Stacy Sterling, DrPH, MSW
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Tyson School of Medicine. Her research interests include developing systems for implementing evidence-based, integrated, behavioral health services into primary care, adolescent behavioral health prevention and early intervention, and alcohol and drug and mental health treatment outcomes and access.

Dr. Sterling is a standing member of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Addiction (NIAAA) Clinical, Treatment and Health Services Research study section.

She is the principal investigator of multiple studies including: a trial funded by the Hilton Foundation of single vs. multisession screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for adolescents and parents in pediatric primary care; a NIAAA adolescent SBIRT trial in pediatric primary care; an NIAAA trial of an innovative alcohol telemedicine consultation intervention, studies of the implementation and outcomes of large-scale alcohol screening and brief intervention, and an NIAAA survey of pediatrician attitudes toward and practices of adolescent behavioral-health risk screening and intervention. Dr. Sterling was co-investigator of a cluster-randomized trial of SBIRT for unhealthy alcohol use in adult medicine in Kaiser Permanente Northern California. She was principal investigator of a study funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to develop predictive models for adolescent substance use problem development, and of studies funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of adolescents in drug and alcohol treatment. She co-authored a widely disseminated issue brief, “Reducing Risky Alcohol Use: What Health Care Systems Can Do” and has developed nationally disseminated educational materials including NIAAA’s “The Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource on Alcohol, ‘Promote Practice Change: Take Manageable Steps Toward Better Care’.” Dr. Sterling is the KPNC Training Director for an innovative hybrid National Institute of Mental Health, Mental Health Research Network T32 fellowship program.

She received her doctoral training at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, and her master’s degrees in Public Health and Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley.

• Prospective changes in drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults with unhealthy alcohol use.
  Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) 2024 Palzes VA, Chi FW, Satre DD, Kline-Simon AH, Campbell CI, Weisner C, Sterling S
• Development and Validation of Electronic Health Record Measures of Safety Planning Practices as Part of Zero Suicide Implementation.
  Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research 2024 Boggs JM, Yarborough BJH, Clarke G, Aguirre-Miyamoto EM, Barton LJ, Beck A, Bruschke C, Buttlaire S, Coleman KJ, Flores JP, Penfold R, Powers JD, Richards JA, Richardson L, Runkle A, Ryan JM, Simon GE…
• Prevalence and trends of suspected cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome over an 11-year period in Northern California: An electronic health record study.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2024 Costales B, Lu Y, Young-Wolff KC, Cotton DM, Campbell CI, Iturralde E, Sterling SA
• Pilot Implementation of Guiando Buenas Decisiones, an Evidence-Based Parenting Program for Spanish-Speaking Families, in Pediatric Primary Care in a Large, U.S. Health System: A Qualitative Interview Study.
  Journal of prevention (2022) 2024 Sterling SA, Kline-Simon A, Metz VE, Eisenberg N, Grijalva C, Iturralde E, Charvat-Aguilar N, Berrios G, Braciszewski J, Beck A, Boggs J, Kuklinski M
• Validation of a Multivariable Model to Predict Suicide Attempt in a Mental Health Intake Sample.
  JAMA psychiatry 2024 Papini S, Hsin H, Kipnis P, Liu VX, Lu Y, Girard K, Sterling SA, Iturralde EM
• Variation in completeness of coding external cause of injuries under ICD-10-CM.
  Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 2024 Stewart CC, Simon G, Ahmedani BK, Beck A, Daida YG, Lynch FL, Owen-Smith AA, Negriff SL, Rossom R, Sterling SA, Lu CY, Schoenbaum M
• Racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of specialty treatment across risk profiles of adults with heavy alcohol use.
  Alcohol, clinical & experimental research 2024 Palzes VA, Chi FW, Weisner C, Kline-Simon AH, Satre DD, Sterling S
• Unhealthy Alcohol Use among Adults with Depression or Anxiety: Changes During COVID-19 and Associations with Mental Health Treatment.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2024 Satre DD, Palzes VA, Chi FW, Kline-Simon AH, Campbell CI, Doren NV, Weisner C, Sterling S
• Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control in People With and Without HIV.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2024 Silverberg MJ, Levine TM, Lea AN, Williams AE, Alexeeff SE, Bryant K, Cavassini M, Flamm JA, Hare CB, Ingle SM, Justice AC, Lam JO, Sterling SA, Horberg MA, Satre DD
• Factors associated with suicidal ideation among people with HIV engaged in care.
  Journal of affective disorders 2024 Satre DD, Sarovar V, Levine T, Leibowitz AS, Lea AN, Ridout KK, Hare CB, Luu MN, Flamm J, Dilley JW, Davy-Mendez T, Sterling SA, Silverberg MJ
• Clozapine Use Among People With Psychotic Disorders Who Experience Specific Indications for Clozapine.
  The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2024 Simon GE, Rossom RC, Iturralde E, Ahmedani BK, Waring SC, Owen-Smith AA, Sterling SA, Miley K, Stults CD, Daida YG, Lynch FL, Beck A, Sanchez K, Coleman KJ, Shortreed SM
• Anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation among early adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Journal of adolescence 2024 Danzo S, Kuklinski MR, Sterling SA, Beck A, Braciszewski JM, Boggs J, Briney JS, Charvat-Aguilar N, Eisenberg N, Kaffl A, Kline-Simon A, Loree AM, Lyons VH, Morse EF, Morrison KM, Negusse R, Scheuer H
• Clinician perspectives on adolescent cannabis-related beliefs and behaviors following recreational cannabis legalization.
  Addictive behaviors 2024 Young-Wolff KC, Does MB, Mian MN, Sterling SA, Satre DD, Campbell CI, Silver LD, Alexeeff SE, Cunningham SF, Asyyed A, Altschuler A
• Suicide Screening, Risk Assessment, and Lethal Means Counseling During Zero Suicide Implementation.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2024 Boggs JM, Richards J, Simon G, Aguirre-Miyamoto EM, Barton LJ, Beck A, Beidas RS, Bruschke C, Buckingham ET, Buttlaire S, Clarke G, Coleman K, Flores JP, Frank C, Penfold RB, Richardson L, Ryan JM, …
• Pediatric ACEs Screening and Referral: Facilitators, Barriers, and Opportunities for Improvement.
  Journal of child & adolescent trauma 2024 Dumke KA, Hamity C, Peters K, DiGangi M, Negriff S, Sterling SA, Young-Wolff KC
• On- and Off-Label Atypical Antipsychotic Prescription Trends Across a Nine-Year Period Among Adolescents Pre- to Post-COVID-19.
  Academic pediatrics 2024 Costales B, Slama NE, Penfold RB, Nugent JR, Spalding SR, Sterling SA, Iturralde E
• Addiction Medicine Treatment Utilization by Race/Ethnicity Among Adolescents With Substance Use Problems Before Versus During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2024 Palzes VA, Chi FW, Metz VE, Sterling S, Asyyed A, Ridout KK, Campbell CI
• Adolescent utilization of eating disorder higher level of care: roles of family-based treatment adherence and demographic factors.
  Journal of eating disorders 2024 Lau JS, Kline-Simon AH, Schmittdiel JA, Sterling SA
• Telehealth Collaborative Care Led by Clinical Pharmacists for People With Psychosis or Bipolar Disorder: A Propensity Weighted Comparison With Usual Psychiatric Care.
  The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2024 Iturralde E, Fazzolari L, Slama NE, Alexeeff SE, Sterling SA, Awsare S, Koshy MT, Shia M
• Development and validation of a machine learning model using electronic health records to predict trauma- and stressor-related psychiatric disorders after hospitalization with sepsis.
  Translational psychiatry 2023 Papini S, Iturralde E, Lu Y, Greene JD, Barreda F, Sterling SA, Liu VX
• Risk profiles of adults with heavy alcohol use: Drinking patterns, behavioral and metabolic factors, health problems, and racial and ethnic disparities.
  Alcohol, clinical & experimental research 2023 Palzes VA, Chi FW, Weisner C, Kline-Simon AH, Satre DD, Sterling S
• Stability of Suicide Risk Prediction Models During Changes in Health Care Delivery.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2023 Simon GE, Cruz M, Shortreed SM, Sterling SA, Coleman KJ, Ahmedani BK, Yaseen ZS, Mosholder AD
• Influenza Vaccination Uptake and Associated Factors Among Adults With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Large, Integrated Healthcare System.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023 Imp BM, Levine T, Satre DD, Skarbinski J, Luu MN, Sterling SA, Silverberg MJ
• Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Prenatal Mental Health and Substance Use.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2023 Foti TR, Watson C, Adams SR, Rios N, Staunton M, Wei J, Sterling SA, Ridout KK, Young-Wolff KC
• Overall and Telehealth Addiction Treatment Utilization by Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in California After COVID-19 Policy Changes.
  JAMA health forum 2023 Palzes VA, Chi FW, Metz VE, Sterling S, Asyyed A, Ridout KK, Campbell CI
• Cannabis Use for Medical Reasons Among Patients in a Large California Health Care System After Legalization of Nonmedical Use.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2023 Karmali RN, Does MB, Gordon NP, Sterling SA, Young-Wolff KC, Sidney S, Campbell CI
• Disparities in the receipt of alcohol brief intervention: The intersectionality of sex, age, and race/ethnicity.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2023 Parthasarathy S, Chi FW, Metz V, Kline-Simon A, Asyyed A, Campbell CI, Sterling S
• Cardiometabolic Monitoring and Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Youths Prescribed Antipsychotic Medications.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2023 Hsueh L, Iturralde E, Slama NE, Spalding SR, Sterling SA
• Performance of a Prediction Model of Suicide Attempts Across Race and Ethnicity.
  JAMA psychiatry 2023 Papini S, Hsin H, Kipnis P, Liu VX, Lu Y, Sterling SA, Iturralde E
• Associations between alcohol brief intervention in primary care and drinking and health outcomes in adults with hypertension and type 2 diabetes: a population-based observational study.
  BMJ open 2023 Chi FW, Parthasarathy S, Palzes VA, Kline-Simon AH, Weisner CM, Satre DD, Grant RW, Elson J, Ross TB, Awsare S, Lu Y, Metz VE, Sterling SA
• COVID-19 pandemic-related changes in utilization of telehealth and treatment overall for alcohol use problems.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2022 Palzes VA, Chi FW, Metz VE, Campbell C, Corriveau C, Sterling S
• Accuracy of ICD-10-CM encounter diagnoses from health records for identifying self-harm events.
  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2022 Simon GE, Shortreed SM, Boggs JM, Clarke GN, Rossom RC, Richards JE, Beck A, Ahmedani BK, Coleman KJ, Bhakta B, Stewart CC, Sterling S, Schoenbaum M, Coley RY, Stone M, Mosholder AD, Yaseen ZS
• Effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered primary care telemedicine intervention to increase access to pharmacotherapy and specialty treatment for alcohol use problems: Protocol for the alcohol telemedicine consult cluster-randomized pragmatic trial.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2022 Metz VE, Leibowitz A, Satre DD, Parthasarathy S, Jackson-Morris M, Cocohoba J, Sterling SA
• Patterns of Health Care Use 5 Years After an Intervention Linking Patients in Addiction Treatment With a Primary Care Practitioner.
  JAMA network open 2022 Iturralde E, Weisner CM, Adams SR, Chi FW, Ross TB, Cunningham SF, Ghadiali M, Asyyed AH, Satre DD, Campbell CI, Sterling SA
• Racial-Ethnic Differences in Treatment Initiation for New Diagnoses of Perinatal Depression.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2022 Avalos LA, Nance N, Iturralde E, Badon SE, Quesenberry CP, Sterling S, Li DK, Flanagan T
• Young Adult Substance Use and Healthcare Use Associated With Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment in Pediatric Primary Care.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2022 Sterling S, Parthasarathy S, Jones A, Weisner C, Metz V, Hartman L, Saba K, Kline-Simon AH
• Characterizing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Patterns and Their Association with Alcohol Use Reduction and Alcohol Use Disorder During Follow-Up in HIV Care.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Davy-Mendez T, Sarovar V, Levine-Hall T, Lea AN, Sterling SA, Chi FW, Palzes VA, Luu MN, Flamm JA, Hare CB, Williams EC, Bryant KJ, Weisner CM, Silverberg MJ, Satre DD
• Cost-Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Patients With Depression.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2022 Satre DD, Parthasarathy S, Young-Wolff KC, Meacham MC, Borsari B, Hirschtritt ME, Van Dyke L, Sterling SA
• Comparing the effectiveness of a brief intervention to reduce unhealthy alcohol use among adult primary care patients with and without depression: A machine learning approach with augmented inverse probability weighting.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2022 Papini S, Chi FW, Schuler A, Satre DD, Liu VX, Sterling SA
• Predicting severe alcohol use disorders in primary care using number of heavy drinking days.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2022 Metz VE, Palzes VA, Kline-Simon AH, Chi FW, Weisner CM, Sterling SA
• Alcohol Use Among Young Adults in Northern California During the COVID-19 Pandemic-An Electronic Health Records-Based Study.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2022 Metz VE, Palzes VA, Chi FW, Campbell CI, Sterling SA
• Alcohol brief intervention, specialty treatment and drinking outcomes at 12 months: Results from a systematic alcohol screening and brief intervention initiative in adult primary care.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2022 Chi FW, Parthasarathy S, Palzes VA, Kline-Simon AH, Metz VE, Weisner C, Satre DD, Campbell CI, Elson J, Ross TB, Lu Y, Sterling SA
• Substance use disorders among primary care patients screening positive for unhealthy alcohol use.
