James Cranford, PhD

Dr. Jim Cranford is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan. He completed his Ph.D. in social psychology at the State University of New York at Albany, and a NIMH postdoctoral fellowship in advanced quantitative methods for mental health research in the Department of Psychology at New York University, with a focus on multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, and psychometrics. With colleagues at the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center, Dr. Cranford serves as a faculty member for the Emergency Medicine Research Incubator, which provides research and statistical support to the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Cranford’s research focuses on 1) family interaction, substance use, and cardiovascular disease; 2) short- and long-term developmental trajectories of substance use disorders, mood and anxiety disorders; and 3) application of daily process and other longitudinal statistical methods to research on substance use.