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Overview

Karen L. Cropsey is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant work in epidemiology, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, and infectious diseases.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Karen L. Cropsey have been:

  • Geetanjali Chander
  • Heidi M. Crane
  • Michelle L. Sisson
  • Matthew J. Carpenter
  • Conall O'Cleirigh

Publication venues where the scientist has contributed extensively include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • AIDS Care
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • Addictive Behaviors

Some of the recent papers by Karen L. Cropsey are:

  • "In-Hospital Illicit Drug Use and Patient-Directed Discharge: Barriers to Care for Patients With Injection-Related Infections," 2020, Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • "Efficacy of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) for Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Adults with HIV in Zambia: Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial," 2021, AIDS and Behavior
  • "Adverse childhood experiences and adolescent mental health: Understanding the roles of gender and teenage risk and protective factors," 2022, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Early Adverse Childhood Experiences, Delinquency, and Substance Use Initiation in High-Risk Adolescents," 2022, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • "Minority stress and drug use among transgender and gender diverse adults: A daily diary study," 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Best Publications

  • Why do faculty leave? Reasons for attrition of women and minority faculty from a medical school: four-year results.

    Karen L. Cropsey;Saba W. Masho;Rita Shiang;Veronica Sikka

  • Prescription Opioid Misuse Index: a brief questionnaire to assess misuse.

    Janet S. Knisely;Martha J. Wunsch;Karen L. Cropsey;Eleanor D. Campbell

  • SCREENING, ASSESSMENT, AND REFERRAL PRACTICES IN ADULT CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS : A National Perspective.

    Faye S. Taxman;Karen L. Cropsey;Douglas W. Young;Harry Wexler

  • Prevalence and Factors Associated with Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Persons Living with HIV Across the US in the Current Era of Antiretroviral Treatment.

    Heidi M. Crane;Mary E. McCaul;Geetanjali Chander;Heidi Hutton

  • Modulation of Limbic Circuitry Predicts Treatment Response to Antipsychotic Medication: A Functional Imaging Study in Schizophrenia

    Adrienne C Lahti;Martin A Weiler;Henry H Holcomb;Carol A Tamminga

  • Determining the optimal clinical cutoff on the CES-D for depression in a community corrections sample.

    Samantha K. Henry;Merida M. Grant;Karen L. Cropsey

  • Hallucinogen use predicts reduced recidivism among substance-involved offenders under community corrections supervision

    Peter S Hendricks;C Brendan Clark;Matthew W Johnson;Kevin R Fontaine

  • The effects of a prison smoking ban on smoking behavior and withdrawal symptoms

    Karen L. Cropsey;Jean L. Kristeller

  • In-Hospital Illicit Drug Use and Patient-Directed Discharge: Barriers to Care for Patients With Injection-Related Infections.

    Ellen F Eaton;Andrew O Westfall;Brandi McClesky;Cayce S Paddock

  • Sensation seeking and drinking game participation in heavy-drinking college students.

    Thomas J Johnson;Karen L Cropsey

  • The relationships of classic psychedelic use with criminal behavior in the United States adult population

    Peter S Hendricks;Michael Scott Crawford;Karen L Cropsey;Heith Copes

  • Evaluating the Effect of Access to Free Medication to Quit Smoking: A Clinical Trial Testing the Role of Motivation

    Bianca F. Jardin;Karen L. Cropsey;Amy E. Wahlquist;Kevin M. Gray

  • The impact of non-concordant self-report of substance use in clinical trials research.

    C. Brendan Clark;Cosmas M. Zyambo;Ye Li;Karen L. Cropsey

  • Motivational factors related to quitting smoking among prisoners during a smoking ban

    Karen L. Cropsey;Jean L. Kristeller

  • Correcting delayed circadian phase with bright light therapy predicts improvement in ADHD symptoms: A pilot study.

    Rachel E. Fargason;Aaron D. Fobian;Lauren M. Hablitz;Jodi R. Paul

  • Efficacy of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) for Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Adults with HIV in Zambia: Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Jeremy C Kane;Jeremy C Kane;Anjali Sharma;Laura K Murray;Geetanjali Chander

  • Risk factors for cervical cancer in criminal justice settings.

    Ingrid A. Binswanger;Shane Mueller;C. Brendan Clark;Karen L. Cropsey

  • A pilot study of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Treatment (SBIRT) in non-treatment seeking smokers with HIV

    Karen L. Cropsey;Peter S. Hendricks;Bianca Jardin;C. Brendan Clark

  • Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Buprenorphine For Opioid Dependent Women in the Criminal Justice System

    Karen L. Cropsey;Peter S. Lane;Galen J. Hale;Dorothy O. Jackson

  • HIV primary care providers--Screening, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to alcohol interventions

    Geetanjali Chander;Anne K. Monroe;Heidi M. Crane;Heidi E. Hutton

  • Differential success rates in racial groups: Results of a clinical trial of smoking cessation among female prisoners

    Karen L. Cropsey;Michael F. Weaver;Gloria D. Eldridge;Gabriela C. Villalobos

  • The Unmet Medical Needs of Correctional Populations in the United States

    Karen L. Cropsey;Ingrid A. Binswanger;C. Brendan Clark;Faye S. Taxman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter S. Hendricks
Peter S. Hendricks University of Alabama at Birmingham
Conall O’Cleirigh
Conall O’Cleirigh Harvard University
Karen S. Ingersoll
Karen S. Ingersoll University of Virginia
Adam M. Leventhal
Adam M. Leventhal University of Southern California
Matthew J. Mimiaga
Matthew J. Mimiaga University of California, Los Angeles
F. Joseph McClernon
F. Joseph McClernon Duke University
Carolyn J. Heckman
Carolyn J. Heckman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gregory L. Stuart
Gregory L. Stuart University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Steven A. Safren
Steven A. Safren University of Miami
Christina S. Meade
Christina S. Meade Duke University

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