Maureen Ann Walton, MPH, PhD
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About
Maureen Walton, MPH, Ph.D., is a community psychologist, professor, and associate chair for research and research faculty development in the Department of Psychiatry. She is also the associate director for child research at the U-M Addiction Center, the senior associate director of the Injury Prevention Center, and the co-director of the research and scholarship core at the Insitute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
Center Memberships
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Center MemberOpioid Research Institute
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
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Center MemberUniversity of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
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Center MemberInstitute for Firearm Injury Prevention
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Center MemberUniversity of Michigan Addiction Center
Research Overview
Dr. Walton's research seeks to prevent and treat substance use and related concerns, such as interpersonal violence, to enhance well-being. She has expertise in harnessing digital health technologies for intervention delivery aand collaborates with community partners to enhance impact. She actively collaborates with d3C affliated faculty on development and testing of adaptive interventions using innovative experimental designs. The author of more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, her collaborative projects have been funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Recent Publications
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Seewald L, Goldstick J, Carter PM, Ngo Q, Bourque C, Pearson C, Battisti KA, Walton MA. Addictive Behaviors, 2027 Jan 1; 184:Journal ArticleDrinking, cannabis use and mental health as predictors of within-person changes in aggression over eight weeks among youth involved with binge drinking
DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108870 -
Tomlinson DC, Bonar EE, Walton MA, Lin LA, Nahum-Shani I, Jannausch M, Coughlin L. Journal of The Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2026 Aug 24;Journal ArticleDaily Assessments of Behavioral Economic Indices and Drinking Among Rural Residing Adults with At-Risk Drinking
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Walton M, Nahum-Shani I, Campbell M, Tomlinson DC, Florimbio AR, Ghosh S, Guo Y, Hung PY, Newman MW, Lin JJ, Qian T, Dziak J, Pan H, Zhang KW, Zimmermann L, Bonar EE, Murphy S, Coughlin LN. Lancet Regional Health Americas, 2026 Sep 1; 61:Journal ArticleCorrigendum to “Mobile intervention for emerging adults with regular cannabis use: a micro-randomized trial” [The Lancet Regional Health—Americas 2026; Volume 61: 101524; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101524]
DOI:10.1016/j.lana.2026.101594 -
Lothumalla S, Tomlinson DC, Campbell M, Jannausch M, Wilkins C, Menke N, Walton MA, Bonar EE, Goldstick J, Lin LA, Coughlin LN. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol, 2026 Aug; 34 (4): 453 - 459.Journal ArticleExploring risk tolerance among individuals who use opioids.
DOI:10.1037/pha0000844 PMID: PMC13134685 -
Seewald L, Hartman H, Millman C, Myers M, Walton M, Carter P. Youth, 2026 Jun 9; 6 (77):Journal ArticleRates and Correlates of Unsecure Storage Behaviors Among U.S. Firearm-Owning Caregivers of Teens: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey
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Seewald LA, Myers Mph MG, Zimmerman MA, Walton MA, Haasz M, Carter PM. Prev Med, 2026 Jun; 207: 108553Journal ArticleRates and characteristics of firearm access rules among U.S. parents of high-school age teens.
DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2026.108553 PMID: 41865999 -
Walton M, Nahum-Shani I, Campbell M, Tomlinson DC, Florimbio AR, Ghosh S, Guo Y, Hung PY, Newman MW, Lin JJ, Qian T, Dziak J, Pan H, Zhang KW, Zimmerman L, Bonar EE, Murphy S, Coughlin LN. The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2025 Jul 30;Journal ArticleMobile Intervention for Emerging Adults with Regular Cannabis Use: A Micro-randomized Trial.
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Trella A, Ghosh S, Bonar EE, Coughlin L, Doshi-Velez F, Guo Y, Hung P-Y, Nahum-Shani I, Shetty V, Walton M, Yan I, Zhang K, Murphy SA. npj Digital Medicine, 2026 Apr 13;Journal ArticleEffective Monitoring of Online AI Decision-Making Algorithms in Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions
