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Cook, W.K., Chang Weir, R., Ro, M., Lim Ko, K., Panapasa, S., Bautista, R., Asator, L., Chung, C., Cabellero, J.B., & Shilpi Islam, N.
(In Press) Improving Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health: National Organizations Leading Community Research Initiatives. Progress in Community Health Partnerships.
Kwon, S., Rideout, C., Tseng, W., Islam, N., Cook, W. K., Ro, M., & Trinh-Shevrin, C.
Simona Kwon, Catlin Rideout, Winston Tseng, Nadia Islam, Won Kim Cook, Marguerite Ro, Chau Trinh-Shevrin. 
(In Press) Developing the Community Empowered Research Training Program: Building Research Capacity for Community-initiated and Community-driven Research. Progress in Community Health Partnerships.
Ackerman, S., Lown, E.A., Dvorak, C.C., Dunn, E.A., Abrams, D.I., Horn, B.N., Degelman, M., Cowan, M.J., & Mehling, W.E. (In Press) Massage for children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell tranplantation, a qualitative report. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Borges, G, Medina-Mora, M-E, Orozco, R, et al. (In Press) The Mexican migration to the US and substance use in Northern Mexico. Addiction.
Cherpitel, C. J. (In Press) Accidents and injuries from alcohol. Encyclopedia of Drugs. Alcohol & Addictive Behavior.
Cherpitel, C. J., & Ye, Y. (In Press) Alcohol and injury in the general U.S. population: a risk function analysis from the 2005 National Alcohol Survey. American Journal of Additicions.
Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Bond, J., Room, R., & Borges, G. (In Press) Attribution of alcohol to violence-related injury: self and others drinking in the event. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Watters, K., Brubacher, J., & Stenstrom, R (In Press) Risk of injury from alcohol and drug use in the emergency department: a case crossover study. Drug and Alcohol Review.
Greenfield, T. K., Ye, Y., Giesbrecht, N (In Press) Alcohol policy opinions in the U.S. over a 15-year period of dynamic per capita consumption changes: implications for today's public health practice. Contemp. Drug Prob..
Greenfield, T.K., Ye, Y., Nayak, M.B., Bond, J., Kerr, W.C, & Trocki, K. (In Press) Heaviest drinking locations and the most drunk there predict the likelihood of fighting and being assaulted: results from the 2000 US National Alcohol Survey. Contemporary Drug Problems.
Kerr, W. C., Greenfield, T. K., Bond, J., Ye, Y. and Rehm, J. (In Press) Race and ethnicity group differences in all-cause mortality risk from alcohol consumption patterns in the US National Alcohol Surveys. American Journal of Epidemiology.
Korcha, R. A., Cherpitel, C. J., Moskalewicz, J., Swiatkiewicz, G., Bond, J., & Ye, Y. (In Press) Readiness to change, drinking, and negative consequences among Polish SBIRT patients. Addictive Behaviors.
Lown, E.A., Mehling, W.E., Dvorak, C.C., Cowan, M.J., Horn, B.,N.,  Dunn, E.A., Acree, M., Abrams, D.I., Hecht, F.M. (In Press) Hematopoietic cell transplant and use of massage for improved symptom management: Results from a pilot randomized control trial. etic cell transplant and use of massage for improved symptom management: Results from a pilot randomized control trial.” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Mulia, N. & Karriker-Jaffe, K.J. (In Press) Interactive Influences of Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Status on Alcohol Consumption and Problems. Alcohol and Alcoholism.
Nayak, M.B., Lown,  E.A., Bond, J.C, &  Greenfield, T. (In Press) Lifetime victimization and past year alcohol use in a U.S. population sample of men and women drinkers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Polcin, D. L., Buscemi, R., Nayak, M., Korcha, R., & Galloway, G.
(In Press) Gender differences in psychiatric symptoms among methamphetamine dependent residents in sober living houses. Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment.
Polcin, D.L., Mulia, N. & Jones, L (In Press) Substance Users’ Perspectives on Helpful and Unhelpful Confrontation: Implications for Recovery. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.
Roberts, S.C.M. & Pies, C. (In Press) Complex calculations: How drug use during pregnancy becomes a barrier to prenatal care. Maternal and Child Health Journal.
Roberts, S.C.M. & Nuru-Jeter, A. (In Press) Universal Alcohol/Drug Screening in Prenatal Care: A Strategy for Reducing Racial Disparities? Questioning the Assumptions. Maternal and Child Health Journal..
