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            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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            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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            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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  • Karen Trocki, PhD

  • Senior Scientist Emerita
  • ktrocki@arg.org 510-898-5847
  • RESEARCH FOCUS

    Substance use and sexual risk behavior, alcohol and religion, drinking environments, social motivations and norms, temperament and psychophysiological approaches to treatment.

Areas of Expertise

Disparities
International

FEATURED PROJECTS

Effects of Marriage Recognition on Substance Abuse and Health for Women

Principal Investigator

Epidemiology of Alcohol Problems: Risk of AIDS

Principal Investigator

Epidemiological Analysis of the National Alcohol Survey (A Center Research Component)

Co-Investigator

Exploring Factors for Future HIV Prevention in Malaysia

Co-Investigator

Drinking & Problem Epidemiology in Blacks & Hispanics

Principal Investigator

European & American Drinking Contexts: Comparative Study of Young Adults

Principal Investigator

Sexual Orientation Differences: Prevalence & Correlates of Substance Use & Abuse

Multiple Principal Investigator

Sexual Orientation and Correlates of Alcohol Problems

Principal Investigator

Population Drinking Patterns & HIV Risk in Goa, India

Co-Investigator

Substance Use and HIV Risk among Thai Women

Co-Investigator

Community Impact on Adoption of Sober Living Houses

Co-Investigator


PUBLICATIONS

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Conducting qualitative interviews by telephone: lessons learned from a study of alcohol use among sexual minority and heterosexual women


Qualitative Social Work, 2016

Sexual orientation differences in the relationship between victimization and hazardous drinking among women in the National Alcohol Survey


Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2013

Lines in the sand: social representations of substance use boundaries in life narratives


Journal of Drug Issues, 2013

Alcohol in the life narratives of women: Commonalities and differences by sexual orientation


Addiction Research and Theory, 2013

“I am a Muslim and my dad is an alcoholic–what should I do?”: internet-based advice for Muslims about alcohol


Journal of Muslim Mental Health, 2009

Tobacco, marijuana, and sensation seeking: comparisons across gay, lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual groups


Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2009

Religion and alcohol in the U.S. National Alcohol Survey: how important is religion for abstention and drinking?


Drug Alcohol Depend., 2007

Sexual orientation and alcohol use: identity versus behavior measures


J. LGBT Health Res., 2007

Alcohol and Islam: an overview


Contemp. Drug Prob., 2006

Is there an anti-neurofeedback conspiracy?


Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2006

Reports of alcohol use and alcohol-related problems for bisexual and homosexual respondents: results of the Year 2000 National Alcohol Survey


J. Stud. Alcohol, 2005

Use of heavier drinking contexts among heterosexuals, homosexuals, and bisexuals: results from a national household probability survey


J. Stud. Alcohol, 2005

Etude exploratoire de l’usage des drogues dans les bars


Psychotropes, 2004

Exposure to family violence and temperament factors as predictors of adult psychopathology and substance use outcomes


Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2003

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We are a non-profit research organization that seeks to improve public health through deepening our understanding of alcohol and other drug use and investigating innovative approaches to reduce its consequences for individuals, families, and communities.

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