John D. Clapp
· Lenore Stein-Wood and William S. Wood Professor of School Behavioral HealthUniversity of Southern California · Social Work
Active 1954–2024
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About
John D. Clapp is a professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and holds the title of Lenore Stein-Wood and William S. Wood Professor of School Behavioral Health. He is internationally recognized as a researcher and expert on alcohol problem prevention. His work focuses on the system dynamics of drinking events, with current studies involving a team of engineers and computer scientists to develop 'smart' real-time prevention applications. Clapp has published more than 100 journal articles in top research journals such as the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Addiction, and Drug and Alcohol Dependence. He has been awarded over $32 million in grants and contracts from organizations including NIAAA, NIDA, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and has served as principal investigator on more than 20 funded projects. Clapp was the founding co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research and has played a leadership role in the prevention of alcohol-related problems among college students, including serving six years as the director of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery. His expertise has been featured in numerous international media outlets, such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, and ABC National News. Clapp's educational background includes a PhD from The Ohio State University, an MSW and BA from San Diego State…
Research topics
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Medicine
- Computer Science
- Psychiatry
- Political Science
- Multimedia
- Engineering
- Internet privacy
- Internal medicine
Selected publications
Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2021 · 75 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingSex differences in factors predicting post‐treatment opioid use
Addiction · 2021 · 47 citations
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Several reports have documented risk factors for opioid use following treatment discharge, yet few have assessed sex differences, and no study has assessed risk using contemporary machine learning approaches. The goal of the present paper was to inform treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) by exploring individual factors for each sex that are most strongly associated with opioid use following treatment. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (G…
Zoom (Virtual) Happy Hours and Drinking During COVID-19 in the US: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
Health Behavior and Policy Review · 2021 · 25 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingObjective: In this study, we investigated video conferencing platforms (eg, Zoom) used as a means to gather virtually as a unique drinking environment during the pandemic. Methods: Using online recruitment strategies, we conducted 42 qualitative Zoom® interviews. Interviewees were 21-64 years of age from various locations in the United States. Results: During the pandemic, most individuals reported higher drinking intake to offset boredom and stress. As a drinking environment, video conferencing…
Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2018-10-09 · 22 citations
articleSenior authorJournal of Religion and Health · 2023-09-07 · 21 citations
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Recent grants
NIH · $2.2M · 2010
NIH · $982k · 2012
Frequent coauthors
- 182 shared
James E. Lange
San Diego State University
- 179 shared
Robert B. Voas
Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation
- 172 shared
Mark B. Johnson
Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation
- 162 shared
Rob Turrisi
Pennsylvania State University
- 162 shared
James Jaccard
New York University
- 162 shared
Racheal Reavy
Pennsylvania State University
- 162 shared
Mary E. Larimer
University of Washington
- 41 shared
Audrey M. Shillington
San Jose State University
Awards & honors
- 2018 Research Laureate American Academy of Health Behavior
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