Publications

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Gender/Sexual Minority Health & Well-Being

Quinn, T.F., Dermody, S., & Abramovich, A. (2025). Trans youth & substance use: Findings from the predictors of alcohol and consequences in transgender (PACT) youth pilot study. Toronto Metropolitan University: Clinical Addictions Research and Equity (CARE) Lab. https://www.canva.com/design/DAGKqxqtro4/8vcPkzBIzkvImq7nJAZ78g/view?utm_content=DAGKqxqtro4&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h46bdb3b393

Quinn, T. F., Uhrig, A., Dermody, S. S., Hart, T. A., & Abramovich, A. (2025). Exploring alcohol use and harm reduction techniques among transgender and gender diverse youth in Canada: a qualitative study. International Journal of Transgender Health, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15532739.2025.2471903

Tellez, C., Penta, S., Uhrig, A., & Dermody, S. S. (2024). Understanding daily and momentary drinking motives among transgender and gender diverse adults. International Journal of Transgender Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2024.2353228

Dermody, S. S., Uhrig, A., Moore, A., Raessi, T., & Abramovich, A. (2023). A narrative systematic review of the gender inclusivity of measures of harmful drinking and their psychometric properties among transgender adults. Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16212

Conner, C. K., Lamb, K. M., & Dermody, S. S. (2022). Access and barriers to health services among sexual and gender minority college students. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/sgd0000559

Dermody, S. S., Lamb, K. M., & Kerr, D. C. R. (2021). Heavy drinking and drinking harms for cisgender and transgender college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000778

Lamb, K. M., Stawski, R. S., & Dermody, S. S. (2021). Religious and spiritual development from adolescence to early adulthood in the U.S.: Changes over time and sexual orientation differences. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 973-982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-01915-y

Nguyen, N., McQuoid, J., Neilands, T. B., Dermody, S. S., Holmes, L. M., Ling, P. M., Pamela, M., & Thrul, J. (2020). Same-day use of cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis among sexual minority and heterosexual young adult smokers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 35(2), 215-223. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000678

Dermody, S. S., McGinley, J., Eckstrand, K., & Marshal, M. P. (2019). Sexual minority female youth and substance use disparities across development. Journal of LGBT Youth, 17(2), 214-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2019.1598313

Dermody, S. S. (2018). Risk of polysubstance use among sexual minority and heterosexual youth. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 192, 38-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.07.030

Dermody, S. S., Marshal, M. P., Burton, C. M., Chisolm, D. J. (2016). Risk of heavy drinking among sexual minority adolescents: Indirect pathways through sexual orientation-related victimization and affiliation with substance-using peers. Addiction, 111(9), 1599-1606. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13409

Dermody, S. S., Friedman, M. S., Burton, C. M., Chisolm, D. J., & Marshal, M. P. (2017). Elevated risky sexual behaviors among sexual minority girls: Indirect risk pathways through peer victimization and heavy drinking. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(11-12), 2236-2253. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517701450

Dermody, S. S., Marshal, M. P., Cheong, J., Chung, T., Stepp, S., & Hipwell, A.(2016). Risk of polysubstance use and co-occurring internalizing and externalizing symptoms among sexual minority girls. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.182

Dermody, S S., Marshal, M. P., Cheong, J., Chung, T., Stepp, S., & Hipwell, A.(2016). Adolescent sexual minority girls are at elevated risk for use of multiple substances. Substance Use & Misuse, 51(5), 574-585. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2015.1126743G

Nicotine -Alcohol Interactions & Addiction Risk

Dermody, S. S., & Shiffman, S. (2019). The time-varying effect of alcohol use on cigarette smoking relapse risk. Addictive Behaviors, 102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106192

Dermody, S. S., Hendershot, C. S., Andrade, A. K., Novalen, M., & Tyndale, R. F. (2018). Changes in nicotine metabolite ratio among daily smokers receiving treatment for alcohol use disorder. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 22(2), 256-263. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty265

Dermody, S. S., & Hendershot, C. S. (2017). A critical review of the effects of nicotine and alcohol coadministration in human laboratory studies. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41(3), 473-486. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13321

Dermody, S. S., Tidey, J. W., Denlinger, R. L., Pacek, L. R., al’Absi, M., Drobes, D. J., Hatsukami, D. K., Vandrey, R., & Donny, E. C. (2016). The impact of very low nicotine content cigarettes on alcohol use. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40(3), 606-615. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.12980

