Kwinoja has extensive experience coordinating and managing health research projects, ranging from social & behavioral health to clinical studies, both in the US and globally. Her introduction to the field of substance use disorder (SUD) research was through UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies where she worked on the evaluation of a tobacco control program for patients receiving SUD treatment. Kwinoja has joined ARG to support Dr Mericle’s project on Infrastructure for … [Read more...]
Research Staff
Colleen Barrett
Colleen Barrett is a research associate II at the Alcohol Research Group. She received her B.S. in Community Health Science and MPH at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has supported numerous projects at the Nevada Public Health Training Center through data management optimization and statistical reporting allowing organizations to expand their opportunities for grant funding and project development. For the past two years, she worked as an Epidemiologist at the local level serving as the lead … [Read more...]
Joanne Delk
Joanne Delk, MS, is a research associate IV with a Master’s degree in Nutrition from the University of Minnesota. She has experience as a project coordinator on large-scale studies focusing on child and adolescent health (nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco). She was the project coordinator for the Texas Adolescent Tobacco and Marketing Surveillance System (TATAMS), recruiting and following 4,000 Texas youth for four years to generate data for the FDA on youth tobacco behaviors and … [Read more...]
Edwina Williams
Edwina Williams, MPH, is a research associate III 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...]
