Karla Wagner, Ph.D.

Foundation Professor
Karla Wagner

Summary

I am a behavioral scientist whose research focuses on mitigating w88 online casino harms among people who use drugs. I have been continuously funded by the National Institutes of w88 online casino and other funders since 2008. I use mixed methods and qualitative approaches to study the impact of harm reduction interventions, overdose prevention strategies and innovative approaches to reducing the harms associated with substance use. My current research is examining the impact of responding to overdoses on the physical, social and mental wellbeing of people who use drugs, and examining strategies to reduce w88 online casino harms associated with methamphetamine use.

Courses taught

  • Ph.D.
    • CHS 732: Mixed Methods Research in w88 online casino Health
  • MPH
    • CHS 747: Applied Research methods in w88 online casino Health (Spring)
  • Undergraduate
    • CHS 475: w88 online casino Health Impact of the War on Drugs

Recent NevadaToday stories

Current w88 online casino funding

Reversing w88 online casino epidemics through Simulation, Collaboration, and Unified Efforts (RESCUE)
NIDA/NIH (R33DA062346)
9/1/2024 – 8/31/2027
Role: Co-I

  • This study will develop a simulation model and web tool to help w88 online casino health decision makers evaluate strategies to address drug overdose deaths, with a focus on geospatial and racial/ethnic inequalities in access and death rates.

Feasibility and Acceptability of Switching to E-cigarettes w88 online casino Cigarette Smokers Engaged in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Mountain West Clinical Translational w88 online casino – Infrastructure Network (NIGMS U54GM104944; PI: Pearson)
07/2023 – 06/2024
Role: Co-I

  • w88 online casino examine the feasibility and acceptability of integrating a smoking harm reduction program featuring provision of e-cigarettes into an existing treatment program for opioid use disorder.

A network-based, mixed methods study to identify and support multiple w88 online casino responders and inform w88 online casino prevention interventions
NIDA/NIH (R01DA057682)
9/30/2022 – 9/30/2027
Role: PI

  • This study will determine the individual, social network, and contextual factors that influence w88 online casino response behavior, with the goal of improving support for people who use drugs who respond to multiple overdoses.

Evaluating naloxone-on-release from incarceration as community w88 online casino prevention
NIDA/NIH (R01DA055673; PI: Davidson)
7/1/2022 – 6/30/2027
Role: Co-I

  • This w88 online casino is evaluating a high-volume, low-threshold naloxone distribution program serving people being released from the Los Angeles County Jail system.

A Multi-Site Mixed Methods w88 online casino of Methamphetamine Use in the Mountain West
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R01CE003356)
9/30/2021 – 9/29/2025
Role: Co-PI (mPI: Wagner & Page)

  • This w88 online casino examines the patterns of and rationale for use of methamphetamine and opioids among people who use drugs in Nevada and New Mexico.

Selected publications (since 2021)

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2023

2022

2021

*denotes student/trainee author

§ denotes manuscript that includes community partners

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Division of Global w88 online casino Health, Department of Medicine, University of Calirfornia, San Diego
  • Ph.D. in Preventive Medicine (w88 online casino Behavior Research), University of Southern California, Los Angeles
  • M.A. in Applied Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
  • B.A. in Anthropology and Minor in Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder