Sarah L Pedersen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email pedersensl@upmc.edu
Education & Training
PhD
University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences Clinical Psychology
MA
University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences Clinical Psychology
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMCClinical Psychology
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineAlcohol Research
Specialty Certifications
Licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology
Professional Affiliations
Member and Chair, Education Committee, Research Society on Alcoholism
Research Interests
Selected Research Publications & Products- Pedersen, S.L., Walther, C.A.P., Pelham, W.E., & Molina, B.S.G. (2016). The indirect effects of childhood ADHD on alcohol problems in adulthood through unique facets of impulsivity. Addiction, 111, 1582-1589.
- Pedersen, S.L. & McCarthy, D.M. (2013). Differences in response to alcohol between African Americans and European Americans. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37, 1056-1063.
- Pedersen, S.L., Harty, S.C., Pelham, W.E., Gnagy, E.M., & Molina, B.S.G. (2014). Differential associations between alcohol expectancies and adolescent alcohol use as a function of childhood ADHD. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75, 145-152.
- Pedersen, S.L. (2016). Persisting Differences in the Sensitivity to the Effects of Alcohol: What We Know and Where to Go From Here. Biological Psychiatry, 79, e15-e16. (Invited Commentary).
- Pedersen, S.L., Molina, B.S.G, Belendiuk, K.A., & Donovan, J.E. (2012). Racial differences in the development of impulsivity and sensation seeking from childhood into adolescence and their relation to alcohol use. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36, 1794-1802.