Elizabeth Hall, Ph.D.

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Elizabeth A. Hall, Ph.D.

Elizabeth A. Hall, Ph.D. is a researcher in UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs’ Criminal Justice Research Group. She is currently Principal Investigator for “Modeling Risk and Protective Factors for Well-being of Maltreated Youth” (NICHD), serves as Co-Investigator for “Using Incentives to Improve Parolee Participation and Attendance in Community Treatment” (NIDA, PI: Prendergast) and for “Health Promotion Coaching/Vaccine for Homeless Parolees” (NIDA, PI: Nyamathi), and as Project Manager for “Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies-2” (NIDA, PI: Prendergast). Over more than 15 years of substance abuse research, Dr. Hall has been involved in a variety of research and evaluation projects examining substance abuse treatment outcomes. Her areas of expertise include contingency management in substance abuse treatment settings; and substance abuse treatment for women, individuals in the criminal justice system, and families in the child welfare system.

Dr. Hall is the author of Staying in Touch: A Fieldwork Manual of Tracking Procedures for Locating Substance Abusers in Follow-up Studies, 2nd Edition and provides training throughout the U.S. on follow-up techniques with substance abusing populations. Dr. Hall is an instructor at Loyola Marymount University Extension and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California. Previously, she was a Senior Associate at IOX Assessment Associates, where she provided technical assistance in evaluation to school districts and state boards of education throughout the nation. In addition, she conducted large-scale evaluations of prevention programs for the Centers for Disease Control Division of Adolescent and School Health, the California Department of Health Services, and the California Wellness Foundation. Dr. Hall’s research interests include improving long-term outcomes for women offenders and their children, improving drug treatment services and effectiveness for criminal justice and child welfare populations, and qualitative and longitudinal study methodology.

Education and Training

  • University of California, San Diego, B.A., 1979, Anthropology
  • University of California, Los Angeles. M.A.. 1982, Anthropology
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., 1991, Anthropology, Psychocultural studies & cross-cultural child development

Specialties

  • Longitudinal follow-up methodology

  • Outcome evaluation of treatment for individuals in the criminal justice system

  • Gender issues in substance abuse treatment

  • Youth risk and protective factors

  • Qualitative methodology

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
11075 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90025
ehall@ucla.edu

Selected Publications

  • Hall, E. A., Baldwin, D. M., & Prendergast, M. L.  (2001). Women on Parole: Barriers to Success after Substance Abuse Treatment.  Human Organization, 60(3), 225-233.

  • Kasarabada, N., Hser, Y. -I., Parker, L. E., Hall, E. A., Anglin, M. D., & Chang, E. (2001).  A Self-Administered Instrument for Assessing Therapeutic Approaches of Drug Treatment Counselors. Substance Use and Misuse, 36(3), 273-299.

  • Prendergast, M., Hall, E. A. & Wellisch, J. (2002). An Outcome Evaluation of the Forever Free Substance Abuse Treatment Program: One-Year Post-Release Outcomes. (NCJ 199685). Produced by the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs Criminal Justice Research Group for the National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice.

  • Prendergast, M. L., Hall, E.A., & Wexler, H. K. (2003). Multiple Measures of Outcomes in Assessing a Prison-Based Drug Treatment Program. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 37(3/4), 65-94.

  • McCollister, K E., French, M. T., Prendergast, M., Wexler, H., Sacks, S., & Hall, E. (2003). Is In-Prison Treatment Enough?  A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Prison-Based Treatment and Aftercare Services for Substance-Abusing Offenders. Law & Policy, 25(1), 63-81.

  • Hall, E. A, Zuniga, R., Cartier, J., Anglin, M. D., Danila, B., Ryan, R.& Mantius, K. (2003). Staying in Touch: A Fieldwork Manual of Tracking Procedures for Locating Substance Abusers in Follow-up Studies, 2nd Edition. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs. http://www.uclaisap.org/trackingmanual/

  • Hall, E. A., Prendergast, M. L., Wellisch, J., Patten, M. & Cao, Y.. (2004). Treating Drug-Abusing Women Prisoners: An Outcomes Evaluation of the Forever Free Program. Prison Journal, 84(1), 81-105.

  • Prendergast, M. L., Hall, E. A., Wexler, H. K., Melnick, G. & Cao, Y. (2004). A Prison-Based Therapeutic Community: Five-Year Outcomes. Prison Journal, 84(1), 36-60.

  • McCollister, K. E., French, M. T., Prendergast, M. L., Hall, E. & Sacks, S. (2004). Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of Addiction Treatment for Criminal Offenders. Justice Quarterly, 21(3), 659-679.

  • Prendergast, M. L, Cartier, J., & Hall, E. (2005). The Transitional Case Management (TCM) Study. Offender Substance Abuse Report, 5(3), 33-42.

  • Grella, C., Greenwell, L., Farabee, D., Prendergast, M., Hall, E., Cartier, J., & Burdon, W. (2007). Organizational Characteristics of Community and Correctional Treatment Providers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 32(3), 291-300.

  • Prendergast, M. L., Hall, E. A., Roll, J., & Warda, U. (2008). Use of Vouchers to Reinforce Abstinence and Positive Behaviors among Clients in a Drug Court Treatment Program. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 35(2), 125-136. PMID: 17997267 (PMCID: PMC2527867) (NIHMSID: NIHMS64428)

  • Hall, E. A., Prendergast, M. L., Roll, J., & Warda, U. (2009). Reinforcing abstinence and treatment participation among offenders in a drug diversion program: Are vouchers effective? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36(9), 935-953. (NIHMS184965)

  • Grella, C. E., & Hall, E. (2010). Dependency Drug Courts: Evaluation of Cost Avoidance and Child Welfare Outcomes. Offender Programs Report, 14(4), 50-63.

  • Prendergast, M. L., Messina, N. P., Hall, E. A., & Warda, U. S. (2011). The relative effectiveness of women-only and mixed-gender treatment for substance-abusing women. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 4, 336-348.

Last updated - 03/19/2012

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