Dr. Craig Field
Dr. Field’s research interests lay in the development and evaluation of brief motivational interventions in the medical, academic and criminal justice settings to promote health behavior change and improve health outcomes among Latinos and other underserved populations. He has published extensively on alcohol-related health disparities and the application of brief motivational interventions to ameliorate health inequities. He is particularly interested in the cultural risk and protective factors associated with changes in drinking and sustained recovery. Of growing interest is the evaluation of self-determination theory as a mechanism of behavior change related to binge drinking and its consequences. To examine these areas of interest, his laboratory carries out community and campus surveys as well as randomized clinical trials. He leads the Latino Alcohol and Health Disparities Research Center, and their major goal is to provide training in the dissemination and implementation of evidenced based interventions grounded in motivational interviewing to promote behavior change among binge drinkers and other problematic health behaviors.