Consultants at UCLA

Robert Schilling, Ph.D. is Professor of Social Welfare at the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Formerly, he was a professor at Columbia University School of Social Work where he co-founded and directed the Social Intervention Group. He has practiced for many years in child welfare, youth, and developmental disability settings. In his research, Dr. Schilling seeks to develop, adapt, and test sociobehavioral interventions designed to ameliorate social and health problems of low-income populations in the U.S. and the developing world. The bulk of his research focuses on substance abuse and related problems including HIV transmission and family violence. Dr. Schilling has written over 120 articles and other professional publications, including articles in Social Work, Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, The American Journal of Public Health, and The American Psychologist.