Faculty Profiles
Lena Lundgren
Professor
Social Welfare Policy
Director, Center for Addictions Research and Services
Phone: 617-353-3748
llundgre@bu.edu
Education
B.A. in Social Work, University of Umea, Sweden
M.A. in the Social Sciences, Divisional Masters Program, The University of Chicago
Ph.D. in Social Work, The University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration
Courses Taught
MP785 Program Evaluation
WP700 Social Welfare Policy I
WP701 Social Welfare Policy II
WP711 Substance Abuse Policy
Scholarly and Practice Interests
Dr. Lundgren conducts large scale quantitative research efforts on the relationship between injection drug use, substance abuse treatment utilization and the spread of HIV. Her current research focus is on health disparities and especially disparities in access to substance abuse treatment.
Selected Publications
Lundgren, L., Amodeo, M., & Sullivan, S. (2006). How do drug treatment repeaters use the drug treatment system? An analysis of injection drug users in Massachusetts who enter multiple treatments. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 30,(1), 121-128.
Lundgren, L., Amodeo, M., & Chassler, D. (2005). Mental health status, drug treatment use, mentalhealth status and needle-sharing among injection drug users. AIDS: Prevention and Education, 2005, 17(6).
Lundgren, L., Amaro H., & Ben-Ami, L. (2005). Factors associated with drug treatment entry patterns among Hispanic women injection drug users seeking treatment. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 5(1/2), 157-174.
Lundgren, L., Chassler, D., Ben-Ami, L., Purington, T., & Schilling, R. (2005). Factors
associated with emergency room use among injection drug users of African American,
Hispanic and white European background. The American Journal on Addictions, 14(3), 268-280.
Lundgren, L., Capalla, L., & Ben-Ami, L. (2005). Alcohol use among adult Puerto-Rican
injection drug users. Delgado, M. (Guest Editor). Special Issue on Latinos and alcohol problems. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 23(2/3).
Lundgren, L., Schilling, R., & Peloquin, S. (2005). Is the child welfare system aware of evidence based substance abuse treatment practices?: The case of methadone. Social Work, 50(1), 53-64.
Schilling, R., Dornig, K., & Lundgren, L. (2005). Treatment of heroin dependence: Effectiveness, costs, and benefits of methadone maintenance. Research on Social Work Practice, 16 (1), 48-56.
Lundgren, L. (2003). Comparing the Research Productivity of Swedish and US Social Work Faculty. In Hogskoleverket, Social Work: A National Review. Hogskoleverket, the Swedish national agency for higher education .
Lundgren, L., Schilling, R., Fitzgerald, T., Amodeo, M., & Davis, K. (2003). Parental status differences of women injection drug users and entry to methadone maintenance. Substance Use and Misuse, 38(8), 1109-1132.
Lundgren, L., Schilling, R., Ferguson, F., & Amodeo, M. (2003). Examining drug treatment program entry of injection drug users: Human capital and institutional disaffiliation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 26(2), 123-132.
Lundgren, L., Amodeo, M., Ferguson, F., & Davis, K. (2001). Racial and ethnic differences in drug treatment entry by injection drug users in Massachusetts, 1996-1999. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 21(3), 145-153.
Selected Grant Activity
Principal Investigator, Outcome Evaluation of La Voz: HIV Mobile Prevention and Clinical Care For Latino Injection Drug User. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, (CSAT). Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.
Principal Investigator, Outcome Evaluation of the Relapse Prevention Initiative:
Trauma counseling services to drug users. Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.
Principal Investigator, Outcome Evaluation of Project La Voz, an HIV Prevention. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.
Principal Investigator, Outcome Evaluation; Men’s HIV Prevention Health
Project. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.
Consulting and Professional Activities
Consulting Editor. (2003-present) Social Work.
Guest editor (1999) Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, HIV/AIDS Outreach and Substance Abuse Treatment to Hard-to-Reach Populations. Vol 22, 2.
Reviewer : Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Ethnic and Racial Studies, AIDS Education and Prevention, Evaluation and Program Planning and Health Services Research.
Reviewed (2005) State grant proposals for transformation of state-level mental-health systems to the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAHMSA).
Reviewed (2004-2005) clinical-trials, intervention grant proposals for the Swedish Government National Research Board.
Reviewed (2001, 2002) grant proposals for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) U.S Department on Health and Human services on research and program development “Initiatives for Substance Abuse Prevention and HIV Prevention in Minority Communities.”
Awards and Honors
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2006.
Who’s Who in Social Sciences, 2004-2006.
Marquis Who’s Who, 2006.
