Conversation with Lorraine Midanik.

The article presents an interview with Lorraine Midanik, an American alcohol social scientist.She discusses her childhood, and her training experiences at Johns Hopkins. She describes how the breath test became the scientific method of self reporting of alcohol use and alcohol related problems. She also discusses her post-doctoral work at the alcohol research group (ARG). She also discusses her work with Kaiser, where she partnered with health education programs to evaluate specific programs.