Nicotine Reduction & Public Health

Dermody, S. S., Tessier, K. M., Meier, E., al’Absi, M., Denlinger-Apte, R. L., Drobes, D. J., Jensen, J., Koopmeiners, J. S., Pacek, L. R., Tidey, J. W., Vandrey, R., Donny, E. C., & Hatsukami, D. K. (2021). An evaluation of potential unintended consequences of a nicotine product standard: A focus on drinking history and outcomes. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(7), 1168-1175. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa236

Cassidy, R. N., Tidey, J. W., Cao, Q., Colby, S. M., McClernon, F. J., Smith, T. T., Dermody, S. S., Koopmeiners, J. S., Jensen, J. A., Strayer, L. G., Donny, E. C., & Hatsukami, D. K. (2021). Responses to gradual and immediate reduction of nicotine in cigarettes in young versus older adult smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(9), 1559-1566. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab049

Carroll, D. M., Denlinger-Apte, R. L., Dermody, S. S., King, J. L., Mercincavage, M., Pacek, L. R., Smith, T. T., Tripp, H. L., White, C. M. (2021). Polarization within the field of tobacco and nicotine science and its potential impact on trainees. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23, 36-39. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa148

Carroll, D. M., Lindgren, B. R., Dermody, S. S., Denlinger-Apte, R. L., Egbert, A., Cassidy, R. N., Smith, T. T., Pacek, L. R., Allen, A. M., Tidey, J. W., Parks, M. J., Koopmeiners, J. S., Donny, E. C., & Hatsukami, D. K. (2021). Impact of nicotine reduction in cigarettes on smoking behaviour and exposure: Are there differences by race/ethnicity, education attainment, or gender? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108756

Carroll, D. M., Murphy, S. E., Benowitz, N. L., Strasser, A. A., Kotlyar, M., Hecht, S. S., Carmella, S. G., McClernon, F. J., Pacek, L. R., Dermody, S. S., Vandrey, R. G., Donny, E. C., & Hatsukami, D. K. (2020). Relationships between nicotine metabolite ratio and a comprehensive panel of exposure and effect biomarkers: Findings from two studies of U.S. commercial cigarette smokers. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 29(4), 871-879. http://10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-0644

Dermody, S. S., McClernon, J. F., Benowitz, N., Luo, X., Tidey, J. W., Smith, T. T., Vandrey, R., Hatsukami, D., Donny. E. C. (2018). Effects of reduced nicotine content cigarettes on individual withdrawal symptoms over time and during abstinence. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26(3), 223. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000179

Rupprecht, L. E., Koopmeiners, J. S., Dermody, S. S., Oliver, J., al’Absi, M., Benowitz, N. L., Denlinger, R. L., Drobes, D., Hatsukami, D. K., McClernon, F. J., Pacek, L. R., Smith, T. T., Sved, A. F., Tidey, J. W., Vandrey, R., & Donny, E. C. (2016). Reducing nicotine exposure results in weight gain in smokers randomized to very low nicotine content cigarettes. Tobacco Control, 26(e1), e43-e48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053301

Pacek, L. R., Vandrey, R., Dermody, S. S., Denlinger-Apte, R. L., Lemieux, A., Tidey, J. W., Drobes, D. J., al’Absi, M., Hatsukami, D. K., & Donny, E. C. (2016). Evaluation of a reduced nicotine product standard: Moderating effects of and impact on cannabis use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 167, 228-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.620

Tidey, J. W., Pacek, L. R., Koopmeiners, J. S., Vandrey, R., Nardone, N., Drobes, D. J., Benowitz, N. L., Dermody, S. S., Lemieux, A., Denlinger, R. L., Cassidy, R., al’Absi, M., Hatsukami, D. K, & Donny, E. C. (2016). Effects of 6-week use of reduced-nicotine content cigarettes in smokers with and without elevated depressive symptoms. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 19(1), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw199

Misc. Publications by Lab Students & Members

Fahey, K. M. L., Nakai, S. C., Edwards, J. A., & Dermody, S. S. (2022) The associations between religion, impulsivity, and externalizing behaviors in the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2022.2078590