Research interests: Epidemiology of substance abuse; violence; drinking and alcohol-related problems among US ethnic minority groups; diagnostic procedures in alcohol abuse and dependence

Research interests: Child development; parenting; poverty; maternal and child health; program evaluation

Research interests: Screening and prevention of diabetes, health disparities in chronic illnesses, Arab-American health

Research interests: Biostatistics; survey methods; exploratory data analysis; imputation; alcohol epidemiology

Research interests: Statistical methods in design, conduct and analyses of clinical trials; sequential and survival data analyses

Research interests: Alcohol epidemiology, intimate partner violence among ethnic groups; drinking patterns, attitudes, and alcohol related problems of all Hispanic subgroups; adolescent drinking, drug use and HIV-risk behaviors, influence of parental and social/contextual risk factors including poverty on child growth and development, particularly among ethnic minority groups.

Research interests: Epidemiology of alcoholism, health care, injury, trauma.

Research interests: Exposure assessment; environmental epidemiology; persistent organic pollutants (POPS), especially dioxins and related compounds and also brominated flame retardants; Agent Orange; Dioxins in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; the USA; Russia; Israel and Palestinian Areas; Germany; China; and Japan

Research interests: Ethnic and gender disparities in health; the social and behavioral determinants of chronic disease

Research interests: College student health and substance abuse prevention, motivational theories of change, mailed and computerized interventions for substance abuse, brief negotiation in medical settings, religious and spiritual aspects of psychology