Susan A. Stoner PhD
Dr. Stoner is a Research Associate Professor at ADAI, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UW School of Medicine. She first joined ADAI as a clinical psychology doctoral student and postdoc, working with Dr. Jeanette Norris. She left UW to conduct Small Business Innovation Research in 2008 and returned to the Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute in 2014.
She has collaborated with ADAI colleagues on projects related to alcohol, cannabis, methamphetamine, and opioids and with School of Social Work colleagues on the intergenerational transmission of illness behavior. Past areas of research focus include the effects of acute alcohol intoxication on sexual risk behaviors; screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for substance use disorders; culturally informed interventions; chronic pain; and medication adherence.
Dr. Stoner became the Director of the Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) in 2020 and the Director of the UW Fetal Alcohol & Drug Unit (FADU) in 2022. Later that year, the University of Washington Board of Regents appointed Dr. Stoner as the holder of the esteemed Ann Streissguth, PhD Endowed Professorship in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Titles
Research Associate Professor, Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UW School of Medicine
Adjunct Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, UW School of Arts & Sciences
Director, Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP)
Ann Streissguth, PhD Endowed Professorship in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Education
BA, Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, 1991
Clinical Fellow, Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Clinical Psychology Internship, Brockton/West Roxbury VAMC, Brockton, MA, 2000-2001
PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Washington, 2003
ORCID: 0000-0001-8548-219X
Recent Publications
- Hunnicut-Ferguson K, Stoner SA, Kable JA, Grant TM, Coles CD. Substance use and mental health symptoms in adults with prenatal alcohol exposure. Neurotoxicology Teratology 2025;109:107436. [doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2025.107436] PMID: 40032207
- Bhat A, Curran MC, Lohr MJ, Smith H, Blanchard B, Stoner SA, Grant T, Grote N. Integrating a brief behavioral intervention into case management for mothers with perinatal substance use disorder: Nonrandomized pilot feasibility study. JMIR Formative Research 2025;9:e75132. [doi: 10.2196/75132] PMID: 41468592 PMCID: PMC12753098
- Stoner SA, Graham JC, Grant TM. Evaluating outcomes of a three-year case management program for mothers with prenatal substance use according to race/ethnicity, Washington State, 2006–2017. BMC Public Health 2023;23:1832. [doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16670-z] PMID: 37730578 PMCID: PMC10512570
- Coles CD, Grant TM, Kable JA, Stoner SA, Perez A, Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Prenatal alcohol exposure and mental health at midlife: A preliminary report on two longitudinal cohorts. Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research 2022;46(2):232-242. [doi: 10.1111/acer.14761] PMID: 35157325 PMCID: PMC8867925
- van Tilburg MAL, Levy RL, Stoner S, Romano JM, Murphy TB, Abdullah B, Manci L, Feld AD. Mediation of outcomes for cognitive behavioral therapy targeted to parents of children with functional abdominal pain disorders. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2021;150:110618. [doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110618] PMID: 34598050 PMCID: PMC8526395
Research Interests
- Substance use, mental health, and health decision-making across the lifespan with particular interest special populations, including pregnant and parenting individuals, adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and older adults
- Intergenerational cycles of substance use and mental health disorders
- Roles of recovery supports and mental health treatment in substance use disorder recovery
- Web-based and mobile assessments and interventions
Honors
- Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program, National Institutes of Health (Grant # L30 AA015284), 2004-2007
- Bolles Fellowship Award, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, 2001-2002
- Dissertation Fellow, Sexuality Research Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Social Science Research Council with funding from the Ford Foundation, 1999-2000
Activities
- Data Operations Specialist, Northwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center, 2019-2021
- Coordinator, Treatment Research Subcommittee, sponsored by Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, Washington State Health Care Authority, 2017-2019
- Reviewer, federal and intramural grants and contracts, 2009 – present
Research & Other Projects
Brain Maturation in Adults with FASD
Status: completed
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Health and Neurobehavior
Status: completed
