Daniela Golinelli

Statistician; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in statistics, University of Washington, Seattle

Overview

Biography

Daniela Golinelli is a statistician at RAND and professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. After completing her dissertation in August 2000, Golinelli took a visiting assistant professor position at the Department of Mathematics and Center for Computational and Experimental Genomics, University of Southern California. In August 2002, she joined RAND as an associate statistician. Golinelli's methodological research interests focus on the development of inferential methods for stochastic population models, in particular hidden Markov models or partially observed stochastic population processes, and Bayesian statistics. She has applied these methods in hematology to inform the development of new cancer treatments. Since joining RAND, she has been involved in several health policy research projects. In particular, she has collaborated with Suzanne Wenzel and Joan Tucker on a project that determined the correlates of HIV risk behaviors and the impact of HIV risk behaviors on health outcomes among low-income housed and homeless women. Golinelli was also the project statistician for a study, led by Chloe Bird, that examined the relationships between gender, gender of sexual partners, use of HAART and other utilization, and sexual risk behavior in a sample of HIV positive individuals.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Computer security survey
  • Military spouse employment index
  • Drug abuse, violence, and HIV in impoverished women
  • Improving care for panic disorder in primary care

Selected Publications

Nicholas M. Pace, Laura Zakaras, and Daniela Golinelli, Capping Non-Economic Awards in Medical Malpractice Trials, RAND Corporation (MG-234), 2004

Wenzel SL, Tucker JS, Elliott MN, Hambarsoomians K, Perlman J, Becker K, Kollross C, and Golinelli D., "Prevalence and co-occurrence of violence, substance use and disorder, and HIV risk behavior: A comparison of sheltered vs. low-income housed women in Los Angeles County," Preventive Medicine, 39(3):617-624, 2004

Abkowitz JL, Golinelli D, and Guttorp P, "Strategies for gene therapy targeting hematopoietic stem cells," Molecular Therapy, 9:566-576, 2004

Margaret C. Harrell, Nelson Lim, Laura Werber Castaneda, and Daniela Golinelli, Working Around the Military, RAND Corporation (MG-196), 2004

Tucker JS, Wenzel SL, Elliott MN, Hambarsoomians K, and Golinelli D, "atterns and correlates of HIV testing among sheltered and low-income housed women in Los Angeles County," Acquire Immune Defic Syndr., 34(4):415-422, 2003

Publications

Abbreviated PTSD checklist (PCL) as a guide to clinical response - 2012

Association of Childhood Abuse with Homeless Women's Social Networks - 2012

Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Family Fitness Zones: A Natural Experiment in Urban Public Parks - 2012

Social Network and Individual Correlates of Sexual Risk Behavior Among Homeless Young Men Who Have Sex with Men - 2012

Understanding Heterosexual Condom Use Among Homeless Men - 2012

Behavioral Health and Social Normative Influence: Correlates of Concurrent Sexual Partnering Among Heterosexually-Active Homeless Men - 2011

Disorder-specific Impact of Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management Treatment for Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care - 2011

Increased Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Migratory Homeless Youth: Exploring the Role of Social Network Composition - 2011

Quality of and Patient Satisfaction with Primary Health Care for Anxiety Disorders - 2011

Sex and Relationships on the Street: How Homeless Men Judge Partner Risk on Skid Row - 2011

Social Networks of Homeless Youth in Emerging Adulthood - 2011

Substance Use and Other Risk Factors for Unprotected Sex: Results from an Event-Based Study of Homeless Youth - 2011

Telephone-based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Latino Patients Living in Rural Areas: A Randomized Pilot Study - 2011

The Social Context of Homeless Men's Substance Use - 2011

Delivery of Evidence-Based Treatment for Multiple Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial - 2010

Functioning and Disability Levels in Primary Care Out-Patients with One or More Anxiety Disorders - 2010

Is Substance Use a Barrier to Protected Sex Among Homeless Women? results from between- and within-subjects event analyses - 2010

