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Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing, PhD

Professor with Tenure, Vice Chair for Research
Department of Psychiatry
Director, ANCHoR
Adolescent Neuroscience Collaborative for Health Resilience


Academic Office Location: Psychiatry UConn Health 195 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030-U3014
Phone:	860-679-1037
Website(s):	Psychiatry

Education & Training
Publications

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BA	Macalester College	Psychology
MS	University of New Mexico	Clinical Psychology
PhD	University of New Mexico	Clinical Psychology

Degree

Institution

Major

Macalester College

Psychology

University of New Mexico

Clinical Psychology

PhD

University of New Mexico

Clinical Psychology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Fellowship	The Mind Research Network	Addiction Neuroscience

Training

Institution

Specialty

Fellowship

The Mind Research Network

Addiction Neuroscience

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Keynote, BF Skinner Lecturer	Association for Behavior Analysis Inter.
Featured Scientist	Novavi Symposium on Addiction Research and Treatment
Featured Scientist	NIH Science of Behavior Change (SOBC)
Excellence in Health Psychology Research Award	APA, Division 38 (Health Psychology)
Keynote, Marquam Hill Committee Lecture Series	OHSU, Portland, OR
Invited Speaker, 1st Annual Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research Conference	McMaster University, Canada
VIP Award for Research Excellence	University of Amsterdam
Fellow	APA, Division 38 (Health Psychology)
Member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee (2016-2017)	Health Consequences of Cannabis and Cannabinoids
Early Career Investigator Award	Research Society on Alcoholism
Invited Speaker	MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience
Fellow	APA, Division 50 (Addiction)

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Keynote, BF Skinner Lecturer

Association for Behavior Analysis Inter.

Featured Scientist

Novavi Symposium on Addiction Research and Treatment

Featured Scientist

NIH Science of Behavior Change (SOBC)

Excellence in Health Psychology Research Award

APA, Division 38 (Health Psychology)

Keynote, Marquam Hill Committee Lecture Series

OHSU, Portland, OR

Invited Speaker, 1st Annual Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research Conference

McMaster University, Canada

VIP Award for Research Excellence

University of Amsterdam

Fellow

APA, Division 38 (Health Psychology)

Member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee (2016-2017)

Health Consequences of Cannabis and Cannabinoids

Early Career Investigator Award

Research Society on Alcoholism

Invited Speaker

MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience

Fellow

APA, Division 50 (Addiction)

