Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., a NIDA-funded investigator and chair of the department of epidemiology in the UF colleges of Public Health and Health Professions and Medicine, has been involved with the summer program for nine years.
A study conducted in 10 U.S. cities led by Department of Epidemiology chair Dr. Linda Cottler shows that two-thirds of adolescents believe that prescription stimulant use is a moderate-to-large problem among their peers.
University of Florida researchers have found that physicians undergoing supervision in a Physician’s Health Program had significantly higher odds of abuse/dependence disorders for alcohol, opiates and sedatives compared to a matched sample of the general population who had sought treatment for substance use, despite the fact that overall use…
The University of Florida has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to support studies on HIV infection and high-risk alcohol consumption.
Linda Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., (center) leads a new project that…
