Dr. Perrotte has been awarded a 5-year career development grant (K01) from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study alcohol use, misuse, and problems among U.S. Latinas (Award # 1K01AA029473-01A1). The project will occur over three distinct phases, she will use multiple methods throughout each phase to better understand sociodemographic and sociocultural antecedents to drinking behaviors among Latinas. The total award amount is $745,111, and this is the first NIH K-award to be received by a faculty member at Texas State University.