Subbaraman, M., Kaskutas, L.A., & Zemore, S.E. (In Press) Sponsorship and service as mediators of the effects of Making Alcoholics Anonymous Easier (MAAEZ), a 12-step facilitation intervention. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Trocki, K. (In Press) Impact of trauma on stress reactivity. Experiences of Violence, Sites of Recovery: Understanding the Complexities of Intimate Partner Violence Policy and Intervention in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Witbrodt, J., Kaskutas, L. A., Bond, J. & Delucchi, K. (In Press) Does sponsorship improve outcomes above Alcoholics Anonymous attendance? A latent class growth curve analyses. [doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03570.x]. Addiction.
Witbrodt, J., Mertens, J., Kaskutas, L. A., Bond, J., Chi, F. & Weisner, C. (In Press) Do 12-step meeting trajectories over 9 years predict abstinence?. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
Ye, Y., Cherpitel, C. J. (In Press) [Chapter 1] Risk of injury associated with alcohol and alcohol-related injury. Alcohol and Injuries. Emergency Department studies in an international perspective.
Angiolillo,  A.L.,  Jankovic, M., Haupt, R., Ruccione, K., Lown, E.A., & Noll, R.B. (2011) Chapter 11, Appreciation and the Interdisciplinary Management of the Psychosocial Impact of Leukemia on Children and Their Families” in Childhood Leukemia, A Practical Handbook.
Avalos, L.A. & Mulia, N. (2011) Formal and informal substance use treatment utilization and alcohol abstinence over seven years: Is the relationship different for blacks and whites? [DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.08.018]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Chang Weir, R., Lavilla, S., Tseng, W., Penserga, L.J., Hirota, S.M., Cabellero, J.B., & Cook, W.K. (2011) Limited English proficiency as a critical component of the Department of Health and Human Services: Proposed rule for medically underserved areas. AAPI Nexus, 9(1-2), 163-175.
Cook, W.K. (2011) Paid Sick Days and Health Care Use: An Analysis of the 2007 National Health Interview Survey Data. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 4, 771-779.
Karriker-Jaffe, K.J. (2011) Areas of disadvantage: A systematic review of effects of area-level socioeconomic status on substance use. Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, 84-95.
Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Foshee, V.A. & Ennett, S.T. (2011) Examining how neighborhood disadvantage influences trajectories of adolescent violence: A look at social bonding and psychological distress. Journal of School Health, 81, 764-773.
Korcha, R. A., & Polcin, D. L (2011) [Editorial] Addressing the deluge of early release prisoners into US communities. Addiction, 107, 4-5.
Korcha, R. A., Polcin, D. L., Bond, J., Lapp, W. M., & Galloway, G. (2011) Substance use and motivation: A longitudinal perspective. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 37(1), 48-53.
Krentzman, A.R., Robinson, E.A.R., Moore, B.C., Kelly, J.F., Laudet, A.B., White, W.L., Zemore, S.E., Kurtz, E. & Strobbe, S. (2011) How Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Work: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 29(1), 75-84.
Lown, E. A., Nayak, M. B., Korcha, R. A., & Greenfield, T. K. (2011) Child physical and sexual abuse: a comprehansive look at alcohol consumption patterns, consequences and dependence from the National Alcohol Survey. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(2), 317-325.
Mulia, N., Schmidt, L.A., Ye, Y., & Greenfield, T. K. (2011) Preventing disparities in alcohol screening and brief intervention: The need to move beyond primary care.. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(9), 1557-1560.
Polcin, D. L., Korcha, R. K., Greenfield, T. K., Kerr, W. C., & Bond, J. C (2011) Twenty-one year trends and correlates of pressure to change drinking. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01638.x]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
Tseng, W., Huang, P., & Cook, W.K. (2011) Strategic data and research Opportunities on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander health through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. AAPI Nexus, 9(1-2), 193-204.
Witbrodt, J. & Delucchi, K. (2011) Do women differ from men on Alcoholics Anonymous participation and abstinence? A multi-wave analysis of treatment seekers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35, 2231-2241.
Ye, Y. & Kerr, W. C. (2011) Alcohol and liver cirrhosis mortality: comparison of methods for the analyses of time-series panel data models in the US. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 35(1), 108-115.
Zemore, S.E., Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Keithly, S. & Mulia, N. (2011) Racial prejudice and unfair treatment: Interactive effects with poverty and foreign nativity on problem drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(3), 361-370.
Ammon Avalos, L. N., Mertens, J.R., Ward, C. L., Flisher, A. J., Bresick, G. F. & Weisner, C.M. (2010) Stress, substance use and sexual risk behaviors among primary care patients in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior, 14(2), 359-370.
Bond, J.C., Roberts, S.C.M., Greenfield, T.K., Korcha, R., Ye, Y. & Nayak, M. (2010) Gender differences in public and private drinking contexts: A multi-level GENACIS analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7, 2136-2160.
