Dr. Daniel Fridberg is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. Dr. Fridberg’s program of research focuses on individual differences in alcohol response phenotypes, alcohol biosensors, novel treatment approaches and reactivity to tobacco cues in people who smoke, and neurocognition in substance use disorders. He is especially interested in how basic science research on addiction can inform new treatment approaches for people suffering from those disorders. Dr. Fridberg’s work examining longitudinal predictors of alcohol use disorder (AUD) risk and developing and deploying smartphone-based assessment methods to measure alcohol use and responses in people from across the alcohol-use spectrum has been supported by multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health. In addition to his research program, Dr. Fridberg is a licensed clinical psychologist and provides assessment and treatment services to people with substance use disorders. He is co-director of the University’s Tobacco Cessation Program, which implements the Courage to Quit® smoking cessation program for patients at the University of Chicago Medicine. He also co-directs the Transplant Psychiatry program at the University of Chicago.
Clinical Interests:
Chemical and behavioral addictions
Smoking cessation
Impulse control disorders
Transplant psychology
Mood and anxiety disorders
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Research Interests:
Cognitive and personality mechanisms underlying substance use disorders
Novel treatments for addictive behaviors
Tobacco/alcohol co-use
The University of Chicago
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Addiction Treatment and Research
2014
Indiana University
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Alcohol Research
2013
Indiana University
Ph.D.
2011
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Predoctoral Internship
2011
IL
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Pace of alcohol drinking during in natural-environment drinking is associated with heightened alcohol-related reward and negative consequences in risky drinkers.
Pace of alcohol drinking during in natural-environment drinking is associated with heightened alcohol-related reward and negative consequences in risky drinkers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2025 Feb 17.
PMID: 39961888
Real-Time Assessment of Alcohol Reward, Stimulation, and Negative Affect in Individuals With and Without Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders.
Real-Time Assessment of Alcohol Reward, Stimulation, and Negative Affect in Individuals With and Without Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 2025 Feb 01; 182(2):187-197.
PMID: 39891444
Examining Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) Cue Reactivity Using a Remote Platform: Cigarette and ENDS Desire in Dual Users.
Examining Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) Cue Reactivity Using a Remote Platform: Cigarette and ENDS Desire in Dual Users. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Jan 18.
PMID: 39826089
Implementation of a Telehealth Smoking Cessation Program in Primarily Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Black Patients: Courage to Quit Rolling-Virtual (CTQ-RV).
Implementation of a Telehealth Smoking Cessation Program in Primarily Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Black Patients: Courage to Quit Rolling-Virtual (CTQ-RV). Ann Behav Med. 2025 Jan 04; 59(1).
PMID: 39406509
Implementation of a Telehealth Smoking Cessation Program in Primarily Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Black Patients: Courage to Quit Rolling-Virtual (CTQ-RV).
Implementation of a Telehealth Smoking Cessation Program in Primarily Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Black Patients: Courage to Quit Rolling-Virtual (CTQ-RV). Ann Behav Med. 2024 Oct 15.
PMID: 39406509
Integrating Alcohol Biosensors With Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) for Alcohol Use: a Synthesis of the Latest Literature and Directions for Future Research.
Integrating Alcohol Biosensors With Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) for Alcohol Use: a Synthesis of the Latest Literature and Directions for Future Research. Curr Addict Rep. 2024 Apr; 11(2):191-198.
PMID: 38854904
Signal processing and machine learning with transdermal alcohol concentration to predict natural environment alcohol consumption.
Signal processing and machine learning with transdermal alcohol concentration to predict natural environment alcohol consumption. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2024 Apr; 32(2):245-254.
PMID: 37824232
Assessing real-time positive subjective effects of alcohol using high-resolution ecological momentary assessment in risky versus light drinkers.
Assessing real-time positive subjective effects of alcohol using high-resolution ecological momentary assessment in risky versus light drinkers. Alcohol (Hoboken). 2023 Aug 14.
PMID: 37578682
Assessing real-time positive subjective effects of alcohol using high-resolution ecological momentary assessment in risky versus light drinkers.
Assessing real-time positive subjective effects of alcohol using high-resolution ecological momentary assessment in risky versus light drinkers. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2023 Aug; 47(8):1570-1581.
PMID: 37578682
Cue Reactivity Effects of Heated Tobacco Product Use in Current, Former, and Never Smokers in the United States.
Cue Reactivity Effects of Heated Tobacco Product Use in Current, Former, and Never Smokers in the United States. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 04 06; 25(5):1014-1021.
PMID: 36205373