Dr. Romm is an Assistant Professor in the TSET Health Promotion Research Center and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences. As a life-span developmental psychologist, her research program uses longitudinal, observational research methods to identify sociocontextual determinants of substance use trajectories from adolescence through adulthood among populations experiencing health disparities. Her currently funded research projects focus on: 1) identifying minority stress drivers of young adult tobacco use trajectories at the intersection of sexual identity and rurality; and 2) understanding social influences of parental acceptance of and behaviors toward their LGBTQ+ adolescent and young adult children in ways that promote or mitigate tobacco use.
Dr. Romm aims to inform both policy efforts and public health interventions that are developmentally appropriate and culturally tailored to ultimately promote health equity. She has methodological expertise in large-scale national survey studies, macro-level longitudinal designs, intensive longitudinal research designs (e.g., ecological momentary assessment), and secondary data analysis of national longitudinal datasets (e.g., PATH, NSDUH).
She has been principal investigator and co-investigator on grants funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute, and the American Cancer Society.
Education:
Degree Granting Institutions
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, PhD, 2020, Life-span Developmental Psychology
- Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, MS, 2015, Clinical Psychology
- York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, BS, 2013, Psychology
Post Graduate Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Department of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2020-2022
Funding:
Current Funding:
Romm, K. F. (Principal Investigator), 35% Effort, "Elucidating Minority Stress Influences on Tobacco Use at the Intersection of Sexual Orientation and Rurality," Sponsored by National Institute on Drug Abuse, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: 1R01DA059480-01A1
Total Direct Costs: $1,498,717.00
August 1, 2024 - May 31, 2029
Romm, K. F. (Co-Investigator), 5% Effort, (PI: McQuoid), "Empowering Smoking Cessation for Sexual and/or Gender Minoritized (SGM) People in Oklahoma and the ACS South Region," Sponsored by American Cancer Society, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: 1181502
Total Direct Costs: $1,080,000.00
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2028
Romm, K. F. (Consultant), (MPIs: Berg, Cavazos-Rehg), "Recreational Marijuana Marketing and Young Adult Consumer Behavior," Sponsored by National Institute on Drug Abuse, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: R01DA054751-01A1
Total Direct Costs: $3,583,823.00
March 25, 2022 - February 28, 2027
Romm, K. F. (Principal Investigator), 15% Effort, "Elucidating Real-time Minority Stress Influences on Tobacco Use at the Intersection of Sexual Identity and Rurality: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study," Seed Grant, Sponsored by TSET Health Promotion Research Center, The University of Oklahoma (Institutional)
Total Direct Costs: $100,000.00
July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2025
Romm, K. F. (Co-Investigator), 5% Effort, (PI: Cohn), "Project IMMPACT (Investigating Medical Marijuana Perceptions with Alcohol, Cannabis, and Tobacco)," Seed Grant, Sponsored by TSET Health Promotion Research Center, The University of Oklahoma (Institutional)
Total Direct Costs: $100,000.00
July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2025
Romm, K. F. (Principal Investigator), 10% Effort, (MPI: Vogel), "Social Influences on Parenting Dynamics and Tobacco Use among Sexual Minority Youth," Sponsored by Cancer Prevention and Control, Stephenson Cancer Center, The University of Oklahoma (Institutional)
Grant/Contract Number: 2024-38
Total Direct Costs: $50,000.00
August 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025
Romm, K. F. (Principal Investigator), 15% Effort, "Elucidating Multilevel Influences on Tobacco Use at the Intersection of Sexual Orientation and Rurality," Institutional Research Grant, Sponsored by Stephenson Cancer Center, American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant, The University of Oklahoma (Institutional)
Grant/Contract Number: 134128-IRG-19-142-01
Total Direct Costs: $50,000.00
February 1, 2023 - January 31, 2025
Completed funding:
Romm, K. F. (Co-Investigator), 5% Effort, (PI: Berg), "Regulatory Impact on Vape Shops and Young Adults’ Use of ENDS," Sponsored by National Cancer Institute, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: R01CA215155-01A1
Total Direct Costs: $2,500,000.00
June 1, 2020 - November 30, 2023
