Meredith completed her training and education in the USA. She obtained a BS in Behavioural Neuroscience at Lafayette College before joining the Neurochemical Brain Imaging Research Programme at Yale University School of Medicine. Following, she completed a funded PhD in Clinical Psychology at Louisiana State University, focusing on addictions treatment. She completed her predoctoral clinical internship at the University of Maryland/Baltimore Veterans’ Affairs Hospital consortium. Her doctoral research evaluated the effects of a brief alcohol treatment among heavy drinking university students mandated to alcohol treatment. She joined UEL in 2011.

• Lecturer in the clinical and counselling programmes
• Postgraduate Research Supervisor
• Clinical Supervisor

Meredith's work focuses on the early identification and prevention of alcohol and substance use disorders among high-risk young adults.

She is also interested in determining which substance use treatments work the best for which clients and why. Meredith has recently focused her research on understanding the relationship between social anxiety and alcohol use among participants in alcohol use treatment studies.

 Meredith is also a Chartered Clinical Psychologist.

• MSc Clinical and Community Psychology
• Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology
• Doctoral Programme in Counselling Psychology

Grants

1. Brief alcohol intervention for heavy drinking mandated college students.
   Principal Investigator: Meredith Terlecki, M.A.
   Mentor: Amy Copeland, Ph.D.; Co-Mentors: Mary E. Larimer, Ph.D., Richard D. Scribner, M.D., M.P.H., & Julia D. Buckner, Ph.D.
   Agency: U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
   Mechanism: National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship F31 AA17565
   Period:  September 2010 — August 2011
   Direct Costs: $33,731

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

1. Terlecki, M.A., Buckner, J.D., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2012). Brief motivational intervention for college drinking: the synergistic impact of social anxiety and perceived drinking norms. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26(4), 917–923. doi:10.1037/a0027982
2. Moreno, J.P., Kelley, M.L., Landry, D.N., Paasch, V., Terlecki, M.A., Johnston, C.A., & Foreyt, J.P. (2011). Development and validation of the Family Health Behavior Scale. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 6(2–2), e480-e486. doi:10.3109/17477166.2011.575148
3. Terlecki, M.A., Buckner, J.D., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2011). The role of social anxiety in a brief alcohol intervention for heavy-drinking college students. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 25(1), 7–21. doi:10.1891/0889-8391.25.1.7
4. Terlecki, M.A., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2010). Clinical outcomes of a brief motivational intervention for heavy drinking mandated college students: a pilot study. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71(1), 54–60.
5. Copeland, A.L., Kulesza, M., Patterson, S.M., & Terlecki, M.A. (2009). College student smokers’ cognitive appraisal of high-risk activities. Journal of American College Health, 58(3), 203–212. doi:10.1080/07448480903295300
6. Businelle, M.S., Apperson, M.R., Kendzor, D.E., Terlecki, M.A., & Copeland, A.L. (2008). The relative impact of nicotine dependence, other substance dependence, and gender on Bechara Gambling Task performance. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 16(6), 513–520. doi:10.1037/a0013510

Non-peer-reviewed Journal Articles

1. Terlecki, M.A., Buckner, J.D., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2010). The role of social anxiety in a brief alcohol intervention for heavy drinking college students. The American Psychological Association (Div. 50), The APA Addictions Newsletter, 17, 16.
2. Terlecki, M.A., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2009). Clinical outcomes of a brief motivational intervention for heavy drinking mandated college students: a pilot study. The American Psychological Association (Div. 50), The APA Addictions Newsletter, 16, 23.

Book Chapters

1. Terlecki, M.A., Ecker, T.A., Buckner, J.D., & Copeland, A.L. (2012). Treating drug abuse. In C. Correia, J. Murphy & N. Barnett (Eds.), College student alcohol abuse: a guide to assessment, intervention and prevention. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
2. Copeland, A.L., Terlecki, M.A., & Hecht, G.S. (2008). Nicotine use and weight-related issues in women. In J.E. Landow (Ed.), Smoking cessation: theory, interventions and prevention (pp. 325–339). Nova Publishers.

Invited Talks

1. Terlecki, M.A., Buckner, J.D., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2011, November). Understanding differential outcomes of a brief motivational intervention (BMI) for college drinking: the synergistic impact of social anxiety and perceived drinking norms, In J. Buckner (Chair), S. Stewart (Discussant). Understanding Social Anxiety’s Role in Risky Alcohol and Marijuana Use: Clinical Implications of Research Data. Symposium presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Toronto, Canada.
2. Terlecki, M.A., Buckner, J.D., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2009, November). The role of social anxiety in a brief alcohol intervention for heavy drinking college students, In J. D. Buckner (Chair), M. E. Larimer (Discussant). The Impact of Anxiety on Cognitive Behavioral Treatments for Substance Dependence. Paper presented at the 43rd annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies convention. New York, NY.

