Maureen Walton, PhD, MPH

A photo of Maureen Walton.
  • Co-Investigator
  • Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

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Biography

Dr. Walton is a Professor and Associate Chair for Research and Research Faculty Development in the UM Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Walton also serves as the Senior Associate Director of the UM Injury Prevention Center (IPC), Associate Director for Child Research at the Addiction Center, and Co-Director of the Research & Scholarship Core at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. She has broad expertise in harnessing technology for intervention delivery, including mobile health research using innovative designs (e.g., micro-randomized trials, Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials). For example, Drs. Walton, Cunningham, Zimmerman, and colleagues demonstrated the efficacy of a single session (SafERteens) in reducing youth violence, and she is part of ongoing work (lead by Dr. Carter) integrating this intervention (augmented with text messages) into routine clinical care. In addition, Dr. Walton and colleagues are testing digital interventions focused on preventing misuse of substances (e.g., alcohol, cannabis, opioids) among adolescents and young adults.

Publications

Whiteside, L. K., Ranney, M. L., Chermack, S. T., Zimmerman, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., & Walton, M. A. (2013). The overlap of youth violence among aggressive adolescents with past-year alcohol use-a latent class analysis: aggression and victimization in peer and dating violence in an inner city emergency department sample. J Stud Alcohol Drugs, 74(1), 125–135.
Whiteside, L. K., Walton, M. A., Bohnert, A. S., Blow, F. C., Bonar, E. E., Ehrlich, P., & Cunningham, R. M. (2013). Nonmedical prescription opioid and sedative use among adolescents in the emergency department. Pediatrics, 132(5), 825–832. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-0721
Walton, M. A., Chermack, S. T., Shope, J. T., Bingham, C. R., Zimmerman, M. A., Blow, F. C., & Cunningham, R. M. (2010). Effects of a Brief Intervention for Reducing Violence and Alcohol Misuse Among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA, 304(5), 527–535. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1066
Walton, M. A., Resko, S., Whiteside, L., Chermack, S. T., Zimmerman, M., & Cunningham, R. M. (2013). Sexual risk behaviors among teens at an urban emergency department: relationship with violent behaviors and substance use. J Adolesc Health, 48(3), 303–305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.07.005
Stoddard, S. A., Meier-Austic, E., Epstein-Ngo, Q., Walton, M., Carter, P. M., Heinze, J. E., Zimmerman, M. A., & Cunningham, R. (2020). Substance use and mental health predictors of patterns of non-partner youth violence among high-risk urban youth. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 213, 108117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108117
Stoddard, S. A., Epstein-Ngo, Q., Walton, M. A., Zimmerman, M. A., Chermack, S. T., Blow, F. C., Booth, B. M., & Cunningham, R. M. (2015). Substance use and violence among youth: a daily calendar analysis. Substance Use & Misuse, 50(3), 328–339. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2014.980953
Stoddard, S. A., Whiteside, L., Zimmerman, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., Chermack, S. T., & Walton, M. A. (2013). The relationship between cumulative risk and promotive factors and violent behavior among urban adolescents. Am J Community Psychol, 51(1–2), 57–65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-012-9541-7
Sokol, R. L., Kumodzi, T., Cunningham, R. M., Resnicow, K., Steiger, M., Walton, M., Zimmerman, M. A., & Carter, P. M. (2022). The association between perceived community violence, police bias, race, and firearm carriage among urban adolescents and young adults. Preventive Medicine, 154, 106897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106897
Sokol, R. L., Carter, P. M., Goldstick, J., Miller, A. L., Walton, M. A., Zimmerman, M. A., & Cunningham, R. M. (2020). Within-Person Variability in Firearm Carriage Among High-Risk Youth. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 59(3), 386–393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.03.005