  Family practice 2022 Metz VE, Palzes VA, Kline-Simon AH, Chi FW, Campbell CI, Weisner CM, Sterling SA
• Emergency Department Encounters Among Youth With Suicidal Thoughts or Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  JAMA psychiatry 2021 Ridout KK, Alavi M, Ridout SJ, Koshy MT, Awsare S, Harris B, Vinson DR, Weisner CM, Sterling S, Iturralde E
• Health Service Utilization Among Children and Adolescents with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case-Control Study.
  Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 2021 Goger P, Zerr AA, Weersing VR, Dickerson JF, Crawford PM, Sterling SA, Waitzfelder B, Daida YG, Ahmedani BK, Penfold RB, Lynch FL
• Parent-focused prevention of adolescent health risk behavior: Study protocol for a multisite cluster-randomized trial implemented in pediatric primary care.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2021 Scheuer H, Kuklinski MR, Sterling SA, Catalano RF, Beck A, Braciszewski J, Boggs J, Hawkins JD, Loree AM, Weisner C, Carey S, Elsiss F, Morse E, Negusse R, Jessen A, Kline-Simon A, Oesterle S, …
• Psychotropic medication prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medicine 2021 Hirschtritt ME, Slama N, Sterling SA, Olfson M, Iturralde E
• Treatment for alcohol use disorder among persons with and without HIV in a clinical care setting in the United States.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2021 Davy-Mendez T, Sarovar V, Levine-Hall T, Lea AN, Sterling SA, Chi FW, Palzes VA, Bryant KJ, Weisner CM, Silverberg MJ, Satre DD
• Adult Suicide-Related emergency department encounters during the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Cross-Sectional study.
  Lancet regional health. Americas 2021 Ridout KK, Alavi M, Ridout SJ, Koshy MT, Awsare S, Harris B, Vinson DR, Weisner CM, Sterling S, Iturralde E
• Patient and provider factors associated with receipt and delivery of brief interventions for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2021 Lu Y, Chi FW, Parthasarathy S, Palzes VA, Kline-Simon AH, Metz VE, Weisner C, Satre DD, Campbell CI, Elson J, Ross TB, Awsare SV, Sterling SA
• Effectiveness of spironolactone dispensation in reducing weekly alcohol use: a retrospective high-dimensional propensity score-matched cohort study.
  Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2021 Palzes VA, Farokhnia M, Kline-Simon AH, Elson J, Sterling S, Leggio L, Weisner C, Chi FW
• Engagement in perinatal depression treatment: a qualitative study of barriers across and within racial/ethnic groups.
  BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2021 Iturralde E, Hsiao CA, Nkemere L, Kubo A, Sterling SA, Flanagan T, Avalos LA
• Predictors of early and sustained cessation of heavy drinking over 5 years among adult primary care patients.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2021 Palzes VA, Kline-Simon AH, Satre DD, Sterling S, Weisner C, Chi FW
• Physical, Mental Health and Developmental Conditions, and Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated With Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Young Children in Pediatric Primary Care.
  Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 2021 Sterling S, Chi F, Lin J, Padalkar P, Vinayagasundaram U, Iturralde E, Young-Wolff K, Metz VE, Herz A, Negusse R, Jackson-Morris M, Espinas P
• Connecting Research and Practice: Implementation of Suicide Prevention Strategies in Learning Health Care Systems.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2021 Rossom RC, Richards JE, Sterling S, Ahmedani B, Boggs JM, Yarborough BJH, Beck A, Lloyd K, Frank C, Liu V, Clinch SB, Patke LD, Simon GE
• Accounting for quality improvement during the conduct of embedded pragmatic clinical trials within healthcare systems: NIH Collaboratory case studies.
  Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2021 Tuzzio L, Meyers CM, Dember LM, Grudzen CR, Melnick ER, Staman KL, Huang SS, Richards J, DeBar L, Vazquez MA, Green BB, Coronado GD, Jarvik JG, Braciszewski J, Ho PM, Wells BL, James K, Toto R, D'…
• Predicting adolescent alcohol and other drug problems using electronic health records data.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2021 Chi FW, Alexeeff S, Ahmedani B, Boscarino JA, Waitzfelder B, Dugan R, Frankland T, Hu Y, Loree A, Sterling S
• Engaging patients in population-based chronic disease management: A qualitative study of barriers and intervention opportunities.
  Patient education and counseling 2021 Fang A, Abdelgadir D, Gopalan A, Ross T, Uratsu CS, Sterling SA, Grant RW, Iturralde E
• Adverse Childhood Experiences and Early and Continued Breastfeeding: Findings from an Integrated Health Care Delivery System.
  Journal of women's health (2002) 2021 Watson C, Wei J, Varnado N, Rios N, Flanagan T, Alabaster A, Staunton M, Sterling SA, Gunderson EP, Young-Wolff KC
• Nicotine and cannabis vaping among adolescents in treatment for substance use disorders.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2021 Young-Wolff KC, Adams SR, Sterling SA, Tan ASL, Salloum RG, Torre K, Carter-Harris L, Prochaska JJ
• The relationship of smoking and unhealthy alcohol use to the HIV care continuum among people with HIV in an integrated health care system.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2021 Satre DD, Levine-Hall T, Sterling SA, Young-Wolff KC, Lam JO, Alexeeff S, Hojilla JC, Williams A, Justice AC, Sterne J, Cavassini M, Bryant KJ, Williams EC, Horberg MA, Volberding P, Weisner C, …
• A Telemedicine Approach to Increase Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care: A Pilot Feasibility Study.
  Journal of addiction medicine 2021 Leibowitz A, Satre DD, Lu W, Weisner C, Corriveau C, Gizzi E, Sterling S
• An implementation evaluation of "Zero Suicide" using normalization process theory to support high-quality care for patients at risk of suicide.
  Implementation research and practice 2021 Richards JE, Simon GE, Boggs JM, Beidas R, Yarborough BJH, Coleman KJ, Sterling SA, Beck A, Flores JP, Bruschke C, Grumet JG, Stewart CC, Schoenbaum M, Westphal J, Ahmedani BK
• HIV Stigma and Its Associations with Longitudinal Health Outcomes Among Persons Living with HIV with a History of Unhealthy Alcohol Use.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Hojilla JC, Santiago-Rodriguez EI, Sterling S, Williams EC, Leyden W, Hare CB, Silverberg MJ, Satre DD
• Three-Year Outcomes After Brief Treatment of Substance Use and Mood Symptoms.
  Pediatrics 2021 Parthasarathy S, Kline-Simon AH, Jones A, Hartman L, Saba K, Weisner C, Sterling S
• Treatment for Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Strategies.
  Journal of addiction medicine 2020 Satre DD, Iturralde E, Ghadiali M, Young-Wolff KC, Campbell CI, Leibowitz AS, Sterling SA
• Health System-Based Unhealthy Alcohol Use Screening and Treatment Comparing Demographically Matched Participants With and Without HIV.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2020 Silverberg MJ, Levine-Hall T, Hood N, Anderson AN, Alexeeff SE, Lam JO, Slome SB, Flamm JA, Hare CB, Ross T, Justice AC, Sterne JAC, Williams AE, Bryant KJ, Weisner CM, Horberg MA, Sterling SA, Satre …
• Premature mortality associated with severe mental illness or substance use disorder in an integrated health care system.
  General hospital psychiatry 2020 Iturralde E, Slama N, Kline-Simon AH, Young-Wolff KC, Mordecai D, Sterling SA
• Associations Between Psychiatric Disorders and Alcohol Consumption Levels in an Adult Primary Care Population.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2020 Palzes VA, Parthasarathy S, Chi FW, Kline-Simon AH, Lu Y, Weisner C, Ross TB, Elson J, Sterling SA
• Estimates of Workload Associated With Suicide Risk Alerts After Implementation of Risk-Prediction Model.
  JAMA network open 2020 Kline-Simon AH, Sterling S, Young-Wolff K, Simon G, Lu Y, Does M, Liu V
• Screening for Gender Identity in Adolescent Well Visits: Is It Feasible and Acceptable?
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020 Lau JS, Kline-Simon A, Sterling S, Hojilla JC, Hartman L
• The Kaiser Permanente Northern California Adult Alcohol Registry, an Electronic Health Records-Based Registry of Patients With Alcohol Problems: Development and Implementation.
  JMIR medical informatics 2020 Palzes VA, Weisner C, Chi FW, Kline-Simon AH, Satre DD, Hirschtritt ME, Ghadiali M, Sterling S
• Remission From Unhealthy Drinking Among Patients With an Alcohol Use Disorder: A Longitudinal Study Using Systematic, Primary Care-Based Alcohol Screening Data.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2020 Palzes VA, Kline-Simon AH, Satre DD, Sterling S, Weisner C, Chi FW
• Smoking and cessation treatment among persons with and without HIV in a U.S. integrated health system.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2020 Lam JO, Levine-Hall T, Hood N, Alexeeff SE, Horberg MA, Young-Wolff KC, Sterling SA, Williams A, Weisner C, Satre DD, Silverberg MJ
• Associations Between Medical Conditions and Alcohol Consumption Levels in an Adult Primary Care Population.
