The interdisciplinary program faculty consists of members from both SDSU and UC San Diego. Find out more about them below!
JDP Program Leadership
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mlzuniga@sdsu.edu |
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sstrathdee@ucsd.edu |
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epitpitan@sdsu.edu |
SDSU Faculty
Harsimran Baweja, PhD | Associate Professor, Excercise & Nutritional Sciences | hbaweja@sdsu.edu |
Aaron J. Blashill, PhD | Associate Professor, Psychology | ablashill@sdsu.edu |
Dianne Ciro, PhD | Assistant Professor, School of Social Work | dciro@sdsu.edu |
Heather Corliss, PhD/MPH | Professor, Public Health/ H. Behavior | hcorliss@sdsu.edu |
Megan Ebor, PhD | Assistant Professor, Social Work | mebor@sdsu.edu |
David Engstrom, PhD | Professor, Social Work | engstrom@sdsu.edu |
Salvador Espinosa, PhD | Associate Professor, Public Affairs | sespinos@sdsu.edu |
Shira Goldenberg, PhD | Assistant Professor, Public Health | sgoldenberg@ucsd.edu |
Keith Horvath, PhD | Associate Professor, Psychology | khorvath@sdsu.edu |
Susan M. Kiene, PhD | Associate Professor, Public Health/Epi/Biostats | skiene@sdsu.edu |
Ksenija Marinkovic, PhD | Associate Professor, Psychology/ Neuroscience | kmarinkovic@sdsu.edu |
Iyas Masannat, PhD | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Social Work | irmasannat@sdsu.edu |
Sarah N. Mattson, PhD | Professor, Psychology | sarah.mattson@sdsu.edu |
Heather Pines, PhD | Assistant Professor, Public Health | hpines@ucsd.edu |
Elizabeth A. Reed, ScD | Associate Professor, Public Health | ereed@sdsu.edu |
Mark B. Reed, PhD | Professor, Social Work | mreed@sdsu.edu |
Sabrina Smiley, PhD | Assistant Professor, Public Health | ssmiley@sdsu.edu |
Lianne Urada, PhD | Assistant Professor, Social Work | lurada@sdsu.edu |
Lauren Willner, PhD | Assistant Professor, Social Work | lwillner@sdsu.edu |
UCSD Faculty
John Ayers, PhD | Associate Adjunct Professor, Medicine/ Public Health, Big Data | jwayers@ucsd.edu |
Angela Bazzi, PhD | Associate Professor, Public Health | abazzi@ucsd.edu |
Leonid Beletsky | Associate Adjunct Professor, Medicine/ Public Health, Law | lbeletsky@ucsd.edu |
Annick Borquez, PhD | Assistant Adjunct Professor , Medicine | aborquez@ucsd.edu |
Claire Bristow | Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine | cbristow@ucsd.edu |
Kimberly Brouwer, PhD | Associate Professor, Medicine/ Public Health, Epi | kbrouwer@ucsd.edu |
Christina Chambers, PhD/MPH | Professor, Pediatrics | chchambers@ucsd.edu |
Peter J. Davidson, PhD | Associate Adjunct Professor, Medicine/Sociology | pdavidson@ucsd.edu |
Rebecca Fielding Miller, PhD | Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine/Public Health, Qual | rfieldingmiller@ucsd.edu |
Tommi Gaines, PhD | Associate Adjunct Professor, Medicine | togaines@ucsd.edu |
Richard S. Garfein, PhD | Adjunct Professor, Medicine | rgarfein@ucsd.edu |
David J. Grelotti, MD | Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry | dgrelotti@ucsd.edu |
Igor Koutsenok, PhD | Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatry | ikoutzenok@ucsd.edu |
Timothy Mackey, PhD | Associate Adjunct Professor, Global Health Program | tmackey@ucsd.edu |
Carla Marienfield, MD | Associate Clinical Professor, Psychiatry/ Addiction Med | cmarienfeld@ucsd.edu |
Natasha Martin, PhD | Associate Professor (and Director), Medicine/Public Health, Modeling | natasha-martin@ucsd.edu |
Alison Moore, PhD | Professor, Medicine | alm123@ucsd.edu |
Thomas Patterson, PhD | Professor and Co-director, Psychiatry | tpatterson@ucsd.edu |
Anita Raj, PhD | Professor, Medicine | anraj@ucsd.edu |
Alexandra S. Roige, PhD | Assistant Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry | s5sanchezroige@ucsd.edu |
Marc Schuckit, MD | Professor, Psychiatry | mschuckit@ucsd.edu |
Jay Silverman, PhD | Professor, Medicine | jgsilverman@ucsd.edu |
Argentina Servin, PhD | Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine | arservin@ucsd.edu |
Yuyan Shi, PhD | Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Public Health | yus001@ucsd.edu |
Britt Skathuun | Assistant Professor, Medicine | bskaathun@ucsd.edu |
David M. Smith, MD/MAS | Professor, Medicine | d13smith@ucsd.edu |
Jamila K. Stockman, PhD | Associate Professor, Medicine | jstockman@ucsd.edu |
David Strong, PhD | Professor, Family Medicine And Public Health | dstrong@ucsd.edu |
Michael Taffe, PhD | Professor, Psychiatry | mtaffe@ucsd.edu |
Susan Tapert, PhD | Professor, Psychiatry | stapert@ucsd.edu |
Kiyomi Tsuyuki, ScD | Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine | ktsuyuki@ucsd.edu |
Daniel M. Werb, PhD | Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine/Public Health | dwerb@ucsd.edu |
Shu-Hong Zhu, PhD | Professor, Family Medicine and Public Health | szhu@ucsd.edu |
For a comprehensive list of all affiliated IRSU faculty, please contact phdresearchsubstanceuse@sdsu.edu