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2001
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961

Overview

Brady T. West is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans the social sciences and medicine, with significant contributions in sociology and political science, general health professions, economics and econometrics, statistics and probability, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their main areas of study include survey methodology and nonresponse, LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, healthcare policy and management, economic and environmental valuation, health disparities and outcomes, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and statistical methods and Bayesian inference.

Recent publications by West cover a variety of topics relevant to these fields. Some examples include:

  • Sexual Orientation, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Comorbid DSM-5 Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders (2020) published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
  • Preferred Reporting Items for Complex Sample Survey Analysis (PRICSSA) (2023) published in Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
  • Why weight? Analytic approaches for large-scale population neuroscience data (2023) published in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Trends in Binge Drinking, Marijuana Use, Illicit Drug Use, and Polysubstance use by Sexual Identity in the United States (2006-2017) (2021) published in Substance Abuse
  • A comprehensive assessment of predictors of fertility outcomes in men with non-obstructive azoospermia undergoing microdissection testicular sperm extraction (2020) published in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

West frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Sean Esteban McCabe
  • Philip Veliz
  • Rebecca J. Evans-Polce
  • Curtiss W. Engstrom
  • James Wagner

Their work is commonly published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
  • Journal of Official Statistics
  • Field Methods
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Applied Survey Data Analysis

    Steven G. Heeringa;Brady T. West;Patricia A. Berglund

  • Sexual orientation, substance use behaviors and substance dependence in the United States.

    Sean Esteban McCabe;Tonda L. Hughes;Wendy B. Bostwick;Brady T. West

  • The relationship between discrimination and substance use disorders among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States

    Sean Esteban McCabe;Wendy B. Bostwick;Tonda L. Hughes;Brady T. West

  • Discrimination and mental health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States.

    Wendy B. Bostwick;Carol J. Boyd;Tonda L. Hughes;Brady T. West

  • Depression care in the United States: too little for too few.

    Hector M. González;William A. Vega;David R. Williams;Wassim Tarraf

  • Analyzing Longitudinal Data With the Linear Mixed Models Procedure in SPSS

    Brady T. West

  • Trends in Medical Use, Diversion, and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Medications among College Students from 2003 to 2013: Connecting the Dots

    Sean Esteban McCabe;Brady T. West;Christian J. Teter;Carol J. Boyd

  • Does early onset of non-medical use of prescription drugs predict subsequent prescription drug abuse and dependence? Results from a national study.

    Sean E. McCabe;Brady T. West;Michele Morales;James A. Cranford

  • Victimization and substance use disorders in a national sample of heterosexual and sexual minority women and men

    Tonda L. Hughes;Sean Esteban McCabe;Sharon C. Wilsnack;Brady T. West

  • Explaining Interviewer Effects: A Research Synthesis

    Brady T. West;Annelies G. Blom

  • Ipilimumab and radiation therapy for melanoma brain metastases

    Ann W. Silk;Michael F. Bassetti;Brady T. West;Christina I. Tsien

  • Trends in prescription drug abuse and dependence, co-occurrence with other substance use disorders, and treatment utilization: Results from two national surveys

    Sean Esteban McCabe;James A. Cranford;Brady T. West

  • Dizziness Presentations in U.S. Emergency Departments, 1995–2004

    Kevin A. Kerber;William J. Meurer;Brady T. West;A. Mark Fendrick

  • Leftover prescription opioids and nonmedical use among high school seniors: a multi-cohort national study.

    Sean Esteban McCabe;Brady T. West;Carol J. Boyd

  • Sexual orientation and substance abuse treatment utilization in the United States: Results from a national survey.

    Sean Esteban McCabe;Brady T. West;Tonda L. Hughes;Carol J. Boyd

  • Trends in Medical and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids Among US Adolescents: 1976-2015.

    Sean Esteban McCabe;Brady T. West;Phil Veliz;Vita V. McCabe

  • Differences in prescription opioid analgesic availability: comparing minority and white pharmacies across Michigan.

    Carmen R. Green;S. Khady Ndao-Brumblay;Brady West;Tamika Washington

  • A Closer Examination of Subpopulation Analysis of Complex-Sample Survey Data:

    Brady T. West;Patricia Berglund;Steven G. Heeringa

  • Trends in non-medical use of anabolic steroids by U.S. college students: Results from four national surveys

    Sean Esteban McCabe;Kirk J. Brower;Brady T. West;Toben F. Nelson

  • Health beliefs and practices related to breast cancer screening in Filipino, Chinese and Asian-Indian women

    Tsu Yin Wu;Brady West;Yu Wen Chen;Clara Hergert

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol J. Boyd
Carol J. Boyd University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frauke Kreuter
Frauke Kreuter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Patricia A. Berglund
Patricia A. Berglund University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Steven G. Heeringa
Steven G. Heeringa University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tonda L. Hughes
Tonda L. Hughes Columbia University
Hector M. González
Hector M. González University of California, San Diego
Frederick G. Conrad
Frederick G. Conrad University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mick P. Couper
Mick P. Couper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Angela Fagerlin
Angela Fagerlin University of Utah
Robert M. Groves
Robert M. Groves University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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