Diana H. Caldwell Research Scientist Degree: M.P.A., Master of Public Administration, University of Baltimore Phone: 410-837-3977 Ext. 237 Email: dcaldwell@friendsresearch.org

Research Interests

Diana 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.  In this regard, she is a PhD candidate in Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and conducting research that examines audio-computer assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) and its impact on reporting of HIV knowledge and risky health behaviors.   Her interests also include human services policy, having spent more than 18 years working with Native Americans in Robeson County, North Carolina.  Currently, she is Project Director of a community service research and evaluation project that targets Native Americans living in Baltimore and at risk for substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis.