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Washington University
School of Medicine
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Master of Psychiatric
Epidemiology (MPE)
Rick Gruzca, PhD, MPE
Faculty Member
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Check out Dr. Gruzca's website at the Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Grucza is a Research Assistant Professor in
the Department of Psychiatry. He received his Ph.D. from the Division of
Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University in 2000. He then
enrolled in the Post-Doctoral Training Program in Epidemiology and
Biostatistics at Washington University School of Medicine, and was awarded
the M.P.E. degree in 2001. During his postdoctoral training, he studied
associations between personality and mental health under the mentorship of
Dr. C. Robert Cloninger.
After completing his postdoctoral training in 2003, Dr. Grucza joined the
faculty of the Department of Psychiatry. He received a Career Award (K01)
from NIDA under the mentorship of Dr. Cloninger and Dr. Cottler.
Dr. Grucza’s current research is focused on longitudinal studies in
personality and substance abuse; he is conducting follow-up studies on a
cohort of children in St. Louis and a cohort of adults in Hawaii.
Additionally, he works with a variety of data sets, including the
Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism; the St. Louis
Personality, Health and Lifestyle Survey; the Eugene-Springfield
Personality study, and large public-access epidemiological data sets
focused on substance abuse.
Dr. Gruzca's Research Interests:
1. Personality tests and measurements, associations between personality
and mental health
2. Substance abuse risk factors in children
3. Longitudinal studies in personality and substance abuse
4. Association between personality and genetic/familial risk for substance
use disorders
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Director
Linda B. Cottler, PhD, MPH
Associate Director
Catherine Striley, PhD, MSW, ACSW, MPE
Faculty
Arpana Agrawal, PhD
Kelly Botteron, MD
Kathleen K. Bucholz, PhD, MPE
Catina Callahan O'Leary, PhD
C. Robert Cloninger, MD
Karen Dodson
Mehmet Dokucu, MD, PhD
Nuri B. Farber, MD
Anne Glowinski, MD, MPE
Rick Gruzca, PhD, MPE
Gitry Heydebrand, PhD
Barry Hong, PhD
Rumi Price, PhD, MPE
Angela Reiersen, MD, MPE
Edward Spitznagel, PhD
Melissa Swallow, MD
Richard Todd, MD, PhD
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Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group 
