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Brad Conner

Professor, Director of Addiction Counseling

Programs: Clinical Psychology, Masters in Addiction Counseling Program

Office: Behavioral Sciences Building 345

Phone: 9704916197

Education:

  • Ph.D., UCLA 2006

Website: https://psychlabs.colostate.edu/bradconner

Curriculum Vitae: View Curriculum Vitae

About

Area of Specialization: Clinical Psychology with a Minor in Quantitative Psychology and a Specialization in Genetics and Genomics

Teaching Courses: PSY670 Psychological Measurement-Personality, PSY675 Professional Ethics

Current Research: I conduct thematic research that focuses on the etiology and negative outcomes of sensation seeking, emotion dysregulation and impulsivity across the lifespan. More specifically, I study how certain genotypes and personality types influence the onset and course of disorders and the engagement in risky behaviors, such as drug misuse, risky sexual behavior, and delinquency in adolescence and young adulthood. I employ advanced multivariate statistical techniques to further understanding of the complex relations among genes, personality types, psychopathology, and risky behavior as causal mechanisms of negative outcomes such as substance dependence, contraction of sexually transmitted infections, injury, incarceration, and death. Ultimately, the goal of my research is to further understanding of how prevention and intervention efficacy vary as a function of the interplay of genetic, personality, and environmental factors.
My current research is focused on three primary areas, 1) studying predictors and consequences of cannabis use and cannabis measurement, , specifically measurement of cannabinoid exposure, 2) exploring how minoritized identities are received and impacted by larger society as predictors of engagement in risky behaviors including suicide, self-injury, substance use, and risky sex, and 3) examining predictors and outcomes of risky sex in adolescent and young adult populations at risk for developing personality disorders and other sever mental illnesses.