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HOP Faculty Member Invited to Speak at the CDC’s 2016 STD Prevention Conference
Stephanie Staras, Ph.D., has been invited to speak at a plenary session at the 2016 STD Prevention Conference about her recent journal article detailing how an increase in Maryland’s alcohol taxes impacted the state’s sexually transmitted infection rates. “I’m excited to bring our scientifically rigorous analysis to bear on…
HOP Faculty Members’ Article Featured in a Podcast for the American Journal of Public Health
An article by HOP faculty, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, and Stephanie Staras, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, was featured on the monthly podcast for The American Journal of Public Health with Alfredo Morabia,…
Researchers See Significant Reduction in Fatal Car Crashes after an Increase in Alcohol Taxes
Increasing state alcohol taxes could prevent thousands of deaths a year from car crashes, say University of Florida Health researchers, who found alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes decreased after taxes on beer, wine and spirits went up in Illinois. A team of UF Health researchers discovered that fatal alcohol-related car crashes…
HOP Scientific Partnership with the Cherokee Nation Featured at Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting
A collaborative research team of individuals from the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health will present their recent research results on underage alcohol use at the Society for Prevention Research 23rd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., on May 26-29. The research team, comprised of Kelli…
HOP Faculty Contribute to Handbook of Adolescent Drug Use Prevention
Sarah Lynne-Landsman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, and Alexander Wagenaar, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, co-authored a chapter in the Handbook of Adolescent Drug Use Prevention, a compendium of theory, research, and methods related to adolescent drug…
SSRN Lists Professors’ Paper Regarding Social Determinants of Health on Several Top Ten Lists
A recent paper published by two professors in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy was ranked on several Social Science Research Network Top Ten download lists. Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D., and Kelli A. Komro, Ph.D., both professors in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, co-authored “Social Determinants of…
UF Scientists Collaborate on Web Tool That Calculates Impacts of Alcohol Taxes
Research shows that increasing alcohol taxes decreases excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. Now, that decrease can be modeled with an interactive tool developed by a team of researchers across the country, including Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D., professor of health outcomes and policy; Stephanie Staras, Ph.D., MSPH, assistant professor of health…
Health Policy Expert Featured in National Policy Magazine on Marijuana Legalization
Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D., professor of health outcomes and policy, was quoted in a recent article, entitled "What if States Just Sold Marijuana Themselves?" in Governing magazine...
