Research Associate IV Deidre Patterson, MPH, is a research associate IV at the Alcohol Research Group. She received her undergraduate degrees in psychology from Brooklyn College (CUNY) and her MPH in Community Health from Hunter College (CUNY). She works on diverse topics including economic conditions and alcohol problems and alcohol-related problem and consumption measurement. Other research interests include ethnic variation in drinking behavior, disparities in alcohol behaviors and … [Read more...]
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Deidre Patterson
Deidre Patterson, MPH, is a research associate IV at the Alcohol Research Group. She received her undergraduate degrees in psychology from Brooklyn College (CUNY) and her MPH in Community Health from Hunter College (CUNY). She works on diverse topics including economic conditions and alcohol problems and alcohol-related problem and consumption measurement. Other research interests include ethnic variation in drinking behavior, disparities in alcohol behaviors and treatment, as well as cultural … [Read more...]
New Grant Assesses Effect of Marijuana Legalization
Senior scientist William C. Kerr and colleagues' new grant investigates the effects of recreational legalization of marijuana and local policy implementation in Washington State. This project will provide a wealth of new information relevant to the impacts of legalization and local marijuana regulation, as well as inter-relationships between marijuana and other substance use problems over time. The grant is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Previously, ARG was … [Read more...]
New Grant Looks at Suicide Risk & AUD Among American Indian People in Southern California
Led by Cindy Ehlers at Scripps Research Institute, sub-award recipient and ARG Senior Scientist Katherine Karriker-Jaffe will provide expertise in neighborhood effects and disparities research for the new project. ARG Biostatistician Libo Li and Research Associate Deidre Patterson along with Assistant Professor and suicide expert Rebecca Bernert at Stanford round out the team. The grant supports the development of a multilevel bio-psychosocial-ecological model of risk and protective factors for … [Read more...]
Alcohol’s Secondhand Harms’ Project Wraps Up with Significant Results
Led by Co-PIs Katherine Karriker-Jaffe and Thomas K. Greenfield, the project on Alcohol’s Harms to Others Among US Adults: Individual and Contextual Effects wrapped up recently after resulting in multiple published works, with several new publications on the horizon. The project, which looked at how someone’s drinking affects their spouse or partner or other family member including children, used data from four cycles of ARG’s National Alcohol Survey (NAS), including the latest completed in … [Read more...]
Mental Health & Alcohol Use Disorders
Led by Scripps Research Institute (Cindy Ehlers, PI), sub-award recipient and ARG Scientist Katherine Karriker-Jaffe will provide expertise in neighborhood effects and disparities research for the new project. ARG Biostatistician Libo Li and Research Associate Deidre Patterson round out the team. The grant supports the development of a multilevel bio-psychosocial-ecological model of risk and protective factors for alcohol use disorders among Mexican Americans young adults. With U.S.-born … [Read more...]
ARG Scientists Present at APHA
From November 4 - 8, Atlanta hosts the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), where researchers, practitioners and policy makers from across the country will gather to share knowledge on health-related issues. This year’s theme focuses on creating the healthiest nation by mitigating and protecting communities against the impacts of climate change. This gathering will mark the cornerstone of the Year of Climate Change and Health. ARG researchers will be in attendance … [Read more...]
Cannabis’s Effect on Post Treatment Sobriety
People who used cannabis while undergoing treatment for an alcohol use disorder (AUD) had significantly fewer days of alcohol abstinence at the end of treatment compared with non-cannabis users, according to a new study from ARG biostatistician Meenakshi Sabina Subbaraman. Study team members included ARG research associate Deidre Patterson, and Jane Metrik and Robert M. Swift of Brown University. Findings showed that one day of cannabis use reduced the number of abstinence days by four to … [Read more...]
ARG Researchers Present at APHA
The annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) will see health researchers, practitioners and policy makers from across the country gather in Denver from October 29 to November 2. This year's theme focuses on the right to health and how to achieve health equity. ARG researchers will be in attendance to present on a range of topics, including disparities in drinking trajectories, risks of alcohol-related problems when combining alcohol with other drugs, and how control … [Read more...]
ARG Scientists Present at APHA
ARG scientists will be in Chicago at the end of October to present at the American Public Health Association (APHA)'s Annual Meeting and Exposition with talks focused on alcohol-related heath issues and outcomes. Conference highlights include a panel on November 3 when ARG researchers will present new findings on health disparities from the National Alcohol Survey. Beginning at 2:30 pm, Camillia Lui discusses differences in education among heavy drinkers using age-period cohort analysis. She … [Read more...]
