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Education:

B.A. (Social Welfare), University of California, Los Angeles, 1970; M.S. (Rehabilitation Counseling), California State University, Los Angeles, 1972; Ph.D. (Behavioral Sciences), The Johns Hopkins University, 1980.

Courses Taught:

Health Policy (SW 238C), Drug and Alcohol Policy (SW 238B), Introduction to Social Welfare Research (SW 280), Doctoral Research Design (SW 289A), Dissertation Seminar (SW 295).

Research Interests:

Biomedicalization of social problems, Research methodology, Health policy, Alcohol and drug policy, Epidemiology of alcohol and drug use.

Selected Publications:

Midanik, L. T. (2006). Biomedicalization of Alcohol Studies. Ideological Shifts and Institutional Challenges. New Brunswick, NJ: Aldine Transaction.

Midanik, L. T., & Room, R. (2005). Contributions of social science to the alcohol field in an era of biomedicalization. Social Science and Medicine, 60(5): 1107-1116, March.

Drabble, L. A., Midanik, L. T., & Trocki, K. F. (2005). Reports of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems among homosexual, bisexual, and heterosexual respondents: Results from the 2000 National Alcohol Survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66: 111-120.

Midanik, L. T., Chaloupka, F. J., Saitz, R., Toomey, T. L., Fellows, J. L., & Dufour, M., et al. (2004). Alcohol-attributable deaths and years of potential life lost due to excessive alcohol use, United States, 2001. Journal of the American Medical Association, 292/23: 2831-2832.

Trocki, K. F., Drabble, L. A., & Midanik, L. T. (2005). Use of heavier drinking contexts among heterosexuals, homosexuals and bisexuals: Results from a national household probability survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66: 105-110.

Freisthler, B., Midanik, L. T., Gruenewald, P. J. (2004) Alcohol outlets and child physical abuse and neglect: Applying activities routine theory to the study of child maltreatment. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65(5): 586-592.

Midanik, L. T. (2004) Biomedicalization and alcohol studies: Implications for policy. Journal of Public Health Policy, 25: 211-228.

Midanik, L. T., Armstrong, M. A., Lieberman, L., & Gonzalez, V. (2004). Using chart reviews for post-partum substance use assessment: A pilot study. Social Work in Health Care, 38: 25-35.

Midanik, L. T., & Greenfield, T. K. (2004). Methodological articles in ATOD journals: We need more, less or about the same amount? Addiction, 99:145-147.

Midanik, L. T., & Greenfield, T. K. (2003). Telephone vs. in-person interviews for alcohol use: Results of the 2000 National Alcohol Survey. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 72(3): 209-214.

Midanik, L. T. (2003). Definitions of drunkenness. Substance Use and Misuse, 38(9), 1285-1303.

Midanik, L. T. & Greenfield, T. K. (2003). Defining 'current drinkers' in national surveys: Results of the Year 2000 National Alcohol Survey. Addiction, 98, 517-522.

Lorraine Midanik on Alcohol Consumption and Problem Behavior:

Research since the early 1980s comparing changes in U.S. alcohol use and associated alcohol-related problems presents a conundrum. Sales data, along with major national surveys, indicate a sizable decline in per capita alcohol consumption (2.76 gallons per person in 1981 to 2.17 gallons in 1995), along with a decline in heavy drinking in particular. Yet, no significant decreases have been found from surveys measuring the social consequences or dependence symptoms from alcohol use. This is surprising, given that several alcohol-related social indicators show significant declines. For example, in 1994 alcohol-related traffic fatalities reached an 18-year low and in 1993, the age-adjusted death rates from liver cirrhosis were 7.9 deaths per 100,000 population, as compared to 14.6 deaths per 100,000 in 1970, a drop of almost 46 percent.

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