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          • ABOUT THE CENTER

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          • MEET THE DIRECTOR


            Senior Scientist, William (Bill) C. Kerr, PhD, is Director of ARG’s National Alcohol Research Center and Co-Directs the National Alcohol Survey and the Health Disparities projects.  Bill also serves as the scientific director at ARG and continues to lead R01 projects, including a grant to investigate secondhand harms from alcohol and other drugs.

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          • MEET THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

            Scientist Nina Mulia, DrPH, is Center Associate Director and Director of the Alcohol Services project. She specializes in and has published widely on race and ethnicity and socioeconomic disparities in heavy drinking, alcohol problems, and alcohol services utilization.

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          • ASSESSING HID OVER THE LIFECOURSE

            This project, led by Camillia Lui, PhD, traces trends in harmful drinking patterns over a 40-year period, and identifies a range of alcohol-related precursors and problems through event-based and population-based approaches to inform early screening and interventions for high-risk groups.

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          • ABOUT THE SURVEY

            • About the National Alcohol Survey
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          • MEET THE SURVEY CO-DIRECTOR

            Scientist and Deputy Scientific Director, Priscilla Martinez, oversees the survey design, data collection, and analyses.  In the latest cycle of the NAS, Priscilla conducted dried blood spot sampling to help better understand the relationship between how our immune systems work and what role they might play in how alcohol use can affect our mental health.

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  • Amy Mericle, PhD

  • Scientist
  • americle@arg.org 510-898-5840
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  • RESEARCH FOCUS

    Recovery, recovery support services, sexual minority health disparities, adolescent risk behavior, substance use and co-occurring mental disorders, environmental factors associated with service use and recovery outcomes, integrative services delivery models.

Areas of Expertise

Treatment & Recovery
Disparities
Intervention Trials
Environment
Epidemiology

FEATURED PROJECTS

Preparing a Computerized Tool for Preventing Prenatal Drinking for a Larger Trial

Co-Investigator

Evidence Based Sober Living Houses: A Multi-level Analysis

Co-Investigator

Advancing the science on recovery community centers to support persons treated with medications for opioid use disorder

Subaward PI

A National Longitudinal Study of the Impact of COVID-19 on Recovery Residences

Principal Investigator

Enhancing Effectiveness Research on Recovery Housing for Persons Prescribed Medication for Opioid Use Disorder

Principal Investigator

Recovery Housing For Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders: A National Study

Principal Investigator

Addiction Recovery Residences to Improve Health Outcomes in High-Risk Men

Principal Investigator

Substance Use Treatment Among Sexual Minority Women (A Center Pilot Study)

Pilot Director

Reducing Offenders HIV Risk: MI Enhanced Case Management with Drug-Free Housing

Co-Investigator

Preparing a Computerized Tool for Preventing Prenatal Drinking for a Larger Trial

Co-Investigator

Evidence Based Sober Living Houses: A Multi-level Analysis

Co-Investigator

Advancing the science on recovery community centers to support persons treated with medications for opioid use disorder

Subaward PI

A National Longitudinal Study of the Impact of COVID-19 on Recovery Residences

Principal Investigator

Enhancing Effectiveness Research on Recovery Housing for Persons Prescribed Medication for Opioid Use Disorder

Principal Investigator

Recovery Housing For Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders: A National Study

Principal Investigator

Addiction Recovery Residences to Improve Health Outcomes in High-Risk Men

Principal Investigator

Substance Use Treatment Among Sexual Minority Women (A Center Pilot Study)

Pilot Director

Reducing Offenders HIV Risk: MI Enhanced Case Management with Drug-Free Housing

Co-Investigator

Preparing a Computerized Tool for Preventing Prenatal Drinking for a Larger Trial

Co-Investigator

Evidence Based Sober Living Houses: A Multi-level Analysis

Co-Investigator

Advancing the science on recovery community centers to support persons treated with medications for opioid use disorder

Subaward PI

A National Longitudinal Study of the Impact of COVID-19 on Recovery Residences

Principal Investigator


PUBLICATIONS

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Detection, advice, and referral to services (DARTS) procedures among clients with public defenders


Substance Use and Misuse, 2011

Barriers to implementing individualized substance abuse treatment: Qualitative findings from the CASPAR replication studies


Journal of Drug Issues, 2010

Characteristics of recent violence among entrants to acute mental health and substance abuse services


Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2008

Mental health provider perspectives on co-occurring substance use among severely mentally ill clients


Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2007

Mapping COVID vulnerability in relation to drug and alcohol recovery residence availability across the United States


BMC Public Health, 2023

Social model recovery and recovery housing


Addiction Research & Theory, 2023

The role of recovery housing during outpatient substance use treatment


Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2022

Identifying the availability of recovery housing in the U.S.: The NSTARR project


Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2022

Recovery in context: Sober living houses and the ecology of recovery


Journal of Community Psychology, 2020

Sheltering in place and social distancing when the services provided are housing and social support: The COVID-19 health crisis and recovery housing


Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2020

Sober living house characteristics: a multilevel analyses of factors associated with improved outcomes


Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2019

Improving recovery outcomes among MSM: the potential role of recovery housing


Journal of Substance Use, 2019

Integrating housing and recovery support services: Introduction to the special section


Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2017

Quality of life and the complex needs of recovery home residents


Substance Abuse, 2017

Recovery housing: evolving models to address resident needs


Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2017

Distribution and neighborhood correlates of sober living house locations in Los Angeles


American Journal of Community Psychology, 2016

Recovery residences and providing safe and supportive housing for individuals overcoming addiction


Journal of Drug Issues, 2015

National Trends in Adolescent Substance Use Disorders and Treatment Availability: 2003–2010


Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2015

A critical component of the continuum of care for substance use disorders: recovery homes in Philadelphia


Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2015

Supporting recovery in the community: Six-month outcomes of clients participating in the Phoenix House Bronx Community Recovery Center (BCRC).


Journal of Community Psychology, 2014

Staff perspectives on juvenile drug court operations: A multi-site qualitative study.


Criminal Justice Policy Review, 2014

Prevalence, patterns, and correlates of co-occurring substance use and mental disorders in the US: Variations by race/ethnicity


Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2012

Identifying need for mental health services in substance abuse clients


Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2012

Detection, advice, and referral to services (DARTS) procedures among clients with public defenders


Substance Use and Misuse, 2011

Barriers to implementing individualized substance abuse treatment: Qualitative findings from the CASPAR replication studies


Journal of Drug Issues, 2010

Characteristics of recent violence among entrants to acute mental health and substance abuse services


Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2008

Mental health provider perspectives on co-occurring substance use among severely mentally ill clients


Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2007

Mapping COVID vulnerability in relation to drug and alcohol recovery residence availability across the United States


BMC Public Health, 2023

Social model recovery and recovery housing


Addiction Research & Theory, 2023

The role of recovery housing during outpatient substance use treatment


Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2022

Identifying the availability of recovery housing in the U.S.: The NSTARR project


Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2022

Recovery in context: Sober living houses and the ecology of recovery


Journal of Community Psychology, 2020

Sheltering in place and social distancing when the services provided are housing and social support: The COVID-19 health crisis and recovery housing


Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2020

Sober living house characteristics: a multilevel analyses of factors associated with improved outcomes


Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2019

Improving recovery outcomes among MSM: the potential role of recovery housing


Journal of Substance Use, 2019

Integrating housing and recovery support services: Introduction to the special section


Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2017

Quality of life and the complex needs of recovery home residents


Substance Abuse, 2017

Recovery housing: evolving models to address resident needs


Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2017

Distribution and neighborhood correlates of sober living house locations in Los Angeles


American Journal of Community Psychology, 2016

Recovery residences and providing safe and supportive housing for individuals overcoming addiction


Journal of Drug Issues, 2015

National Trends in Adolescent Substance Use Disorders and Treatment Availability: 2003–2010


Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2015

A critical component of the continuum of care for substance use disorders: recovery homes in Philadelphia


Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2015

Supporting recovery in the community: Six-month outcomes of clients participating in the Phoenix House Bronx Community Recovery Center (BCRC).


Journal of Community Psychology, 2014

Staff perspectives on juvenile drug court operations: A multi-site qualitative study.


Criminal Justice Policy Review, 2014

Prevalence, patterns, and correlates of co-occurring substance use and mental disorders in the US: Variations by race/ethnicity


Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2012

Identifying need for mental health services in substance abuse clients


Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2012

Detection, advice, and referral to services (DARTS) procedures among clients with public defenders


Substance Use and Misuse, 2011

Barriers to implementing individualized substance abuse treatment: Qualitative findings from the CASPAR replication studies


Journal of Drug Issues, 2010

Characteristics of recent violence among entrants to acute mental health and substance abuse services


Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2008

Mental health provider perspectives on co-occurring substance use among severely mentally ill clients


Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2007

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