Research
Publications
2025
Chichetto, N. E., Canidate, S., Gebru, N. M., McNeely, K., et al. (2025). Impact of Syndemic Heavy Drinking, Smoking, and Depression on Mortality among MSM With and Without HIV: A Longitudinal Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112523
Frohe, T., Gebru, N. M., Wilson, B., Leeman, R. F. (2025). Is a Very Brief Web-Based Intervention with Focus on Protective Behavioral Strategies Efficacious in Reducing Impaired Control over Alcohol in Undergraduates? Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000737
2024
Merrill, J. E, Gebru, N. M., Peterson, R., Lopez, G., Barnett, N. P., Carey, K. B. (2024). Alcohol Feedback, Reflection, and Morning Evaluation (A-FRAME): Refining and Testing Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone-Delivered Alcohol Intervention for Heavy-Drinking Young Adults. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15424
Gebru, N. M., James, T. G., Ahn, S., Cheong, J., Berry, M. S., Cook, R. L., Leeman, R. F. (2024). A Behavioral Economic Examination of Sexual Behaviors in the Era of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis via Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods. Archives of Sexual Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02822-8
Gebru, N. M., Strickland, J. C., Reed, D. D., Kahler, C. W., Leeman, R. F. (2024). Use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Condom Purchasing Decisions. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.905
Gonçalves, P. D., Martins, S. S., Gebru, N. M., Ryan-Pettes, S. R., et al. (2024). Associations between Family History of Alcohol and/or Substance Use Problems and Frontal Cortical Development from 9-13 years of age: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.100284
2023
Gebru, N. M., Gonçalves, P. D., Cruz, R., Thompson, W. K., et al. (2023). Effects of Parental Mental Health and Family Environment on Impulsivity in Preadolescents: A Longitudinal ABCD Study®. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1213894
Gebru, N. M., James, T., Foxx, R., Castro, M., Yurasek, A. (2023). Measuring Cannabis Reinforcement among Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Examination. Cannabis. https://doi.org/10.26828/cannabis/2023/000185
Gebru, N. M. & Wongsomboon, V. (2023). Sexual Arousal-Delay Discounting: When Condoms Delay Arousal. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2239216
Chichetto, N. E., Gebru, N. M., Plankey, M., Tindle, H. A. et al (2023). Syndemic Trajectories of Heavy Drinking, Cigarette Smoking, Depressive Symptoms are Associated with All-Cause, Non-AIDS, and Non-Overdose Mortality in Women Living with HIV. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110838
Gebru, N. M., Aston, E. R., Berey, B. L., Snell, M., Leeman, R. F., Metrik, J. (2023). “That’s Pot Culture Right There”: Purchasing Behaviors of People Who Use Cannabis without a Medical Cannabis Card. Cannabis. https://doi.org/10.26828/cannabis/2023/000168
Gebru, N. M., Jones, D., Murphy, J. Joyner, K. (2023). A Hypothetical Lottery Task to Assess Relative Resource Allocation towards Alcohol and Cannabis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000888
2022
Gebru, N. M., Canidate, S., Liu, Y., Schaefer, S. E., Pavila, E., Cook, R. L. Leeman, R. F. (2022). Substance Use and Adherence to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Studies Enrolling Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women: A Systematic Review. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03948-3
Gebru, N. M., Kalkat, M., Strickland, J. C., Ansell, M., Leeman, R. F., Berry, M. S. (2022). Measuring Sexual Risk-Taking: A Systematic Review of the Sexual Delay Discounting Task. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02355-y
Gebru, N. M., Benvenuti, M. C., Rowland, B. H. P., Kalkat, M., Chauca, P. G., Leeman, R. F. (2022). Relationships among Substance Use, Sociodemographics, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Awareness and Related Attitudes among Young Adult Men who Have Sex with Men. Substance Use & Misuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2022.2040030
2021
Berey, B. L., Aston, E. R., Gebru, N. M., Merrill, J. E. (2021). Differences in Cannabis Use Characteristics, Routines, and Reasons for Use Among Individuals With and Without a Medical Cannabis Card. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pha0000542
Pritschmann, R., Gebru, N. M., Zhou, Z., Litt, D., Lewis, M. (2021). Are Drinking Cognitions Associated with Marijuana and Concurrent Alcohol and Marijuana Use among Adolescents and Young Adults? Cannabis. https://doi.org/10.26828/cannabis/2022.01.006
Canidate, S. S., Schrimshaw, E., Schaefer, N., Gebru, N. M., Powers, N., Maisto, S. et al. (2021) The Relationship of Alcohol to ART Adherence among Black MSM in the U.S.: Is it Any Different among Black MSM in the South? AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03479-3
Liu, Y., Richards, V. L., Gebru, N. M., Spencer, E., Cook, R. L. (2021). Are Powder and Crack Cocaine Use Associated with Different Social Determinants of Health and HIV Treatment Outcomes Among People Living With HIV? Addictive Behaviors Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100374
2020
James, T. G., Gebru, N. M., Ryan, S. J., Cheong, J. (2020). Measuring dimensions of HIV-related stigma among college students. Stigma and Health. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000266
Algarin, A. B., Zhou, Z., Canidate, S., Gebru, N. M., Krieger, J. K., Neil, J. M. et al. (2020). PrEP awareness among people living with HIV in Florida: Florida cohort study. AIDS Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1717421
Flood-Grady, E., Hough, D., Damiani, R.E., Gebru, N. M., Fedele, D.A., Leeman, R.F., & Krieger, J.L. (2020). Communication strategies for designing Facebook advertising campaigns to recruit rural participants to develop healthcare interventions. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2020.5
B.C. (Before COVID-19)
Leeman, R. F., Rowland, B. H. P., Gebru, N. M., Potenza, M. (2019). Relationships among impulsive, addictive and sexual tendencies and behaviours: A systematic review of experimental and prospective studies in humans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0129
Hill, C. E., Lystrup, A., Kline, K., Gebru, N. M., Birchler J., Palmer G., et al. (2013). Aspiring to become a therapist: personal strengths and challenges, influences, motivations, and expectations of future psychotherapists. Counseling Psychology Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2013.825763