Catharine Mennes, PhD
Catharine received her MSW and PhD from the George
Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in 2001 and
2006, respectively. The title of her dissertation was, "College students
and problem drinking: Risk and protective factors vary by academic class".
Dr. Mennes successfully defended her dissertation in November of 2006, and
her degree was conferred in December of 2006. In addition, Dr. Mennes
successfully completed her National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)
pre-doctoral fellowship in Drug Abuse Comorbidity and Biostatistics in
October 2006.
Since she completed her doctorate, Dr. Mennes
worked as the Director of Assessment Sales and Training for the
Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group (EPRG), where she coordinated
the sale of and training on various diagnostic assessments and provided
technical support, including statistical support. Dr. Mennes initiated,
preserved, and facilitated customer relations. Also in this position, she
designed, planned, and managed training courses bi-annually. She also
taught as an adjunct instructor at the George Warren Brown School of
Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Mennes' research interests include
understanding the addictive behaviors of college students, specifically
focusing on alcohol use, drug use, and gambling habits. She is currently
working with Linda Cottler, Ph.D., the training director, on secondary
analyses exploring the nicotine dependence diagnosis among a community
sample and marijuana diagnoses among both treatment and community samples.
She has previously received a NIDA Director’s Travel Award to present her
work at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence 66th Annual Scientific
Meeting (San Juan, Puerto Rico).
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