Singh, V., Epstein-Ngo, Q., Cunningham, R. M., Stoddard, S. A., Chermack, S. T., & Walton, M. A. (2015). Physical dating violence among adolescents and young adults with alcohol misuse. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 153, 364–368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.05.003
Singh, V., Walton, M. A., Whiteside, L. K., Stoddard, S., Epstein-Ngo, Q., Chermack, S. T., & Cunningham, R. M. (2014). Dating Violence Among Male and Female Youth Seeking Emergency Department Care. Ann Emerg Med. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.05.027
Sharp, A. L., Prosser, L. A., Walton, M., Blow, F. C., Chermack, S. T., Zimmerman, M. A., & Cunningham, R. (2014). Cost analysis of youth violence prevention. Pediatrics, 133(3), 448–453. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1615
Seewald, L. A., Myers, M., Zimmerman, M. A., Walton, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., Rupp, L. A., Haasz, M., & Carter, P. M. (2022). Firearm safety counseling among caregivers of high-school age teens: Results from a National Survey. Preventive Medicine, 107285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107285
Roche, J. S., Clery, M. J., Carter, P. M., Dora-Laskey, A., Walton, M. A., Ngo, Q. M., & Cunningham, R. M. (2018). Tracking Assault-injured, Drug-using Youth in Longitudinal Research: Follow-up Methods. Academic Emergency Medicine: Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.13495
Resko, S. M., Reddock, E. C., Ranney, M. L., Epstein-Ngo, Q., Mountain, S. K., Zimmerman, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., & Walton, M. A. (2016). Reasons for Fighting among Violent Female Adolescents: A Qualitative Investigation from an Urban, Midwestern Community. Social Work in Public Health, 31(3), 99–112. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2015.1087914
Resko, S. M., Walton, M. A., Bingham, C. R., Shope, J. T., Zimmerman, M., Chermack, S. T., Blow, F. C., & Cunningham, R. M. (2010). Alcohol availability and violence among inner-city adolescents: A multi-level analysis of the role of alcohol outlet density. Am J Community Psychol, 46(3–4), 253–262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-010-9353-6
Resko, S. M., Walton, M. A., Chermack, S. T., Blow, F. C., & Cunningham, R. M. (2013). Therapist competence and treatment adherence for a brief intervention addressing alcohol and violence among adolescents. J Subst Abuse Treat, 42(4), 429–437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2011.09.006
Ranney, M. L., Goldstick, J., Eisman, A., Carter, P. M., Walton, M., & Cunningham, R. M. (2017). Effects of a brief ED-based alcohol and violence intervention on depressive symptoms. General Hospital Psychiatry, 46, 44–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.01.008
Ranney, M. L., Whiteside, L., Walton, M. A., Chermack, S. T., Zimmerman, M. A., & Cunningham, R. M. (2013). Sex differences in characteristics of adolescents presenting to the emergency department with acute assault-related injury. Acad Emerg Med, 18(10), 1027–1035. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01165.x
Ranney, M. L., Walton, M., Whiteside, L., Epstein-Ngo, Q., Patton, R., Chermack, S., Blow, F., & Cunningham, R. M. (2013). Correlates of depressive symptoms among at-risk youth presenting to the emergency department. Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 35(5), 537–544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.05.007
Pelletier, K. R., Schmidt, C. J., Seewald, L., Cunningham, R. M., Zimmerman, M. A., Walton, M. A., Resnicow, K., & Carter, P. M. (2022). Understanding factors associated with firearm possession: Examining differences between male and female adolescents and emerging adults seeking emergency department care. Preventive Medicine, 107286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107286
Patton, R. A., Cunningham, R. M., Blow, F. C., Zimmerman, M. A., Booth, B. M., & Walton, M. A. (2014). Transactional sex involvement: exploring risk and promotive factors among substance-using youth in an urban emergency department. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75(4), 573–579.
