enhancement and alcohol skills training programs to improve resistance to identified high-risk drinking contexts and reduce alcohol abuse and alcohol-related problems among first year students.

2. North Dakota State University

PI -- Laura Oster-Aaland Title of Project: Responding to Consequences of High-Risk Drinking at North Dakota State University Summary: The particular concern of this research is with high-risk groups such as students celebrating their 21st birthdays and first year students.

3. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

PI -- Carol Haertlein, PhD, Title of Project: Comparing Two Interventions for Freshmen Violators Summary: The broad, long-term objective of this project is to reduce alcohol use and associated harm for college freshmen by assisting them to make better choices about alcohol use.

4. Northeastern University

PI -- Philomena Mantella, Ph.D. Title of Project: Northeastern University Assistance Program Summary: Northeastern University’s University Assistance Program (UAP) represents a novel collegiate intervention approach derived from Employee Assistance and Student Assistance Program methodologies designed to affect the following two outcomes: 1) a reduction in the prevalence of problem drinking and its adverse health effects among the student body; and 2) a reduction in police activity, property damage and related security costs to Northeastern and its surrounding community related to student problem drinking.

5. Fordham University

PI -- Celia B. Fisher, Ph.D. Title of Project: Fordham Resident Alcohol Prevention Program Summary: Fordham University, Office of Student Affairs in partnership with the Center for Ethics Education proposes to fortify its current alcohol prevention efforts through a multi-faceted program aimed at increasing enforcement of university drinking rules, countering resident drinking norms, and decreasing student resident drinking.

6. Minnesota State University

PI -- Christine Connolly Title of Project: Culture Changes Regarding Alcohol on a College Campus Summary: Using the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey data Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU), a rural campus of 14,000 students in Southern Minnesota, seeks to measure changes in student behaviors and perceptions of alcohol use.

7. University of Michigan

PI -- Sean McCabe, M.S.W, Ph.D Title of Project: Protective Influence of Residential Learning Communities Summary: Alcohol-related problems represent the most significant public health concern on American college campuses (Hingson et al., 2002; 2005).

8. State University of New York at Albany

PI -- Dolores Cimini, Ph.D. Title of Project: The Effects of Peer-Facilitated Alcohol Interventions Summary: The long-term objective of this project is to reduce high-risk drinking and negative alcohol-related consequences among "high-risk" college students.

9. University of Rhode Island

PI -- Frances Cohen Title of Project: Environmental Methods with Town and Greek Coalitions Summary: This project, popularly called “Common Ground,” supports and strengthens existing alliances to create environmental change to reduce college student substance abuse.

10. Ohio State University

PI -- Cynthia Buettner, Ph.D. Title of Project: Reducing College Drinking: Testing a Town/Gown Coalition Summary: College students are especially susceptible to the long-term and short-term health and safety consequences associated with high-risk drinking.

11. Western Washington University

PI -- Patricia Fabiano, Ph.D. Title of Project: Campus Community to Change the Drinking Culture Summary: Specific aims of the Campus Community Strategy to Change the Drinking Culture Project at Western Washington University (WWU) are to evaluate the efficacy of limiting problematic student drinking through (a) increased enforcement of the laws and ordinances aimed at decreasing harm caused by problem drinking and (b) increased engagement of students and long-term residents in community neighborhoods through the “NEST” initiative.

12. Loyola Marymount University

PI -- Joseph La Brie, Ph.D. Title of Project: Female Anti-Problem Drinking Group and Campus Initiatives Summary: This project, called Heads UP! Women, intervenes with women at risk for negative consequences resulting from drinking while, at the same time, raising awareness and improving campus life through a nested set of initiatives.

13. University of San Diego

PI -- Louise Stanger, Ed.D. Title of Project: University of San Diego Freshman Research Initiative Summary: The purpose of the University of San Diego Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) is to design, implement, and evaluate the use of a parent-based intervention (PBI) aimed at preventing and reducing heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems among matriculating freshmen.

14. University of Virginia

PI -- Susan Bruce, M.Ed. Title of Project: Fraternity and Sorority Normative Feedback Interventions Summary: The project’s goal is to reduce the number of alcohol-related negative consequences experienced by U.Va. fraternity and sorority members by correcting misperceptions of drinking behaviors and protective behaviors.

15. University of Central Florida

PI -- James F. Schaus, M.D. Title of Project: Alcohol Screening and Intervention in a College Clinic Summary: This NIAAA funded project is a randomly controlled trial to test the efficacy of primary-care provider (physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant) brief intervention in a sample of college students who use alcohol above recommended limits.

Last reviewed: 11/23/2005