ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS, AND HONORS
Positions and Employment:
Health Promotion Specialist, United States Peace Corps, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, 1991 – 1993
Nutrition Education Program Planner/Trainer in Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca and Mexico City, Mexico, 1995
Research Assistant, Center for Communications Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 1995 – 1996
Research Associate, Northern Manhattan Immunization Project, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY, 1997 – 1998
Study Site Coordinator, Over-the-Counter Syringe Purchase in Five Communities, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, Denver, CO, 1999 – 2001
Study Site Coordinator, HIV Serosurveillance Study, Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE), Denver, CO, 1999 –2001
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Substance Dependence, 1998 - Present
- Senior Professional Research Assistant, 1998 – 2000
- Research Associate, 2000 – 2002
- Instructor, 2002 – 2003
- Assistant Professor, 2003 – Present
Other Experience and Professional Memberships:
Member, Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), 2001 – 2004
Member, American Public Health Association (APHA), 2001 – Present
Member, Delta Omega Public Health Honors Society, 2003 – Present
Board of Directors, AIDS Coalition for Education (ACE), 2006 – Present
Member, Center for Global Health, UCDHSC, 2006 – Present
Associate Member, College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), 2006 – Present
Member, Colorado Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Behavioral Research Program, 2007 – present
Reviewer, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2003
Reviewer, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(JAIDS), 2003
Reviewer, Patient Preference and Adherence (PPA), 2007
Reviewer, Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2009
Honors:
Graduated with Dean’s List honors, Connecticut College, 1990
Anthropology Prize, Connecticut College, 1990
Delta Omega Public Health Honors Society, 2003
Recipient of Dean’s Academic Enrichment Funding for bridge funding of grant lapses ($50,000), 2009
Teaching Activities (since 2000):
Lectures and Seminars for Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Residents, Fellow and Peers:
Project Safe 101, presented to medical students, PSCH 8001/8610, Psychiatry Elective, The “Big Six” Substance Dependence Problems, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, 2001 – Present
Project Safe 101, presented to Professional Research Assistants at Project Safe, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 2001 – Present
The History of Drug Use and Abuse, presented to Post-Doctoral Fellows in the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 2001 – Present
The History of Drug Use and Abuse presented to Cherry Creek High School as part of the Medical Careers program, Denver, CO, 2001 – Present
The use of qualitative methods to inform quantitative instruments: lessons from the field, sponsored by Colorado Health Outcomes Program (COHO)/University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the Clinical Research Unit/Kaiser Permanente of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 10/2005
Human Behavior in Neuroscience Block, University of Colorado School of Medicine, PSCH 6001; Group Leader, 2007 – Present
Human Behavior in Metabolism Block, University of Colorado School of Medicine, PSCH 6001; Group Leader, 2007 – Present
Interventions to Reduce Drug Use and HIV Risk among Methamphetamine Users: results from a pilot study. Sponsored by Colorado Health Outcomes Program (COHO)/University of Colorado Denver and the Clinical Research Unit/Kaiser Permanente of Colorado, Aurora, CO; also presented to the Colorado Foundation for AIDS Research (CFAR), 10/2008
Faculty Mentor:
Tom Starkey, medical student, Psychiatry Scholars Program, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, Department of Psychiatry, 2005 to Present
Other training:
Trained and supervised Research Assistants in: 1. qualitative data methods and analysis, including focus groups, life history interviews, ratings, diaries, day visits; 2. quantitative data methods, including survey methodology, data collection procedures and analysis; and 3. interventions, including Motivational Interviewing, Case Management, and Risk Reduction, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 1998- present
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PUBLICATIONS
Grants and Contracts:
Active grants:
NIH/NIDA R21 DA 021522-01, Corsi, Karen F. (PI), 5/10/06 –4/30/09, $343,900 (Year 1).
Reduction of HIV risk and drug use among out-of-treatment methamphetamine users.
Role: Principal Investigator
NIH/NIDA R01 DA 16994-S1, Booth, Robert E. (PI), 9/1/03-6/30/09, $ 457,510 (Year 1).
Reducing HCV/HIV risks Comparing Two Interventions.
Role: Co-Investigator
NIH/NIDA R01 DA 009832-A2, Booth, Robert E. (PI), 7/15/1995-05/31/2012, $519,610 (Year 11).
Intervention to Reduce Injection Drug Use.
Role: Co-Investigator
NIH/NIDA R01 DA 016994, Booth, Robert E. (PI), 9/1/03 – 8/31/09, $2,849,402 (Year 4).
Reducing HCV/HIV Risks Comparing Two Interventions.
Role: Co- Investigator.
Previous Grants (since 2000):
SAMHSA/DHHS 1H79-TI15794-03, Corsi, Karen F. (PI), 9/30/03 – 9/29/08 $1,992,113 (Year 4).
