Brenda M. Booth, Ph.D.  

Positions: 
  Professor of Psychiatry and Biostatistics

Dr. Booth served as the Director of the Division of Health Services Research until July 2007. She currently:
* serves on the College of Medicine Promotion and Tenure Committee,
* acts as a supervising mentor for the junior faculty at DHSR,
* provides biostatistical consultation to DHSR faculty (and other faculty members in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry), and 
* continues with her own research... 

Dr. Booth is a nationally recognized expert in substance abuse and co-morbid mental illness. She was PI on the Rural Alcohol Study (RAS), and her currently funded research includes:
* a longitudinal study of patients with cocaine use who present to the Emergency Department with chest pain and 
* a multi-state grant that examines stimulant use, including cocaine and methamphetamine use, in rural counties of Arkansas and Kentucky. 

Contact Information

Assistant:
Rebecca Howard
Phone:
(501) 660-7503
FAX:
(501) 660-7542

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