Hospital, Michelle
- Research Associate Professor, Biostatistics , Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work

Overview
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Dr. Michelle Hospital is the Associate Director of Research and Development of FIU’s Community-Based Research Institute (CBRI). She also currently serves as a co-leader of South Florida’s first Health Disparities Research Center at a Minority Institution (RCMI) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). She graduated from Florida International University with a doctoral degree in Applied Life-Span Developmental Psychology. She received an M.S. in Counseling Psychology at FIU and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Miami with a concentration in Accounting. She is also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida (LMHC License # MH 9226). Dr. Hospital completed her Post-Doctoral training in advanced statistical analyses including Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Growth Curve Modeling (GCM) as well as national weighted longitudinal datasets. Dr. Hospital also currently serves as the Chair of the FIU Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Dr. Hospital has served as a co-investigator for over 10 NIH and other federally funded grants including multiple R01 randomized clinical trials (RCTs). She has served as the primary internal evaluator for a multi-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. She has extensive experience conducting school and community-based prevention research. Dr. Hospital and her colleagues at CBRI have been awarded more than $50 million in extramural grant funding from federal agencies (e.g., NIDA, NIAAA, NIMHD and SAMHSA) and other private foundations (e.g., Aetna Foundation and Ware Foundation).
Dr. Hospital is a first generation Hispanic, fully fluent in Spanish, and has a particular interest in working on health disparities research. Her clinical and research interests have been primarily centered on the reduction of risk behaviors and the promotion of well-being among adolescent and young adult diverse populations. She has served as the principal investigator of multiple funded community-based research studies evaluating the impact of positive youth development programs (e.g., music education, mindfulness, yoga and equine facilitated psychotherapy) among at-risk urban youth.
Dr. Hospital has mentored, trained and supervised dozens of undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral students as well as Post-Doctoral Fellows from various disciplines including Psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Nursing, Biology, Dietetics and Nutrition and Women and Gender Studies.
research interests
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Structural Equation Modeling, Weighted Data, Data Analysis for Intervention Studies, Health Disparities, Youth Risk Behavior
Program Evaluation
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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Article
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2020Evaluating Research Centers in Minority Institutions: Framework, Metrics, Best Practices, and Challenges. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 17.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17228373 Web of Science: 000594712700001
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2020Getting Their Feet in the Door: Communication Cues to Action for HIV Testing and Condom Use Behaviors Among Hispanic/Latinx College Students. JOURNAL OF PRIMARY PREVENTION.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10935-020-00610-3 Web of Science: 000577973400002
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2020A qualitative investigation to inform yoga intervention recruitment practices for racial/ethnic minority adolescents in outpatient mental health treatment. EXPLORE-THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND HEALING. 16:21-25.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2019.07.011 Web of Science: 000520952600006
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2019Hispanic Students' Perceptions About HIV/STI Testing and Prevention: A Mixed-Methods Study in a Hispanic-Serving University. HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE. 20:742-750.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1524839918801590 Web of Science: 000483669100014
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2019Transitions in drinking behaviors across the college years: A latent transition analysis. ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS. 92:108-114.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.12.021 Web of Science: 000468708800019
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2019An Examination of Parental Permissiveness of Alcohol Use and Monitoring, and Their Association with Emerging Adult Drinking Outcomes Across College. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 43:758-766.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/acer.13978 Web of Science: 000462938800021
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2018Music Education as a Path to Positive Youth Development: An El Sistema-Inspired Program. JOURNAL OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. 13:149-163.Full Text via DOI: 10.5195/jyd.2018.572 Web of Science: 000453324400010
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2016Developing an SMS Intervention for the Prevention of Underage Drinking: Results From Focus Groups. SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE. 51:155-164.
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2015Pathways to Drinking Among Hispanic/Latino Adolescents: Perceived Discrimination, Ethnic Identity, and Peer Affiliations. JOURNAL OF ETHNICITY IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE. 14:270-286.
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2014A Randomized Controlled Trial of Guided Self-Change With Minority Adolescents. JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 82:1128-1139.
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2014Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence as a Mediating Factor Between Psychosocial Variables and HIV Viral Load. JANAC-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NURSES IN AIDS CARE. 25:626-637.
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2014Maternal and peer influences on drinking among Latino college students. ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS. 39:246-252.
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2013Mechanisms of Association Between Paternal Alcoholism and Abuse of Alcohol and Other Illicit Drugs Among Adolescents. JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE. 22:133-149.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2012.730363 Web of Science: 000322634900004
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2010Motivation for reducing substance use among minority adolescents Targets for intervention. JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. 39:399-407.
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Book Chapter
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Book Review
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2008
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Conference Poster
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Meeting Abstract
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2017A PRACTICAL CLINICAL TRIAL AND EFFICACY-EFFECTIVENESS HYBRID EXAMINING AN UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVENTION PROGRAM IN MULTIPLE SCHOOL SETTINGS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 289A-289A.Web of Science: 000402419602096
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2017HISPANIC ADOLESCENTS' RESPONSE TO BRIEF ALCOHOL INTERVENTION: DO PERCEIVED STRESS, DEPRESSION, OR DISTRESS PLAY A ROLE?. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 314A-314A.Web of Science: 000402419602199
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2016CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULT ALCOHOL USERS ATTENDING "DE-ADDICTION CAMPS" - A COMMUNITY BASED TREATMENT PROGRAM IN RURAL INDIA. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 236A-236A.Web of Science: 000379814601881
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2016Lesbians Over Sixty: Newer Every Day. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 37-37.Web of Science: 000413720400181
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2016MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING WITH AT RISK AMERICAN INDIAN TEENS: RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 266A-266A.Web of Science: 000379814602073
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2015COMPARISON OF PROGNOSTIC FACTORS BETWEEN HISPANIC AND NON-HISPANIC ADOLESCENTS WITH EATING DISORDERS. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. S89-S90.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.10.179 Web of Science: 000375069900175
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2014A LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY EPISODIC DRINKING ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 289A-289A.Web of Science: 000337523701352
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2014FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL USE AMONG HISPANIC ADOLESCENT FEMALES PARTICIPATING IN AN ALCOHOL-TARGETED TEXT MESSAGING INTERVENTION. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 284A-284A.Web of Science: 000337523701335
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2014INTIMATE PIERCINGS AMONG MINORITY LATE ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. S87-S88.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.10.187 Web of Science: 000330307800169
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2013EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ALCOHOL-TARGETED TEXT MESSAGING INTERVENTION WITH MINORITY ADOLESCENTS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 284A-284A.Web of Science: 000318998301278
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2012EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SCHOOL-BASED MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING ALCOHOL INTERVENTION WITH MINORITY ADOLESCENTS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 243A-243A.Web of Science: 000304806002124
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2012SOCIAL AND FAMILIAL INFLUENCES ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG HISPANIC, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND NATIVE AMERICAN ADOLESCENT DRINKERS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 341A-341A.Web of Science: 000304806002513
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2012THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DISCRIMINATION AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE AND EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS AMONG MINORITY TEENS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ALIENATION. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 88A-88A.Web of Science: 000304806000308
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2011A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF SCHOOL-BASED GUIDED SELF-CHANGE WITH MINORITY ADOLESCENTS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 143A-143A.Web of Science: 000290804301026
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2007Psychosocial development and adolescent females' alcohol and other drug use. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 46A-46A.Web of Science: 000246959600150
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
Research
principal investigator on
- Evaluation of the Gang Alternative Minority Violence Prevention Project 88 (MVP 88) awarded by U.S. Public Health Service 2017 - 2021
- The Transformative Experience of Youth Engagement with Music: An Evaluation of the Dranoff PIANO SLAM awarded by Ware Foundation 2017 - 2020
- Expanding Yoga to Low Income, Racial/Ethnic Minority High School Students awarded by Aetna Foundation 2016 - 2019
- Examining Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) as a Complement to Standard Care for Foster Youth in Residential Treatment awarded by Ware Foundation 2016 - 2018
- Enhancing Resilience among At-Risk Minority Youth through Music Education: An Evaluation of ESMIA (aka, Project TREBLE) Resilience among At Risk Minority Youth through Music Education: An Evaluation of ESMIA (El Sistema awarded by Ware Foundation 2013 - 2017
- A Longitudinal Study of Parent Communication with College Students about Alcohol awarded by Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2011 - 2016
co-principal investigator on
- Miami-Dade Partnership for Preventing Health Risks among Young Adults awarded by Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services 2014 - 2017
- Brief Intervention for Marijuana Use among Latino Youth awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2009 - 2011
subproject principal investigator on
investigator on
- Community Partnership For Preventing Health Risks Among Florida Urban American Indian & Alaska Native Young Adults awarded by Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services 2020 - 2024
- Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Reducing Recidivism Through Systems Improvement (Evaluation) awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2020 - 2023
- Year 2: External evaluation of Closing the Gap (CTG), the Florida Department of Health's grant program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in in Florida awarded by Florida Department of Health 2021 - 2022
- FIU Center for Reducing Health Disparities in Substance Abuse & HIV in South Florida awarded by Minority Health and Health Disparities 2018 - 2022
- FIU Center for Reducing Health Disparities in Substance Abuse & HIV in South Florida awarded by Minority Health and Health Disparities 2017 - 2022
- External evaluation of Closing the Gap (CTG), the Florida Department of Health's grant program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in in Florida awarded by Florida Department of Health 2021
- FIU-MDCPS Partnership for Preventing Health among Youth awarded by Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services 2015 - 2021
- Community Partnership for Preventing Health Risks among Florida Urban American Indian & Alaskan Native Young Adults awarded by Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services 2018 - 2020
- Facilitating Self-Change for Adolescent Alcohol Problems awarded by Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2012 - 2017
- Brief Intervention for Substance Using Native Youth awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2011 - 2017
Contact
full name
- Michelle Hospital
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9941-9607 (confirmed)
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