Sarah Woolf-King
Sarah Woolf-King
Associate Professor
CONTACT
Psychology
484 Marley Educational Building
Email: sewoolf@syr.edu
Degrees and Training
- B.S., Psychology, Arizona State University
- M.S., Clinical Psychology, Syracuse University
- Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Syracuse University
- M.P.H., Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley
- Predoctoral Internship, Behavioral Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
- T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, UCSF
Social/Academic Links
Courses Taught
- PSY 382 Health Psychology
- PSY 682 Physiological Health Psychology
- PSY 624 Graduate Seminar in Psychological Methods
The majority of my work focuses on unhealthy alcohol use and behavioral aspects of HIV treatment and prevention. My lab works with college students, sexual and gender minorities, people with HIV (PWH), and people who drink alcohol at levels that increase risk for the development of alcohol use disorder. Ongoing research in the lab includes: internet-based studies of sexual behavior and substance use among U.S. college students, alcohol-associated sexual violence among college women, and a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for PWH who drink at hazardous levels. I am also involved with intervention development projects related to alcohol use and HIV/AIDS in East Africa.
- Licensed clinical psychologist, State of California.
- Licensed clinical psychologist, State of New York.
09/01/23 – 08/31/28 NIH/NIAAA R01 AA030935 (PI: Woolf-King)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for HIV+ hazardous drinkers: A randomized clinical trial
Description: The overall objective of this project is to determine the relative efficacy of ACT, compared to a standard Brief Alcohol Intervention (BI), for reducing alcohol use and comorbid symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among adult PWH who are hazardous drinkers. We will conduct a fully remote, relative efficacy RCT in which we randomly assign 300 PWH who are hazardous drinkers to either an ACT intervention we developed (n = 150), or a BI (n = 150). We will assess all outcomes at baseline, post-treatment, and again 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-randomization.
Total Costs: $2,615,693
Role: Principal Investigator
3/15/23 – 2/29/28 NIH/NIAAA R25 AA029830 (PI: Park)
The Syracuse University – Summer Training in Alcohol Research (SU-STAR) Program
Description: The Syracuse University-Summer Training in Alcohol Research (SU-STAR) program aims to help meet the nation's need for a diverse pool of talented scientists by enhancing underrepresented undergraduate students' participation in alcohol and health research and facilitating their admission into graduate school through an eight-week hands-on summer research internship program working with interdisciplinary faculty and graduate student mentors.
Total Costs: $494,580
Role: Co-Investigator and Co-Program Director
Below is a list of representative publications. For a full list, please visit: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=y8XE09UAAAAJ&hl=en
*denotes student author
Woolf-King, S.E., *Firkey, M., *Foley, J., Bricker, J., Hahn, J, Asiago-Reddy, E., Wikier, J., *Moskal, D., *Sheinfil, A., *Ramos, J., Maisto, S.A. (2022). Development of a telephone-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention for people living with HIV who are hazardous drinkers. AIDS and Behavior, 26(9), 3029-3044.
*Firkey, M.K., *Tully, L.K., Bucci, V. M., Walsh, M. E., Maisto, S.A., Hahn, J.A., Bendinskas, K.G., Gump, B.B., & Woolf-King, S.E. (in press). Feasibility of Remote Self-Collection of Dried Blood Spots, Hair, and Nails Among People with HIV (PWH) who are Hazardous Drinkers. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research.
Woolf-King, S. E., *Sheinfil, A. Z., *Babowitch, J.D., Siedle-Khan, B., *Loitsch, A., Maisto, S. A. (2019). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for HIV-infected hazardous drinkers: A qualitative study of acceptability. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 37(3), 342-358.
Woolf-King, S. E., *Sheinfil, A., *Ramos, J., *Foley, J., *Moskal, D., Kellen, D., Maisto, S. A. (2021). A conceptual model of alcohol use and adherence to antiretroviral therapy: Systematic review and theoretical implications for mechanisms of action. Health Psychology Review, 16, 104-133.
*Sheinfil, A., *Foley, J., *Moskal, D., *Ramos, J., Dalton, M., *Firkey, M., Maisto, S.A., Woolf-King, S.E. (2022). Event-level associations between alcohol consumption and ART adherence among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 26(10), 3153-3163.
(Dec. 4, 2023)
Professor Sarah Woolf-King received an NIH R01 clinical trial grant and Ph.D. candidate Fatima Dobani was awarded an NIH F31 dissertation research grant.
(April 5, 2018)
Sarah Woolf-King, Stephen Maisto awarded "10" on grant proposal, funding treatment of HIV-infected hazardous drinkers