sarahLake

Sarah L. Lake, Ph.D.

Sarah Lake

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Psychiatry
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Period of Service

August 2013 - November 2014

Sarah Lake, Ph.D. completed her postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the Neurobehavioral Research Laboratory and Clinic (NRLC). In her time with the NRLC her research focused on impulse control and biomarkers of alcohol use among binge drinking in adults. Her fellowship was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse: Training in Drug Abuse Research: Behavior and Neurobiology (T32-DA031115).

Research Project Titles

Binge Drinking: Individual Differences in the Capacity to Alter Drinking Patterns
Phosphatidylethanol and Other Ethanol Consumption Markers

After the NRLC

After her postdoc, Dr. Lake moved to Seattle went on to work as the inaugural Social Science Statistician for the Nordstrom Technology People Lab cultivating an inspired and productive culture within Nordstrom’s IT department. Specifically, she’s using her postdoctoral training in experimental design to inform employee engagement and help Nordstrom make data-driven investments in the workplace.

Publications/Presentations with the NRLC

Early adolescent trajectories of impulsiveness and sensation seeking in children of fathers with histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders

Acheson, A., Lake, S. L., Bray, B. C., Liang, Y., Mathias, C. W., Ryan, S. R., Charles, N. E., and Dougherty, D. M. (2016).

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research,. 40, 2,622-2,630

Pubertal maturation compression and behavioral impulsivity among boys at increased risk for substance use

Mathias, C. W., Charles, N. E., Liang, Y., Acheson, A., Lake, S. L., Ryan, S. R., Olvera, R. L., and Dougherty, D. M. (2016).

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 15, 61-73.

Clinical and social/environmental characteristics in a community sample of children with and without family histories of Substance Use Disorder in the San Antonio area: A descriptive study

Ryan, S. R., Acheson, A., Charles, N. E., Lake, S. L., Hernandez, D. L., Mathias, C. W., and Dougherty, D. M. (2016)

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 25, 327-339.

Family functioning as a mediator of relations between family history of Substance Use Disorder and impulsivity

Ryan, S. R., Friedman, C. K., Lake, S. L., Mathias, C. W., Charles, N. E., Liang, Y., Acheson, A., and Dougherty, D. M. (2016).

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 15, 17-24.

The potential clinical utility of transdermal alcohol monitoring data to estimate the number of alcoholic drinks consumed

Dougherty, D. M., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Lake, S. L., Cates, S. E., and Roache, J. D. (2015).

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 14, 124-130..

Increased Pre- and Early-Adolescent Stress in Youth with a Family History of Substance Use Disorder and Early Substance Use Initiation

Charles, N. E., Mathias, C. W., Acheson, A., Bray, B. C., Ryan, S. R., Lake, S. L., Liang, Y, and Dougherty DM. (2015).

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 1954-1967.

Behavioral impulsivity and risk-taking trajectories across early adolescence in youths with and without family histories of alcohol and other drug use disorders

Dougherty, D. M., Lake, S. L., Mathias, C. W., Ryan, S. R., Bray, B. C., Charles, N. E., and Acheson, A. (2015).

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 39, 1501-1509.

Effects of tryptophan depletion and a simulated alcohol binge on impulsivity

Dougherty, D. M., Mullen, J., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Lake, S. L., Mathias, C. M., and Roache, J. D. (2015).

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 23, 109-121.

Using contingency management procedures to reduce at-risk drinking in heavy drinkers

Dougherty, D. M., Lake, S. L., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Mullen, J., and Roache, J. D. (2015).

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, 109-121.

Early substance use initiation and aggression among youth from families with substance use disorder

Mathias, C. W., Duffing, T. M., Acheson, A., Charles, N. E., Lake, S. L., Ryan, S. R., Liang, Y., and Dougherty, D. M. (2015).

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 39s1, 132a

Reward impulsivity and rapid progression of puberty in boys at increased risk for substance use problems

Hernandez, D. L., Mathias, C. W., Charles, N. E., Liang, Y., Acheson, A., Lake, S. L., Ryan, S. R., and Dougherty, D. M. (2015).

