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  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Thomas F. Babor is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States and contributes primarily to the field of Medicine. Their research spans various subfields including Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, and Gender Studies.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Sex and Gender in Healthcare, Health Policy Implementation Science, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Gambling Behavior and Treatments, and Homelessness and Social Issues.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas F. Babor are the following:

  • "The Relationship Between Exposure to Alcohol Marketing and Underage Drinking Is Causal," 2020, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Supplement
  • "Setting Limits: Gambling, Science and Public Policy-summary of results," 2020, Addiction
  • "Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity-a summary of the third edition," 2022, Addiction
  • "Fifth anniversary of the Sex And Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: taking stock and looking ahead," 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • "Alkohol: Kein gewöhnliches Konsumgut," 2023, SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice

Their frequent co-authors include Robin Room, Kathryn Graham, Matilda Hellman, Sally Casswell, and Ingeborg Rossow.

Thomas F. Babor's research has been published in several venues with multiple publications in:

  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • Addiction
  • Drug and Alcohol Review
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Supplement
  • BMJ Global Health

The scientist has published books with the Directory of Open Access Books (OAPEN Foundation) and Dialética eBooks. Titles include "Publishing Addiction Science" (2020) and "Álcool: uma mercadoria nada comum: pesquisa e políticas públicas" (2023).

Thomas F. Babor was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption-II

    John B Saunders;Olaf G. Aasland;Thomas F. Babor;Juan R. De La Fuente

  • AUDIT - The alcohol use disorders identification test: guidelines for use in primary care.

    Thomas Babor;John C Higgins-Biddle;John B Saunders;Maristela G Monteiro

  • Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity: Research and Public Policy

    Thomas Babor;Raul Caetano;Sally Casswell;Griffith Edwards

  • The Composite International Diagnostic Interview: An Epidemiologic Instrument Suitable for Use in Conjunction With Different Diagnostic Systems and in Different Cultures

    Lee N. Robins;John Wing;Hans Ulrich Wittchen;John E. Helzer

  • SCAN. Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry.

    J. K. Wing;T. Babor;T. Brugha;J. Burke

  • Alcohol and public health

    Robin Room;Thomas Babor;Jürgen T. Rehm

  • The alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST): development, reliability and feasibility

    Robert Ali;Elia Awwad;Thomas Babor;Fiona Bradley

  • The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): validation of a screening instrument for use in medical settings.

    Michael J. Bohn;Thomas F. Babor;Henry R. Kranzler

  • Types of alcoholics, I. Evidence for an empirically derived typology based on indicators of vulnerability and severity.

    Thomas F. Babor;Michael Hofmann;Frances K. DelBoca;Victor Hesselbrock

  • A review of research on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

    John P. Allen;Raye Z. Litten;Joanne B. Fertig;Thomas Babor

  • Validation of the alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST)

    Rachel Humeniuk;Robert Ali;Thomas F. Babor;Michael Farrell

  • Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT): Toward a Public Health Approach to the Management of Substance Abuse.

    Thomas F. Babor;Bonnie G. McRee;Patricia A. Kassebaum;Paul L. Grimaldi

  • Cognitive functioning of long-term heavy cannabis users seeking treatment.

    Nadia Solowij;Robert S Stephens;Roger A Roffman;Thomas Babor

  • The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Study: main findings from two randomized trials.

    Michael Dennis;Susan H. Godley;Guy Diamond;Guy Diamond;Frank M. Tims

  • Psychopathology as a predictor of treatment outcome in alcoholics.

    Bruce J. Rounsaville;Zelig S. Dolinsky;Thomas F. Babor;Roger E. Meyer

  • Verbal report methods in clinical research on alcoholism: response bias and its minimization.

    Thomas F. Babor;R. S. Stephens;G. A. Marlatt

  • Brief intervention for hazardous and harmful drinking: a manual for use in primary care.

    Thomas Babor;John C Higgins-Biddle

  • Talk is cheap: measuring drinking outcomes in clinical trials.

    T F Babor;K Steinberg;R Anton;F Del Boca

  • Project MATCH: Rationale and methods for a multisite clinical trial matching patients to alcoholism treatment

    M. E. Mattson;J. P. Allen;W. R. Miller;R. K. Hester

  • Alcohol: No ordinary commodity: Research and public policy, 2nd ed.

    Thomas Babor;Raul Caetano;Sally Casswell;Griffith Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin Room
Robin Room La Trobe University
Jürgen Rehm
Jürgen Rehm University of Toronto
Ingeborg Rossow
Ingeborg Rossow Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Sally Casswell
Sally Casswell Massey University
Harold D. Holder
Harold D. Holder Pacific Institute
Keith Humphreys
Keith Humphreys Stanford University
Henry R. Kranzler
Henry R. Kranzler University of Pennsylvania
Raul Caetano
Raul Caetano Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation
John Strang
John Strang King's College London
Ross Homel
Ross Homel Griffith University

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