Mark Edberg

Dr. Edberg is currently principal investigator (PI) and director of a new Exploratory Research Center on Latino Immigrant/Refugee Health Disparities, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (at NIH), focusing on the co-occurring disparities of substance abuse, youth violence, and sexual risk. He is also director of a recently chartered SPHHS center called the Center on Social Well-Being in the Latin America-Caribbean Region, under which there is currently a working relationship between UNICEF-Belize and GWU for work in support of children, youth and family initiatives in that country. He also currently serves as PI on an effort (with a consulting organization, DSG, Inc.) to develop a theoretical framework and program/evaluation model for all populations served by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families (within DHHS). Recently, he was PI on a CDC grant to address, through a pilot intervention, community factors related to youth violence in the Washington-area Latino community, Co-PI on a related CDC grant examining gender violence in the same community, Co-PI for a CDC effort to understand connections between macroeconomic factors and youth violence, Co-PI on an evaluation of a project intended to prevent trafficking/sexual exploitation, and recently a community assessment evaluator on an HIV/AIDS and TB-related effort. Previously, he served as Co-PI on a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant that examined substance use and HIV/AIDS risk among Southeast Asian populations; he was also involved in a related study focusing on domestic violence in the same communities. Before that, Dr. Edberg was Co-PI on other NIDA-funded research assessing HIV/AIDS and substance use among drug users, runaway youth and other high-risk populations. Dr. Edberg also directed an effort to develop an evaluation system for all grant programs funded by the U.S. Office of Minority Health (DHHS), and to implement that system, followed by a project with the same agency to develop a strategic framework for elimination of racial/ethnic health disparities. In addition, he provided, and continues to provide, evaluation consultation for UNICEF Latin America-Caribbean region. Specifically, the more recent of these projects are:

• 2012-2017: Principal Investigator/Center Director, P20 Exploratory Research Center on Latino Immigrant/Refugee Health Disparities, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH).
   
• 2012-2014: Director, SPHHS Center on Social Well-Being in the Latin America-Caribbean Region - includes funding related to Centre of Knowledge relationship with UNICEF-Belize.
   
• 2011-2013: Principal Investigator (under contract to Development Services Group, Inc.), Development of a Protective Factors Theoretical Model and Research Agenda for the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (DHHS).
   
• 2008-2011: Co-Principal Investigator (McDonnell, PI), Etiological Research on Gender Violence in the Latino Community. Collaboration with the Latino Federation of Greater Washington. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
   
• 2005-2010: Principal Investigator, SAFER Latinos, a violence prevention intervention targeting community-level (and transnational) factors related to Latino immigrant youth violence .Collaboration with the Latino Federation of Greater Washington and Latin American Youth Center. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
   
• 2008-2010: Co-Principal Investigator, National Expert Panel Review of Macroeconomic Factors and Youth Violence (to identify specific connections, propose research and intervention agenda). Funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Under contract agreement to Development Services Group, Inc.
   
• 2005-2009: Co-Principal Investigator, Evaluation Study of the SAGE Early Intervention Prostitution and Sexual Exploitation Prevention Program, for the National Institute of Justice. (Under contract to Development Services Group, Inc.)
   
• 2005-2006: Subcontract Principal Investigator, Community Assessment of Youth At-Risk for HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Hepatitis, and Substance Abuse. Qualitative and quantitative study under subcontract to the Latin American Youth Center (Washington, DC), funded by SAMHSA/CSAP

Master of Arts (Political Science/International Relations), UCLA, 1982

Master of Arts (Applied Anthropology), American University, 1989

Doctor of Philosophy (Cultural Anthropology), University of Virginia, 2000

PubH 8408: Doctoral Seminar on Social/Behavioral Theory, Department of Prevention and Community Health

PubH 2112: Principles of Health Education and Health Promotion, Department of Prevention and Community Health

PubH 2113: Impact of Culture upon Health, Department of Prevention and Community Health

PubH 6530: Qualitative Methods in Health Promotion, Department of Prevention and Community Health (and Department of Anthropology)

PubH 6515: High Risk and Special Populations, Department of Prevention and Community Health

