The Heller School Faculty and Staff

Senior Research Associate, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy

strickler@brandeis.edu Heller 263 781-736-3914

Scholarship

  • Strickler GK, Horgan CM, Reif S, Ritter GA, Lee M (in progress). Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities and Criminal Justice-Referred Clients.
  • Bhalotra S, Ruwe M, Strickler GK, Hurley C, Ryan A (2007). Disparities in utilization of coronary artery disease treatment by gender, race and ethnicity: opportunities for prevention. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, 18(1): 36-49.
  • Lee AJ, Strickler GK, Shepard DS (2007). The economics of cardiac lifestyle modification: A review of the literature. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 27(3), 135-142.
  • Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman, M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet need for substance abuse treatment of adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 32(4), 403-426.
  • Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Strickler GK (2004). A publicly managed Medicaid substance abuse carve-out: Effects on spending and utilization. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 31(3), 197-217.
  • Simoni-Wastila L, Ritter G, Strickler G (2004). Gender and other factors associated with the non-medical use of abusable prescription drugs. Substance Use and Misuse, 39(1), 1-23.
  • Simoni-Wastila L, Strickler G (2004). Risk factors associated with problem use of prescription drugs. American Journal of Public Health, 94(2), 266-268.
  • Horgan C, Strickler GK, Skwara K (2001). Substance Abuse: The Nation’s Number One Health Problem. Princeton, NJ: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  • Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McKay JM (2001). Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatments. Final Report submitted to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
  • Krevor B, Strickler G, Albrecht J, Archard J, Benintendi K, Brill J, Hering M, St.Clair S, Lefman C (1999). Preventing Teenage Access to Tobacco: A Report to the National Association of Attorneys General. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
  • Strickler GK (1999). The problem of teenage tobacco use. In: Krevor B, Strickler GK, Albrecht J, Archard J, Benintendi K, Brill J, Hering M, St.Clair S, Lefman C: Preventing Teenage Access to Tobacco: A Report to the National Association of Attorneys General. Waltham, MA: Tobacco Retailer Responsibility Initiative.
  • Skwara KC, Horgan C, Strickler GK (1997). Substance Abuse: Trends and Problems by Demographic/Risk Groups. Briefing paper prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  • Strickler GK, Horgan CM, Skwara KC (1997). Harms Associated with Substance Abuse. Briefing paper prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  • Bachman SS, Drainoni M-L, Strickler G, Dittmar ND (1996). Utilization of a state hospital by urban and rural local mental health authorities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 23(5), 439-454.
  • Drainoni M-L, Strickler G, Omans J (1995). Redeployment of staff from state institutions: Issues for state health policymakers. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 22(5), 553-562.
  • Pizer C, Strickler G (1995). Evaluation of the Amerasian/Vietnamese Health Project. Final Report submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
  • Drainoni M, Strickler G, Bachman S (1994). Utilization of a State Mental Hospital by Clients from a Rural and an Urban Area: A Mechanism for Social Control? Report submitted to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
  • Hendricks AM, Strickler GK, Blom J (1994). Patterns of Medicaid Expenditures for Adults with Mental Retardation and/or Developmental Disabilities: The New York Experience. Final Report submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  • Strickler G, Tumlinson A and Cohen MA. (1994). Insurance Status of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Chronic Physical Impairments: Who is Most Vulnerable and How Would They Fare under Health Care Reform? Center for Vulnerable Populations, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
  • Ferrer B, Strickler GK, Butler D, Zolotusky G, Watson, K (1993). Final Report of the Families FIRST Evaluation Component. Report submitted to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the New Mexico Human Services Department.
  • Howard A, Strickler GK (1992). The Context and Patterns of Health Care for Adults with Mental Retardation and other Developmental Disabilities: The New York State Experience. Report submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Foundation.
  • Strickler GK, Ferrer B, Butler D, Watson K (1992). Parent Survey Analysis. Report for the Families FIRST Evaluation Component: 1989-1992, submitted to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the New Mexico Human Services Department.
  • Henderson M, Howard A, Strickler GK (1991). Access, Quality, and Satisfaction with Managed Health Care for Adults with MR/DD: Results of Three Surveys Conducted in New York State. Final Report submitted to the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation.
  • Henderson M, Howard A, Strickler GK (1991). Feasibility Study: Health Care Services for Adults with Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Living in the Community. Final Report submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  • Howard A, Henderson M, Strickler GK (1991). Managed Health Care for Adults with Mental Retardation: The New York Experience—Medicaid Expenditure Analysis. Final Report submitted to the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation.
  • Hughes JR, Strickler G, King D, Higgins ST, Fenwick JW, Gulliver SB, Mireault G (1989). Smoking history, instructions, and the effects of nicotine: Two pilot studies. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 34(1), 149-155.
Gail Strickler

Degrees

Brandeis University
Ph.D.

Brandeis University
M.M.H.S.

Dartmouth College
B.A.

Awards and Honors

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Traineeship (1998-1999)
  • Pew Foundation Health Policy Fellowship
    (1995-1997)