Conference Papers

1. Terlecki, M.A., Buckner, J.D., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2010, November). Social anxiety’s role in a brief alcohol intervention for heavy drinking college students. Paper presented at the 44th annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies convention, San Francisco, CA.
2. Terlecki, M.A., Buckner, J.D., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2009, November). Identifying predictors of behavior change among university students mandated to an alcohol intervention. Paper presented at the 43rd Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies convention, New York, NY.
3. Terlecki, M.A., Buckner, J.D., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2009, November). The role of alcohol expectancies in alcohol use behavior among heavy drinking mandated college students. Paper presented at the 43rd annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies convention, New York, NY.
4. Terlecki, M.A., Kulesza, M., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2009, June). Readiness to change heavy drinking behavior among university students mandated to a brief alcohol intervention. Paper presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, CA.
5. Terlecki, M.A., Kulesza, M., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2009, June). Reductions in alcohol use among mandated students assigned to a brief motivational intervention: Intervention effect or naturalistic change? Paper presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, CA.
6. Copeland, A.L., Terlecki, M.A., Kulesza, M., & Williamson, D.A. (2009, April). Do positive expectancies for tobacco and alcohol have a critical developmental period in pre-adolescence? Paper presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Dublin, Ireland.
7. Terlecki, M.A., Kulesza, M., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2008, November). Clinical outcomes of a brief alcohol intervention for heavy drinking mandated college students. Paper presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
8. Kulesza, M., Apperson, M.R., Terlecki, M.A., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2008, November). Brief alcohol interventions for college students: how brief is brief? Paper presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
9. Terlecki, M.A., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2008, June). A brief alcohol intervention for heavy drinking mandated and volunteer college students. Paper presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Washington, DC.
10. Businelle, M.S., Apperson, M.R., Terlecki, M.A., Kendzor, D.E., Kulesza, M., Baillie, L.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2008, February). The relative impact of nicotine dependence versus other substance dependence on decision-making. Paper presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Portland, OR.

Conference Proceedings

1. Terlecki, M.A., Kulesza, M., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2009). Readiness to change heavy drinking behavior among university students mandated to a brief alcohol intervention. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 33(6s1), 51A.
2. Terlecki, M.A., Kulesza, M., Larimer, M.E., & Copeland, A.L. (2009). Reductions in alcohol use among mandated students assigned to a brief motivational intervention: intervention effect or naturalistic change? Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 33(6s1), 52A.
3. Terlecki, M.A., Copeland, A.L., Larimer, M.E., & Taylor, H.A. (2008). A brief alcohol intervention for heavy drinking mandated and volunteer college students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32(6s1), 242A.

Conference Papers

1. Mitsis, E.M., van Dyck, C.H., Krantzler, E., McKee, S., Perry, E., Terlecki, M.A., & Brenner, E. (2006, February). Prolonged occupancy of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by nicotine in human brain: a preliminary study. Paper presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Orlando, FL.
2. Cosgrove, K.P., Frohlich, E.B., Terlecki, M.A., Perry, E., Baldwin, R.M., Tamagnan, G.D., … Staley, J.K. (2005, June). The influence of sex on the expression of the beta2-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors using SPECT. Paper presented at the 67th annual meeting College on Problems of Drug Dependence Meeting, Orlando, FL.
3. Mitsis, E.M., van Dyck, C.H., McKee, S., Terlecki, M.A., Hale, C., Brenner, E., … Staley, J.K. (2005, June). Displacement of cortical and subcortical uptake by cigarette smoke in the human brain. Paper presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Toronto, Canada.

Conference Proceedings

1. Mitsis, E.M., van Dyck, C.H., McKee, S., Terlecki, M.A., Hale, C., Brenner, E., … Staley, J.K. (2005). Displacement of cortical and subcortical uptake by cigarette smoke in the human brain. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 4(Supplement 2), 181P.

• British Psychological Society, Chartered Member (CPsychol)
• American Psychological Association, Member
  • APA Division 12 - Clinical Psychology
  • APA Division 50 - Addictions
• Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Member
• Research Society on Alcoholism, Member