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Research Interests
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, Sociology, Northwestern University
… → 1975
Sociology, MA, Northwestern University
… → 1972
Sociology, BA, Roosevelt University Chicago
… → 1971
Research interests keywords
- HIV Infection
- Health Disparities
- Mental Health
- Mental Health Service Utilization
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Social Science
- Substance Use Disorders
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Consequences of Incarceration on Health, Age-Related Conditions, and Risk Factors for ADRD
Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Gefen, T. D. (Co-Investigator), Kershaw, K. N. (Co-Investigator), McDade, T. (Co-Investigator), Weintraub, S. (Co-Investigator) & Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator)
8/15/24 → 4/30/29
Project: Research project
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NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support
Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator) & Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator)
1/1/24 → 12/31/25
Project: Research project
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Firearm Involvement in Adolescent Children of Formerly Incarcerated Parents: A Prospective Intergenerational Study of Resilience Within Families
Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Brown, C. H. (Co-Investigator), Brown, C. H. (Co-Investigator), Petitclerc, A. (Co-Investigator), Petitclerc, A. (Co-Investigator), Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator) & Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
9/30/20 → 9/29/25
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. (PD/PI), Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Petitclerc, A. (Co-Investigator), Petitclerc, A. (Co-Investigator), Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator) & Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator)
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. (PD/PI), Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-PD/PI), Brown, C. H. (Co-PD/PI), Brown, C. H. (Co-PD/PI), Brown, C. H. (Co-PD/PI), Petitclerc, A. (Co-PD/PI), Petitclerc, A. (Co-PD/PI), Petitclerc, A. (Co-PD/PI), Wakschlag, L. S. (Co-PD/PI), Wakschlag, L. S. (Co-PD/PI), Wakschlag, L. S. (Co-PD/PI), Welty, L. J. (Co-PD/PI), Welty, L. J. (Co-PD/PI) & Welty, L. J. (Co-PD/PI)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
6/10/19 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
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Do Substances Used in Adolescence Predict the Persistence of Substance Use Disorders in Adulthood? A 15-Year Study of Youth After Detention
Welty, L. J., Luna, M. J., Aaby, D. A., Harrison, A. J., Potthoff, L. M., Abram, K. M. & Teplin, L. A., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Adolescent Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Erratum: Correction: The longitudinal impact of employment, retirement and disability status on depressive symptoms among men living with HIV in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (PloS one (2020) 15 10 (e0239291))
Ware, D., Rueda, S., Plankey, M., Surkan, P. J., Okafor, C. N., Teplin, L. & Friedman, M. R., 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 5, p. e0303716Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Inequities in Mental Health Services: A 16-Year Longitudinal Study of Youth in the Justice System
Luna, M. J., Abram, K. M., Aaby, D. A., Welty, L. J. & Teplin, L. A., Apr 2024, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 63, 4, p. 422-432 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Life course history of physical and sexual abuse is associated with cardiovascular disease risk among women living with and without HIV
Appleton, A. A., Kuniholm, M. H., Vásquez, E., Cohen, M. H., Donohue, J., Floris-Moore, M., Friedman, M. R., Hanna, D. B., Mimiaga, M. J., Moran, C. A., Plankey, M. W., Teplin, L. A., Shitole, S. G., Ware, D., Jones, D. L. & Wise, J., Apr 1 2024, In: AIDS. 38, 5, p. 739-750 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Individual-Level Psychosocial Resiliencies as Mediators of the Relationship Between Internalized Homophobia and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Men Living With and Without HIV
Okafor, C. N., Ware, D., Meanley, S., Brennan-Ing, M., Haberlen, S., Teplin, L., Mimiaga, M. J., Reuel Friedman, M. & Plankey, M., Oct 2023, In: AIDS and behavior. 27, 10, p. 3171-3182 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Northwestern Juvenile Project (Cook County, IL): Baseline, 1995-1998 [Restricted]
Teplin, L. A. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2013
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr32603.v1, https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NAHDAP/studies/32603/versions/V1
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Keeping the Peace: Police Discretion and the Mentally Disordered in Chicago, 1980-1981
Teplin, L. A. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1985
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr08438.v1, http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACJD/studies/8438/version/1
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Version 1
Teplin, L. A. (Creator), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2016
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr34931.v1, http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACJD/studies/34931/version/1
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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. (Creator), Young, J. T. (Creator), Hail-Jares, K. (Creator), Spittal, M. J. (Creator), Borschmann, R. (Creator), Patton, G. (Creator), Sawyer, S. M. (Creator), Janca, E. (Creator), Teplin, L. (Creator), Heffernan, E. (Creator) & Kinner, S. A. (Creator), figshare, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5737066, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Circumstances_and_toxicology_of_violence-related_deaths_among_young_people_who_have_had_contact_with_the_youth_justice_system_a_data_linkage_study/5737066
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