  JAMA network open 2020 Sterling SA, Palzes VA, Lu Y, Kline-Simon AH, Parthasarathy S, Ross T, Elson J, Weisner C, Maxim C, Chi FW
• Addressing Problems With Alcohol and Other Substances Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2020 Satre DD, Hirschtritt ME, Silverberg MJ, Sterling SA
• PROMIS® Pediatric Depressive Symptoms as a Harmonized Score Metric.
  Journal of pediatric psychology 2020 Kaat AJ, Kallen MA, Nowinski CJ, Sterling SA, Westbrook SR, Peters JT
• The role of substance use disorders in experiencing a repeat opioid overdose, and substance use treatment patterns among patients with a non-fatal opioid overdose.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2020 Karmali RN, Ray GT, Rubinstein AL, Sterling SA, Weisner CM, Campbell CI
• Chronic pain diagnoses and opioid dispensings among insured individuals with serious mental illness.
  BMC psychiatry 2020 Owen-Smith A, Stewart C, Sesay MM, Strasser SM, Yarborough BJ, Ahmedani B, Miller-Matero LR, Waring SC, Haller IV, Waitzfelder BE, Sterling SA, Campbell CI, Hechter RC, Zeber JE, Copeland LA, Scherrer…
• Benzodiazepine and unhealthy alcohol use among adult outpatients.
  The American journal of managed care 2019 Hirschtritt ME, Palzes VA, Kline-Simon AH, Kroenke K, Campbell CI, Sterling SA
• Changing Results-Engage and Activate to Enhance Wellness: A Randomized Clinical Trial to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Management.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2019 Iturralde E, Sterling SA, Uratsu CS, Mishra P, Ross TB, Grant RW
• Association of Anxiety With High-Cost Health Care Use Among Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes.
  Diabetes care 2019 Iturralde E, Chi FW, Grant RW, Weisner C, Van Dyke L, Pruzansky A, Bui S, Madvig P, Pearl R, Sterling SA
• Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use among Primary Care Patients with HIV: the Health and Motivation Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Satre DD, Leibowitz AS, Leyden W, Catz SL, Hare CB, Jang H, Lam JO, Bryant KJ, Weisner CM, Sterling SA, Horberg M, Volberding P, Silverberg MJ
• Health Care Use Over 3 Years After Adolescent SBIRT.
  Pediatrics 2019 Sterling S, Kline-Simon AH, Jones A, Hartman L, Saba K, Weisner C, Parthasarathy S
• Challenges of Population-based Measurement of Suicide Prevention Activities Across Multiple Health Systems.
  EGEMS (Washington, DC) 2019 Yarborough BJH, Ahmedani BK, Boggs JM, Beck A, Coleman KJ, Sterling S, Schoenbaum M, Goldstein-Grumet J, Simon GE
• Adverse childhood experiences, mental health, substance use, and HIV-related outcomes among persons with HIV.
  AIDS care 2019 Young-Wolff KC, Sarovar V, Sterling SA, Leibowitz A, McCaw B, Hare CB, Silverberg MJ, Satre DD
• Patient characteristics associated with treatment initiation and engagement among individuals diagnosed with alcohol and other drug use disorders in emergency department and primary care settings.
  Substance abuse 2019 Kline-Simon AH, Stumbo SP, Campbell CI, Binswanger IA, Weisner C, Haller IV, Hechter RC, Ahmedani BK, Lapham GT, Loree AM, Sterling SA, Yarborough BJH
• Factors associated with Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) alcohol and other drug measure performance in 2014-2015.
  Substance abuse 2019 Weisner C, Campbell CI, Altschuler A, Yarborough BJH, Lapham GT, Binswanger IA, Hechter RC, Ahmedani BK, Haller IV, Sterling SA, McCarty D, Satre DD, Kline-Simon AH
• Knowing How to Ask Good Questions: Comparing Latinos and Non-Latino Whites Enrolled in a Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Study.
  The Permanente journal 2019 Torres DX, Lu WY, Uratsu CS, Sterling SA, Grant RW
• Feasibility of expanded emergency department screening for behavioral health problems.
  The American journal of managed care 2018 Kene M, Miller Rosales C, Wood S, Rauchwerger AS, Vinson DR, Sterling SA
• Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental and Behavioral Health Conditions During Pregnancy: The Role of Resilience.
  Journal of women's health (2002) 2018 Young-Wolff KC, Alabaster A, McCaw B, Stoller N, Watson C, Sterling S, Ridout KK, Flanagan T
• Depression Screening Rates and Symptom Severity by Alcohol Use Among Primary Care Adult Patients.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2018 Hirschtritt ME, Kline-Simon AH, Kroenke K, Sterling SA
• Medical and non-medical marijuana use in depression: Longitudinal associations with suicidal ideation, everyday functioning, and psychiatry service utilization.
