Education
PhD, Epidemiology, Psychiatric option, University of Pittsburgh
BS, Biology and Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
Profile
Dr. Homish is the Principal Investigator on two grants. The first, funded by the Foundation for Alcohol Research, examines the impact of marriage to a problem drinker on an individual's substance use, mental health, and physical health. The second award is funded through the National Association of County and City Health Officials. This award focuses on issues related to emergency preparedness in Western New York. Dr. Homish is also a co-investigator on two grants funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The first of these grants is a longitudinal study of alcohol use among newly married couples while the second examines the role of impulsivity in Cognitive Behavioral Treatment interventions for alcoholism. Dr. Homish also maintains appointments as an Associate Research Scientist at UB's Research Institute on Addictions and as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine in UB's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Homish serves as reviewer for Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Archives of General Psychiatry, Addiction, Psychological Assessment, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Social Science and Medicine, Alcohol, Journal of Adolescent Health, Maternal and Child Health, Nicotine and Tobacco Research; and he serves as a statistical reviewer for Psychology of Women Quarterly and Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Research Interests
Dr. Homish’s research interests are broadly defined in three distinct areas. The first involves social networks and substance use. In particular, he has been examining how husbands and wives influence each other’s escalation, de-escalation, cessation, and relapse of substance use over time and how the integration of the substance use impacts the stability, satisfaction, and functioning of the relationship as well as the overall family structure. Additionally, he is also interested in how intimate partners impact the overall health of each other in terms of treatment seeking and treatment compliance. His second research area is in the area of emergency preparedness. Currently, the focus of this work has been finding ways to connect responders in the rural communities to prepare for natural as well as other disasters as well as examining substance use and mental health issues related to first responders. Dr. Homish is the Alternate Sector Leader for Emergency Mental Health component of the County’s Specialized Medical Assistance Response Team and he is a member of the UB 2020 Strategic Strength on Extreme Events: Mitigation and Response. Dr. Homish’s third area of interest is quantitative research methods. In this regard, he is involved with projects in the Departments of Family Medicine, Psychiatry, and at the Research Institute on Addictions. Dr. Homish teaches the department’s Research Methods Class (CHB 605: Research Methods for Community Health and Health Behavior) and he teaches a course in Applied Statistics for Public Health (CHB 505).
Selected Publications
- Day NL, Homish GG (2002). The epidemiology of alcohol use, abuse, and dependence. In M.T. Tsuang & M. Tohen (Eds.), Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology (2nd Ed.). New York: Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Homish GG, Leonard KE (2005). Spousal influence on smoking behaviors in a community sample of newly married couples. Social Science and Medicine, 61, 2557-2567. PMCID: PMC1808349
- Homish GG, Leonard KE, Kearns-Bodkin JN (2006). Alcohol use, alcohol problems, and depressive symptomatology among newly married couples. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 83, 185-192. PMCID: PMC1783684
- Homish GG, Leonard KE (2007). The drinking partnership and marital satisfaction: The longitudinal influence of discrepant drinking behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(1), 43-51. PMCID: PMC2289776
- Homish GG, Leonard KE, Cornelius JR (2007). Predictors of Marijuana Use Among Married Couples: The Influence of One's Spouse. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 91, 121-128. PMCID: PMC2128711
- Homish GG, Leonard KE (2008). Spousal Influence on General Health Behaviors in a Community Sample of US Adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 32(6). 754-763
- Homish GG, Leonard KE (2008). The Social Network and Alcohol Use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(6): 906-14
- Homish GG, Leonard KE (2008). Testing methodologies to recruit adult substance-using couples. Addictive Behaviors, 34(1): 96-99.
- Dollar KM, Homish GG, Kozlowski LT, Leonard KE (2008). Spousal and alcohol-related predictors of smoking cessation: A longitudinal study in a community sample of married couples. American Journal of Public Health.99(2): 231-233.
- Griswold, K.S., Homish, G.G., Pastore, P.A., Leonard, K.E., (in press). A Randomized Trial: Are Care Navigators Effective in Connecting Patients to Primary Care after Psychiatric Crisis? Community Mental Health Journal.
- Grier, N.L., Homish, G.G., Rowe, D.W., & Barrick, C. (in press). Promoting information sharing for multi-jurisdictional public health emergency preparedness. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
- Homish, G.G., Frazer, B.S., McCartan, D. & Billittier, A. (in press). Emergency Mental Health: Lessons Learned from Flight 3407. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.
Professional Affiliations
Erie County Specialized Medical Assistance Response Team; Metropolitan Medical Response System, Mental Health Division; Research Society on Alcoholism; College on Problems of Drug Dependence; Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
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