Ngo, Q. M., Eisman, A. B., Walton, M. A., Kusunoki, Y., Chermack, S. T., Singh, V., & Cunningham, R. (2018). Emergency Department Alcohol Intervention: Effects on Dating Violence and Depression. Pediatrics, 142(1). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-3525
Loh, K., Walton, M. A., Harrison, S. R., Zimmerman, M., Stanley, R., Chermack, S. T., & Cunningham, R. M. (2013). Prevalence and correlates of handgun access among adolescents seeking care in an urban emergency department. Accid Anal Prev, 42(2), 347–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2009.11.012
Goldstick, J. E., Carter, P. M., Walton, M. A., Dahlberg, L. L., Sumner, S. A., Zimmerman, M. A., & Cunningham, R. M. (2017). Development of the SaFETy Score: A Clinical Screening Tool for Predicting Future Firearm Violence Risk. Annals of Internal Medicine, 166(10), 707–714. https://doi.org/10.7326/M16-1927
Goldstick, J. E., Lyons, V. H., Myers, M. G., Walton, M. A., Heinze, J. E., & Cunningham, R. M. (2021). Within- and between-person associations with drug use disorder among adolescents and emerging adults presenting to an urban emergency department. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 221, 108605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108605
Goldstick, J. E., Carter, P. M., Heinze, J. E., Walton, M. A., Zimmerman, M., & Cunningham, R. M. (2019). Predictors of transitions in firearm assault behavior among drug-using youth presenting to an urban emergency department. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42(4), 635–645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-019-00021-8
Goldstick, J. E., Roche, J. S., Carter, P. M., Arterberry, B. J., Bonar, E. E., Walton, M. A., Zimmerman, M., & Cunningham, R. M. (2018). Sex Differences in the Association Between Gaming and Serious Violence Among Predominantly African American Youth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 886260518764104. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518764104
Goldstick, J. E., Bohnert, K. M., Davis, A. K., Bonar, E. E., Carter, P. M., Walton, M. A., & Cunningham, R. M. (2018). Dual Trajectories of Depression/Anxiety Symptoms and Alcohol Use, and their Implications for Violence Outcomes Among Drug-Using Urban Youth. Alcohol and Alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire), 53(6), 659–666. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agy036
Goldstick, J. E., Stoddard, S. A., Carter, P. M., Zimmerman, M. A., Walton, M. A., & Cunningham, R. M. (2016). Characteristic substance misuse profiles among youth entering an urban emergency department: neighborhood correlates and behavioral comorbidities. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 42(6), 671–681. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2016.1174707
Goldstick, J. E., Lipton, R. I., Carter, P., Stoddard, S. A., Newton, M. F., Reischl, T., Walton, M., Zimmerman, M. A., & Cunningham, R. M. (2015). The Effect of Neighborhood Context on the Relationship Between Substance Misuse and Weapons Aggression in Urban Adolescents Seeking ED Care. Substance Use & Misuse. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2014.998235
Epstein-Ngo, Q. M., Roche, J. S., Walton, M. A., Zimmerman, M. A., Chermack, S. T., & Cunningham, R. M. (2014). Technology-Delivered Dating Aggression: Risk and Promotive Factors and Patterns of Associations Across Violence Types Among High-Risk Youth. Violence and Gender, 1(3), 131–133. https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2014.0018
Epstein-Ngo, Q. M., Cunningham, R. M., Whiteside, L. K., Chermack, S. T., Booth, B. M., Zimmerman, M. A., & Walton, M. A. (2012). A daily calendar analysis of substance use and dating violence among high risk urban youth. Drug Alcohol Depend, 130(1–3), 194–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.11.006
Epstein-Ngo, Q. M., Walton, M. A., Chermack, S. T., Blow, F. C., Zimmerman, M. A., & Cunningham, R. M. (2014). Event-level analysis of antecedents for youth violence: comparison of dating violence with non-dating violence. Addict Behav, 39(1), 350–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.10.015
Eisman, A. B., Ngo, Q. M., Kusunoki, Y. Y., Bonar, E. E., Zimmerman, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., & Walton, M. A. (2017). Sexual Violence Victimization Among Youth Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department: The Role of Violence Exposure in Predicting Risk. Health Education & Behavior: The Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 1090198117741941. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198117741941
Cunningham, R. M., Chermack, S. T., Zimmerman, M. A., Shope, J. T., Bingham, C. R., Blow, F. C., & Walton, M. A. (2012). Brief motivational interviewing intervention for peer violence and alcohol use in teens: one-year follow-up. Pediatrics, 129(6), 1083–1090. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-3419
