Denise Zabkiewicz, M.P.H.

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Denise M. Zabkiewicz, M.P.H.

Background Information and Areas of Research

Denise Zabkiewicz is an associate scientist and pre-doctoral fellow at ARG, where she also serves as principal investigator of a study analyzing substance abuse problems and welfare service dynamics.

Since 1999, Zabkiewicz has worked on ARG’s Welfare Client Longitudinal Study in several capacities. As a programmer/analyst, she has used event history analyses to study the relationships between alcohol and drug problems and welfare dependency. She has managed fieldwork data collection, performed scientific analyses, and disseminated study results through professional meetings and peer-reviewed publications.

In addition, Zabkiewicz is working on a doctorate in epidemiology at the University of California at Berkeley, where she is under the tutelage of experts in social and psychiatric epidemiology, social welfare, and mental health. Her dissertation research examines the complex relationships between a broad range of stressors, poverty, and the mental health outcomes of women in the United States.

Selected Publications

Schmidt L, Dohan D, Wiley J, Zabkiewicz D (2002) Addiction and welfare dependency: interpreting the connection. Social Problems 49(2):221-241.

Wiley J, Zabkiewicz D, Schmidt L (2002) Technical Report #6: Comparisons Between Self-Reports of Aid Receipt from Timeline Follow-Back and Administrative Records. Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Berkeley, CA.

Other ARG Publications of This Author

Grants Information

Alcohol Problems & Service Dynamics after Welfare Reform, NIAAA R01 AA13136, Principal Investigator: Denise M. Zabkiewicz, M.P.H.

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Last updating of page: March 8, 2006