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Washington University
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Master of Psychiatric
Epidemiology (MPE)
Linda B. Cottler,
PhD, MPH
Director
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Dr. Cottler
is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of
Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
Louis, MO and Director of the EPRG. Her NIH funding has been in
the areas of methods in psychiatric epidemiologic research with
emphasis on substance abuse and dependence (specifically
MDMA and crack/cocaine) and its comorbidity with other
disorders. Her studies include vulnerable
populations such as African Americans, high risk women
and injection drug users. She
has been involved in HIV prevention research since 1989.
Specifically, Dr. Cottler's contributions to the field include
assessment of substance use and psychiatric disorders, the public
health consequences of substance use, including HIV; and
peer-delivered prevention models to reduce HIV
and STD transmission, substance abuse and high risk
behaviors.
Recently, Dr. Cottler served on a National Academy of Sciences
panel to study the Social and Economic Impact of Pathological
Gambling. Currently, she serves on a NAS panel to research data on
Firearm Injuries. In 1997, she received the Missouri Public Health Association's W.
Scott Johnson Award for public health service and leadership in
Missouri; in 1998, she received the Missouri Public Health
Association Publication Award for work in HIV prevention. Dr.
Cottler is Director of an NIMH Post-Doctoral Training Program in
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Director of a NIDA Pre and
Post-Doctoral Training Program in Comorbidity and Biostatistics,
and a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) Mental
Health Division. She is a charter member of NIDA-K IRG, and
a member of NIDA's Editorial Board;
she has published extensively in numerous journals. When
not traveling around the world for work, she enjoys cooking,
cleaning and doing the laundry.
Dr. Cottler's Research Interests:
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Drug and alcohol use, abuse and dependence in vulnerable
populations—injection drug use, women, and African Americans
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Development of assessments for and classification of drug and
alcohol use, abuse and dependence;
other psychiatric disorders and risk factors
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Public health efforts to
prevent alcohol and drug dependence, HIV risk behaviors and STDs
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Training program Director for Psychiatric Epidemiology, and
Drug Abuse Comorbidity
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Multisite studies of MDMA and other party drugs
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International studies of above issues
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Director
Linda B. Cottler, PhD, MPH
Associate Director
Catherine Striley, PhD, MSW, ACSW, MPE
Faculty
Arpana Agrawal, PhD
Kelly Botteron, MD
Kathleen K. Bucholz, PhD, MPE
Catina Callahan O'Leary, PhD
C. Robert Cloninger, MD
Karen Dodson
Mehmet Dokucu, MD, PhD
Nuri B. Farber, MD
Anne Glowinski, MD, MPE
Rick Gruzca, PhD, MPE
Gitry Heydebrand, PhD
Barry Hong, PhD
Rumi Price, PhD, MPE
Angela Reiersen, MD, MPE
Edward Spitznagel, PhD
Melissa Swallow, MD
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Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group 
