Faculty Fellows

John Hewitt

Director IBG
1480 30th St
447 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0447

Phone: (303) 492-0742
Fax: (303) 492-8063
Email:
John.Hewitt@Colorado.EDU
Website:
http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/ ~hewitt

Recent Publications

Research Interests:

The use of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of twins and families to study behavioral development, and genetic and environmental influences on behavior, personality, and health. Recent research focus on the development of behavior problems in childhood and adolescence, vulnerability to drug use, abuse, and dependence, genetics and health, and linkage and association studies of behavioral traits. Dr. Hewitt is Director of the Institute for Behavioral Genetics and Executive Editor of the journal, Behavior Genetics.

Selected Publications:

1. Ehringer MA, Clegg HV, Collins AC, Corley RP, Crowley T, Hewitt JK, Hopfer CJ, Krauter K, Lessem J, Rhee SH, Schlaepfer I, Smolen A, Stallings MC, Young SE, Zeiger JS. (2007). Association of the neuronal nicotinic receptor beta2 subunit gene (CHRNB2) with subjective responses to alcohol and nicotine. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet., 144(5), 596-604.
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2. Button TM, Hewitt JK, Rhee SH, Young SE, Corley RP & Stallings MC. (2006). Examination of the causes of covariation between conduct disorder symptoms and vulnerability to drug dependence. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9(1), 38-45. | pubmed abstract |

3. Friedman NP, Miyake A, Corley RP, Young SE, Defries JC, Hewitt JK. (2006) Not all executive functions are related to intelligence. Psychological Science, 17(2), 172-9. | pubmed abstract |