ERB Mission:

The mission of the Epidemiology Research Branch is to promote a national and international extramural research program that examines the impact of individual, familial, behavioral, developmental, and socio-cultural/environmental risk and protective factors related to substance use, abuse, and addition. Findings will be used to inform prevention and services research to reduce the burden of substance use, abuse, and addiction on the nation's public health.

ERB Goals:

• Maximize return on investments by promoting analysis of existing data and data sharing
  Program Contact: Marsha Lopez
• Rapid assessment of emerging trends
  Program Contact: Moira O'Brien
• Expand translation research to address:
  
  • Interactions of intrapersonal and environmental factors, across development
    Program Contact: Bethany Deeds, Kathy Etz
  • Linking dynamics of HIV/AIDS transmission and disease progression to prevention intervention and services
    Program Contacts: Elizabeth Lambert, Peter Hartsock

ERB Staff Biographies