Journal Articles

Adolescent substance use patterns and subsequent risk of mental and behavioural disorders, substance use, and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study.
Hansen, Elisabeth R; Kruckow, Sofie; Ewing, Sarah W Feldstein; Nordentoft, Merete; Thomsen, Kristine Rømer; Tolstrup, Janne S The Lancet. Public health 2025 Jul;10(7):e578-e587
Data-driven approach to understand associations between dietary patterns, sleep problems, and mental health in adolescents.
Zhao, Yihong; Han, Xuewei; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; St-Onge, Marie-Pierre; Paulus, Martin P Sleep health 2025 Jun;
A Narrative Study of Sexual Agreements and HIV Prevention Strategies Among Emerging Adult Sexual Minority Men.
Dellucci, Trey V; Lovejoy, Travis I; Cain, Demetria; Ewing, Sarah W Feldstein; Adhemar, Christel; Kyre, Kory D; Outlaw, Angulique Y; Naar, Sylvie; Starks, Tyrel J Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research 2025 Feb;
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Symptoms Are Associated With Chronic Pain Interference: Results From a Prospective Cohort Study.
Brown, Patrick C M; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Wilson, Anna C Child: care, health and development 2025 Jan;51(1):e70016
Disposable E-Cigarette Use and Subsequent Use Patterns in Adolescents and Young Adults.
Han, Dae-Hee; Harlow, Alyssa F; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Audrain-McGovern, Janet E; Unger, Jennifer B; Sussman, Steve Y; McConnell, Rob; Barrington-Trimis, Jessica L; Leventhal, Adam M Pediatrics 2024 Apr;153(4):
Multilevel associations of peer cognitive factors and adolescent cannabis use in a legal recreational cannabis region.
Kenyon, Emily A; Yang, Manshu; Chung, Tammy; Wilson, Anna C; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W Frontiers in psychiatry 2024 Jan;151477000
Long-Term RCT outcomes for adolescent alcohol and cannabis use within a predominantly Hispanic sample.
Dash, Genevieve F; Bryan, Angela D; Montanaro, Erika; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence 2023 Sep;33(3):1038-1047
Gene-by-Environment Interaction Effects of Social Adversity on Externalizing Behavior in ABCD Youth.
Dash, Genevieve F; Karalunas, Sarah L; Kenyon, Emily A; Carter, Emily K; Mooney, Michael A; Nigg, Joel T; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W Behavior genetics 2023 May;53(3):219-231
Examining the influence of adolescent:provider alliance on youth hazardous drinking: Findings from a randomized controlled trial.
Dash, Genevieve F; Chung, Tammy; Yang, Manshu; Bryan, Angela D; Hudson, Karen A; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W Addictive behaviors 2023 Jan;136107499
Intersection between social inequality and emotion regulation on emerging adult cannabis use.
Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Karalunas, Sarah L; Kenyon, Emily A; Yang, Manshu; Hudson, Karen A; Filbey, Francesca M Drug and alcohol dependence reports 2022 Jun;3
Randomized controlled trial of motivational interviewing for alcohol and cannabis use within a predominantly Hispanic adolescent sample.
Feldstein Ewing, Sarah; Bryan, Angela D; Dash, Genevieve F; Lovejoy, Travis I; Borsari, Brian; Schmiege, Sarah J Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology 2022 Jun;30(3):287-299
Evaluating Providers' Prescription Opioid Instructions to Pediatric Patients.
Tran, Denise D; Brown, Patrick C M; Murphy, Corrin; Ho, Diana; Hudson, Karen A; Wilson, Anna C; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W Children (Basel, Switzerland) 2022 May;9(5):
Measuring retention within the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD)SM study.
Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Dash, Genevieve F; Thompson, Wesley K; Reuter, Chase; Diaz, Vanessa G; Anokhin, Andrey; Chang, Linda; Cottler, Linda B; Dowling, Gayathri J; LeBlanc, Kimberly; Zucker, Robert A; Tapert, Susan F; Brown, Sandra A; Garavan, Hugh Developmental cognitive neuroscience 2022 Apr;54101081
Time for a paradigm shift: The adolescent brain in addiction treatment.
Mackiewicz Seghete, Kristen L; Filbey, Francesca M; Hudson, Karen A; Hyun, Benedict; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W NeuroImage. Clinical 2022 Jan;34102960
Randomized Controlled Trial of an Alcohol-related Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention with Adolescents: The Role of Neurocognitive Activation During Risky Decision-Making.
Bryan, Angela D; Magnan, Renee E; Claus, Eric W; Hutchison, Kent E; Ewing, Sarah W Feldstein; Schmiege, Sarah J AIDS and behavior 2021 Dec;25(Suppl 3):265-275
The future of translational research on alcohol use disorder.
Ray, Lara A; Grodin, Erica N; Leggio, Lorenzo; Bechtholt, Anita J; Becker, Howard; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Jentsch, James David; King, Andrea C; Mason, Barbara J; O'Malley, Stephanie; MacKillop, James; Heilig, Markus; Koob, George F Addiction biology 2021 Mar;26(2):e12903
Patterns of opioid use in adolescents receiving prescriptions: The role of psychological and pain factors.
Wilson, Anna C; Morasco, Benjamin J; Holley, Amy L; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W The American psychologist 2020 Sep;75(6):748-760
Have we missed the boat? The current, preventable surge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States.
Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Bryan, Angela D Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 2020 Mar;39(3):169-171
Retaining Adolescent and Young Adult Participants in Research During a Pandemic: Best Practices From Two Large-Scale Developmental Neuroimaging Studies (NCANDA and ABCD).
Nooner, Kate B; Chung, Tammy; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Brumback, Ty; Arwood, Zjanya; Tapert, Susan F; Brown, Sandra A; Cottler, Linda Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 2020 Jan;14597902
Featured Article: Adolescent Condom Use and Connectivity in the Social-Planful Brain.
Caouette, Justin D; Hudson, Karen A; Bryan, Angela D; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W Journal of pediatric psychology 2018 Sep;43(8):821-830
Three integrated elements of empowerment: HIV prevention with sub-Saharan African adolescents involved in transactional sex
Feldstein Ewing, S. W., Bryan, A. D., Alicante, T., Korthuis, P. T., Hudson, K.,* & Lovejoy, T. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology 2018 Jan;6355-363
Four Mechanistic Models of Peer Influence on Adolescent Cannabis Use.
Caouette, Justin D; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W Current addiction reports 2017 Jun;4(2):90-99
Orbitofrontal cortex connectivity as a mechanism of adolescent behavior change.
Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Chung, Tammy; Caouette, Justin D; Ketcherside, Arielle; Hudson, Karen A; Filbey, Francesca M NeuroImage 2017 May;15114-23

Letters

Precuneus: A Key on the Road to Translation.
Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Chung, Tammy Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2019 Jun;43(6):1063-1065

Reviews

Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders.
MacKillop, James; Agabio, Roberta; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Heilig, Markus; Kelly, John F; Leggio, Lorenzo; Lingford-Hughes, Anne; Palmer, Abraham A; Parry, Charles D; Ray, Lara; Rehm, Jürgen Nature reviews. Disease primers 2022 Dec;8(1):80
Detection of vaping, cannabis use, and hazardous prescription opioid use among adolescents.
Dash, Genevieve F; Holt, Laura; Kenyon, Emily A; Carter, Emily K; Ho, Diana; Hudson, Karen A; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W The Lancet. Child & adolescent health 2022 Nov;6(11):820-828
Cannabinoids for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: New avenues for reaching and helping youth?
Rømer Thomsen, Kristine; Thylstrup, Birgitte; Kenyon, Emily A; Lees, Rachel; Baandrup, Lone; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Freeman, Tom P Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 2022 Jan;132169-180
Hunting for What Works: Adolescents in Addiction Treatment.
Silvers, Jennifer A; Squeglia, Lindsay M; Rømer Thomsen, Kristine; Hudson, Karen A; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2019 Apr;43(4):578-592
Approaching Retention within the ABCD Study.
Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Chang, Linda; Cottler, Linda B; Tapert, Susan F; Dowling, Gayathri J; Brown, Sandra A Developmental cognitive neuroscience 2018 Aug;32130-137
Adolescent resilience to addiction: a social plasticity hypothesis.
Cousijn, Janna; Luijten, Maartje; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W The Lancet. Child & adolescent health 2018 Jan;2(1):69-78
Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda
McCormick, M., Abrams, D. I. Alegria, M., Checkley, W., Collins, R. L., Cooper, Z., Du Plessis, A. J., Feldstein Ewing, S. W., Hennessy, S., Hutchison, K., Kaminski, N. E., Patel, S., Piomelli, D., Sidney, S., Wallace, R. B., Williams, J. W. The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research 2017 Jan;