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Gemini Research is one of only a few organizations internationally that specializes in managing and reporting on studies of gambling and problem gambling in the community. Work at Gemini Research is generally conducted under contract or through grants from state, provincial or national government agencies. Projects at Gemini Research have included prevalence surveys as well as projects investigating the social and economic impacts of legal gambling on communities.
Gemini Research offers an unparalleled depth of experience as well as up-to-date knowledge of methodological and theoretical developments in the field of gambling research. Staff at Gemini Research have extensive experience with survey development, questionnaire design and sampling methods as well as statistical analysis and interpretation of survey results. Staff are intimately familiar with the instruments used to assess problem and disordered gambling in clinical settings as well as in surveys, with the procedures necessary to obtain the highest quality data for these surveys, and with the challenges sometimes associated with disseminating information from these studies to multiple audiences.
Dr. Rachel A. Volberg, President of Gemini Research, is a sociologist who has been involved in research on gambling and problem gambling since 1985. Dr. Volberg spent most of her career working as an independent scholar through her consulting business, Gemini Research. Since 2013 she has also been a Research Professor in the School of Public Health & Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dr. Volberg has served as a consultant and advisor to governments and private sector organizations in Europe, Asia, and North America on issues of gambling research, policy, and service development. Dr. Volberg is highly published and has engaged in extensive service to the field as an advocate for problem gamblers and their families, as a journal reviewer and editor, and as a mentor of young scholars in the field. In 2021, she was honored with a Lifetime Research Award by the National Council on Problem Gambling. Dr. Volberg is a leading authority in the following areas:
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