Leadership & Faculty Bios – SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use, San Diego, California

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 mlzuniga@sdsu.edu Co-Director, Joint Doctoral Program Professor, SDSU School of Social Work
		Laramie R. Smith lrs003@ucsd.edu Co-Director, Joint Doctoral Program Assistant Professor, UCSD Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
		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 epitpitan@sdsu.edu Associate Director, Joint Doctoral Program Associate Professor, SDSU School of Social Work

SDSU Faculty

		Dianne Ciro dciro@sdsu.edu Assistant Professor School of Social Work
		David Engstrom engstrom@sdsu.edu Professor SDSU School of Social Work
		Mark B. Reed mreed@sdsu.edu Professor SDSU School of Social Work
		Lianne Urada lurada@sdsu.edu Assistant Professor SDSU School of Social Work

UCSD Faculty

		Annick Borquez aborquez@ucsd.edu Assistant Adjunct Professor Medicine
		Peter Davidson pdavidson@ucsd.edu Associate Adjunct Professor Medicine/Sociology
		Tommi Gaines togaines@ucsd.edu Associate Adjunct Professor Medicine
		Natasha Martin nam007@ucsd.edu Associate Professor Medicine/Public Health, Modeling
		David Smith d13smith@ucsd.edu Professor Medicine
		Jamila Stockman jstockman@ucsd.edu Associate Professor Medicine
		Kiyomi Tsuyuki ktsuyuki@ucsd.edu Assistant Adjunct Professor Medicine
		Dan Werb dwerb@ucsd.edu Assistant Adjunct Professor Medicine/Public Health

For a comprehensive list of all affiliated IRSU faculty, please contact phdresearchsubstanceuse@sdsu.edu

Announcements

Final Dissertation Defense of Charles Marks – 6/1/2021
TITLE OF DISSERTATION: Addressing Cigarette-Related Health Inequities Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
DATE OF DEFENSE: June 23rd, 2021
TIME OF DEFENSE: 10:00 AM Pacific
LOCATION OF DEFENSE: Zoom

The Global Public Health HIV & Substance Use Research Seminar – Garland Gerber – 6/3/2021
TOPIC: Exploring legal professionals’ understanding of substance use disorder: preliminary findings and future directions
DATE: June 3rd, 2021
TIME: 2:00-3:00pm
LOCATION: Zoom Meeting