Cheryl J. Cherpitel, DrPH
Senior Scientist; Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Alcohol Epidemiology and Injury
Email
ccherpitel@arg.orgPhone
510-898-5843Expertise
The epidemiology of alcohol, drug use and injuries in emergency room (ER) populations globally, and in the general population;; validity of self-reported alcohol consumption; health services utilization; risk taking and risk curve analysis of alcohol and injuries; drinking patterns and problems among primary care patients and Mexican origin individuals at the U.S. Mexico border; and screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems.
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Current Projects
- Cross-national Analysis of Alcohol and Injury (Principal Investigator)
- Risk of Motor Vehicle Collisions from Cannabis Use in Emergency Department Patients (Principal Investigator (Subaward))
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Completed Projects
- Methodologies for Improving Measurement of Alcohol Use and Problems (A Center Research Component) (Component Director)
- Epidemiology of Drinking and Disorders in Border vs. Non-Border Contexts (Principal Investigator)
- A Multi-Lingual Alcohol Measure Catalog/ Administration Tool - Phase II (Co-investigator)
- Screening and Brief Intervention in the Emergency Department among Mexican-origin Young Adults (Principal Investigator)
- Brief Intervention in the Emergency Room in Poland (Principal Investigator)
- Alcohol and Injury in Emergency Rooms in Poland (Principal Investigator)
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Selected Publications
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., (2019). Validity of self-reports of drinking before injury by cause of injury and societal context among emergency department patients.. Drug and Alcohol Review, Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Monteiro, M.G. (2019). Dose response relative risk of injury from acute alcohol consumption in 22 countries. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 54 (4) 396-401 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel CJ, Witbrodt J, Korcha RA, Ye Y, Monteiro MG, Chou P. (2019). Dose-response relationship of alcohol and injury cause: effects of country-level drinking pattern and alcohol policy. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43 850-856 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Korcha, R.A., Witbrodt, J., Ye, Y., (2018). Risk of alcohol-related injury: does societal drinking context make a difference?. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79 876-880 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Stockwell, T., Vallance, K., Chow, C. (2018). Recall bias across seven days in self-reported alcohol consumption prior to injury among emergency department patients. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 382-388 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Witbrodt, J., Ye, Y., & Korcha, R. (2018). A multi-level analysis of emergency department data on drinking patterns, alcohol policy and cause of injury in 28 countries. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 192 172-178 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Monteiro, M. (2018). Risk of violence-related injury from alcohol consumption and burden to society in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 42 (7) Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Witbrodt, J., Korcha, R., Ye, Y., Kool, B., Monteiro, M. (2018). Multi-level analysis of alcohol-related injury, societal drinking pattern and alcohol control policy: Emergency room data from 28 countries. Addiction , 113 2031-2040 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Poznyak, V. (2018). Single episode of alcohol use resulting in injury: a cross-sectional study in 21 countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 96 335-42 Abstract or Full Text
- Borges G, Monteiro M, Cherpitel CJ, Orozco R, Ye Y, Poznyak V, Peden M, Pechansky F, Cremonte M, Reid SD, Mendez J (2017). Alcohol and road traffic injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean: a case-crossover study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41 (10) 1731-1737 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Andreuccetti G., Stockwell T., Vallance K., Chow C., Brubacher J.R. (2017). Risk of injury from alcohol, marijuana and other drug use among emergency department patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 174 121-127 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C. J., Li, L., Borges, G., & Zemore, S. E. (2017). Age at immigration and substance use and problems among males and females at the U.S.–Mexico border. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78 (6) 827-834 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye Y., Kerr, W.C. (2016). Relationship of usual volume and heavy consumption to risk of alcohol-related injury: racial/ethnic disparities in four U.S. National Alcohol Surveys. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77 (1) 58-67 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Bond, J., Woolard, R., Villalobos, S., Bernstein, J., Bernstein, E., Ramos, R. (2016). Brief intervention in the emergency department among Mexican-origin young adults at the U.S.-Mexico border: outcomes of a randomized controlled clinical trial using Promotores. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 5 154-163 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Bond J., Borges G., Monteiro M. (2015). Relative risk of injury from acute alcohol consumption: modeling the dose-response relationship in emergency department data from 18 countries. Addiction, 110 (2) 279-88 Abstract or Full Text
- Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Bond J., Zemore S.E., Borges G., Greenfield T.K. (2015). Border effects on DSM-5 alcohol use disorders on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Jan. 19 Abstract or Full Text
