Alexander Wagenaar

Alexander C. Wagenaar is professor of health outcomes and policy at the University of Florida College of Medicine, where he also serves on the graduate faculty.[1]

Alexander C. Wagenaar
Alma materCalvin College, University of Michigan
AwardsJellinek Award (1999), Innovator's Award from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2001)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsAddiction medicine, alcoholism
InstitutionsUniversity of Florida College of Medicine
ThesisThe minimum legal drinking age: a time-series impact evaluation (1980)

Education

Wagenaar received his B.A. in sociology from Calvin College and his M.S.W. (in Program Evaluation and Research) and Ph.D. (in Health Behavior) from the University of Michigan.[1]

Career

Wagenaar worked at the University of Michigan as a research scientist from 1980 to 1989.[2] From 1989 to 1990, he worked as a visiting scholar at the Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems.[2] From 1990 until 2004, he was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota.[2]

Research

Wagenaar is known for his research into the beneficial effects of alcohol laws, particularly alcohol taxes.[3][4][5] He has also studied the effects of raising the legal drinking age in the United States to 21 on alcohol consumption.[6]

Awards and honors

In 1999, Wagenaar received the Jellinek Award for research on alcohol.[1] In 2001, he received the Innovator's Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.[1] In 2004, he was named an ISI highly cited researcher.[1]

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References
  1. "Alexander Wagenaar". University of Florida. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  2. "Alexander C. Wagenaar, PhD" (PDF). Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. Rettner, Rachael (24 September 2010). "Booze tax could make us all healthier". NBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. Leonard, Kimberly (6 April 2015). "Study: Taxes on Alcohol Could Reduce Drunk Driving Accidents". US News & World Report. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  5. Park, Madison (9 December 2008). "Study: Paying more for alcohol saves lives". CNN. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  6. Sack, Kevin (2 November 2008). "At the Legal Limit". New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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