Justin Anker
,
Credentials
PhD
Credentials
PhD
Assistant Professor
Biography
Bio
I received my Ph.D. in Cognitive and Biological Psychology from the University of Minnesota. In my graduate work, I developed and tested preclinical models to identify biological and behavioral factors that mediate the vulnerability to and treatment of substance use disorders (SUD). As a postdoctoral clinical researcher, I elucidated important factors that mediate SUD treatment receptivity such as motivations and expectancies regarding the use of drugs to self-medicate anxiety symptoms. I am an adult psychologist with a focus on comorbid substance use and anxiety-related disorders, and cognitive, psychological, and psychophysiological factors that mediate treatment receptivity. My current work focuses on the development and testing of translational models that combine preclinical methods of assessing biological stress system function with clinical SUD treatment methods.
Expertise
- Comorbid substance use
- Anxiety-related disorders
Administrative Assistant
(for academic support only)
Natasha Hampton-Anderson
nhampton@umn.edu
In the Media
- 2023: Featured in this Minnesota Daily article titled, “UMN study identifies primary predictors of lawyer suicide ideation.”
- 2022: Received a mention in StreetInsider.com for a study he co-led in an article titled, "California Lawyers Association and D.C. Bar Announce More Findings from Groundbreaking Study on Attorney Mental Health and Well-Being".
- 2022: Co-led the research team cited in this Global Legal Post article: "Undervalued lawyers more likely to suffer well-being issues, study finds".
- 2021: Featured in this American Bar Association Journal piece titled, "More female than male lawyers are engaging in risky drinking, new study finds".
Research Summary
Comorbidity; Alcohol Use Disorder; Anxiety Disorders; Drinking to Cope; Drinking Motives; Network Analysis
Education
BA,
University of Minnesota
PhD,
University of Minnesota
Undergrad,
College of Menominee Nation
Major: Undeclared
Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements
NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
University of Minnesota, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Honors and Recognition
BB&C: Translational Research in Addiction Travel Award
Outstanding poster presentation award, BB&C
College of Problems of Drug Dependence Early Career Investigator Award
College of Liberal Arts Student Travel and Research Award
Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry (BB&C): Translational Research in Addiction Travel Award
Society of Biological Psychiatry's Travel Fellowship
College of Liberal Arts Dean's List (multiple), University of Minnesota Medical School
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Graduate Student Travel Award
National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director's Travel Award
David Campbell Graduate Research Fellowship
Committee on Animal Research and Ethics (CARE) Imprinting-Interdivisional Mentoring Fellowship Award
Woman and Gender Junior Investigator Travel Award (multiple)
NIDA Early Career Investigator Travel Award
Gough Travel Award
Hazelden-Betty Ford Adjunct Faculty of Excellence Award
CARE Imprinting-Interdivisional Mentoring Fellowship Award
Drug and Alcohol Dependence ranked top 4% of all reviewers
International Study Group Investigating Drugs as Reinforcers Travel Award
Psychiatric Research Society Travel Award
Dean's List, College of Menominee (CMN)
Professional Memberships
International Study Group Investigating Drugs as Reinforcers
APA Division 28: Psychopharmacology & Substance Abuse
American Psychological Association
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Minnesota Academy of Science
European Behavioral Pharmacology Society
Research Society on Alcoholism
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Society for Psychophysiological Research
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
Anker, J. (Lead Author) et al.,
2023.
Evidence for an alcohol-related "harm paradox" in individuals with internalizing disorders: Test and replication in two independent community samples..
Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research,
47
(4):
713-723.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15036
PubMed ID: 37115410.
Anker, J. (Corresponding author) et al.,
2023.
Stressed, Lonely, and Overcommitted: Predictors of Lawyer Suicide Risk.
Healthcare,
11
(4):
536.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11040536
PubMed ID: 36833071.
Stevenson, B. L., Anker, J., Thuras, P., Rinehart, L., & Kushner, M. G.,
2022.
World Health Organization (WHO) Risk Level Reductions in Inpatients with Alcohol Use Disorder and Comorbid Anxiety Disorders..
American Psychological Association,
doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000895
PubMed ID: 36480397.
Anker, J. (corresponding author), et al.,
2022.
The direct effect of drinking to cope on alcohol problems is not mediated by alcohol consumption: Invariance across gender and countries.
Addictive Behaviors Reports,
16
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100469
PubMed ID: 36388406.
Anker, J. (corresponding author) et al.,
2022.
People, Professionals, and Profit Centers: The Connection between Lawyer Well-Being and Employer Values.
Behavioral Sciences,
12
(6):
177.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12060177
PubMed ID: 36833071.
Shuai, R., Anker, J. J., Bravo, A. J., Kushner, M. G., Hogarth, L.,
2022.
Risk Pathways Contributing to the Alcohol Harm Paradox: Socioeconomic Deprivation Confers Susceptibility to Alcohol Dependence via Greater Exposure to Aversive Experience, Internalizing Symptoms and Drinking to Cope.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience,
16
821693.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.821693
PubMed ID: 35237137.
Anker, J. J., Nakajima, M., Raatz, S., Allen, S., al'Absi, M.,
2021.
Tobacco withdrawal increases junk food intake: The role of the endogenous opioid system.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence,
225
108819.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108819
PubMed ID: 34182373.
Anker, J. J., Kushner, M. G.,
2019.
Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and Anxiety: Bridging Psychiatric, Psychological, and Neurobiological Perspectives.
Alcohol Research: Current Reviews,
40
(1):
doi: https://doi.org/10.35946/arcr.v40.1.03
PubMed ID: 31886106.
Kummerfeld, E., Rix, A., Anker, J. J., Kushner, M. G.,
2019.
Assessing the collective utility of multiple analyses on clinical alcohol use disorder data.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association,
26
(10):
1046-1055.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocz034
PubMed ID: 30990526.
Kummerfeld, E., Rix, A., Anker, J. J., Kushner, M. G.,
2018.
Causal Network Modeling of the Determinants of Drinking Behavior in Comorbid Alcohol Use and Anxiety Disorder.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research,
43
(1):
91-97.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13914
PubMed ID: 30371947.
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