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Team Presents at APHA in Atlanta
November 12, 2023
Our team has worked and collaborated on abstracts that have been accepted at the 2023 APHA Annual Meeting in Atlanta (Nov 12-15). Sabelli, R. S., Hajinazarian,…
Read moreTeam Published in Contemporary School Psychology
March 14, 2023
Perceptions on Transition to College Among High School Students in Recovery Boyadjian T, Sabelli R, Wong, I, Skeer MR. Perceptions on Transition to College Among…
Read moreTeam Presented at APHA in Boston
November 6, 2022
Team presented the following abstracts: Concordance between parent- and child-perceptions regarding their conversations about substance use and its relationship with parental self-efficacy. Emma C. Ryan…
Read moreTeam Published in PLOS ONE
June 19, 2022
Skeer MR, Sabelli RA, Rancaño KM, Lee-Bravatti M, Ryan EC, Eliasziw M, Spirito A. Randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a brief, communication-based,…
Read moreTeam Published in International Journal of Dentistry
May 4, 2022
Margie R. Skeer, David M. Landy, Emma C. Ryan, Michelle Lee-Bravatti, Tamar Boyadjian, Jennifer Towers, ““(Meth) Will Hurt You and Hurt Your Teeth”: Teen, Parent, and…
Read moreTeam Published New Article
July 22, 2021
Skeer MR, Landy DM, Abrahams JM, Towers J. “Dying is Not a Fear”: Teen and Parent Perspectives on Messaging to Prevent Crystal Meth Use Among…
Read moreDr. Skeer Published in Prevention Science
February 16, 2021
Skeer MR, Landy DM, Abrahams JM, Towers J. “Dying is Not a Fear”: Teen and Parent Perspectives on Messaging to Prevent Crystal Meth Use Among…
Read moreDr. Skeer Named the Inaugural Recipient of the Weiner Hailey Family Professorship
September 9, 2019
Margie Skeer, associate professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, has been named the inaugural recipient…
Read moreTesting a Brief Substance Misuse Preventive Intervention for Parents of Youth Funded by National Institutes of Health
July 1, 2018
Brief Summary: The current study aims to test the efficacy of a family communication-based, novel, adaptable, and resource-efficient substance misuse preventive intervention for parents/guardians of…
Read moreDr. Skeer Featured on National News
October 9, 2017
“By now, most people are aware of the enormity of the opioid epidemic. In 2015, over 33,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose – more from opioid…
Read moreTo Evaluate the Idaho Meth Project and Truth 208 Evaluation Program Funded By Idaho Meth Project
January 1, 2017
The Idaho Meth Project is a large-scale, statewide prevention program aimed at preventing and reducing teen Meth use through public service messaging, education and community…
Read moreTufts Guidance Label Project Funded by AB InBev Foundation
November 1, 2016
The Foundation funded researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine to develop Global Alcohol Guidance Labels that could be used by brewers to inform evidence-based…
Read moreEngaging Dental Hygienists to Deliver Methamphetamine Prevention Programming: Formative Research to Guide Intervention Development Funded by DentaQuest Foundation
March 1, 2016
Crystal methamphetamine (“meth”) use among youth living in rural areas is higher than the national average. Given how drastically meth affects teeth (i.e., “meth mouth”),…
Read moreUnderstanding the Protective Mechanisms of Family Dinners: Psychometric Testing and Evaluation of the Family Dinner Index Funded by Charles H. Hood Foundation
January 1, 2015
All Published Texts Featuring Dr. Skeer as Primary Author Prior to 2015
December 31, 2014
See Publications Tab for All Texts Featuring Dr. Skeer Peer-reviewed articles: Skeer MR, McCormick MC, Normand SL, Mimiaga MJ, Buka SL, Gilman SE. Gender differences…
Read moreUsing Qualitative Methods to Develop a Pop-Culture-Based Alcohol Intervention for Sexually At-Risk Youth Funded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
July 1, 2013
A Brief Substance Use Preventive Intervention for Parents of Pre-Adolescents Funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse
March 15, 2012
Evidence-based interventions to reduce substance misuse among adolescents are resource and time intensive. We conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate a novel, adaptable,…
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