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Susan L. Ames is affiliated with Claremont Graduate University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with specific contributions to subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, Applied Psychology, and Pharmacology.

Their scholarly work encompasses topics including Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins; Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet; Nutritional Studies and Diet; Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes; Behavioral Health and Interventions; Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research; and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes.

Susan L. Ames has published in multiple academic venues reflecting a range of health-related disciplines. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Prevention Science
  • Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
  • Cardiovascular Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Circulation
  • Journal of Medical - Clinical Research & Reviews

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Ames demonstrate their involvement in topics from metabolic health to substance use. Selected publications include:

  • "Incidence of diabetes according to metabolically healthy or unhealthy normal weight or overweight/obesity in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative," 2020, Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
  • "Acceptance of Drug Use Mediates Future Hard Drug Use Among At-Risk Adolescent Marijuana, Tobacco, and Alcohol Users," 2020, Prevention Science
  • "Sociodemographic and metabolic risk characteristics associated with metabolic weight categories in the Women's Health Initiative," 2020, Cardiovascular Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • "Abstract P285: Sociodemographic and Metabolic Risk Characteristics Associated with Metabolic Weight Categories in the Women's Health Initiative," 2020, Circulation
  • "Gamified Health: A Systematic Review of Digital Programs that Attempt to Encourage Positive Health Behaviors," 2020, Journal of Medical - Clinical Research & Reviews

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Bin Xie
  • Amber R. Cordola Hsu
  • Darleen V. Peterson
  • Lorena García
  • Scott B. Going

Best Publications

  • Automatic and controlled processes and the development of addictive behaviors in adolescents: a review and a model.

    Reinout W. Wiers;Bruce D. Bartholow;Esther van den Wildenberg;Carolien Thush

  • Interactions between implicit and explicit cognition and working memory capacity in the prediction of alcohol use in at-risk adolescents.

    Carolien Thush;Reinout W. Wiers;Susan L. Ames;Jerry L. Grenard

  • Working memory capacity moderates the predictive effects of drug-related associations on substance use

    Jerry L. Grenard;Susan L. Ames;Reinout W. Wiers;Carolien Thush

  • Substance abuse among adolescents.

    Steve Sussman;Silvana Skara;Susan L Ames

  • Drug Abuse: Concepts, Prevention, and Cessation

    Steven Yale Sussman;Susan L Ames

  • The Social Psychology Of Drug Abuse

    Steve Sussman;Susan L. Ames

  • Impulsivity, impulsive and reflective processes and the development of alcohol use and misuse in adolescents and young adults.

    Reinout W. Wiers;Susan L. Ames;Wilhelm Hofmann;Marvin Krank

  • Sweetened drink and snacking cues in adolescents. A study using ecological momentary assessment

    Jerry L. Grenard;Alan W. Stacy;Saul Shiffman;Amanda N. Baraldi

  • Comparison of Indirect Assessments of Association as Predictors of Marijuana Use Among At-Risk Adolescents

    Susan L. Ames;Jerry L. Grenard;Carolien Thush;Steve Sussman

  • Influence of Motivational Interviewing on Explicit and Implicit Alcohol-Related Cognition and Alcohol Use in At-Risk Adolescents

    Carolien Thush;Reinout W. Wiers;Mirjam Moerbeek;Susan L. Ames

  • A Framework for the Specificity of Addictions

    Steve Sussman;Adam Leventhal;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Marilyn Freimuth

  • Neural correlates of a Go/NoGo task with alcohol stimuli in light and heavy young drinkers.

    Susan L. Ames;Savio W. Wong;Antoine Bechara;Christopher Cappelli

  • Implicit cognition in adolescent drug use.

    Alan W. Stacy;Susan L. Ames;Steve Sussman;Clyde W. Dent

  • Inhibitory control effects in adolescent binge eating and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and snacks

    Susan L. Ames;Yasemin Kisbu-Sakarya;Kim D. Reynolds;Sarah Boyle

  • Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents and Young Adults for Drug-related Problems

    Jerry L Grenard;Susan L Ames;Mary Ann Pentz;Steve Sussman

  • Implicit and explicit alcohol-related cognitions.

    Reinout W. Wiers;Alan W. Stacy;Susan L. Ames;Jane A. Noll

  • Apples and oranges? Comparing indirect measures of alcohol-related cognition predicting alcohol use in at-risk adolescents.

    Carolien Thush;Reinout W. Wiers;Susan L. Ames;Jerry L. Grenard

  • Neurologically plausible distinctions in cognition relevant to drug use etiology and prevention.

    Alan W. Stacy;Susan L. Ames;Barbara J. Knowlton

  • Functional imaging of an alcohol-Implicit Association Test (IAT).

    Susan L. Ames;Jerry L. Grenard;Qinghua He;Alan W. Stacy

  • Brief Intervention for Substance Use among At-Risk Adolescents: A Pilot Study

    Jerry L. Grenard;Susan L. Ames;Reinout W. Wiers;Carolien Thush

  • Drug Abuse: Subject Index

    Steve Sussman;Susan L. Ames

  • Drug Abuse: Author Index

    Steve Sussman;Susan L. Ames

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan W. Stacy
Alan W. Stacy Claremont Graduate University
Steve Sussman
Steve Sussman University of Southern California
Reinout W. Wiers
Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam
Qinghua He
Qinghua He Southwest University
Antoine Bechara
Antoine Bechara University of Southern California
Clyde W. Dent
Clyde W. Dent University of Southern California
David P. MacKinnon
David P. MacKinnon Arizona State University
Gui Xue
Gui Xue Beijing Normal University
Hoda Anton-Culver
Hoda Anton-Culver University of California, Irvine
Martin Zack
Martin Zack University of Toronto

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