Dr.
Cranford was a Research Fellow on the Center's NIAAA funded
training grant. He received his Ph.D. in Social/Personality
Psychology from the State University of New York at Albany
and completed postdoctoral fellowships in Quantitative Training
for Mental Health Research at New York University and in the
Substance Abuse Interdisciplinary Training Program at the
University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC).
Dr. Cranford is currently a Research Assistant Professor at
the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center
and the Addiction Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Cranford's research focuses on (1) short- and long-term
developmental trajectories of substance use disorders, depression,
and their co-occurrence in children, adolescents, and adults;
(2) differences between alcoholic and nonalcoholic couples
in the short- and long-term effects of marital interaction
on drinking behavior, negative and positive affect, and marital
stability; and (3) application of daily process and other
longitudinal statistical methods to studies of stress, affect,
and substance use.
Dr.
Cranford was a Research Fellow on the Center's NIAAA funded
training grant. He received his Ph.D. in Social/Personality
Psychology from the State University of New York at Albany
and completed postdoctoral fellowships in Quantitative Training
for Mental Health Research at New York University and in the
Substance Abuse Interdisciplinary Training Program at the
University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC).
Dr. Cranford is currently a Research Assistant Professor at
the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center
and the Addiction Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Cranford's research focuses on (1) short- and long-term
developmental trajectories of substance use disorders, depression,
and their co-occurrence in children, adolescents, and adults;
(2) differences between alcoholic and nonalcoholic couples
in the short- and long-term effects of marital interaction
on drinking behavior, negative and positive affect, and marital
stability; and (3) application of daily process and other
longitudinal statistical methods to studies of stress, affect,
and substance use. 
