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Dr. Ekaterina Burduli is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at Washington State University. Dr. Burduli’s primary research focuses on the birth outcomes of women who use substances during pregnancy and their infants, and the development of novel interventions for perinatal women with substance use disorders. Dr. Burduli’s work will lead to a better and more thorough examination of the birth experience among substance using mothers and holds great promise to identify points of intervention, improve health outcomes for both mother and child, and ultimately, reduce health disparities for substance using perinatal women and their infants. She has over 38 peer-reviewed publications and has contributed to and is leading several NIH-funded grants as well, most recently an NIDA-funded Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) that will adapt an existing mobile Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome tool for high-risk pregnant women and assess its usability, acceptability, and feasibility in a small randomized controlled trial. Dr. Burduli also has a high level of statistical methodology expertise in psychometrics, structural equation modeling, and clinical trial data analysis.

Eka Burduli’s CV

Education

• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Initiative for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH), Washington State University, Spokane, WA
• PhD, Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
• MS, Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
• BS, Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Research Strengths
Maternal Health, Health Disparities, Substance Use in Perinatal Women, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Health-related survey development and validation

Funded Research

K01DA051780 (PI: Burduli) $827,038, 07/01/20–06/30/2025
Effective Caregiving for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Development of an Instructional Mobile Technology Platform for High-Risk Pregnant Women (NIDA)
This Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) will build upon my previous training and allow me to pursue training goals of becoming an independent investigator with an established program of research by completing a project to adapt an existing mobile Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) tool for high-risk pregnant women and assess its usability, acceptability, and feasibility in a small randomized controlled trial. It also provides career development and training activities that will enhance my expertise in the development, implementation, and testing of interventions for perinatal women using substances.
Role: Principal Investigator

K01DA051780 (PI: Burduli) $17,453 02/01/21–06/30/2021
Administrative supplement to: Effective Caregiving for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Development of an Instructional Mobile Technology Platform for High-Risk Pregnant Women (NIDA)
This supplement will support my Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) project and its associated increased costs while I am on maternity leave.
Role: Principal Investigator

R34MH129332 (Oluwoye) $688,500 05/01/2022-04/30/2025
Family Peer Navigator for Psychosis: Increasing Access and Initial Engagement in Coordinated Specialty Care Programs for Racial and Ethnic Minorities (NIMH)
We will develop a culturally informed Family Peer Navigator for Psychosis model for racial and ethnic minority youth and their families, and evaluate its acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness in coordinated specialty care programs.
Role: Co-Investigator

R01 PAR-18-559 (PI: McPherson) $2,349,829, 05/1/21-04/3/26
Contingency Management for Heavy Drinkers on Smoking Cessation (NCI)
This project seeks to replicate and extend our previous findings, which demonstrate that applying CM to target the use of alcohol can produce non-targeted reductions in smoking. Given the synergistic neurochemical and behavioral relationship between alcohol and tobacco use, confronting this relationship with a synergistic therapy should provide an effective dual treatment.
Role: Co- Investigator/Biostatistician

R01AG071677 (Co-PIs: Barbosa-Leiker, Suchy-Dicey) $1,715,880, 06/01/21–03/30/24
Psychological risk factors, quality of life, community, and brain aging in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study (NIA)
The goal of this study is to test the longitudinal relationship among stress, depression, and substance use with cognitive performance using the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery and establish normative standards for the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery specific to AI adults
Role: Co-Investigator/Statistician

R01 PA-19-055 (PI: McPherson) $2,407,796, 09/01/20-08/31/25
Zonisamide for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in the Addiction Neuroclinical Assessment Framework (NIAAA)
The goal of this study is to complete a double-blind, placebo-controlled RCT to evaluate the ability of Zonisamide (ZON) to significantly decrease alcohol use among treatment-seeking AUD adults. This project focuses on the efficacy of a promising pharmacotherapy for AUDs using a placebo-controlled design that will rigorously measure alcohol use and medication adherence.
Role: Co- Investigator/Biostatistician