Borges, G., Ye, Y., Cherpitel, C. J., Bond, J., Cremonte, M., Moskalewicz, J., Swiatkiewicz, G., & Rubio-Stipec, M. (2010) The dimensionality of alcohol use disorders and alcohol consumption in a cross-national perspective. Addiction, 105(2), 240-254.
Cherpitel, C.J. &  Ye, Y. (2010) Alcohol and violence-related injuries among emergency room patients in an international perspective. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 16, 227-235.
Cherpitel, C.J., Korcha, R., Moskalewicz, J., Swiatkiewicz, G., Ye, Y. & Bond, J. (2010) Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT): 12-month outcomes of a randomized controlled clinical trial in a Polish emergency room. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34, 1922-1928.
Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Greenfield, T., Bond, J., Kerr, W. & Midanik, L. (2010) Alcohol-related injury and driving while intoxicated: a risk function analysis of two alcohol-related events in the 2000 and 2005 National Alcohol Survey. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 36, 168-174.
Cherpitel, C.J., Borges, G., Ye, Y., Bond, J., Cremonte, M., Moskalewicz, J. &  Swiatkiewicz G. (2010) Performance of a craving criterion in DSM alcohol use disorders. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71, 674-684.
Karriker-Jaffe, K.J. (2010) Effects of neighborhood disadvantage on negative consequences of alcohol consumption are moderated but not mediated by heavy drinking [abstract]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(6), 115A, S1.
Kerr, W. C. & Ye, Y. (2010) Relationship of life-course drinking patterns to diabetes, heart problems, and hypertension among those 40 and older in the U.S. National Alcohol Survey. ournal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71, 515-525.
Kerr, W. C., Long, E (2010) Are you going to finish that drink?. Substance Use and Misuse, 45(4), 475-481.
Kerr, W.C., Karriker-Jaffe, K.J., Subbaraman, M. & Ye, Y. (2010) Per capita alcohol consumption and ischemic heart disease mortality in a panel of US states from 1950 to 2002. Addiction, 106, 313-322.
Kerr, W.C. (2010) Categorizing US State Drinking Practices and Consumption Trends. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(1), 269-283.
Kerr, W.C. & Ye, Y. (2010) Effects of life-course drinking patterns on diabetes, heart problems and hypertension among those 40 and older in the 2005 US National Alcohol Survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, forthcoming
Midanik, L T, Greenfield, T. K. (2010) Reports of alcohol-related problems and alcohol dependence for demographic subgroups using interactive voice response (IVR) versus telephone (CATI) surveys: The 2005 U.S. National Alcohol Survey. Drug and Alcohol Review, 29(4), 392-398.
Nayak, M. B., Korcha, R. A., & Benegal, V. (2010) Alcohol use, mental health, and HIV-related risk behaviors among adult men in Karnataka. AIDS and Behavior, 14((Suppl. 1)), S61-S73.
Nayak, M.B., Karriker-Jaffe, K.J. & Lown, E.A. (2010) Lifetime partner violence victimization and past year alcohol misuse: Racial/ethnic and gender differences [abstract]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(6), 123A, S1.
Nayak, M.B., Korcha, R.A., & Benegal, V. (2010) Alcohol use and HIV risk behaviors in men: Examining associations in population data from Karnataka. AIDS and Behavior, 14(l1), S61-73.
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.
Polcin, D. L., Galloway, G.P., Bond, J., Korcha, R., & Greenfield, T.K. (2010) How do residents of recovery houses experience confrontation between entry and 12-month follow-up?. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 42(1), 49-62.
Polcin, D.L., Korcha, R., Bond, J. & Galloway, G.P. (2010) What did we learn from our study on sober living houses and where do we go from here?. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 42(4), 425-433.
Polcin, D.L., Korcha, R.A., Bond, J., & Galloway, G (2010) Sober living houses for alcohol and drug dependence: 18-month outcomes. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 38(4), 356-365.
Polcin, D.L., Korcha, R.A., Bond, J., Galloway, G.P., & Lapp, W. (2010) Recovery from Addiction in Two Types of Sober Living Houses: 12-Month Outcomes. Addiction Research and Theory, 18(4), 442-455.
Polcin, D.L., Korcha, R.A., Bond, J., & Galloway, G (2010) Eighteen month outcomes for clients receiving combined outpatient treatment and sober living houses.. Journal of Substance Use, 15, 352-366.
Roberts,  S.C.M. & Nuru-Jeter, A. (2010) Women’s perspectives on screening for alcohol and drug use in prenatal care. Women’s Health Issues, 20(3), 193-200.
Stenius, K., Witbrodt, J. Engdahl, B., Weisner, C. (2010) For the marginalized, or for the integrated? A comparative study of the treatment systems in Sweden and the US. Contemporary Drug Problems, 37, 417-448.
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