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is a professor of psychology and director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington, Seattle. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Indiana University in 1968. After serving on the faculties of the University of British Columbia (1968–1969) and the University of Wisconsin (1969–1972), he joined the University of Washington faculty in the fall of 1972.
His major focus in both research and clinical work is the field of addictive behaviors. In addition to over 200 journal articles and book chapters, he has published several books in the addictions field, including Relapse Prevention (1985), Assessment of Addictive Behaviors (1988), Harm Reduction (1998), and Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS): A Harm Reduction Approach (1999).
Over the past 30 years, he has received continuous funding for his research from a variety of agencies including the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Dr. Marlatt received the Jellinek Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to knowledge in the field of alcohol studies in 1990, the Innovators in Combating Substance Abuse Award by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2001, and the Distinguished Research Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism in 2004.
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