Dr. Patrick is Principal Investigator of the Monitoring the Future Panel Study, which is a national study following former school age Monitoring the Future participants from ages 18 to 65 since 1976, and co-investigator on the Monitoring the Future Main study.
Her published research focuses on the development of substance use and consequences across the lifespan. Her interests include motivations for substance use, the prevention of health risk behaviors, statistical methods for modeling behavior and behavior change, and mobile and web-based survey methodology.
She has been the PI of 10+ NIH-funded projects and Co- Investigator on many others. Her other current NIH-funded R01 projects focus on high-intensity drinking, simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use, and adaptive interventions to reduce consequences of young adult substance use.