  Journal of affective disorders 2018 Bahorik AL, Sterling SA, Campbell CI, Weisner C, Ramo D, Satre DD
• Association of behavioral health factors and social determinants of health with high and persistently high healthcare costs.
  Preventive medicine reports 2018 Sterling S, Chi F, Weisner C, Grant R, Pruzansky A, Bui S, Madvig P, Pearl R
• Factors associated with hazardous alcohol use and motivation to reduce drinking among HIV primary care patients: Baseline findings from the Health & Motivation study.
  Addictive behaviors 2018 Silverberg MJ, Leyden WA, Leibowitz A, Hare CB, Jang HJ, Sterling S, Catz SL, Parthasarathy S, Horberg MA, Satre DD
• Pediatrician and Behavioral Clinician-Delivered Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment: Substance Use and Depression Outcomes.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2018 Sterling S, Kline-Simon AH, Weisner C, Jones A, Satre DD
• Adverse impact of marijuana use on clinical outcomes among psychiatry patients with depression and alcohol use disorder.
  Psychiatry research 2017 Bahorik AL, Campbell CI, Sterling SA, Leibowitz A, Travis A, Weisner CM, Satre DD
• CREATE Wellness: A multi-component behavioral intervention for patients not responding to traditional Cardiovascular disease management.
  Contemporary clinical trials communications 2017 Miller-Rosales C, Sterling SA, Wood SB, Ross T, Makki M, Zamudio C, Kane IM, Richardson MC, Samayoa C, Charvat-Aguilar N, Lu WY, Vo M, Whelan K, Uratsu CS, Grant RW
• Specialty addiction and psychiatry treatment initiation and engagement: Results from an SBIRT randomized trial in pediatrics.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2017 Sterling S, Kline-Simon AH, Jones A, Satre DD, Parthasarathy S, Weisner C
• Alcohol brief intervention in primary care: Blood pressure outcomes in hypertensive patients.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2017 Chi FW, Weisner CM, Mertens JR, Ross TB, Sterling SA
• Patterns of marijuana use among psychiatry patients with depression and its impact on recovery.
  Journal of affective disorders 2017 Bahorik AL, Leibowitz A, Sterling SA, Travis A, Weisner C, Satre DD
• Socioeconomic differences in adolescent substance abuse treatment participation and long-term outcomes.
  Addictive behaviors 2017 Lui CK, Sterling SA, Chi FW, Lu Y, Campbell CI
• Marijuana use and service utilization among adolescents 7 years post substance use treatment.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2016 Campbell CI, Sterling S, Chi FW, Kline-Simon AH
• Examination of the Effects of an Intervention Aiming to Link Patients Receiving Addiction Treatment With Health Care: The LINKAGE Clinical Trial.
  JAMA psychiatry 2016 Weisner CM, Chi FW, Lu Y, Ross TB, Wood SB, Hinman A, Pating D, Satre D, Sterling SA
• The role of hazardous drinking reductions in predicting depression and anxiety symptom improvement among psychiatry patients: A longitudinal study.
  Journal of affective disorders 2016 Bahorik AL, Leibowitz A, Sterling SA, Travis A, Weisner C, Satre DD
• A randomized clinical trial of Motivational Interviewing to reduce alcohol and drug use among patients with depression.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2016 Satre DD, Leibowitz A, Sterling SA, Lu Y, Travis A, Weisner C
• Point Prevalence of Co-Occurring Behavioral Health Conditions and Associated Chronic Disease Burden Among Adolescents.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2016 Kline-Simon AH, Weisner C, Sterling S
• Physician versus non-physician delivery of alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment in adult primary care: the ADVISe cluster randomized controlled implementation trial.
  Addiction science & clinical practice 2015 Mertens JR, Chi FW, Weisner CM, Satre DD, Ross TB, Allen S, Pating D, Campbell CI, Lu YW, Sterling SA
• Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Adolescents in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial.
  JAMA pediatrics 2015 Sterling S, Kline-Simon AH, Satre DD, Jones A, Mertens J, Wong A, Weisner C
• 12-step participation and outcomes over 7 years among adolescent substance use patients with and without psychiatric comorbidity.
  Substance abuse 2013 Chi FW, Sterling S, Campbell CI, Weisner C
• Integrating substance use treatment into adolescent health care.
  Current psychiatry reports 2012 Sterling S, Valkanoff T, Hinman A, Weisner C
• Motivational interviewing to reduce hazardous drinking and drug use among depression patients.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2012 Satre DD, Delucchi K, Lichtmacher J, Sterling SA, Weisner C
• Screening for adolescent alcohol and drug use in pediatric health-care settings: predictors and implications for practice and policy.