Personal Network Correlates of Alcohol, Cigarette, and Marijuana Use Among Homeless Youth - 2010

Predictors of Substance Abuse Treatment Need and Receipt Among Homeless Women - 2010

Sampling to Reduce Respondent Burden in Personal Network Studies and Its Effect on Estimates of Structural Measures - 2010

The Effect of Business Improvement Districts on the Incidence of Violent Crimes - 2010

The Effects of Multiple Anxiety Disorders on Patient Functioning and Well-Being - 2010

Unprotected Sex of Homeless Women Living in Los Angeles County: An Investigation of the Multiple Levels of Risk - 2010

Effects of Park Improvements on Park Use and Physical Activity: Policy and Programming Implications - 2009

Homeless Women's Personal Networks: Implications for Understanding Risk Behavior - 2009

Neighborhood Effects on Crime and Youth Violence: The Role of Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles - 2009

New Recreational Facilities for the Young and the Old in Los Angeles: Policy and Programming Implications - 2009

Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence: Clarifying the Relevance of Women's Use and Partners' Use - 2009

The Social Context of Homeless Women's Alcohol and Drug Use - 2009

When, Where, Why and with Whom Homeless Women Engage in Risky Sexual Behaviors: A Framework for Understanding Complex and Varied Decision-Making Processes - 2009

Cybersecurity Economic Issues: Corporate Approaches and Challenges to Decisionmaking - 2008

Impact of a New Bicycle Path on Physical Activity - 2008

The National Computer Security Survey (NCSS): Final Methodology - 2008

''Working Around the Military'' Revisited: Spouse Employment in the 2000 Census Data - 2007

Contribution of Public Parks to Physical Activity - 2007

Design of the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) Study: Innovations in Collaborative Care for Anxiety Disorders - 2007

Differential Diffusion of HIV Technologies By Gender: The Case of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy - 2007

How Neighborhoods Can Reduce the Risk of Obesity - 2007

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues Among People with HIV: Lessons from HCSUS - 2007

Religiosity, Denominational Affiliation, and Sexual Behaviors Among People with HIV in the United States - 2007

Cognitive-behavioral Intervention to Enhance Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial (CCTG 578) - 2006

Monitoring Employment Conditions of Military Spouses - 2006

Patterns and Correlates of Deliberate Abstinence Among Men and Women with HIV/AIDS - 2006

Poverty and Response to Treatment Among Panic Disorder Patients in Primary Care - 2006

Sampling with Field Burden Constraints: An Application to Sheltered Homeless and Low-Income Housed Women - 2006

System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC): Reliability and Feasibility Measures - 2006

A Prospective Study of Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use Among Impoverished Women Living in Temporary Shelter Settings in Los Angeles County - 2005

A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Medication for Primary Care Panic Disorder - 2005

Does the Addition of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improve Panic Disorder Treatment Outcome Relative to Medication Alone in the Primary-Care Setting? - 2005

Experiencing Interpersonal Violence: Perspectives of Sexually Active, Substance-Using Women Living in Shelters and Low-Income Housing - 2005

HIV Testing Among Indigent Women: Who Gets Tested? - 2005

The Association of Partner Abuse With Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Women and Men With HIV/AIDS - 2005

The Association of Partner Abuse with Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Women and Men with HIV/AIDS - 2005

Working Around the Military: Challenges of Military Spouse Employment - 2005

Capping Non-Economic Awards in Medical Malpractice Trials: California Jury Verdicts Under MICRA - 2004

Prevalence and Co-Occurrence of Violence, Substance Use and Disorder, and HIV Risk Behavior: A Comparison of Sheltered and Low-Income Housed Women in Los Angeles County - 2004

Working Around the Military: Challenges to Military Spouse Employment and Education - 2004

Patterns and Correlates of HIV Testing Among Sheltered and Low-Income Housed Women in Los Angeles County - 2003

Sampling with Field Burden Constraints: An Application to Sheltered Homeless and Low-Income Housed Women - 2003