W. Wayne Wiebel

Professor
Epidemiology

Contact Information

E-mail: waynew@uic.edu

Address:
1603 West Taylor Street, M/C 923
1603 W. Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612

Phone: 312-996-3810

Academic Background

PHD, Sociology, Northwestern Univ, 1983
MA, Sociology, Northwestern Univ, 1972
BA, Sociology/Anthropology, Northeastern Univ, 1971

Research Interests

Behavioral Change Interventions; Rapid Assessment and Response; Evaluation; Combining Epidemiology and Ethnographic Methods; & Exploratory Investigations

Teaching Interests

Global Health; Ethnographic Research; Substance Use & Abuse; Community-based Intervention; & Drug Use Epidemiology

Publications

W. Wiebel. THE INDIGENOUS LEADER OUTREACH MODEL:INTERVENTION MANUAL 1993; National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH Publication No. 93-3581, Rockville, MD.

W. Wiebel, et.al. "Risk Behavior and HIV Seroincidence Among Out-of-Treatment Injection Drug Users: A Four-Year Prospective Study." In JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMESS AND HUMAN RETROVIROLOGY, July 1996, 12(3):282-289.

W.Wiebel, S. Koester, A. Pach & I. Proptoraharjo "Injection Drug User Sexual Network Studies in Bangladesh & Indonesia: A Call to Action." Family Health International, Asia Pacific Division, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006.

Dita Broz, MPH, Wayne Wiebel, PhD, Lawrence Ouellet, PhD. "Patterns & Trends of Drug Abuse in Chicago" in EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRENDS IN DRUG ABUSE: COMMUNITY EPIDEMIOLOGY WORK GROUP, VOLUME II, JUNE 2006. NIH Publication No. 07-5880A (45-60), Rockville, MD (54th update published by NIH since 1979).

W. Wiebel. "Identifying and Gaining Access to Hidden Populations." In NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH MONOGRAPH # 98, COLLECTION & INTERPRETATION OF DATA FROM HIDDEN POPULATIONS 1990; E. Lambert (ed), DHHS (ADM)90-1678:4-11, US Gov Printing Office, Washington, DC.

W. Wiebel. "Sampling Issues for Natural History Studies Including IV Drug Users." In NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH MONOGRAPH # 109: LONGITUDINAL STUDIES OF HIV INFECTION IN INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS 1991; DHHS #(ADM)91-1786:51-62.

W. Wiebel. "Ethnographic Contributions to AIDS Intervention Strategies." In AIDS, DRUGS & PREVENTION: PERSPECTIVES ON INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY ACTION, 186-200, 1996, Hartnoll & Rhodes (eds), Routledge, London, England.

L. Ouellet, A. Rahimian & W. Wiebel. "The Onset of Drug Injection Amons Sex Partners of Injection Drug Users," in AIDS PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, 1998; 10(4)341-350, The Guilford Press.

W. Wiebel. "La Rue, Terrain de Recherche et Terrain de Prevention." In RETROVIRUS March 1989; II(3):68-73, Paris, France.

J. Levy, C. Gallmeier, W. Wiebel. "Use of Peer-Support Groups for Harm Reduction among Active Street Addicts." In JOURNAL OF DRUG ISSUES 1995; 25(3):507-529.

S. Strathdee, J. Stachowiak, C. Todd, Wel-Delamy, W. Wiebel & I. Patterson. "Complex Emergencies, HIV and Substance Use: No "Big Easy" Solution." In SUBSTANCE USE AND MISUSE. special issue on HIV in international settings, 2006; 41(10-12):1637-1651.