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Scientists Present at APHA 2020

September 14, 2020 by

This year’s meeting, from Oct. 24-28, features a mix of live and on-demand sessions focusing on the 2020 theme, “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Preventing Violence”, the COVID-19 pandemic and many other public health topics and issues.

ARG scientists will be participating in oral presenters, round table discussions, and poster presentations – all virtually.


Sunday, October 25

2:00pm – 3:00pm MT: Addressing Alcohol-Related Problems  (2022)

Poster: Quantifying risk of injury from alcohol consumption: An instrumental variable analysis
Yu Ye, Joseph Terza, William C. Kerr, Cheryl J. Cherpitel


Monday, October 26

1:00pm – 2:00pm MT: Alcohol Use Disorder Interventions and Research: Focusing on Subpopulations in Communities  (3148)

Poster: Alcohol consumption, beverage preference, and chronic conditions in Asian Americans
Won K. Cook, Christina Tam, William C. Kerr, Nina Mulia, Libo Li

12:30pm – 1:00pm MT: Tobacco Control Policies  (RT13)

12:30-1:00pm MT Presentation: Which community colleges have adopted smoke-free policies? Differences by geography and community policies
Camillia Lui, Deidre Patterson, Nina Mulia, Yu Ye, Sang Leng Trieu

1:00pm – 2:30pm MT: Costs and Access to Substance Use Interventions  (3170)

1:42pm MT Presentation: Medicaid expansion’s impact on alcohol and opioid treatment admissions in racial/ethnic groups
Nina Mulia, Camillia K. Lui, Kara M. Bensley, Meenakshi S. Subbaraman


Tuesday, October 27

8:30am – 10:00am MT: Alcohol and Violence: Evidence and Implications  (4003)

8:58am MT Presentation: Toxicological testing of suicide decedents in the national violent death reporting system: Trends and differences across participating states
Kara Bensley; William C. Kerr, Bentson H. McFarland, Raul Caetano, Mark S. Kaplan, Shannon Monnat, Norman Giesbrecht

9:12am MT Presentation: Mental health implications of having heavy drinkers in your life: The mediating role of exposure to alcohol-related violence
Deidre Patterson, Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe, Thomas K. Greenfield

3:00pm – 4:30pm MT: Cannabis Policy, Legalization and Associated Outcomes  (4265)

3:42pm MT Presentation: Characteristics of the Washington cannabis market from 2014 to 2016
William Kerr, Yu Ye


Wednesday, October 28

10:30am – 12:00pm MT Impact of Alcohol Policies in Reducing Harms  (5055)

10:44am MT Presentation: Differential effects of beverage-specific taxes on alcohol-related harms across demographic subgroups
Meenakshi Subbaraman, Nina Mulia, William C. Kerr, Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe

 11:12am MT Presentation: The high cost of the 4 a.m. bar bill in Los Angeles: A cost-benefit analysis
William Kerr, Meenakshi S. Subbaraman, Bruce C. Livingston

 11:26am MT Presentation:  The alcohol location interactive simulation tool: A simulation model designed to inform alcohol policy decisions and prevent harms
Pamela Trangenstein, Alexandra Nielsen, Katerine Gora Combs, Rachel Coe, Cassie Greisen


 

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