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Dr. Linda A. Teplin is the Director of the Health Disparities and Public Policy Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is the Primary Investigator for the Northwestern Project, the first large-scale longitudinal study of mental health needs and outcomes of delinquent youth after detention. For nearly two decades, the Northwestern Project has tracked and re-interviewed nearly 2000 participants, first recruited when they entered the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention center when they were ages 10-18 years. The Northwestern Project assesses a broad range of outcomes, including psychiatric disorders, trajectories of substance abuse, patterns of service utilization, violence, HIV/AIDS, and death rates.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Sociology, PhD, Northwestern University
… → 1975
Sociology, MA, Northwestern University
… → 1972
Sociology, BA, Roosevelt University Chicago
… → 1971
Research interests
- HIV Infection
- Health Disparities
- Mental Health
- Mental Health Service Utilization
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Social Science
- Substance Use Disorders
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Firearm Involvement in Adolescent Children of Formerly Incarcerated Parents: A Prospective Intergenerational Study of Resilience Within Families
Teplin, L. A., Abram, K. M., Brown, C. H., Petitclerc, A. & Welty, L. J.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
9/30/20 → 9/29/23
Project: Research project
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Delinquent and Criminal Behaviors of Parents and Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Intergenerational Study of Children of Former Juvenile Offenders
Teplin, L. A., Abram, K. M., Petitclerc, A. & Welty, L. J.
5/1/20 → 4/30/25
Project: Research project
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Collateral Consequences of Parents Incarcerations for Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
Teplin, L. A., Abram, K. M., Brown, C. H., Petitclerc, A., Wakschlag, L. S. & Welty, L. J.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
6/10/19 → 6/30/24
Project: Research project
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Drug Abuse and Related Health Disparities: An Intergenerational Longitudinal Study of Offspring of Delinquent Youth (Northwestern Offspring Project)
Teplin, L. A., Abram, K. M., Brown, C. H., Petitclerc, A., Welty, L. J. & Jakubowski, J. A.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
9/1/18 → 5/31/23
Project: Research project
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Short-term binge drinking, marijuana, and recreational drug use trajectories in a prospective cohort of people living with HIV at the start of COVID-19 mitigation efforts in the United States
Meanley, S., Choi, S. K., Thompson, A. B., Meyers, J. L., D'Souza, G., Adimora, A. A., Mimiaga, M. J., Kempf, M. C., Konkle-Parker, D., Cohen, M. H., Teplin, L. A., Murchison, L., Rubin, L. H., Rubtsova, A. A., Weiss, D. J., Aouizerat, B., Friedman, M. R., Plankey, M. W. & Wilson, T. E., Feb 1 2022, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 231, 109233.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Effect of Discrimination and Resilience on Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex With Men
Brown, A. L., Matthews, D. D., Meanley, S., Brennan-Ing, M., Haberlen, S., D’Souza, G., Ware, D., Egan, J., Shoptaw, S., Teplin, L. A., Friedman, M. R. & Plankey, M., 2022, In: Stigma and Health. 7, 1, p. 113-121 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Association of Firearm Access, Use, and Victimization during Adolescence with Firearm Perpetration during Adulthood in a 16-Year Longitudinal Study of Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System
Teplin, L. A., Meyerson, N. S., Jakubowski, J. A., Aaby, D. A., Zheng, N., Abram, K. M. & Welty, L. J., Feb 5 2021, In: JAMA network open. 4, 2, e2034208.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Circumstances and toxicology of violence-related deaths among young people who have had contact with the youth justice system: a data linkage study
Willoughby, M., Young, J. T., Hail-Jares, K., Spittal, M. J., Borschmann, R., Patton, G., Sawyer, S. M., Janca, E., Teplin, L., Heffernan, E. & Kinner, S. A., Dec 2021, In: BMC public health. 21, 1, 2207.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lifetime Prevalence and Sociodemographic Correlates of Multifactorial Discrimination Among Middle-Aged and Older Adult Men Who Have Sex with Men
Meanley, S. P., Plankey, M. W., Matthews, D. D., Hawk, M. E., Egan, J. E., Teplin, L. A., Shoptaw, S. J., Surkan, P. J. & Stall, R. D., 2021, In: Journal of Homosexuality. 68, 10, p. 1591-1608 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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