Research Staff

Julia Tubert is a summer intern at the Alcohol Research Group. She is currently working with Dr. Nina Mulia on the Center Policy Project and with Dr. Camillia Lui on her smoke-free colleges project. Julia received her BS in environmental studies and is currently completing her Master’s of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UC Berkeley. Prior to joining ARG, she worked at UC Berkeley and UCLA on several behavioral interventions in the US and sub-Saharan Africa focused on HIV … [Read more...]

Harpreet Kaur is a Research Associate III at the Alcohol Research Group working under Dr. Meenakshi Subbaraman on the Measurement of Cannabis and Alcohol Co-use pilot study. She received her BA in Communicative Disorders from San Francisco State University in 2017 and worked as a Research Assistant supporting the Child Development Department, analyzing the socioeconomic factors that affect children’s literacy skills. She is currently completing her Master’s in Public Health at The University of … [Read more...]

Michelle holds an advanced degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the University of New Haven.The majority of her career has been spent working in both a research and clinical capacity with those suffering from mental illness and addiction issues. She has sixteen years management experience which includes her role as a Research Manager for the Stroke Sciences Group, University of California, San Francisco, management of the operations of the Addiction and Pharmacology Research Laboratory … [Read more...]

Edwina Williams, MPH, is a research associate IV with a Master’s degree in Public Health from Brown University. She has experience in collecting and analyzing state-level data on beverage-specific alcohol taxes using individual state revenue reports and the Alcohol Policy Information System from her work with Senior Scientist Bill Kerr. Edwina is also experienced in disparities research through her research on socioeconomic status and alcohol outlet density as indicators for increased risk of … [Read more...]

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...]

Jamie received her BA in 2011 from Bloomsburg University majoring in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice and an MA in 2013 from Claremont Graduate University majoring in Experimental Psychology with a concentration in Health Behavior Research and Evaluation. Jamie's primary research interests involve substance abuse treatment and prevention strategies. In October 2013, she began her work at ARG as a Research Associate II working under Katherine Karriker-Jaffe on her project Identifying … [Read more...]