Peter Nygaard, Ph.D.
Research Scientist

Peter Nygaard received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 1999. He has worked as a researcher in the alcohol field since 1988. His first employment was with the Institute of Psychology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and he continued his career at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at the University of Aarhus from 1991 - 1998. In January 2000 he joined the Prevention Research Center, Berkeley, CA as an Associate Research Scientist. November 2001 he was promoted to Research Scientist.

Dr. Nygaard has 13 years of research experience, mainly focusing on issues related to the prevention of alcohol-related problems. He has been engaged in community action research as well as projects focusing on prevention at the individual level. His special research interest is in intervention in social networks, and his future research will focus on approaches to intervene in these networks within the field of secondary prevention. Dr. Nygaard has a long publication list, mainly in Danish, but he has also been involved in international cooperation on publications focusing on community action research.

He is currently involved in Dr. Joel Grube's project on adolescent drinking and driving, in which he is responsible for the qualitative component. Furthermore, he has developed a training program for qualitative interviewers. Dr. Nygaard has presented at numerous national and international conferences.

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