Clinical and Health Services

• Alcohol Use and Decompression Sickness in Recreational Divers.  (Completed) 
  Leigh, Barbara C [ABMRF]
  This pilot study will test the feasibility of applying procedures from case-control studies of alcohol-related injuries to the study of recreational diving injuries. more...

• Daily Self-Reports of Injection Drug Use and Risk.  (Current) 
  Leigh, Barbara C [NIDA]
  The purpose of this R21 project is to conduct a pilot study in which injection drug users report daily on their drug use and injection risk behavior, using an innovative technique of computerized telephone interviewing (Interactive Voice Response, or IVR). more...

Sexual Behavior and HIV Risk

• Alcohol and Condom Use: Different Levels of Measurement.  (Completed) 
  Leigh, Barbara C [NIAAA]
  The purpose of this NIAAA-funded project is to examine the relationship of alcohol use to condom use from a methodological perspective. more...

• Implicit Cognition and HIV Risk Behavior in Drug Users.  (Completed) 
  Leigh, Barbara C [NIDA]
  The goal of this project is to study the cognitive, situational, and behavioral antecedents of risky sexual behavior in drug users, using a theoretical framework that is well grounded in cognitive science. Four studies are proposed to examine how risky sexual behavior may be mediated by activation of concepts in memory, prompted by certain situations and antecedent behaviors (including drug use). more...

• Substance Use and Predictors of Risk Behavior.  (Completed) 
  Leigh, Barbara C [NIAAA]
  This grant is a five-year Independent Scientist Award from NIAAA. The award allows Dr. Leigh to continue her research in the area of substance use and sexual behavior, in particular, sexual behavior that is risky in terms of HIV transmission. more...

• Adolescent Substance Use and HIV Risk: Event Analysis.  (Completed) 
  Leigh, Barbara C [NIAAA]
  The purpose of this project is to examine the relationship of substance use to HIV risk behavior among adolescents in their first sexual encounters compared to more recent encounters. more...

• Daily Event Analysis of Alcohol/Drug Use and Risky Sex.  (Completed) 
  Leigh, Barbara C [NIAAA]
  This study seeks to understand the nature of the relationship between substance use (alcohol and drugs) and sexual risk taking in four groups of persons believed to be at risk of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD). more...

• Substance Use and HIV Risk.  (Current) 
  Leigh, Barbara C [NIAAA]
  This project continues Dr. Leigh's ongoing program of research on substance use and HIV risk behavior. more...