Epidemiology studies how health-related conditions or events are distributed in societies, what determines such distribution, and how such insights can be used to prevent and control health problems (Porta, 2014). Because they rarely have biomarkers, studying behavioral health conditions requires special attention to the assessment of individual symptoms and how symptom profiles constitute the presence and severity of diagnosable conditions. My research has involved literature reviews to assess sources of discrepancies in epidemiologic investigations, survey design and administration with various populations (including gay and bisexual men, non-commissioned officers, chaplains, military and veteran caregivers, and residents in coastal communities along the Gulf coast), psychometric analysis, and the development of new methods to estimate causal effects with observational data.
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Monographs
Comparing the Army’s Suicide Rate to the General U.S. Population: Identifying Suitable Characteristics, Data Sources, and Analytic Approaches (2020)
2015 Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Survey (HRBS) (2018)
The Deployment Life Study Longitudinal Analysis of Military Families Across the Deployment Cycle (2016)
Hidden Heroes: America's Military Caregivers (2014)
The effects of substance use on workplace injuries (2009)
Journal Articles
Relating to Epidemiologic Methods
Estimating the causal effects of cumulative treatment episodes for adolescents using marginal structural models and inverse probability of treatment weighting (2014)
Time‐varying effect moderation using the structural nested mean model: estimation using inverse‐weighted regression with residuals (2014)
Linking Specialization and Seriousness in Criminal Careers (2014)
A tutorial on propensity score estimation for multiple treatments using generalized boosted models (2013)
Subgroups analysis when treatment and moderators are time-varying (2013)
The effectiveness of community-based delivery of an evidence-based treatment for adolescent substance use (2012)
Assessing the sensitivity of treatment effect estimates to differential follow-up rates: Implications for translational research (2012)
PartyIntents: A portal survey to assess gay and bisexual men’s risk behaviors at weekend parties (2011)
Literature Reviews
Prevalence of, risk factors for, and consequences of posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems in military populations deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (2015)
Disparate prevalence estimates of PTSD among service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan: possible explanations (2010)
Original Analyses
Economic Spillover Effects of Intensive Unpaid Caregiving (2019)
Behavioral health of Gulf Coast residents 6 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: The role of trauma history (2019)
Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Associated Resource Loss, and Long-Term Mental and Behavioral Outcomes (2019)
Increases in demand for crisis and other suicide prevention services after a celebrity suicide (2019)
Mental Health Service Utilization Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning or Queer College Students (2018)
Detecting Changes in Newspaper Reporting of Suicide after a Statewide Social Marketing Campaign (2018)
Noncommissioned Officers' Perspectives on Identifying, Caring for, and Referring Soldiers and Marines at Risk of Suicide (2016)
Factors that Influence Chaplains' Suicide Intervention Behavior in the Army (2016)
The Influence of Training, Reluctance, Efficacy, and Stigma on Suicide Intervention Behavior Among NCOs in the Army and Marine Corps (2016)
Provision of mental health services as a quality indicator for adolescent substance abuse treatment facilities (2015)
The effects of purchasing alcohol and marijuana among adolescents at-risk for future substance use (2014)
Assessing the generalizability of the CSAT-sponsored GAIN dataset: are the CSAT sites representative of adolescent treatment programs in the U.S.? (2014)
A psychometric assessment of the GAIN Individual Severity Scale (GAIN-GISS) and Short Screeners (GAIN-SS) among adolescents in outpatient treatment programs (2014)
Do improvements in substance use and mental health symptoms during treatment translate to long-term outcomes in the opposite domain? (2014)
The effects of purchasing alcohol and marijuana among adolescents at-risk for future substance use (2014)
Drug use among gay and bisexual men at weekend dance parties: The role of intentions and perceptions of peers’ behaviors (2013)
Risk behaviors among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men at party-oriented vacations (2013)
The effects of employment among adolescents at-risk for future substance use (2013)
Prevalence and correlates of drinking behaviors among previously deployed military and matched civilian populations (2011)
Associations between abstinence in adolescence and economic and educational outcomes seven years later among high-risk youth (2011)
How perceptions of mortality and HIV morbidity relate to substance abuse problems and risky sexual behaviors among former juvenile offenders (2010)
Seven-year life outcomes of adolescent offenders in Los Angeles (2009)
Alcohol abuse and illegal drug use among Los Angeles County trauma patients: prevalence and evaluation of single item screener (2009)
Substance use and delinquency among fifth graders who have jobs (2009)
Posttraumatic distress and physical functioning: a longitudinal study of injured survivors of community violence (2008)
A prospective investigation of suicide ideation, attempts, and use of mental health service among adolescents in substance abuse treatment (2008)
Seven years later: Developmental transitions and delinquent behavior for male adolescents who received long-term substance treatment (2009)
The effect of working for pay on adolescent tobacco use (2007)
Book Chapters
Epidemiology of trauma events and mental health outcomes among service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (2011)
Prevalence of PTSD, depression, and TBI among returning service members (2008)
Research Tools
Survey of Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity Among Neighborhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) Codebook
Survey of Trauma, Resilience, and Opportunity Among Neighborhoods in the Gulf (STRONG) Data
