Professional Interests

• Psychiatric epidemiology
• Substance use epidemiology
• Anxiety/mood disorders and physical health problems
• Interrelationships between anxiety/mood/behavior disorders, cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence and other substance use problems
• Suicide behavior from an intergenerational life course perspective

Selected Publications

• Zvolensky MJ, Jenkins EF, Johnson KA, Goodwin RD. Personality disorders and cigarette smoking among adults in the United States. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2011; 45:835-841.
• Feldman JM, Perez EA, Canino G, McQuaid EL, Goodwin RD, Ortega AN.  The role of caregiver major depression in the relationship between anxiety disorders and asthma attacks in Puerto Rican youth.  J Nervous and Mental Disease. 2011; 199(5):313-8.
• Goodwin RD, Marusic A. Perception of health, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among adults in the community. Crisis. 2011; 32(6):346-51.
• Goodwin RD, Lipsitz JD, Keyes KM, Galea S, Fyer AJ. Family History of alcohol use disorders among adults with panic disorder in the community. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2011; 45(8):1123-7.
• Goodwin RD.  Association between infection early in life and the risk of mental disorders among youth in the community: a cross-sectional study.  BMC Public Health. 2011; 11:878.
• Goodwin RD, Pagura J, Lemeshow AR, Spiwak R, Sareen J. Predictors of persistent nicotine dependence among adults. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2011; 118(2-3):127-33.
• Goodwin RD. Is COPD associated with Suicide Behavior? Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2011; 45(9):1269-71.
• Goodwin RD, Lavoie K, Jenkins EF, Fedoronko D, Brown ES (in press).  Depression, Anxiety and COPD: The unexamined role of nicotine dependence.  Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
• Goodwin RD, Zvolensky MJ, Keyes KM, Hasin DS (in press). Mental disorders and cigarette use among adults in the United States.  American Journal on Addictions.
• Goodwin RD, Styron TH (in press).  Perceived quality of early paternal relationships and mental health in adulthood.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
• Goodwin RD, Wamboldt FS.  Childhood physical abuse and respiratory disease in the community: The role of mental health and cigarette smoking.  Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2012; 14(1):91-7.
• Goodwin RD (in press). In Medicopsychiatric issue (Katon W, Ed). Asthma and suicide: Current knowledge and new directions. Current Psychiatry Reviews.
• Grover K, Goodwin RD, Zvolensky MJ (in press). Does current versus former smoking play a role in the relationship between anxiety and mood disorders and nicotine dependence? Addictive Behaviors.
• Grover K, Zvolensky MJ, Lemeshow AR, Galea S, Goodwin RD (in press). Does quitting smoking during pregnancy have a long-term impact on smoking status? Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
• Bandiera FC, Ramirez R, Arheart K, Canino G, Goodwin RD (in press). Asthma and suicidal ideation and behavior among Puerto Rican adolescents.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
• Goodwin RD, Seeley JS, Lewinsohn PM (in press).  Childhood respiratory symptoms and mental health problems: An intergenerational hypothesis.  Pediatric Pulmonology.
•  Goodwin RD, Demmer R, Galea S, Lemeshow AL, Ortega AN, Beautrais AL. Asthma and suicide attempts among adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Journal of Psychiatric Research 2012; 46: 1002-1007.

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, Northwestern University
• MPH, Epidemiology, Columbia University