Who We Are: SSDS and Its Staff

Nicole Bell, B.A., M.P.H., Sc.D.

Dr. Bell has been Vice-president of SSDS since 1995. She is currently the principal investigator for a portfolio of research studies, including a five-year NIH-funded study of alcohol use and injuries among active duty Army personnel, and a three-year NIH study of factors that modify the relationship between alcohol use and perpetrating or experiencing family violence or suicide. A recently completed Department of Defense-funded study examined self-reported behaviors, stress, demographic, and other factors influencing risk for Gulf War Syndrome. In addition, Dr. Bell is an investigator consulting on several other research studies ranging from long-term outcomes of disabled Army veterans, to the role of fatigue in motor vehicle crashes among Army soldiers.

An adjunct Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Public Health, Dr. Bell teaches both a section of the introductory core course in Behavioral Sciences and Public Health, which examines the influences of social and demographic factors on health and well being, and an elective course entitled, "Injuries: Causes, Consequences, and Controls." She is an affiliated faculty member at the Harvard University Injury Control Research Center.

Dr. Bell is a reviewer for manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Injury Prevention, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and Psychiatry Research. She served actively for several years on the Society and Health Working Group (New England Medical Center and Harvard University) and the Injury Subcommittee for this group.

Dr. Bell earned a Doctor of Science degree from the Harvard University School of Public Health in the field of program evaluation, with minors in statistics and injury epidemiology. She holds an MPH in Health Administration from the University of Oklahoma and a BA in biology from Gonzaga University.

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