Aimee H. Moles, PhD, LCSW

Health Disparity
Human Adaptation to Environmental Change
Intervention Research
Applied Spatial Analysis
Program Evaluation
GIS and Community Mapping
Quantitative and Mixed Methods
Community-Based Research

DWI Court Evaluation
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission | Co-Principal Investigator | 2025 | $250,000

Pay for Success Initiative
Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections / U.S. Department of Justice | Principal Investigator | 2025 | $92,505

Louisiana-Mississippi Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program
Co-Principal Investigator | 2024 | $4.9 million

LHSC Impaired Driving Project
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission | Principal Investigator | 2023 | $100,000

Assessing Alternative Payment Models for Medicaid Health Providers
Louisiana Department of Health | Principal Investigator | 2023 | $125,718

Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections | Principal Investigator | 2022 | $149,940 proposed funding

Documenting Food Networks and Pathways in Coastal Louisiana: Understanding the Role of Subsistence Harvesting in Reducing Food Insecurity and Strengthening Community Resilience
Louisiana Sea Grant / NOAA | Co-Principal Investigator | 2022 | $175,656 | 3 years

Louisiana Partnerships for Success (PFS-SPF)
Louisiana Department of Health | Co-Principal Investigator | 2020 | $367,288

State Opioid Response II
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | Co-Principal Investigator | 2020 | $750,000 ($150,000 to LSU) | 3 years

Heritage Ranch Christian Children’s Home Evaluation Project, Phase II
Principal Investigator | 2019 | $22,000

Inland from the Coast: A Multi-Scalar Approach to Regional Climate Change Responses
National Academies of Sciences’ Gulf Research Program and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 2018 | $2,936,000

Moles, A., Burns, A., Matthews, A., & Tillison, A. (2025). Using GIS and web maps for community engagement on alcohol-related crashes and policy reform. In M. Leitner (Ed.), New crime modeling and mapping using geospatial technologies. Springer.

Seals, K., Stroope, J., Freightman, J., Ainsworth, L., Moles, A., & Holston, D. (2022). Empty houses, loose dogs, and engaged citizens: Lessons learned from community participatory data collection in rural areas. Health Promotion Practice. In press.

Younghee, L., Moles, A., Martin, N., & Bickham, T. (2020). Nefarious neighbors: How living near payday loan stores affects loan use. Mississippi Law Journal, 88(3), 333–372.

Moles, A., Birch, T., Chan, Y. L., Yang, D., Zhu, H., & Cherry, K. E. (2020). Community vulnerabilities and wellbeing after disaster. In K. E. Cherry & A. Gibson (Eds.), The intersection of trauma and disaster behavioral health. Springer.

Moles, A., Matthews, A., Tillison, A., & Burns, A. (2023). An epidemiological and policy analysis of Louisiana’s alcohol landscape. Presentation for the Governors Task Force on DWI, Louisiana State Capitol, February 15, 2023.

Moles, A. (2023). State strategies addressing the opioid crisis in tribal communities. Webinar presented by Single State Agencies Systems Technical Assistance, February 15, 2023.

Zhu, H., & Moles, A. (2019). Measuring individual community capacity, resilience, and recovery in three Louisiana coastal parishes. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, April 4, 2019.

Yang, M., Moles, A., Chen, Z., Lim, Y., & Rhodes, J. (2019). Environmental toxic release and school suspension. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, January 16, 2019.

Aimee likes to ride her road and mountain bikes up impossible inclines and enjoys spending time with her dogs and family.