Grant Number Not Available (Burduli) $8,900 01/01/18–12/31/23
Maternal Risk Factors and Birth Outcomes in Washington State (Washington State University Health Equity Research Center)
The aim of this HERC pilot grant is to examine the relationship between spatial access to birth center/hospitals and maternal-childbirth outcomes across the state of Washington.
Role: Principal Investigator

Number Not Available (Co-PIs: Willoughby, Barbosa-Leiker) $30,000, 07/01/20-12/30/21
Development and testing of a health communication risk reduction campaign to decrease marijuana use during pregnancy (ADARP)
This exploratory pilot project funded from Washington State’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Program (ADARP) is developing, market testing, and running a pilot mixed methods evaluation for a risk reduction campaign on perinatal marijuana use that uses behavioral modeling tailored to rationale for use (i.e., chronic pain, recreational use) and compare it to informational messages.
Role: Co-Investigator

Number Not Available (Co-PIs: Brooks, Barbosa-Leiker) $25,000, 12/16/19-06/30/21
Perceptions of pregnant and postpartum American Indian women on cannabis use during pregnancy (ADARP)
This exploratory pilot project is funded from Washington State’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Program (ADARP) Dedicated Marijuana Account (DMAc). Generated from the salient experiences of American Indian pregnant and parenting women who use cannabis we will describe perceptions of risks and benefits of cannabis use for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. We will also describe perceptions of how community factors such as culture, accessibility and legality impact cannabis use.
Role: Co-Investigator

P60AA026112 (Co-PIs: Burduli, Barbosa-Leiker) $38,774, 04/08/19-12/30/20
Real-time Breathalyzer Monitoring and Contingency Management for Alcohol Use in Native American Indian women (NIAAA)
This exploratory pilot project funded from NIAAA’s Native Center for Alcohol Research and Education (NCARE) Research Education Program is testing the feasibility of contingency management with mobile alcohol monitoring to reduce alcohol use among AI pregnant and postpartum women as an adjunctive treatment to a home visitation program.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Grant Number Not Available (McDonell) $600,000 09/01/17–09/01/20
Rising Strong Regional Partnership: Family Centered Treatment with Housing (DHHS Administration for Children and Families)
This will be an evaluation of the Rising Strong intervention, an intervention designed to house families at risk for losing their children because of parental drug and alcohol use.
Role: Co-Investigator

P30AG059295 (PI: Barbosa-Leiker) $26,327, 02/01/19-06/30/20
Sex Differences in Associations Among ADRD, Depression, and Quality of Life in AIs (NIA)
This exploratory pilot project funded from NIA’s Native Alzheimer’s Disease-related Resource Center in Minority Aging Research (NAD-RCMAR) Research Education Program and Pilot Project titled is testing the psychometric properties of several health measures in a large cohort of elderly AIs and examining associations between those measures across sex and over time.
Role: Co-Investigator

Grant Number Not Available (Barbosa-Leiker, Gartstein) $8,000 01/01/18–01/30/20
From Pregnancy to Parenthood on Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use
Disorders (WSU Office of Research)
The purpose of this study is to examine barriers and facilitators for staying on medication
assisted treatment during the transition from pregnancy to parenthood and to examine infant
temperament and mother-infant interactions at 2 months postpartum.
Role: Co-Investigator

Grant Number Not Available (Johnson, McPherson) $335,000 09/25/17-06/30/20
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Primer, Reference and Decision Support Tool (NIDA)
The primary goal of this work is to develop and beta test a mobile assessment tool of neonatal abstinence syndrome among hospital providers.
Role: Biostatistician

Grant Number Not Available (Co-PIs: Barbosa-Leiker, Gartstein) $25,000 11/28/17–06/30/19
Cannabis use during pregnancy: first look at effects on maternal-child health (Washington State University Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Program)
The goal of this study is to identify perceptions of risks and benefits of cannabis use in the prenatal and postpartum phases (study 1). Addiction-related functional impairment (medical, employment, alcohol, drug, psychological, legal, and family/social issues), infant temperament, and mother-infant interactions will be compared for women that used cannabis daily vs. occasionally while pregnant (study 2).
Role: Co-Investigator