  Addiction science & clinical practice 2012 Sterling S, Kline-Simon AH, Wibbelsman C, Wong A, Weisner C
• 12-Step participation reduces medical use costs among adolescents with a history of alcohol and other drug treatment.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2012 Mundt MP, Parthasarathy S, Chi FW, Sterling S, Campbell CI
• Peer influences on adolescent alcohol and other drug use outcomes.
  Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 2012 Ramirez R, Hinman A, Sterling S, Weisner C, Campbell C
• Twelve-Step attendance trajectories over 7 years among adolescents entering substance use treatment in an integrated health plan.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2012 Chi FW, Campbell CI, Sterling S, Weisner C
• Functional disability among chronic pain patients receiving long-term opioid treatment.
  Journal of social work in disability & rehabilitation 2012 Valkanoff TA, Kline-Simon AH, Sterling S, Campbell C, Von Korff M
• Patterns of alcohol and drug use among depressed older adults seeking outpatient psychiatric services.
  The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2011 Satre DD, Sterling SA, Mackin RS, Weisner C
• Integrating care for people with co-occurring alcohol and other drug, medical, and mental health conditions.
  Alcohol research & health : the journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2011 Sterling S, Chi F, Hinman A
• The time is now: missed opportunities to address patient needs in community clinics in Cape Town, South Africa.
  Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2010 Sorsdahl K, Flisher AJ, Ward C, Mertens J, Bresick G, Sterling S, Weisner C
• Access to treatment for adolescents with substance use and co-occurring disorders: challenges and opportunities.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2010 Sterling S, Weisner C, Hinman A, Parthasarathy S
• Medical Conditions of Hazardous Drinkers and Drug Users in Primary Care Clinics in Cape Town, South Africa.
  Journal of drug issues 2009 Mertens JR, Flisher AJ, Ward CL, Bresick GF, Sterling SA, Weisner CM
• Three-year chemical dependency and mental health treatment outcomes among adolescents: the role of continuing care.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2009 Sterling S, Chi F, Campbell C, Weisner C
• Twelve-Step affiliation and 3-year substance use outcomes among adolescents: social support and religious service attendance as potential mediators.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2009 Chi FW, Kaskutas LA, Sterling S, Campbell CI, Weisner C
• Self-initiated tobacco cessation and substance use outcomes among adolescents entering substance use treatment in a managed care organization.
  Addictive behaviors 2008 Campbell CI, Chi F, Sterling S, Kohn C, Weisner C
• Prevalence and correlates of substance use among South African primary care clinic patients.
  Substance use & misuse 2008 Ward CL, Mertens JR, Flisher AJ, Bresick GF, Sterling SA, Little F, Weisner CM
• Adolescents entering chemical dependency treatment in private managed care: ethnic differences in treatment initiation and retention.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2006 Campbell CI, Weisner C, Sterling S
• Adolescents with co-occurring substance use and mental conditions in a private managed care health plan: prevalence, patient characteristics, and treatment initiation and engagement.
  The American journal on addictions 2006 Chi FW, Sterling S, Weisner C
• Translating research findings into practice: example of treatment services for adolescents in managed care.
  Alcohol research & health : the journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2006 Sterling S, Weisner C
• Adolescents in private chemical dependency programs: who are most at risk for HIV?
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2005 Ammon L, Sterling S, Mertens J, Weisner C
• Chemical dependency and psychiatric services for adolescents in private managed care: implications for outcomes.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2005 Sterling S, Weisner C
• Pathways to chemical dependency treatment for adolescents in an HMO.
  Journal of psychoactive drugs 2004 Sterling S, Kohn C, Lu Y, Weisner C
• Family environment factors and substance abuse severity in an HMO adolescent treatment population.
  Clinical pediatrics 2004 Wu NS, Lu Y, Sterling S, Weisner C
• Adolescents with substance diagnoses in an HMO: factors associated with medical provider referrals to substance abuse and mental health treatment.
  Mental health services research 2004 Scott M, Parthasarathy S, Kohn C, Hinman A, Sterling S, Weisner C
• Services integration and cost-effectiveness.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2003 Hilton ME, Fleming M, Glick H, Gutman MA, Lu Y, McKay J, McLellan AT, Manning W, Meadows J, Mertens JR, Moore C, Mullahy J, Mundt M, Parthasarathy S, Polsky D, Ray GT, Sterling S, Weisner C
• Characteristics and outcomes of self inflicted pediatric injuries: the role of method of suicide attempt.
  Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 1997 Li G, Ling J, DiScala C, Nordenholz K, Sterling S, Baker SP
• A comparative analysis of alcohol in fatal and nonfatal bicycling injuries.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 1996 Li G, Baker SP, Sterling S, Smialek JE, Dischinger PC, Soderstrom CA