Social Research Center
Research Staff
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Diana H. Caldwell Degrees: Ph.D., Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Research Interests
Dr. Caldwell's research interests focus on innovative data collection strategies that promise to improve the reliability and validity of survey methodology. Such strategies have the potential for adding to the body of knowledge necessary for articulating coherent public policy—particularly with regard to substance use and its collateral legal and medical issues. She is Principal Investigator of an NIH-funded project designed to establish the feasibility of a computerized HIV risk screening and brief intervention software program that would be appropriate for use in a variety of healthcare settings.
Dr. Caldwell's interests also include human services policy, having spent more than 18 years working with Native Americans in Robeson County, North Carolina. Currently, she is examining the results of a community service research and evaluation intervention that targeted Native Americans living in Baltimore and at risk for substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis.