Professional Activities:

Academic Appointments:-

1972-1974

ST. LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, St. Louis, Missouri
Pediatric Neurology, Staff Nurse
1974

TUFTS-NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL CENTER, Boston, Massachusetts   
Boston Floating Hospital, Neonatal ICU Staff Nurse
1974-1975

BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL, SLONE
EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT, Boston, MA. (formerly Boston Collaborative
Drug Surveillance Program and Drug Epidemiology Unit)
Project Coordinator.  Pediatric Drug Surveillance Program, Allen Mitchell, M.D., P.I. (FDA contracts 223-74-3196, 223-75-3036, and 223-80-3001 NIH
grant GM24-781).
1975-1980 Project Coordinator. Birth Defects Interview Study, Allen Mitchell, M.D., P.I., (Hoffman LaRoche).
1980-1987

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, Missouri
School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Project Coordinator
1988-1989 Research Instructor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
1990-1993 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
1993-1998 Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry (with tenure)
1998-2011

Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
2002-2011 Director, Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group
2007-2011 Director, Center for Community Based Research, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
2011-2013

Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
1987-1995 Health Administration Program
Instructor (Adjunct appointment)
2009-2011

Program in Occupational Therapy
Professor of Occupational Therapy (Joint appointment)
2010-2011  School of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
2011

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida
College of Public Health and Health Professions/College of Medicine
Chair, Department of Epidemiology
2011 Dean’s Professor of Epidemiology
2012

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Associate Dean for Research and Planning
2010

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida
College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
2013

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliate Professor, Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research

Committee And Board Memberships

2009

Board Member – Himalayan Family Healthcare Project, St. Louis, MO
2009-2012 Advisory Board Member – Shalom House Shelter for Women, St. Louis, MO
2011-2012

Advisory Board Member – Believe! Breast Cancer Prevention through Churches,
Gainesville, FL

Honors And Awards:

1981-1985 Washington University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Tuition Scholarship
1987 NIDA Travel Scholarship to Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence meeting
1994 Distinguished Alumna in Health Award, Notre Dame High School, St. Louis
1997 W. Scott Johnson Award for distinguished service, Missouri Public Health Association
1998

Publication Award, Missouri Public Health Association. Cottler LB, Compton WM, Ben
Abdallah A, Cunningham-Williams R, Abram F, Fichtenbaum C, Dotson W.  Peer-delivered interventions reduce HIV-risk behaviors among out-of-treatment drug abusers.  Public Health Reports 1998; 113 (Suppl. 1):31-41.
2001 Washington University Academic Women’s Network Mentor’s Award
2001 Distinguished Alumni Award, Boston University School of Public Health
2005

Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Washington University Postdoc Society
2006-2007 Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (ELAM), Drexel University
2007-2009

ELAM Learning Community Partner
2008 Distinguished Faculty Award for Community Service from Washington University School of Medicine
2008 Featured in University-wide celebration of Civic Engagement and Community Service at Faces of Hope, Gephardt Institute for Public Service
2008 NIDA International Program Award of Excellence in Mentoring
2008

Finalist for St. Louis Business Journal’s Health Care Heroes Award, for Community Outreach
2009

Research collaboration with NIDA Distinguished International Scientist Awardee Carlos Zubaran, Jr., MD, sole award for 2009
2010 Marian W. Fischman Memorial Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence
2011 Trustees Award, Academy of Science St. Louis
2012 Delta Omega, Honorary Society in Public Health, Beta Upsilon Chapter
2012

Participant – Institute for Academic Leadership, State of Florida
2013 Dean’s Citation Award, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida
2014

Scientific Achievement Award, National Center for Responsible Gaming

Professional Societies and Organizations:

1980 Society for Epidemiologic Research
1986-1990

Midwest Sociological Society
1987-1997 American College of Health Care Executives
1991 American Psychopathological Association; Fellow, 1998
1991-1992 American Sociological Association
1991-2011 Missouri Public Health Association
1992

American College of Epidemiology
1993 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD); Fellow, 1999
1999-2001

Member - National Council on Problem Gambling, Inc
2000-2011 Member - Academic Women’s Network, Washington University
2004- International AIDS Society
2006-2010 Association for Women in Science (AWIS)

 

 

 

 

Linda b. Cottler

Dean’s Professor and Chair

 

  • DEPARTMENTDepartment of Epidemiology,
    College of Medicine and College of Public Health and Health Professions
    University of Florida
  • COUNTRY USA