• Essentials of Health Behavior. Edberg M. Essentials of Health Behavior. In: Essentials of Public Health Series. Boston (MA): Jones & Bartlett Publishers. Forthcoming.
• Risk behavior theory and its discontents: a generative approach to understanding violence, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse and other risk behavior.
  Edberg M. Risk behavior theory and its discontents: a generative approach to understanding violence, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse and other risk behavior. Med Anthropol Q. Forthcoming.
• Youth Violence and Economic Conditions
  Rosenfeld R, and Edberg M (Eds). Forthcoming, Fall 2012. Youth Violence and Economic Conditions. New York: New York University Press.
• Culture, Health and Diversity: Understanding People, Reducing Disparities
  Edberg M. 2012. Culture, Health and Diversity: Understanding People, Reducing Disparities. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
• Narratives of a Cultural Persona and Power on the Border
  Edberg M. September 2011. ?Narratives of a Cultural Persona and Power on the Border.? In Transnational Encounters: Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border, AL Madrid (Ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Using a Qualitative Approach to Develop an Evaluation Data Set for Community-Based Health Promotion Programs Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
  Edberg M, Corey K. Cohen M. 2011. ?Using a Qualitative Approach to Develop an Evaluation Data Set for Community-Based Health Promotion Programs Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities.? Health Promotion Practice June 15, doi: 10.1177/1524839910362035 (on line version).
• Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Belize, 2010: An Ecological Overview
  Edberg M, Chambers C, and Shaw D. May 2011. Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Belize, 2010: An Ecological Overview. (215 page report). Government of Belize/UNICEF Belize.
• Narcocorridos: Narratives of a Cultural Persona and Power on the Border.
  Edberg M. September 2011. ?Narcocorridos: Narratives of a Cultural Persona and Power on the Border.? In Transnational Encounters: Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border, AL Madrid (Ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Belize, 2011: An Ecological Overview.
  Edberg M, Chambers C, and Shaw D. August 2011. Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Belize, 2011: An Ecological Overview. (215 page report). Government of Belize/UNICEF Belize.
• Using a Qualitative Approach to Develop an Evaluation Data Set for Community-Based Health Promotion Programs Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
  Edberg M, Corey K. Cohen M. 2011. ?Using a Qualitative Approach to Develop an Evaluation Data Set for Community-Based Health Promotion Programs Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities.? Health Promotion Practice June 15, doi: 10.1177/1524839910362035 (on line version).
• A Trajectory Model for Understanding and Assessing Health Disparities in Immigrant/Refugee Communities
  Edberg M, Cleary S, and Vyas A. February 2010. ?A Trajectory Model for Understanding and Assessing Health Disparities in Immigrant/Refugee Communities.? Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health DOI 10.1007/s10903-010-9337-5 (on line).
• The SAFER Latinos Project: Addressing a Community Ecology Underlying Latino Youth Violence
  Edberg M, Cleary S, Klevens J, Collins E, Leiva R, Bazurto M, Rivera I, Taylor A, Montero L, Calderon M. 2010. ?The SAFER Latinos Project: Addressing a Community Ecology Underlying Latino Youth Violence.? Journal of Primary Prevention 31: 247-257.
• Patterns of HIV/AIDS, STI, Substance Abuse and Hepatitis Risk Among Selected Samples of Latino and African-American Youth in Washington, DC.
  Edberg M, Collins E, Harris M, McLendon H, and Santucci P. 2009. ?Patterns of HIV/AIDS, STI, Substance Abuse and Hepatitis Risk Among Selected Samples of Latino and African-American Youth in Washington, DC.? Journal of Youth Studies 12(6): 685-709.
• El narcotraficante: narcocorridos and the construction of a cultural persona on the U.S.-Mexico border.
  Edberg M. El narcotraficante: narcocorridos and the construction of a cultural persona on the U.S.-Mexico border. Austin (TX): University of Texas Press; 2004.
• The narcotrafficker in representation and practice: a cultural persona from the Mexican border.
  Edberg M. The narcotrafficker in representation and practice: a cultural persona from the Mexican border. Ethos 2004;32(2):257-77.
• Conducting substance abuse prevention research in a workplace setting: issues and barriers.
  Edberg M, Bekelman A, Cohen M, Galvin D. Conducting substance abuse prevention research in a workplace setting: issues and barriers. Report. Rockville (MD): Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Department of Health and Human Services (US); 2003 May.
• Elimination of health disparities in racial/ethnic minority communities: developing data indicators to assess the progress of community-based efforts.
  Edberg M, Wong F, Woo V, Doong T. Elimination of health disparities in racial/ethnic minority communities: developing data indicators to assess the progress of community-based efforts. Evaluation and Program Planning 2003;26:11-19.
• Identifying a uniform data set of information/data to assess the impacts of activities funded by the Office of Minority Health.
  Edberg M, Cohen M, Bekelman A. Identifying a uniform data set of information/data to assess the impacts of activities funded by the Office of Minority Health. Final Report. Rockville (MD): Division of Policy and Data, Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services (US); 2002 Mar.
• Drug traffickers as social bandits: culture and drug trafficking in northern Mexico and the border region.
  Edberg M. Drug traffickers as social bandits: culture and drug trafficking in northern Mexico and the border region. Journal of Contemporary Criminology 2001;17(3):259-77.
• Preliminary qualitative results from an ongoing study of HIV risk in three southeast Asian communities.
  Edberg M, Wong F, Park R, Corey K. Preliminary qualitative results from an ongoing study of HIV risk in three southeast Asian communities. Proceedings of the XIV International AIDS Conference; 200 Jul 7-12; Barcelona, Spain. Sponsored by the World Health Organization, UNAIDS, Centers for Disease Control and others.