Dr. Crum's major research interests focus on the epidemiology and prevention of psychiatric disorders, alcoholism, and other substance abuse. Current research activities include the development of a research program of study on the epidemiology and prevention of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Recent projects center on identifying risk factors for alcohol abuse and dependence among adults and adolescents, evaluating the co-morbidity of alcohol and psychiatric disorders, studying a brief intervention for the prevention of alcoholism among severely mentally ill patients, and assessing the potential role of spirituality and religious beliefs and practices in the treatment of patients with severe mental illness.

Epidemiology,Addictions; Aging; Alcohol/alcoholism; Depression; Drugs/drug abuse; Epidemiology; Epidemiology, psychiatric; Gerontology/aging; Mental disorders; Mental/emotional health; Psychiatric epidemiology; Psychopathology; Risk factor/analysis.

Fellow, American Psychopathological Association, 2001

Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award (AMTRA), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1997 and 2004

Elected to Delta Omega - Alpha Chapter, 1994

Scientist Development Award for Clinicians, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 1993

Thomas P. Hackett Award, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1989

Graduated cum laude, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Class of 1985

Graduated cum laude with Departmental Honors in Biological Sciences, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, Class of 1979

Crum RM, Storr CL, Chan YF. (2005) Depression syndromes with risk of alcohol dependence in adulthood: a latent class analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 79:71-81.

Crum RM, Chan YF, Chen LS, Storr CL, Anthony JC. (2005) Incidence rates for alcohol dependence among adults: Prospective data from the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Follow-up Survey, 1981-1996. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 66(6):795-805.

Crum RM, Storr C, Anthony JC. (2005) Are educational aspirations associated with the risk of alcohol use and alcohol-related problems among adolescents? Substance Use and Misuse 40(2):151-169.

Crum RM, Ford DE, Storr CL, Chan YF. (2004) Association of sleep disturbance with chronicity and remission of alcohol dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 28(10):1533-1540.

Crum RM, Storr CL, Chan YF, Ford DE. (2004) Sleep disturbance and risk for alcohol-related problems. American Journal of Psychiatry 161(7):1197-1203.

Onyike CU, Crum RM, Lee HB, Lyketsos CG, Eaton WW. (2003) Is obesity associated with major depression? Results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-III). American Journal of Epidemiology 158(12):1139-47.

Daumit GL, Crum RM, Guallar E, Powe NR, Primm AB, Steinwachs DM, Ford DE. (2003) Outpatient prescriptions for atypical antipsychotics for Whites, African Americans and Hispanics in the United States. Archives of General Psychiatry 60:121-128.

Daumit GL, Pratt LA, Crum RM, Powe NR, Ford DE. (2002) Characteristics of primary care visits for individuals with severe mental illness in a national sample. General Hospital Psychiatry 24:391-395.

Daumit GL, Crum RM, Guallar E, Ford DE. (2002) Receipt of preventive medical services at psychiatric visits by patients with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services 53:884-887.

Crum RM, Puddey I, Gee G, Fried L. (2002) Reproducibility of two approaches for assessing alcohol consumption among older adults. Addiction Research 10:373-385.

Crum RM, Brown C, Liang KY, Eaton W (2001). The association of depression and problem drinking: Longitudinal analyses from the Baltimore ECA Follow-up study. Addictive Behaviors 26:765-773.

Crum RM, Pratt LA (2001). Risk of heavy drinking and alcohol use disorders in social phobia. American Journal of Psychiatry 158:1693-1700.

Kopstein AN, Crum RM, Celetano DD, Martin SS. (2001) Sensation seeking needs among 8th and 11th graders: Characteristics associated with cigarette and marijuana use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 62;(3):195-203.

Liu SJ, Crum RM, Anthony JC. (2001) A latent variable approach to studying risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease. Neuroepidemiology 20:31-39.

Mukamal KJ, Longstreth WT, Mittleman MA, Crum RM, Siscovick DS (2001). Alcohol consumption and subclinical findings on Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain in older adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke 32:1939-1946.

Chen LS, Eaton WW, Gallo JJ, Nestadt G, Crum RM. (2000) Empirical examination of current categories of depression in a population-based study: symptoms, course and risk factors. American Journal of Psychiatry 157(4):573-580.

Crum RM, Anthony JC. (2000) Educational level and risk for alcohol abuse and dependence: differences by race-ethnicity. Ethnicity & Disease 10(1):39-52.

Dixit AR, Crum RM. (2000) Depression and the risk of heavy alcohol use in women: A prospective study. Am Journal of Psychiatry 157:751-758.

Gary TL, Crum RM, Cooper-Patrick L, Ford D, Brancati FL. (2000) Depressive symptoms and metabolic control in African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 23(1):23-29.

Gomez MB, Primm AB, Iontchev-Tzolova I, Perry W, Vu HT, Crum RM. (2000) A description of precipitants of drug use among dually diagnosed patients with chronic mental illness. Community Mental Health Journal 36(4):351-362.