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JDP Ph.D. Program in San Diego, Southern California,

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Leadership & Faculty Bios

The interdisciplinary program faculty consists of members from both SDSU and UC San Diego.  Find out more about them below!

JDP Program Leadership

María Luisa Zúñiga, SDSU  

María Luisa Zúñiga

mlzuniga@sdsu.edu
Co-Director, Joint Doctoral Program
Professor, SDSU School of Social Work
Laramie Smith  

Laramie R. Smith

lrs003@ucsd.edu
Co-Director, Joint Doctoral Program
Assistant Professor, UCSD Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
Steffanie Strathdee  

Steffanie Strathdee

sstrathdee@ucsd.edu
Associate Director, Joint Doctoral Program
Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Eileen Pitpitan  

Eileen Pitpitan

epitpitan@sdsu.edu
Associate Director, Joint Doctoral Program 
Associate Professor, SDSU School of Social Work

 

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