Wilma Calvert

Wilma Calvert’s research interests focus on the effects of and resultant problems associated with alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in individuals, families, and communities. Her program of research focuses on the effects of paternal alcohol use on their offspring, health in low-income Black fathers with a history of substance abuse, and using community-based participatory research to address substance abuse. She is conducting analyses and working on a paper based on survey data from residents of Ferguson, MO and surrounding areas about the relationship between their involvement in the unrest related to Michael Brown’s shooting and their health-related behaviors in the subsequent few months.