Bethany C. Bray, Ph.D.

Associate Research Professor

The Methodology Center,

College of Health and Human Development,

Prevention and Methodology Training Program (PAMT),

The Pennsylvania State University

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Bray a statistician with expertise in contemporary approaches to the analyses and interpretation of longitudinal data. She provided valuable input on analyses and interpretation of NRLC projects investigating substance use development and its reciprocal interactions with other risk factors. Dr. Bray contributed in a significant way to the NRLC in the design and analyses of data related to prospective development of problems with drug use involvement among at-risk youth.

Education

Year	Degree	Major	Institution
2007	Ph.D.	Human Development and Family Studies	Penn State University, State College, PA
2006	M.A.S.	Applied Statistics	Penn State University, State College, PA
2005	M.S.	Human Development and Family Studies	Penn State University, State College, PA
2000	B.S.	Mathematics	University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI

Period of Service

2011 - 2016

After the NRLC

After concluding her methodological consultation with the NRLC, Dr. Bray continued her advanced statistical methodology work with the Methodology Center focusing on longitudinal development of substance use, with a special emphasis on the relation between substance use and the development of comorbid problem behaviors like gambling and risky sexual behavior

Presentations/Publications with the NRLC

Early adolescent trajectories of impulsiveness and sensation seeking in children of fathers with histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders
Acheson, A., Lake, S. L., Bray, B. C., Liang, Y., Mathias, C. W., Ryan, S. R., Charles, N. E., and Dougherty, D. M. (2016).

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research,. 40, 2,622-2,630
Altered developmental trajectories for impulsivity and sensation seeking among adolescent substance users
Charles, N. E., Ryan, S. R., Bray, B.C., Mathias, C. W., Acheson, A., and Dougherty, D. M. (2016).

Addictive Behaviors, 60, 235-241
Increased Pre- and Early-Adolescent Stress in Youth with a Family History of Substance Use Disorder and Early Substance Use Initiation
Charles, N. E., Mathias, C. W., Acheson, A., Bray, B. C., Ryan, S. R., Lake, S. L., Liang, Y, and Dougherty DM. (2015).

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 1954-1967.
Behavioral impulsivity and risk-taking trajectories across early adolescence in youths with and without family histories of alcohol and other drug use disorders
Dougherty, D. M., Lake, S. L., Mathias, C. W., Ryan, S. R., Bray, B. C., Charles, N. E., and Acheson, A. (2015).

Virtual Issue on Risk Factors for Adolescent Drinking
Combining diffusion tensor imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study reduced frontal white matter integrity in youths with family histories of substance use disorders
Acheson, A., Wijtenburg, S. A., Rowland, L. M., Bray, B. C., Gaston, F., Mathias, C. W., Fox, P.T., Lovallo, W. R., Wright, S. N., Hong, L. E., McGuire, S., Kochunov, P., and Dougherty, D. M. (2014).

Human Brain Mapping, 35, 5877-5887.
Acquisition of rater agreement for the Stressful Life Events Schedule
James, L. M., Mathias, C. W., Bray, B. C., Cates, S. E., Farris, S. J., Dawes, M. A., Hill-Kapturczak, N., and Dougherty, D. M. (2013)

Journal of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, 1:125, 1-5.
Failure to sustain prepulse inhibition in adolescent marijuana users.
Mathias, C. W., Blumenthal, T. D., Dawes, M. A., Liguori, A., Richard, D. M., Bray, B., Tong, W., and Dougherty, D. M. (2011).

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 116, 110-116.