Cunningham, R. M., Whiteside, L. K., Chermack, S. T., Zimmerman, M. A., Shope, J. T., Bingham, C. R., Blow, F. C., & Walton, M. A. (2013). Dating violence: outcomes following a brief motivational interviewing intervention among at-risk adolescents in an urban emergency department. Acad Emerg Med, 20(6), 562–569. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12151
Cunningham, R. M., Carter, P. M., Ranney, M. L., Walton, M., Zeoli, A. M., Alpern, E. R., Branas, C., Beidas, R. S., Ehrlich, P. F., Goyal, M. K., Goldstick, J. E., Hemenway, D., Hargarten, S. W., King, C. A., Massey, L., Ngo, Q., Pizarro, J., Prosser, L., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., … Zimmerman, M. A. (2019). Prevention of Firearm Injuries Among Children and Adolescents: Consensus-Driven Research Agenda from the Firearm Safety Among Children and Teens (FACTS) Consortium. JAMA Pediatrics, 173(8), 780–789. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1494
Cunningham, R. M., Walton, M. A., & Carter, P. M. (2018). The Major Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States. The New England Journal of Medicine, 379(25), 2468–2475. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsr1804754
Cunningham, R. M., Carter, P. M., Ranney, M., Zimmerman, M. A., Blow, F. C., Booth, B. M., Goldstick, J., & Walton, M. A. (2015). Violent reinjury and mortality among youth seeking emergency department care for assault-related injury: a 2-year prospective cohort study. JAMA Pediatrics, 169(1), 63–70. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1900
Cunningham, R. M., Resko, S. M., Harrison, S. R., Zimmerman, M., Stanley, R., Chermack, S. T., & Walton, M. A. (2010). Screening adolescents in the emergency department for weapon carriage. Academic Emergency Medicine, 17(2), 168–176. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76049126181&partnerID=40&md5=98b0702cd8a4c1ef72155f983e822e3c
Cunningham, R. M., Walton, M. A., Roahen Harrison, S., Resko, S. M., Stanley, R., Zimmerman, M., Bingham, C. R., & Shope, J. T. (2011). Past-year intentional and unintentional injury among teens treated in an inner-city emergency department. J Emerg Med, 41(4), 418–426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.11.024
Cunningham, R. M., Ranney, M., Newton, M., Woodhull, W., Zimmerman, M., & Walton, M. A. (2014). Characteristics of youth seeking emergency care for assault injuries. Pediatrics, 133(1), e96-105. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1864
Chermack, S. T., Bonar, E. E., Ilgen, M. A., Walton, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., Booth, B. M., & Blow, F. C. (2015). Developing an Integrated Violence Prevention for Men and Women in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515586369
Chermack, S. T., Murray, R., Kraus, S., Walton, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., Barry, K. L., Booth, B. M., & Blow, F. C. (2014). Characteristics and treatment interests among individuals with substance use disorders and a history of past six-month violence: findings from an emergency department study. Addict Behav, 39(1), 265–272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.10.004
Carter, P. M., Walton, M. A., Zimmerman, M. A., Chermack, S. T., Roche, J. S., & Cunningham, R. M. (2016). Efficacy of a Universal Brief Intervention for Violence Among Urban Emergency Department Youth. Academic Emergency Medicine: Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 23(9), 1061–1070. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.13021
Carter, P. M., Cranford, J. A., Buu, A., Walton, M. A., Zimmerman, M. A., Goldstick, J., Ngo, Q., & Cunningham, R. M. (2019). Daily patterns of substance use and violence among a high-risk urban emerging adult sample: Results from the Flint Youth Injury Study. Addictive Behaviors, 101, 106127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106127
Carter, P. M., Dora-Laskey, A. D., Goldstick, J. E., Heinze, J. E., Walton, M. A., Zimmerman, M. A., Roche, J. S., & Cunningham, R. M. (2018). Arrests Among High-Risk Youth Following Emergency Department Treatment for an Assault Injury. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 55(6), 812–821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.07.003
Carter, P. M., Walton, M. A., Goldstick, J., Epstein-Ngo, Q. M., Zimmerman, M. A., Mercado, M. C., Williams, A. G., & Cunningham, R. M. (2017). Violent firearm-related conflicts among high-risk youth: An event-level and daily calendar analysis. Preventive Medicine, 102, 112–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.07.011
Carter, P. M., Walton, M. A., Roehler, D. R., Goldstick, J., Zimmerman, M. A., Blow, F. C., & Cunningham, R. M. (2015). Firearm Violence Among High-Risk Emergency Department Youth After an Assault Injury. Pediatrics, peds.2014-3572. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-3572