Personnel
Kathryn E. McCollister, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/Health Economist,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Tel: (305) 243-3479
Fax: (305) 243-3384
Email : kmccolli@med.miami.edu
Office Address
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Clinical Research Building
1120 N.W. 14th Street, Room 1051
Miami, FL 33136
Mailing Address
Kathryn E. McCollister
Health Economics Research Group
Sociology Research Center
PO Box 248251
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0719
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Background
Dr. Kathryn McCollister is an Assistant Professor and Health Economist in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. McCollister received her doctorate in Economics from Florida International University in 1999. Dr. McCollister has worked with academic collaborators of many disciplines, state officials, and clinical specialists in evaluating treatment interventions for individuals with substance use disorder. She has conducted economic evaluations of addiction treatment programs for unique populations including criminal offenders and pregnant/parenting women.
Dr. McCollister is currently working with addiction and criminal justice researchers around the country to improve and standardize methods for evaluating drug abuse treatment services for criminal offenders. Dr. McCollister's studies have been published in various multidisciplinary journals including the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Law and Policy, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Economics & Politics, Evaluation and Program Planning, Addiction, and Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
She has served as the Principal Investigator on projects funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (K01 DA13962), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (041070) and the California Department of Corrections. She has also served as the Project Director and Senior Investigator on projects funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
