Staff
Research Staff
Cheryl J. Cherpitel, DrPH
Senior Scientist & Associate Director of the National Alcohol Research Center
Email: Phone: 510-597-3453
Education:
Dr.PH Epidemiology, University of California at Berkeley
BS Nursing, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco
Primary Research Area:
The epidemiology of alcohol and casualties and violence-related injuries in emergency room (ER) populations and general population; validity of self-reported alcohol consumption based on breathalyzer readings; health services utilization; risk taking and risk curve analysis of alcohol and injuries; and drinking patterns and problems among primary care populations; and screening for alcohol problems.
Current Projects:
- Cross-national Analysis of Alcohol and Injury (Principal Investigator)
- Epidemiology of Alcohol Problems: National Alcohol Research Center (Associate Director)
- Epidemiology of Drinking and Disorders in Border vs. Non-Border Contexts ((Principal Investigator))
Recently/Selected Completed Projects:
- Alcohol and Injury in Emergency Rooms in Poland (Principal Investigator)
- Alcohol in Mexican-Origin Groups: U.S. and Mexican Surveys, (Co-Investigator)
- Brief Intervention in the Emergency Room in Poland (Principal Investigator)
Awards & Activities:
- Appointed to the National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)'s National Advisory Council. (2004 - 2008)
- Consultant for the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization (2000 - 2002)
- Consultant to the Pan American Health Organization (2008 - Present)
- Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley (2003 - Present)
Selected Research Publications:
Cherpitel, C. J., & Ye, Y. (In Press) Alcohol and injury in the general U.S. population: a risk function analysis from the 2005 National Alcohol Survey. Am. J. Addict..
Cherpitel, C. J., Borges, G., Giesbrecht, N., Hungerford, D., Peden, M., Poznyak, V., Room, R., & Stockwell, T. (Eds.). (In Press) Alcohol and Injuries: Emergency department studies in an international perspective.
Cherpitel, C. J., & Ye, Y. (2008) Alcohol-attributable fraction for injury in the U.S. general population: data from the 2005 National Alcohol Survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(4), 535-38.
Cherpitel, C. J., & Ye, Y. (2008) Trends in alcohol- and drug-related ED and primary care visits: data from three U.S. National Surveys (1995-2005). The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 34, 576-83.
Cherpitel, C. J. (2007) Alcohol and injuries: a review of international emergency room studies since 1995. Drug and Alcohol Review, 26(2), 201-14.
Cherpitel, C. J., Ye, Y., Bond, J., Borges, G., Macdonald, S., Stockwell, T., Room, R., Sovinova, H., Marais, S., & Giesbrecht, N. (2007) Validity of self-reported drinking before injury compared with a physiological measure: cross-national analysis of emergency-department data from 16 countries. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68(2), 296-302.
Cherpitel, C. J., Robertson, M. J., Ye, Y., Borges, G., Bautista, C. F., Lown, E. A., Greenfield, T. K., & Bond, J. (2007) Comorbidity for alcohol use disorders and drug use in Mexican-origin groups: comparison of data from national alcohol surveys in the U.S. and Mexico. Subst. Use Misuse, 42(11), 1685-703.
Wells, S., Thompson, J. M., Cherpitel, C. J., Macdonald, S., Marais, S., & Borges, G (2007) Gender differences in the relationship between alcohol and violent injury: an analysis of cross-national emergency department data. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68(6), 824-33.
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