Terril Luce, PhD
Assistant Professor of PsychiatryCards
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Research
Publications
2026
Legal blood alcohol concentration limits and alcohol-attributable traffic mortality rates: an analysis across 165 countries
Jimenez Chavez C, Peltier M, Mokwuah A, Bin-Mahfouz A, Verplaetse T, Zakiniaeiz Y, Kohler R, Garcia-Rivas V, Banini B, Raval N, Pittman B, McKee S. Legal blood alcohol concentration limits and alcohol-attributable traffic mortality rates: an analysis across 165 countries. EClinicalMedicine 2026, 93: 103794. PMID: 41768275, PMCID: PMC12945517, DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.103794.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIdentifying clinical correlates of drinking clusters during treatment for alcohol use disorder
Kohler R, Zhou H, Zakiniaeiz Y, Verplaetse T, Garcia‐Rivas V, Peltier M, Banini B, McKee S, Roberts W. Identifying clinical correlates of drinking clusters during treatment for alcohol use disorder. American Journal On Addictions 2026, 35: 471-479. PMID: 41601244, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.70132.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Women and alcohol: A call to action
McKee S, Earnshaw V, Epstein E, Hughes T, Johnston A, Lee C, McCrady B, Nixon K, Peltier M, Roberto M, Scheer J, Verplaetse T, Werner D, Zakiniaeiz Y, Cosgrove K. Women and alcohol: A call to action. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2025, 50: e70205-e70205. PMID: 41287268, PMCID: PMC13202574, DOI: 10.1111/acer.70205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical and preclinical evidence of sex differences in nicotine-induced enhancement of alcohol self-administration
Garcia-Rivas V, Zakiniaeiz Y, Jimenez Chavez C, Kohler R, Peltier M, Raval N, Verplaetse T, Zhou H, McKee S. Clinical and preclinical evidence of sex differences in nicotine-induced enhancement of alcohol self-administration. Psychopharmacology 2025, 1-14. PMID: 41240074, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-025-06965-x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsGenotype‐by‐sex interaction analyses for alcohol use disorder across biobanks
Zhou H, Wang L, Mao Z, Deans P, Kember R, Chen Q, Zakiniaeiz Y, Kohler R, Peltier M, Verplaetse T, Program V, Potenza M, Brennand K, Justice A, Kranzler H, Gelernter J, McKee S, Muralidhar S, Moser J, Deen J, Tsao P, Muralidhar S, Gaziano J, Hauser E, Kilbourne A, Matheny M, Oslin D, Voora D, Gaziano J, Tsao P, Brewer J, Brophy M, Brophy M, Churby L, DuVall S, Pyarajan S, Ringer R, Selva L, Shayan S, Stephens B, Whitbourne S, Assimes T, Hung A, Kranzler H. Genotype‐by‐sex interaction analyses for alcohol use disorder across biobanks. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2025, 49: 2485-2493. PMID: 41017299, PMCID: PMC12638285, DOI: 10.1111/acer.70173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmpirical Derivation and Prediction of Treatment Trajectories in Harmonized AUD Clinical Trial Datasets
Kohler R, Zakiniaeiz Y, Verplaetse T, Chavez C, Peltier M, Zhou H, McKee S, Roberts W. Empirical Derivation and Prediction of Treatment Trajectories in Harmonized AUD Clinical Trial Datasets. Addiction Biology 2025, 30: e70069. PMID: 40700031, PMCID: PMC12285684, DOI: 10.1111/adb.70069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol use during pregnancy: the impact of social determinants of health on alcohol consumption among pregnant women
Peltier M, Verplaetse T, Bici V, Mokwuah A, Chavez C, Zakiniaeiz Y, Kohler R, Garcia-Rivas V, Banini B, Zhou H, Raval N, Pittman B, McKee S. Alcohol use during pregnancy: the impact of social determinants of health on alcohol consumption among pregnant women. Biology Of Sex Differences 2025, 16: 49. PMID: 40598644, PMCID: PMC12219128, DOI: 10.1186/s13293-025-00731-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreclinical and clinical sex differences in the effects of alcohol on measures of brain dopamine: a systematic review
Barrios N, Riordan W, Garcia-Rivas V, Peltier M, Roberts W, Verplaetse T, Kohler R, Zhou H, Banini B, McKee S, Cosgrove K, Zakiniaeiz Y. Preclinical and clinical sex differences in the effects of alcohol on measures of brain dopamine: a systematic review. Biology Of Sex Differences 2025, 16: 24. PMID: 40200334, PMCID: PMC11980350, DOI: 10.1186/s13293-025-00706-7.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsSex-based Influences on White Matter Tract Integrity in Alcohol Use Disorder: a Systematic Review
Barrios N, Nartey N, Yue J, Riordan W, Kohler R, Verplaetse T, Roberts W, Carretta R, Banini B, Zhou H, Garcia-Rivas V, Blackford J, Zakiniaeiz Y. Sex-based Influences on White Matter Tract Integrity in Alcohol Use Disorder: a Systematic Review. Current Addiction Reports 2025, 12: 10. PMID: 40343159, PMCID: PMC12058214, DOI: 10.1007/s40429-025-00624-z.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2024
Digital phenotyping from wearables using AI characterizes psychiatric disorders and identifies genetic associations
Liu J, Borsari B, Li Y, Liu S, Gao Y, Xin X, Lou S, Jensen M, Garrido-Martín D, Verplaetse T, Ash G, Zhang J, Girgenti M, Roberts W, Gerstein M. Digital phenotyping from wearables using AI characterizes psychiatric disorders and identifies genetic associations. Cell 2024, 188: 515-529.e15. PMID: 39706190, PMCID: PMC12278733, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.11.012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
The Effect of Acute Stress and Inflammation on Drinking
IRB ID2000028772RolePrincipal InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date06/30/2022Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge21 years - 65 yearsEligibility for Participation in Neuroimaging Studies
IRB ID2000027842RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2023Recruiting ParticipantsHPA axis function in the brains of PTSD, Trauma Exposed, or Otherwise Healthy research participants utilizing PET and MRI imaging
IRB ID2000028748RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date08/31/2025Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18 years - 55 yearsCombining Varenicline and Guanfacine for Smoking Cessation
IRB ID2000026630RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date09/30/2020Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18+ yearsBehavioral and Neurochemical Mechanisms Underlying Stress-Precipitated Drinking
IRB ID2000021685RolePrincipal InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date09/30/2022Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge21 years - 55 years
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
News
News
- December 19, 2024Source: Yale News
Using Smartwatches to Better Understand Psychiatric Illness
- October 15, 2024
Verplaetse, Snell, Harvanek Awarded Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Grants
- November 02, 2022
Verplaetse Presents to NIDA and NIAAA