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  • Madhabika B. Nayak, PhD

  • Scientist

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    mnayak@arg.org
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    510-898-5849
  • Expertise

    Problematic alcohol use patterns and problems, screening and brief intervention, victimization by interpersonal violence and alcohol use, mental and physical health outcomes, international health.
Completed Projects
  • Developing a depression screening module for a manualized computerized intervention for drinking during pregnancy (Project Director)
  • Preparing a Computerized Tool for Preventing Prenatal Drinking for a Larger Trial (Principal Investigator)
  • Kiosk-Based Prenatal Screening and Intervention for Nutrition and Drinking (Pilot Director)
  • Methodologies for Improving Measurement of Alcohol Use and Problems (A Center Research Component) (Project Leader)
  • Population Drinking Patterns & HIV Risk in Goa, India (Co-Investigator)
  • Alcohol's Harms to Others among US Adults: Individual and Contextual Effects (Co-Investigator)
  • Randomized Trial of Intensive MI to Improve Drinking Outcomes among Women (Co-Investigator)
Selected Publications
  • Nayak, M.B., Kaskutas, L.A., Mericle, A.A., (2019). Randomized Trial of an Innovative Electronic Screening and Brief Intervention for Reducing Drinking Among Women of Childbearing Age. , Abstract or Full Text
  • Nayak, MB., Patterson D, Wilsnack SC, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Greenfield TK (2019). Alcohol’s secondhand harms in the U.S.: new data on prevalence and risk factors. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80 (3) 273-281 Abstract or Full Text
  • Polcin, D.L., Korcha, R., Nayak, M., (2018). Development of Intensive Motivational Interviewing (IMI) and modifications for treating women with alcohol use disorders. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 48 (2) 51-59 Abstract or Full Text
  • Kaplan, L.M., Nayak, M.B., Greenfield, T.K., Karriker-Jaffe, K. J. (2017). Alcohol’s harm to children: findings from the 2015 United States National Alcohol’s Harm to Others Survey. The Journal of Pediatrics, 184 186-192 Abstract or Full Text
  • Polcin, D. L., Korcha, R., Bond, J., Galloway, G., &  Nayak, M. (2016). Changes in psychiatric symptoms among persons with methamphetamine dependence predicts changes in severity of drug problems but not frequency of use. Substance Abuse, 37 (1) 209-214 Abstract or Full Text
  • Nayak, M.B., Bond, J.C., Ye, Y., Cherpitel, C.J., Woolard, R., Bernstein, E.,Villalobos, S., Ramos, R. (2015). Readiness to change and accept help and drinking outcomes in young adults of Mexican origin. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76 (4) 602-606 Abstract or Full Text
  • Nayak, M. B., Bond, J. C., & Greenfield, T. K. (2015). Evaluating shortened versions of the AUDIT as screeners for alcohol use problems in a general population study. Substance Use and Misuse, 50 (12) 1579-1589. Abstract or Full Text
  • Greenfield TK, Nayak MB, Bond J, Kerr WC, Ye Y (2014). Test-retest reliability and validity of life-course alcohol consumption measures: the 2005 National Alcohol Survey follow-up. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 38 (9) 2479-87 Abstract or Full Text
  • Pillai A., Nayak M.B., Greenfield T.K., Bond J.C., Hasin D.S., Patel V. (2014). Adolescent drinking onset and its adult consequences among men: a population based study from India. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 68 (10) 922-7 Abstract or Full Text
  • Polcin, D.L., Bond, J., Korcha, R., Nayak, M.B., Galloway, G.P., Evans, K. (2014). Randomized trial of intensive Motivational Interviewing for methamphetamine dependence. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 33 (3) 253-65 Abstract or Full Text
  • Nayak M.B., Korcha R.A., Kaskutas L.A., Avalos L.A. (2014). Feasibility and acceptability of a novel, computerized Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for alcohol and sweetened beverage use in pregnancy. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14 379 Abstract or Full Text
  • Polcin, D. L., Buscemi, R., Nayak, M., Korcha, R., & Galloway, G. (2012). Sex differences in psychiatric symptoms among methamphetamine-dependent residents in sober living houses. Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment, 11 (2) 53-63 Abstract or Full Text
  • Nayak, M.B., Lown,  E.A., Bond, J.C., &  Greenfield, T.K. (2012). Lifetime victimization and current alcohol use in a U.S. population sample of men and women drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, doi: S0376-8716(11)00516-3 Abstract or Full Text
  • Nayak, M.B., Patel, V., Bond, J., & Greenfield, T.K. (2010). Partner alcohol use, violence and women’s mental health: a population based survey in India.. British Journal of Psychiatry, 196 192-199 Abstract or Full Text
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