Romm, K. F. (Principal Investigator), 100% Effort, (Mentor: Berg), "Parental Influences on Tobacco Use among Sexual Minority Young Adults in a New Market and Policy Landscape," Sponsored by National Institute on Drug Abuse, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: F32DA055388-01
Total Direct Costs: $11,950.00
May 13, 2022 - September 14, 2022
Romm, K. F. (Co-Investigator), 5% Effort, (MPIs: Berg, Levine), "IQOS Marketing and Consumer Behavior in Israel and the US: Translating Existing Evidence to Advance US Regulation," Sponsored by National Cancer Institute, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: R01CA235719-01A1
Total Direct Costs: $900,000.00
June 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022
Romm, K. F. (Consultant), (PI: Blank), "Predicting Longitudinal Patterns of Change in Adolescent Polytobacco Use: A Socioecological Framework," Sponsored by National Institute on Drug Abuse, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: R21DA051628-01
Total Direct Costs: $275,000.00
August 1, 2020 - July 31, 2022
Romm, K. F. (Co-Investigator), 5% Effort, (MPIs: Berg, Cavazos-Rehg), "Recreational Marijuana Marketing and Young Adult Consumer Behavior," Sponsored by National Institute on Drug Abuse, Federal
Grant/Contract Number: R56DA051232-01A1
Total Direct Costs: $455,335.00
September 30, 2021 - April 24, 2022
Select Publications:
Select publications (*denotes student/mentee author):
1. Romm, K. F., Berg, C. J. (2024). Disparities in transitions from e-cigarette use to other tobacco use patterns among sexual minority versus heterosexual women and men in the United States. Substance Use & Addiction Journal, 45(3), 515-522. PMID: 38477014. DOI: 10.1177/29767342241232763
2. Romm, K. F., Berg, C. J., Wang, Y., Cohn, A. M. (2024). Patterns of tobacco and cannabis use among sexual minority females and males from PATH wave 5: The role of sociodemographic and psychosocial correlates. Substance Use & Addiction Journal, 45(3), 397-407. PMID: 38281150. DOI: 10.1177/29767342231222245
3. Romm, K. F., Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Williams, R.*, Dopke, C.*, Cui, Y., LoParco, C. R., Wang, Y., Duan, Z., Yang, Y. T., Burris, S., Berg, C. J. (2024). Cannabis retailer communication about cannabis products, health benefits, and risks: A mystery shopper study of licensed retailers in five U.S. cities. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 85(1), 100-108. PMID: 37917012. DOI: 10.15288/jsad.23-00034
4. Romm, K. F., Dearfield, C. T., Berg, C. J. (2024). Longitudinal patterns of alcohol and cannabis use among US young adults: Correlates and implications for problematic health outcomes. Addictive Behaviors, 158, 108123. PMID: 39127025. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108123
5. Romm, K. F., Ehlke, S. J., Smith, M. A., Vogel, E. A., McQuoid, J. M., Kendzor, D. E., Cohn, A. M. (2024). Cannabis use differences among sexual minority versus heterosexual females and males in Oklahoma: The roles of mental health, cannabis perceptions, and cannabis marketing exposure. Substance Use & Addiction Journal, 45(1), 101-113. PMID: 38258857. DOI: 10.1177/29767342231208519
6. Romm, K. F., McDonald, S.*, DiLissio, E.*, Dearfield, C. T., Berg, C. J. (2024). Disparities in cannabis use among female and male sexual minority young adults in the US: The role of parenting behaviors. Cannabis, 7(2), 163-176. PMID: 38975593. DOI: 10.26828/cannabis/2024/000236
7. Sridharan, P.*, Romm, K. F., Berg, C. J. (2024). Use of cannabis for medical or recreational purposes among US young adults: Correlates and implications for problematic use and interest in quitting. Cannabis, 7(2), 51-64. PMID: 38975600. DOI: 10.26828/cannabis/2024/000216
8. Vogel, E. A., McQuoid, J. M., Romm, K. F., Kendzor, D. E., Cohn, A. M. (2024). Unmet healthcare needs and medical cannabis use among sexual and gender minoritized adults in a high-stigma environment. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-19. PMID: 38193883. DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2024.2302427
9. Vogel, E. A., Romm, K. F., Berg, C. J. (2024). Emotion regulation moderates associations between discrimination and cannabis use patterns among sexual minority young adult women. Cannabis, 7(2), 11-23. PMID: 38975591. DOI: 10.26828/cannabis/2024/000217
10. Williams, R.*, Romm, K. F., LoParco, C. R., Berg, C. J. (2024). Experiences of microaggressions, attributions, and impact among US young adults: An intersectional perspective regarding sexual/gender and racial/ethnic minorities. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 11(4), 2444-2458. PMID: 37531018. DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01710-6
Full List of published works available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katelyn-Romm