Wendy Slutske

Professor 212A McAlester Hall (573) 882-4043 slutskew@missouri.edu Lab: Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory

My research interests are:

(1) the etiology and comorbidity of alcohol use disorders and other addictive/disinhibitory disorders (e.g. pathological gambling, antisocial behavior disorders) among women versus men;

(2) explaining the genetic and environmental underpinnings of alcohol use disorders and other addictive/disinhibitory disorders;

(3) the description and classification of addictive/disinhibitory disorders -- recent work in this area has focused on better describing individual differences in the course of disordered gambling and disordered drinking behavior.

Most of my research employs the study of twins, the families (offspring) of twins, or large representative epidemiologic surveys of the general population.

I received my B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin, my Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, and I received postdoctoral training in psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics at the Washington University School of Medicine. I have been at the University of Missouri since 1997.

Slutske, W.S., Heath, A.C., Madden, P.A.F., Bucholz, K.K., Statham, D., & Martin, N.G. (2002). Personality and the genetic risk for alcohol dependence. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111, 124-133. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., Jackson, K.M., & Sher, K.J. (2003). The natural history of problem gambling from age 18 to 29. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 263-274. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., *Hunt-Carter, E.E., *Nabors-Oberg, R.E., Sher, K.J., Bucholz, K.K., Madden, P.A.F., Anokhin, A., & Heath, A.C. (2004). Do college students drink more than their non-college-attending peers? Evidence from a population-based longitudinal female twin study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113, 530-540. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., & Poulton, R. (2005). Personality and problem gambling: A prospective study of a birth cohort of young adults. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 769-775. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S. (2005). Alcohol use disorders among U.S. college students and their non-college-attending peers. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 321-327. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S. (2006). Natural recovery and treatment-seeking in pathological gambling: Results of two US national surveys. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 297-302. See abstract in PubMed

*Meier, M.H., Slutske, W.S., Arndt, S., & Cadoret, R.J. (2008). Impulsive and callous traits are more strongly associated with delinquent behavior in higher risk neighborhoods among boys and girls. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 377-385. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., D'Onofrio, D.M., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., Harden, K.P., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G. (2008). Searching for an environmental effect of parental alcoholism on offspring alcohol use disorder: A genetically-informed study of children of alcoholics. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 534-551. See abstract in PubMed

*Meier, M. H., Slutske, W.S., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G. (2009). The role of harsh discipline in explaining sex differences in conduct disorder: A study of opposite-sex twin pairs. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 653-664. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., *Meier, M.H., Zhu, G., Statham, D.J., Blaszczynski, A., & Martin, N.G. (2009). The Australian twin study of gambling (OZ-GAM): Rationale, sample description, predictors of participation, and a first look at sources of individual differences in gambling involvement. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12, 63-78. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., Blaszczynski, A., & Martin, N.G. (2009). Sex differences in the rates of recovery, treatment-seeking, and natural recovery in pathological gambling: Results from an Australian community-based twin survey. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12, 425-432. See abstract in PubMed

*Ellingson, J.M., Slutske, W.S., & Martin, N.G. (2010). The reliability and validity of the family history method for assessing pathological gambling and gambling involvement. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24, 292-299. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., Zhu, G., *Meier, M.H., & Martin, N.G. (2010). Genetic and environmental influences on disordered gambling in men and women. Archives of General Psychiatry, 67, 624-630. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S. (2010). Why is natural recovery so common for addictive disorders? Addiction, 105, 1520-1521.

Slutske, W.S., Piasecki, T.M., *Ellingson, J.M., & Martin, N.G. (2010). The family history method in disordered gambling research: A comparison of reports from discordant twin pairs. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 13, 340-346. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., Piasecki, T.M., Blaszczynski, A., & Martin, N.G. (2010). Pathological gambling recovery in the absence of abstinence. Addiction, 105, 2169-2175. See abstract in PubMed

*Meier, M.H., Slutske, W.S., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G. (2011). Sex differences in the genetic and environmental influences on childhood conduct disorder and adult antisocial behavior. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 377-388. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., **Bascom, E.N., *Meier, M.H., Medland, S.E., & Martin, N.G. (2011). Sensation seeking in females from opposite- versus same-sex twin pairs: Hormone transfer or sibling imitation? Behavior Genetics, 41, 533-542. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., Zhu, G., *Meier, M.H., & Martin, N.G. (2011). Disordered gambling as defined by the DSM-IV and the South Oaks Gambling Screen: Evidence for a common etiologic structure. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 743-751. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., Moffitt, T.E., Poulton, R., & Caspi, A. (2012). Undercontrolled temperament at age 3 predicts disordered gambling at age 32: A longitudinal study of a complete birth cohort. Psychological Science, 23, 510-516. See abstract in PubMed

Slutske, W.S., *Cho, S.B., Piasecki, T.M., & Martin, N.G. (2012, epub ahead of print). Genetic overlap between personality and risk for disordered gambling: Evidence from a national community-based Australian twin study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.See abstract in PubMed

** undergraduate student
* graduate student