Peter Monti

About

Peter M. Monti, Ph.D., is the Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies and the Director of the Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE) at Brown University. He is an internationally recognized leader in the study of the bio-behavioral mechanisms underlying addictive behaviors and in the development of prevention and treatment interventions for substance use disorders. His scholarship focuses on assessment, mechanisms of change, early intervention, and treatment, with research spanning adolescent substance use prevention and treatment, coping skills and relapse prevention, integrated cognitive-behavioral and pharmacological interventions, alcohol use and HIV/sexual risk behavior, and the impact of substance use on chronic disease. Dr. Monti has authored approximately 400 peer-reviewed publications, monographs, and book chapters, and is a co-editor of the second edition of Adolescents, Alcohol and Substance Abuse. He has trained hundreds of students, primarily psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows, and has served as Principal Investigator on multiple NIH-funded grants. His contributions to the field are both theoretical and applied, and he has served extensively on national scientific review committees, editorial boards, and professional organizations. His honors include numerous awards recognizing his research and mentorship, and he has held leadership roles such as past President of the Research Society on Alcoholism.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Environmental health
• Psychology
• Psychiatry
• Clinical psychology
• Demography
• Family medicine
• Immunology
• Statistics
• Gerontology

Selected publications

• Using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to explore mechanisms of alcohol‐involved HIV risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM)

  Addiction · 2020 · 27 citations

  BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Heavy drinking is associated with increased risk of incident HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM). Past studies suggest that this association may be due to the tendency for intoxication to interfere with condom use. However, research on potential causal mechanisms explaining this relationship has been limited primarily to laboratory studies. In this study, we tested several potential mediators of the relationship between alcohol use level and HIV risk behavior…

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• Association of Substance Use With Behavioral Adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for COVID-19 Mitigation: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey

  JMIR Public Health and Surveillance · 2021 · 19 citations

  BACKGROUND: Substance use is a risk factor for COVID-19 infection and adverse outcomes. However, reasons for elevated risk for COVID-19 in substance users are not well understood. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether alcohol or other drug use is associated with adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for COVID-19 mitigation. Preregistered analyses tested the hypothesis that greater use of alcohol and other drugs would be associated with lower…

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• COVID-19-Related Stressors and Clinical Mental Health Symptoms in a Northeast US Sample

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2023-01-12 · 13 citations

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  Research has linked specific COVID-19-related stressors to the mental health burden, yet most previous studies have examined only a limited number of stressors and have paid little attention to their clinical significance. This study tested the hypothesis that individuals who reported greater COVID-19-related stressors would be more likely to have elevated levels of anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and serious psychological distress. METHODS: An online survey was administered to a conveni…

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• Discrimination and alcohol problems among heavy drinking HIV-positive men who have sex with men: The buffering effect of a brief Motivational Intervention to reduce alcohol use

  Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2022-03-02 · 11 citations

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• Black social media influencers engage higher percentages of Black gay and bisexual men in online outreach for HIV prevention research relative to paid ads

  Digital Health · 2024-05-13 · 9 citations

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  Background: Influencer-based social media marketing campaigns are a popular strategy to engage customers in many non-research industries (e.g., retail), but have been increasingly used in public health campaigns to reach and engage specific populations. However, few studies have directly compared the performance of influencer-based marketing with other ad strategies (e.g., paid ads) in achieving these goals. Methods: From March to September 2023, we conducted an influencer-focused marketing camp…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01DA004859

  NIH · $2.6M · 1998

• Addressing alcohol misuse in HIV prevention and care: The Brown University Alcohol Research Center on HIV (ARCH)

  NIH · $39.3M · 2010–2026

• NIH Grant K05AA019681

  NIH · $1.2M · 2017

Frequent coauthors

• Suzanne M. Colby

  Providence College

  592 shared

• Damaris J. Rohsenow

  Brown University

  534 shared

• Nancy P. Barnett

  John Brown University

  306 shared

• David B. Abrams

  New York University

  232 shared

• Christopher W. Kahler

  Brown University

  214 shared

• Robert M. Swift

  Providence VA Medical Center

  199 shared

• Sandra A. Brown

  University of California, San Diego

  182 shared

• Robert Miranda

  Brown University

  168 shared

Education

• Ph.D.

  Brown University

Awards & honors

• Distinguished Researcher Award from Section VIII of APA’s Di…
• Musiker-Merenda Award from the Rhode Island Psychological As…
• Distinguished Researcher Award from the Association of Medic…
• Distinguished Researcher Award (2006)
• Marlatt Mentorship Award (2013)

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