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Kasey Creswell is broadly interested in understanding the mechanisms underlying the development and maintenance of addiction, focusing particularly on identifying vulnerable individuals. His research specifically uncovers basic affective and cognitive mechanisms of cigarette craving and alcohol use, emphasizing the importance of social and biological/personality factors in the etiology and maintenance of alcohol and tobacco use disorders. He employs experimental methodologies, including in vivo smoking cue exposure paradigms and alcohol administration protocols, which allow for precise observations in social emotional processing under conditions that model real-world contexts and challenge successful self-regulation, such as participants being intoxicated and experiencing strong cravings. By using longitudinal designs with large clinical samples, he aims to specify the mechanisms by which individuals fail to self-regulate and to identify individuals at risk of developing addiction. His work informs the prevention and treatment of addictive disorders and offers insights into basic aspects of human emotion and social functioning.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.