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Linda B. Cottler, PhD
Current
Position
Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
University Roles
Director, Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group
Education and Training
1972, RN, Jewish Hospital School of Nursing
1980, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
1987, PhD, Washington University
Major Awards
2008, Distinguished Service for Community Service
Areas of Research Interests
1) Drug and alcohol use, abuse and dependence in vulnerable populations-injection drug use, women, and African Americans.
2) Development of assessments for and classification of drug and alcohol use, abuse and dependence.
3) Community Based interventions to reduce hig risk behaviors.
4) Training program Director for NIDA, NIMH and Fogarty International Center Training.
Key Publications
Leung KS, Cottler LB (2008 May). Ecstasy and other club drugs: a review of recent epidemiologic studies. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 21(3): 234-41. Full Article ->
Bierut LJ, Strickland JR, Thompson JR, Afful SE, Cottler LB (2008 May 1). Drug use and dependence in cocaine dependent subjects, community-based individuals, and their siblings. Drug Alcohol Depend. 95(1-2): 14-22. Full Article ->
Howard MO, Balster RL, Cottler LB, Wu LT, Vaughn MG (2008 Mar 1). Inhalant use among incarcerated adolescents in the United States: prevalence, characteristics, and correlates of use. Drug Alcohol Depend. 93(3): 197-209. Full Article ->
Abdallah AB, Scheier LM, Inciardi JA, Copeland J, Cottler LB (2007). A psycho-economic model of ecstasy consumption and related consequences: a multi-site study with community samples. Subst Use Misuse. 42(11): 1651-84. Full Article ->
Cottler LB, Grant BF (2006 Sep). Characteristics of nosologically informative data sets that address key diagnostic issues facing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-V) and International Classification of Diseases, eleventh edition (ICD-11) substance use disorders workgroups. Addiction. 101 Suppl 1161-9. Full Article ->
Vaddiparti K, Bogetto J, Callahan C, Abdallah AB, Spitznagel EL, Cottler LB (2006 Aug). The effects of childhood trauma on sex trading in substance using women. Arch Sex Behav. 35(4): 451-9. Full Article ->
Funded Research Projects
NIMH(PI):Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics (NRSA)
NIDA(PI):T32: Drug Abuse Comorbidity, Prevention & Biostatistics
NINR(PI):Enrolling and Retaining Female Offenders in HIV Trials
Fogarty International Center(PI):Indo-US Fogarty Training Program in Behavioral Disorders
NIDA(PI):Prescription Drug Misuse, Abuse and Dependence
NIMH(Key Personnel):Personality Health and Transitions in Later Life
NCRR(Key Personnel):Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences - Community Engagement (Cottler, PI)
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation(Key Personnel):Contraceptive Choice Project
NIDA(PI):Prescription Drug Misuse, Abuse and Dependence