P20MD006871(McPherson, Buchwald) $6,713,841, 02/01/17-02/28/19
Behavioral health collaborative for rural American Indian communities (NIMHD)
This exploratory Center of Excellence seeks to establish a Behavioral Health Collaborative for Rural American Indian Communities that will facilitate research, training, and community outreach activities throughout the Pacific Northwest region of the United States in rural American Indian communities.
Role: Postdoctoral Research Associate and analyst

Research Interests

Perinatal substance use, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Maternal-Infant Health, Health Disparities, Substance use, Survey development and validation

Methodological Strengths
Psychometrics, Structural Equation Modeling, Clinical trial data analysis

Areas of Expertise

Perinatal Substance use, Opioid use disorder in pregnancy, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Psychometrics

Memberships

• College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 2022-present
• American Psychological Association, 2011-present
• Association for Psychological Science, 2012-present
• Psi Chi: National Honor Society, 2007-present

Honors and Awards

• 2022 Excellence in Research Award, College of Nursing, Washington State University
• 2020 Graduate Faculty Excellence Award, College of Nursing, Washington State University

Complete List of Published Works

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1vGBAoGzYfpQfv/bibliography/public/

Selected Publications

Burduli, E., *Winquist, A., Lederhos Smith, C., Brooks, O., *Chiou, M., *Balsiger, D., Shogan, M., McPherson, S. M., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Jones, H. E. (2022). Preparing for the Postpartum Period: Impressions from Perinatal Women and Providers on Effective Maternal Care and Caregiving of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2022.2122483

Barbosa-Leiker, C., Burduli, E., *Arias-Losado, R., Muller, C., Noonan, C., Suchy-Dicey, A., Nelson, L., Verney, S., Montine, T., & Buchwald, D. (2022). Testing Gender and Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of the SF-36 in American Indian Adults: The Strong Heart Study. Psychological Assessment, 34(9), 870–879. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001153.

*Merritt, E., Burduli, E., Purath, J., Smart, D. (2022). Pregnancy with Substance Use Disorders- Exploring Provider Perceptions. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing. Volume 47(5), 2880293. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000843.

Barbosa-Leiker, C., Brooks, O., Lederhos Smith, C., Burduli, E., Gartstein, M. (2021). Healthcare Professionals’ and Budtenders’ Perceptions of Cannabis Use During Pregnancy. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 15:1-9. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2021.1988091. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34779673.

Burduli, E., Jones, H., Johnson, K. R., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Roll, J., McPherson, S. (2021). Development and Implementation of a Mobile Technology for High-Risk Pregnant Women to Deliver Effective Caregiving for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Mixed Methods Study Protocol. JMIR Research Protocols. 15;10(4):e27382. doi: 10.2196/27382. PMID: 33856360. [non-database].

Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Sattler, V., *Vossen, J. (In Press). Measurement invariance across gender and time of the center for epidemiological study-depression scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement.

Miguel, A., Smith, C., Burduli, E., Roll, J., McPherson, S.M. (2021). Validating the clinical relevance of alternative stimulant use treatment outcome measures by examining their association with 3-month follow-up outcomes. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 29(3), 288–293. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000482

Smith, C.L., Waters, S., *Spellacy, D., Burduli, E., Brooks, O., *Ranjo, S., McPherson, S., Barbosa-Leiker, C. (2021). Substance use in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 17:1-14. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2021.1916815. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33870821.

Barbosa-Leiker, C. Smith, C.L., Crespi, E., Brooks, O., Burduli, E., *Ranjo, S., Carty, C., Hebert, L., Waters, S., Gartstein, M. Stress, coping, and resources needed during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of perinatal women. (2021). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21, 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03665-0.

Barbosa-Leiker, C., Burduli, E., *Arias-Losado, R., Muller, C., Noonan, C., Suchy-Dicey, A., Nelson, L., Verney, S., Montine, T., & Buchwald, D. Gender Differences in the Assessment of Depression in American Indian Older Adults: The Strong Heart Study. (2021). Psychological Assessment, 33(6), 574–579. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001024

Fonseca, M. L., Mattar, G. P., Haddad, G. G., Burduli, E., McPherson, S.M., Guilhoto, D. F., Yassuda, M.S., Busatto, G. F., Bottino, M. C., Hoexterg, M. Q., Chaytor, N. S. (2021) Neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome and its impact on caregiver distress. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. doi: 10.3233/JAD-201009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33749644.

