Dr. Jessica E. Salvatore is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) and serves as the Director of the Genes, Environment, and Neurodevelopment in Addictions (GENA) research program in the Center. She is a developmental psychologist with training in psychiatric and behavioral genetics. Her primary area of focus is on how substance misuse affects and is affected by social factors and close relationships across the lifespan. Within this broad theme, she takes a genetically informed perspective, with the dual goals of delineating gene-environment interplay among substance use and relationship factors, and strengthening inferences in observational data.
Current Focus Areas
- Intergenerational transmission of alcohol, substance use and psychiatric disorders.
- Spousal and partner influences on alcohol and other substance use disorders.
- Characterizing social genetic effects for substance use and related psychiatric disorders.
- Etiology and consequences of midlife drinking.
More information about the GENA Program’s research and copies of recent publications can be found in MyBibliography.
More information about currently funded projects can be found on Dr. Salvatore’s ORCiD profile page.