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Dr. Ty Schepis

  • Professor - Psychology
Portrait of Dr. Ty Schepis
  • Schepis, Ty S (Principal), Percent Contribution: %31.3, McCabe, Sean E (Supporting). Nonmedical prescription drug misuse among US older adults: subtypes, motives, and diversion sources, National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse), Federal, $548488. (Funded: August 15, 2017 - February 28, 2022). Grant.
  • Schepis, Ty S (Principal), Percent Contribution: %31.3, McCabe, Sean E (Supporting), Ford, Jason A (Supporting). Prescription Drug Misuse Characteristics in Adolescents and Young Adults: Influence of School Enrollment, National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse), Federal, $572757. (Funded: June 1, 2017 - April 30, 2021). Grant.
  • Schepis, Ty S (Principal). Ecological Momentary Assessment of Mechanisms related to College Student Prescription Stimulant Misuse, National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse), Federal, $146440. (Funded: March 1, 2017 - February 28, 2019). Grant.
  • Schepis, Ty (Principal). Impulsivity, Risk Taking, Stress and Nicotine Abstinence in Young Adult Smokers, National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse), Federal, $102226. (Submitted: March 2011, Funded: February 1, 2012 - January 31, 2013). Grant.
  • Schepis, Ty (Principal). Stress, Self-Control, Impulsivity and Smoking Cessation in Adolescents, Yale University Interdisciplinary Research Consortium on Stress, Self-control and Addiction at Yale University School of Medicine, Institutional (Higher Ed), $18252. (Funded: January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009). Grant.
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  • Schepis, T. S., McCabe, S. E., & Ford, J. A. (2022). Prescription Drug and Alcohol Simultaneous Co-Ingestion in U.S. Young Adults: Prevalence and Correlates. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 30(6), 797–808. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1037/pha0000519
  • Schepis, T. S., McCabe, S. E., & Ford, J. A. (2022). Recent trends in prescription drug misuse in the United States by age, race/ethnicity, and sex. American Journal on Addictions, 31(5), 396–402. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.13289
  • Schepis, T. S., De Nadai, A. S., Bravo, A. J., Looby, A., Villarosa-Hurlocker, M. C., & Earleywine, M. (2021). Alcohol use, cannabis use, and psychopathology symptoms among college students before and after COVID-19. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 142, 73–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.07.040
  • McCabe, S. E., Arterberry, B. J., Dickinson, K., Evans-Polce, R. J., Ford, J. A., Ryan, J. E., & Schepis, T. S. (2021). Assessment of Changes in Alcohol and Marijuana Abstinence, Co-Use, and Use Disorders among US Young Adults from 2002 to 2018. JAMA Pediatrics, 175(1), 64–72. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.3352
  • Gutierrez, C. I., Arteaga, K., Schepis, T. S., & De Nadai, A. S. (2024). Posttraumatic stress disorder in diverse populations: Testing for assessment bias in a nationally representative sample. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16(8), 1252–1259. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001492
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activities, Texas State University. September 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award, Texas State University. 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Nancy M. Petry Memorial Mid-Career Award, Society of Addiction Psychology. 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Scholarly / Creative Activities. August 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Special Recognition for Excellence in Research Funding and Sponsored Programs. August 2018
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  1. Chair

    Personnel Committee

  2. Member

    Texas State University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

  3. Member

    Texas State University Alcohol and Drug Advisory Council

  4. Member

    University Academic Governance Committee

  5. Graduate Advisor

  6. Other

    Phi Beta Kappa, Nu of Texas

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