Meet Rachel Volberg, PhD

Role: UMass Amherst Researcher

Bio:

Dr. Volberg has directed or consulted on numerous gambling studies internationally, published extensively, and advised governments and private sector organizations on issues relating to gambling legalization, the epidemiology of problem gambling and public policy approaches to developing and refining services for problem gamblers and their families.

She is currently the Principal Investigator on the large, multidisciplinary study funded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, titled Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA), which has been underway since 2013.