Strengths-Based Case Management and Group Sessions to Enhance Treatment Readiness in Minority Female Crack Smoking Populations.
Role: Principal Investigator
NIH/NIDA R01 DA 09832, Corsi, Karen F. (PI), 6/1/95 – 5/31/07, $2,643,286 (No-Cost extension, Year 12).
Intervention to Reduce Injection Drug Use.
Role: Principal Investigator
NIH/NIDA R01 DA 09832-S1, Corsi, Karen F. (PI), 2002-2003, $198,999.
A Supplemental Application to Assess Interventions to Reduce Injection Drug Use.
Role: Principal Investigator.
NIH/NIDA R01 DA 12813, Corsi, Karen F. (PI), 1999-2003, $1,373,473.
Antecedents to Risk Behaviors among Drug Users. Grant RO1 DA12813. National Institute on Drug Abuse; Role: Principal Investigator.
NIH/NIDA R01 DA 12813-S1, Corsi, Karen F. (PI), 2002 – 2004, $112,661.
A Supplemental Application Designed to Assess the Contribution of Psychiatric Co-Morbidity to HIV-Related Risk-Taking Behaviors.
Role: Principal Investigator.
Corsi, K. F., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Booth, R. E. (2002). Predictors of positive outcomes for out-of-treatment opiate injectors recruited into methadone maintenance through street outreach. Journal of Drug Issues, 32, 999-1016.
Kwiatkowski, C. F., Corsi, K. F., Booth, R. E. (2002). The association between knowledge of hepatitis C virus status and risk behaviors in injection drug users. Addiction, 97, 1289-1294.
Reich, W., Compton, W., Horton, J., Cottler, L., Cunningham-Williams, R., Booth, R., Singer, M., Leukefeld, C., Fink, J., Stopka, T., Corsi K. F., Staton, T. M. (2002). Injection drug users report good access to pharmacy sale of syringes. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, 42, S68-S72.
Reich, W., Compton, W., Horton, J., Cottler, L., Cunningham-Williams, R., Booth, R. E., Singer, M., Leukefeld, C., Fink, J., Stopka, T., Corsi, K. F., Staton, T. M., (2002). Pharmacist ambivalence about over-the-counter sale of syringes to injection drug users. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, 42, S52-S57.
Booth, R. E., Corsi, K. F., Mikulich, S. K. (2003). Free treatment and treatment entry among out-of-treatment injection drug users. Strategies to Improve the Replicability, Sustainability, and Durability of HIV Prevention Interventions for Drug Users, National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Booth, R. E., Corsi, K. F., Mikulich, S. K. (2003). Improving entry to methadone maintenance among out-of-treatment injection drug users. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 24(4), 305-311.
Booth, R. E., Corsi, K. F., Mikulich-Gilbertson, S. K. (2004). Factors associated with methadone maintenance treatment retention among street-recruited injection drug users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 74, 177-185.
Compton, W. M., Horton, J. C., Cottler, L. B., Booth, R. E., Leukefeld, C. G., Singer, M., Cunningham-Williams, R., Reich, W., Corsi, K. F., Staton, M., Fink, J. L., Stopka, T. J., Spitznagel, E. L. (2004). A Multistate trial of pharmacy syringe purchase. Journal of Urban Health, 81(4), 661-670.
Booth, R. E., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Mikulich-Gilbertson, S. K., Brewster, J. T., Salomonsen-Sautel, S., Corsi, K. F., Sinitsyna, L. (2006). Predictors of risky needle use following interventions with drug injectors in Ukraine. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 82S1, S49-57.
Corsi, K. F., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Booth, R. E. (2006). Long-term predictors of HIV risk behaviors among IDUs. Journal of Drug Issues, 36(3), 649-666.
Corsi, K. F., Van Hunnik, B., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Booth, R. E. (2006). Computerized tracking and follow-up techniques in longitudinal research with drug users. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 6, 101-110.
Corsi, K. F., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Booth, R. E. (2007). Treatment entry and predictors among opiate-using injection drug users. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 33(1), 121-127.
Corsi, K. F., Winch, P. J., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Booth, R. E. (2007). Childhood factors that precede drug injection: is there a link? Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16(7), 808-818.
Corsi, K. F., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Booth, R. E. (2008). HIV sex risk behaviors among heterosexual methamphetamine users: Literature review from 2000 to present. Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 1, 292-296.
Corsi, K. F., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Booth, R. E. (2009). Predictors of methamphetamine injection in out-of-treatment IDUs. Substance Use and Misuse, 44, 332-342.
Corsi, K. F., Rinehart, D. J., Kwiatkowski, C. F., Booth, R. E. (2010, in press). Case management outcomes for women who use crack. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work.
Corsi, K. F., Lehman, W. E., Booth, R. E. (2009). The effect of methadone maintenance on positive outcomes for opiate injection drug users. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 37, 120-126.
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