Duane McBride

Duane C. McBride, PhD, is a senior research professor of sociology at Andrews University and executive director of the University's Institute for Prevention of Addictions. His master’s degree is in industrial organization from the University of Maryland and he has a PhD in sociology of deviant behavior from the University of Kentucky.

He has published over 130 articles, chapters and monographs in health service research, the etiology and health consequences of substance use, and the role of religion in health behavior in such journals as the American Journal of Public Health, Criminology, Health Service Research, Review of Religious Research, and Journal of Drug Issues. He has also published in major Adventist publications such as Ministry Magazine and the Adventist Review.

He served for 10 years as the president of the Adventist Human-Subject Researchers Association (2002–2022). For about 35 years, McBride was a reviewer and often chair for NIH grant review committees. He also served on the Advisory Board of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Clinton and is currently on the Advisory Board for the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future Project. 

His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the National Institute of Justice as well as the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He is in the top 10 percent of all cited scholars listed in Research Gate.