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 39s1, 98a

Assessing the validity of participant-derived compared to staff-derived values to compute a binge score

Lake, S. L., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Roache, J. D., Mullen, J., Karns, T. E., and (2015).

Alcohol and Alcoholism, 50, 413-419.

Aggression as a Predictor of Early Substance Use Initiation among Youth with Family Histories of Substance Use Disorders

Mathias, C. W., Duffing, T. M., Acheson, A., Charles, N. E., Lake, S. L., Ryan, S. R., Liang, Y., and Dougherty, D. M. (2015).

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 14, 230-240.

Transdermal alcohol concentration data collected during a contingency management program to reduce at-risk drinking

Dougherty, D. M., Karns, T. E., Mullen, J., Liang, Y., Lake, S. L., Roache, J. D., Hill-Kapturczak, N. (2015).

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 148, 77-84.

Use of continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring during a contingency management procedure to reduce excessive alcohol use.

Dougherty, D. M., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Liang, Y., Karns, T. E., Cates, S. E., Lake, S. L., Mullen, J., and Roache, J. D. (2014).

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 142, 301-306.

Mechanisms of the pellagragenic effect of leucine: stimulation of hepatic tryptophan oxidation by administration of branched-chain amino acids to healthy human volunteers and the role of plasma free tryptophan and total kynurenines

Badawy, A. A., Lake, S. L., Dougherty, D. M. (2014).

International Journal of Tryptophan Research, 7, 23-32.

Do variable rates of alcohol drinking alter the ability to use transdermal alcohol monitors to estimate peak breath alcohol and total number of drinks?

Hill-Kapturczak, N., Lake, S.L., Roache, J.D., Cates, S.E., Liang, Y., Dougherty, D.M. (2014).

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, :2517-2522.

Behavioral control and the effects of a “priming” dose of alcohol using a laboratory drinking paradigm
Lake, S. L., Hill-Kapturczak, N., & Dougherty, D. M. (2014, April).
Poster presented at the 5th Annual Frontiers of Translational Science Research Day, San Antonio, Texas.

Problem identification and community assessment of DWI needs for Bexar County, Texas

Mathias, C. W., Ryan, S. R., Mullen, J., Lake, S. L., Brown, P. C., Adams, V., Villafranca, C., and Dougherty, D. M. (2014).

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services report 085144601.2.6: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

Continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring to determine effectiveness of contingency management for reducing alcohol intake
Karns, T. E., Dougherty, D. M., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Lake, S. L., Roache, J. D., and Mullen, J. (2014, September).
Poster presented at 2nd Annual Postdoctoral Research Forum UTHSCSA 2014, San Antonio, Texas

Phosphatidylethanol as a marker for alcohol consumption.

Lake, S. L., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Roache, J. D., Dougherty, D. M., and Javors, M. A. (2014, September).

Poster presented at 2nd Annual Postdoctoral Research Forum UTHSCSA 2014, San Antonio, Texas

Characterizing alcohol use of binge drinkers before and after contingency management treatment using transdermal alcohol monitoring

Dougherty, D. M., Karns, T. E., Lake, S. L., Cates, S. E., Mathias, C. W., Mullen, J., Hill-Kapturczak, N., and Roache, J. D. (2014, June).

Poster presented at the 37th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Bellevue, Washington

The effects of sex and ethnicity on time to reach peak transdermal alcohol concentration and breath alcohol concentration

Hubbard, R., Karns, T. E., Shilling, K. D., Lake, S. L., Hill-Kapturczak, N., and Dougherty, D. M. (2014, February).

Poster presented at the 24th annual meeting of the Texas Research Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, Texas.

Discrepancies between self-report and interview-generated scores on the alcohol use questionnaires among binge and non-binge drinkers

Hunt, C. A., Lake, S. L., Cates, S. E., Shilling, K. D., Karns, T. E., Hill-Kapturczak, N., & Dougherty, D. M. (2014, February).

Poster presented at the 24th annual meeting of the Texas Research Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, Texas

Sex-related differences in breath alcohol and transdermal alcohol concentrations

Cates, S. E., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Roache, J. D., Karns, T. E., Lake, S. L., & Dougherty, D. M. (2014, May).