Dr. Barbara Leigh is a Senior Research Scientist at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute. She earned an A.B. in Psychology from Princeton University, then an M.S. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Washington. In 1995, Dr. Leigh also earned an M.P.H. in Epidemiology at the UW. She has been conducting substance abuse research at ADAI since 1987. She is also an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Epidemiology. Dr. Leigh is the recipient of a K05 Senior Scientist award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, awarded to outstanding scientists with a sustained level of high productivity.

Primary Research Interests:

• Epidemiology
  
• Secondary data analysis
  
• Survey methods
  
• Methods for studying daily events
  
• Using daily data collection to examine antecedents and consequences of substance use

Current Projects:

• Adolescent Substance Use and HIV Risk: Event Analysis. The purpose of this project is to examine the relationship of substance use to HIV risk behavior among adolescents in their first sexual encounters compared to more recent encounters. more...

• Alcohol and Condom Use: Different Levels of Measurement. The purpose of this NIAAA-funded project is to examine the relationship of alcohol use to condom use from a methodological perspective. more...

• Daily Self-Reports of Injection Drug Use and Risk. Leigh, Barbara C
  The purpose of this R21 project is to conduct a pilot study in which injection drug users report daily on their drug use and injection risk behavior, using an innovative technique of computerized telephone interviewing (Interactive Voice Response, or IVR). more...

• Substance Use and HIV Risk . Leigh, Barbara C [NIAAA]
  This project continues Dr. Leigh's ongoing program of research on substance use and HIV risk behavior. more...

View all ADAI projects Dr. Leigh has participated in, both current and completed.

Selected Professional Activities:

On her personal website, Dr. Leigh collects cartoons about alcohol use.

Recent and Representative Publications:

1. Leigh BC, Ames SL, Stacy AW. Alcohol, drugs, and condom use among drug offenders: An event-based analysis. Drug Alcohol Depend 2007 Oct 8;[Epub ahead of print] (PubMed abstract) (LEI 07-03)
   
   
2. Hoppe MJ, Morrison DM, Gillmore MR, Beadnell B, Higa DH, Leigh BC. Agreement of daily diary and retrospective measures of condom use. AIDS Behav 2007 (in press). (Pubmed abstract) (LEI 07-02)

3. Leigh BC, Vanslyke JG, Hoppe MJ, Rainey DT, Morrison DM, Gillmore MR. Drinking and condom use : Results from an event-based daily diary. AIDS Behav 2007 (in press). (Pubmed abstract) (LEI 07-01)

4. Stacy AW, Ames SL, Ullman JB, Zogg JB, Leigh BC. Spontaneous cognition and HIV risk behavior. Psychol Addict Behav 2006;20(2):196-206. (Pubmed abstract) (LEI 06-01)

5. Ames SL, Gallaher PE, Sun P, Pearce S, Zogg JB, Houska BR, Leigh BC, Stacy AW. A web-based program for coding open-ended response protocols. Behav Res Methods 2005;37(3):470-479. (Pubmed abstract) (LEI 05-02)

6. Ames SL, Andsager JL, Houska B, Leigh BC. Content analysis of drug offenders' sketches on the draw-an-event test for risky sexual situations. Am J Health Behav 2005;29(5):407-412. (Pubmed abstract) (LEI 05-01)

7. Martinic M, Leigh BC. Reasonable Risk: Alcohol in Perspective (International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP) Series on Alcohol in Society). New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2004. (Amazon.com) (LEI 04-03)

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