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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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            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 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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  • Lyndsay Ammon Avalos, PhD MPH

  • Associate Scientist
  • lammon@arg.org 510-597-3440
  • 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
  • RESEARCH FOCUS

    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.

FEATURED PROJECTS

Cost-effectiveness of HMO Residential & Outpatient Care

Programmer Analyst

Impact of Services on Problem Drinking Trajectories
Sex Differences in Problem Drinking Trajectories
How Much Does She Drink? An HMO Intervention

Programmer Analyst

Medical vs. Social Model Day Treatment: Outcome & Cost

Programmer Analyst

Epidemiology of Alcohol Problems: National Alcohol Research Center

PUBLICATIONS

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Stress, substance use and sexual risk behaviors among primary care patients in Cape Town, South Africa


AIDS and Behavior, 2010

Do multivitamin supplements modify the relationship between prenatal alcohol intake and miscarriage?


American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009

7-year trajectories of Alcoholics Anonymous attendance and associations with treatment


Addictive Behaviors, 2009

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, 2008

A brief scale for measuring helping activities in recovery: the Brief Helper Therapy Scale


Subst. Use Misuse, 2007

Adolescents in private chemical dependency programs: Who is at risk for HIV?


J. Subst. Abuse Treat., 2005

Alcoholics Anonymous careers: patterns of AA involvement five years after treatment entry


Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res., 2005

A naturalistic analysis comparing outcomes at substance abuse treatment programs with differing philosophies: social and clinical model perspectives


Int. J. Self Help Self Care, 2004

Does marital status predict long-term drinking? Five-year observations of dependent and problem drinkers


J. Stud. Alcohol, 2004

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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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