Alcohol Research Group

  • Lyndsay Ammon Avalos, PhD MPH

  • Associate Scientist

  • Email

    lammon@arg.org

  • Phone

    510-597-3440

  • Expertise

    Understanding the role of nutrition in alcohol-related reproductive and perinatal birth outcomes. I am also interested in developing targeted brief interventions for pregnant women around alcohol use and nutrition during pregnancy. Other interests include understanding the relationship between substance use and sexual risk behaviors and the impact of health services and other influences on problem drinking over time.

  • Education

    PhD Epidemiology, University of California at Berkeley
    MPH Concentration in: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boston University
    BS Animal Physiology and Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego

  • Awards

    • Instructor, University of California, Berkeley Extension Program (2008 – Present)
    • Tropical Neuroethology Program Fellow, Institute of Neurobiology, Puerto Rico (1998)
    • NIAAA Training Program Pre-doctoral Fellow, Alcohol Research Group and UC Berkeley SPH (2007 – 2008)
    • John P. Dowdle Fellowship in Mental Health, UC Berkeley (2006)
    • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition, Judge (2006 -2008)
Completed Projects
Selected Publications
  • Ammon Avalos, L. N., Mertens, J.R., Ward, C. L., Flisher, A. J., Bresick, G. F. & Weisner, C.M. (2010). Stress, substance use and sexual risk behaviors among primary care patients in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior, 14 (2) 359-370 Abstract or Full Text
  • Ammon Avalos, L., Kaskutas, L. A., Block, G., & Li, D.K. (2009). Do multivitamin supplements modify the relationship between prenatal alcohol intake and miscarriage?. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 201 (3) 563.e561-563.e569 Abstract or Full Text
  • Kaskutas, L. A., Bond, J., & Ammon Avalos, L. (2009). 7-year trajectories of Alcoholics Anonymous attendance and associations with treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 34 (12) 1029-1035 Abstract or Full Text
  • Ammon, L. N., Bond, J., Matzger, H, & Weisner, C. (2008). Gender differences in the relationship of community services and informal support to seven-year drinking trajectories of alcohol-dependent and problem drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69 (1) 140-50 Abstract or Full Text
  • Kaskutas, L. A., Ammon, L. N., Oberste, E. A., & Polcin, D. L. (2007). A brief scale for measuring helping activities in recovery: the Brief Helper Therapy Scale. Subst. Use Misuse, 42 (11) 1767-81 Abstract or Full Text
  • Ammon, L. N., Sterling, S, Mertens, J, & Weisner, C. (2005). Adolescents in private chemical dependency programs: Who is at risk for HIV?. J. Subst. Abuse Treat., 29 39-45 Abstract or Full Text
  • Kaskutas, L. A., Ammon, L. N., Delucchi, K., Room, R., Bond, J., & Weisner, C. (2005). Alcoholics Anonymous careers: patterns of AA involvement five years after treatment entry. Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res., 29 (11) 1983-90 Abstract or Full Text
  • Matzger, H., Delucchi, K., Weisner, C., & Ammon, L. N. (2004). Does marital status predict long-term drinking? Five-year observations of dependent and problem drinkers. J. Stud. Alcohol, 65 (2) 255-65 Abstract or Full Text
  • Kaskutas, L. A., Ammon, L. N., Weisner, C (2004). A naturalistic analysis comparing outcomes at substance abuse treatment programs with differing philosophies: social and clinical model perspectives. Int. J. Self Help Self Care, 2 (2) 111-33
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