Qualitative Health Research Consultation
While providing training and consultation on motivational interviewing and program implementation projects, I continue to conduct applied behavioral health research in the area of sexual health, HIV prevention and substance use in collaboration with colleagues at the National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI) in New York City.
The following are examples of recent research projects and grants under review. Please contact me to discuss how I might assist the design and implementation of your behavioral health research project:
The following are examples of recent research projects and grants under review. Please contact me to discuss how I might assist the design and implementation of your behavioral health research project:
- Preventing HIV transmission by recently infected drug users. Grant # 1DP1DA034989-01. September 2012 – April 2013. Qualitative methods and data analysis trainer. Samuel Friedman, PI. For this project I trained and supervised a Greek epidemiologist in qualitative interviewing, ethnographic observation, and qualitative data analysis approaches as part of a grant that will be implemented in Greece with intravenous drug users newly infected with HIV.
- Integrating Qualitative Methods to Inform Future Designs and Create a Replicable, mixed-methods model for evaluating technology based health interventions. February - December 2012. Grant writing consultant, qualitative interviewer trainer, qualitative data analyst. Ian Aronson, PI. This project used qualitative interviews to elicit participant responses to an HIV testing educational video offered to individuals who have declined an HIV test while visiting the emergency department in a major urban hospital.
- Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research. Grant writing consultant.Grant # T32-DA007233-29. Gregory P. Falkin, P.I. Project Period 8/15/1984-06/30/2014. Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse through the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA).This pre and post-doctoral training program prepares behavioral scientists for careers in drug abuse and HIV research.
- Feasibility of recruiting Black MSM/W for drug use / HIV research. Qualitative data analyst and paper writing team member. Grant # R03DA024997-01A1. Ellen Benoit, P.I. Project Period 9/30/08-8/31/10. Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This project sought to assess the feasibility of recruiting Black men who have sex with men and women, but do not identify as “gay”, into a qualitative formative study exploring men’s perceptions of the role of substance use in their sexual risk behavior. *Findings recently published in the Journal of Ethnicity and Substance Abuse.