Brunelli, V., Burduli, E., Schenk, E. (2021). The Importance of Measuring Nurses’ Perceptions of Electronic Documentation: An International Collaboration. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 1;29(1):3-5. doi: 10.1891/JNM-D-21-00011. [non-database].

Miguel, A., Smith, C., Burduli, E., Roll, J., McPherson, S.M. (2021). Long-term functioning to provide empirical support for the clinical relevance of treatment outcomes for methamphetamine use disorders. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108291

McDonell, M. G., Skalisky, J., Burduli, E., *Hirchak, K., Foote, A., Granbois, A., Herron, J., Ries, R., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Buchwald, D., Roll, J., McPherson, S. (2021). The rewarding recovery study: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Incentives for Alcohol and Drug Abstinence in a Rural American Indian Community. Addiction. DOI: 10.1111/add.15349

Schenk, E., Demorest, S., Cook, C., Burduli, E. (2021). Climate, Health and Nursing Tool (CHANT): Initial Survey Results. Public Health Nursing Research, 38(2):152-159. doi: 10.1111/phn.12864. PMID: 33427325.

Brunelli, V., Schenk, E., Burduli, E. (2021). Validating the Nurses’ Perceptions of Electronic Documentation Scale in a Cross-sectional Sample of Registered Nurses in Australia: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 1;29(1):6-20. doi: 10.1891/JNM-D-20-00007. PMID: 33602791.

Suchy-Dicey, A., Noonan, C., Burduli, E., Mateen, F., Longstreth, W. T., Buchwald, D. S., Navas-Acien, A. (2020). Urinary arsenic and cadmium associations with findings from cranial MRI: the Strong Heart Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 128(12), https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP6930

Lederhos Smith, C., Jenkins, G., Burduli, E., Tham, P., Miguel, A., Roll, J., McPherson, S. (2020). Crossover Associations of Alcohol and Smoking, Craving and Biochemically Verified Alcohol and Nicotine Use in Heavy Drinking Smokers. Behavioral Pharmacology, 2020 Oct; 31(7): 702–705. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000568

Burduli, E., Lederhos Smith, C., *Tham, P., Shogan, M., Johnson, K. R., McPherson, S. (2020). Development and Application of a Primer and Reference Assessment Tool for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Phase I Pilot Study. Contemporary Clinical Trials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100494

Barbosa-Leiker, C., Burduli, E., Lederhos Smith, C., Brooks, O., Orr, M., Gartstein, M. (2020). Daily Marijuana Use During Pregnancy in a State with Legalized Recreational Marijuana. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 14(6), 467:474. Doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000625

Booth-LaForce, C., Oxford, M., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Burduli, E., Buchwald, D. (2020). Randomized Controlled Trial of the Promoting First Relationships® Preventive Intervention for Primary Caregivers and Toddlers in an American Indian Community. Prevention Science. doi: 10.1007/s11121-019-01053-x. PMID: 31754964

Schenk, E., Demorest, S., Cook, C., Burduli, E. (2019). Chant: Climate, Health and Nursing Tool Development: Item Development and Exploratory Factor Analysis. Annual Review of Nursing Research. DOI: 10.1891/0739-6686.38.97.

