The majority of my work focuses on unhealthy alcohol use and behavioral aspects of HIV treatment and prevention. My lab works with college students, sexual and gender minorities, people with HIV (PWH), and people who drink alcohol at levels that increase risk for the development of alcohol use disorder. Ongoing research in the lab includes: internet-based studies of sexual behavior and substance use among U.S. college students, alcohol-associated sexual violence among college women, and a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for PWH who drink at hazardous levels. I am also involved with intervention development projects related to alcohol use and HIV/AIDS in East Africa.

• Licensed clinical psychologist, State of California.
• Licensed clinical psychologist, State of New York.

09/01/23 – 08/31/28 NIH/NIAAA R01 AA030935 (PI: Woolf-King)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for HIV+ hazardous drinkers: A randomized clinical trial

Description: The overall objective of this project is to determine the relative efficacy of ACT, compared to a standard Brief Alcohol Intervention (BI), for reducing alcohol use and comorbid symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among adult PWH who are hazardous drinkers. We will conduct a fully remote, relative efficacy RCT in which we randomly assign 300 PWH who are hazardous drinkers to either an ACT intervention we developed (n = 150), or a BI (n = 150). We will assess all outcomes at baseline, post-treatment, and again 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-randomization.

Total Costs: $2,615,693

Role: Principal Investigator

3/15/23 – 2/29/28 NIH/NIAAA R25 AA029830 (PI: Park)

The Syracuse University – Summer Training in Alcohol Research (SU-STAR) Program

Description: The Syracuse University-Summer Training in Alcohol Research (SU-STAR) program aims to help meet the nation's need for a diverse pool of talented scientists by enhancing underrepresented undergraduate students' participation in alcohol and health research and facilitating their admission into graduate school through an eight-week hands-on summer research internship program working with interdisciplinary faculty and graduate student mentors.

Total Costs: $494,580

Role: Co-Investigator and Co-Program Director

Below is a list of representative publications. For a full list, please visit: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=y8XE09UAAAAJ&hl=en

*denotes student author

Woolf-King, S.E., *Firkey, M., *Foley, J., Bricker, J., Hahn, J, Asiago-Reddy, E., Wikier, J., *Moskal, D., *Sheinfil, A., *Ramos, J., Maisto, S.A. (2022). Development of a telephone-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention for people living with HIV who are hazardous drinkers. AIDS and Behavior, 26(9), 3029-3044.

*Firkey, M.K., *Tully, L.K., Bucci, V. M., Walsh, M. E., Maisto, S.A., Hahn, J.A., Bendinskas, K.G., Gump, B.B., & Woolf-King, S.E. (in press). Feasibility of Remote Self-Collection of Dried Blood Spots, Hair, and Nails Among People with HIV (PWH) who are Hazardous Drinkers. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research.

Woolf-King, S. E., *Sheinfil, A. Z., *Babowitch, J.D., Siedle-Khan, B., *Loitsch, A., Maisto, S. A. (2019). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for HIV-infected hazardous drinkers: A qualitative study of acceptability. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 37(3), 342-358.

Woolf-King, S. E., *Sheinfil, A., *Ramos, J., *Foley, J., *Moskal, D., Kellen, D., Maisto, S. A. (2021). A conceptual model of alcohol use and adherence to antiretroviral therapy: Systematic review and theoretical implications for mechanisms of action. Health Psychology Review, 16, 104-133.

*Sheinfil, A., *Foley, J., *Moskal, D., *Ramos, J., Dalton, M., *Firkey, M., Maisto, S.A., Woolf-King, S.E. (2022). Event-level associations between alcohol consumption and ART adherence among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 26(10), 3153-3163.