Davis, A., Lippe, M. Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C. (2019). Development of New Undergraduate Palliative Care Knowledge Measures. Journal of Professional Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2019.06.007

Schenk, E., Brunelli, V., Burduli, E. A Tool to Measure Nurses’ Perceptions of Electronic Documentation: Exploratory Factor Analysis. (2020). Journal of Nursing Measurement. DOI: 10.1891/JNM-D-18-00079

Orr, M., Burduli, E., *Hirchak, K., Dotson, J., Young, S. L., Nelson, L., Lennstrom, E., Slaney, T., Bush, T., Gillaspy, S. R., Roll, J. M., Buchwald, D., McPherson, S. (2019). Culturally-Tailored Text-Messaging Intervention for Smoking Cessation in Rural American Indian Communities: Rationale, Design, and Methods. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100363

Barbosa-Leiker, C., Holliday, C., Burduli, E., Howell, D., Wynne, M., Numkena, N., Ford, C., Katz, J. (2019). Development of a community program capacity scale for a rural American Indian tribe. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 27:2, DOI:10.1891/1061-3749.27.2.E95

Burduli, E., Skalisky, J., Hirchak, K., Orr, M. F., Foote, A., Granbois, A., Ries, R., Roll, J., McDonell, M. G., Buchwald, D., McPherson, S. (2018). Contingency management intervention targeting co-addiction of alcohol and drugs among American Indian adults: Design, methodology, and baseline data. Clinical Trials. DOI: 10.1177/1740774518796151

McPherson, S., Burduli, E., Orr, M. F., Herron, J., Oluwoye, O., Lederhos Smith, C., Hirchak, K., McDonell, M., Roll, J. (2018). Current Perspectives on the Role of Contingency Management in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 9:43-57. DOI: 10.2147/SAR.S138439. [non-database].

McPherson, S., Burduli, E., Lederhos Smith, C., Brooks, O., Orr, M. F., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Hoekstra, T., McDonell, M. G., Murphy, S., Layton, M., Roll, J. (2018). Predictors of tobacco and alcohol co-use from ages 15 to 32: The Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study. Experimental and Clinical PsychoPharmacology. DOI: 10.1037/pha0000203

Sattler, V., Burduli, E., Smart, D., Barbosa-Leiker, C. (2018). Exploratory factor analysis of the Caffrey Cultural Competency in Healthcare Scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement. DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.26.1.186

Oluwoye, O., Skalisky, J., Burduli, E., Chaytor, N., McPherson, S., Murphy, Herron, J., Hirchak, K., Burley, M., Ries, R., Roll, J., McDonell, G. M. (2018). Using a Randomized Controlled Trial to Test whether Modifications to Contingency Management Improve Outcomes for Heavy Drinkers with Serious Mental Illness. Contemporary Clinical Trials. DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2018.04.010

Martin, C.R., Hollins Martin, C.J., Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Donovan-Batson, C. and Fleming, S.E. (2018). The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R): Should the sub-scale scores or the total score be used? Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2018.1490498

Orr, M. F, Lederhos Smith, C., Finley, M., Martin, S. C., Brooks, O., Oluwoye, O., Leickly, E., McDonell, M. G., Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Layton, M., Roll, J. M., McPherson, S. M. (2018). Pilot investigation: Randomized controlled analog trial for alcohol and tobacco smoking co-Addiction using contingency management. Behavioral Pharmacology. DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000379

Barbosa-Leiker, C., McPherson, S., Layton, M., Burduli, E., Roll, J., Ling, W. (2018). Examining sex differences in opioid use trajectories in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) 0003. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2018.1458234

Oluwoye, O., Monroe-DeVita, M., Burduli, E., Chwastiak, L., McPherson, S., McClellan, J. M., McDonell, M. G (2017). The Impact of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Cannabis use on treatment outcomes among patients with first episode psychosis: Data from the National RAISE-ETP Study. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1111/eip.12542

Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Fleming, S. E., Hollins Martin, C.J., Martin, C. (2017). Cross-cultural invariance of the birth satisfaction scale- revised: Comparing UK and US samples. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 35:3, 248-260, DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2017.1310374

Fleming, S. E., Donovan Batson, C. M., Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Hollins Martin, C.J., Martin, C. (2016). Birth Satisfaction Scale/Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS/BSS-R): A large scale United States Planned Home Birth and Birth Center Survey. Midwifery. DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.07.008

Martin, C.R., Hollins Martin, C.J., Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Donovan-Batson, C. and Fleming, S.E. (2016). Measurement and structural invariance of the US version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) in a large sample. Women and Birth. DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2016.11.006

Updated 10/24/2022