Program Core Faculty

Alan Neaigus, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University

Alberto G. Mata Jr., PhD, Professor, Department of Human Relations, University of Oklahoma

Alexander Bennett, PhD, MPA, National Development & Research Institutes

Antonio L. Estrada, MSPH, PhD, Professor, Department of Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona

Avelardo Valdez, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work and Sociology, University of Southern California

Bennett W. Fletcher, PhD, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse

J. Bryan Page, PhD, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Miami

Daniel Santisteban, PhD, Professor, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami

Danielle C. Ompad, PhD, College of Global Public Health, New York University

Dharma E. Cortes, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Institute on Urban Health Research and Practice, Northeastern University

Edward Castañeda, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso

Edwin Barea-Rodriguez, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Student Success and Instructional Innovation, Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio

Ellen Olshansky, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FAAN, Department of Nursing, University of Southern California

Felipe Gonzáles Castro, PhD, Professor & CONHI Research Faculty & Staff, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University

Guillermo Prado, PhD, Professor & Director, Department of Health Sciences, University of Miami

James Anthony, PhD, MSc, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University

Keith Trujillo, PhD, Professor & Associate Director of the Office for Biomedical Research, Department of Psychology, California State University San Marcos

Laura E. O’Dell, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso

Li-Jung Liang, PhD, Associate Professor& Senior Statistician, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

Loren Parsons, PhD, The Scripps Research Institute

Maria Felix-Ortiz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Incarnate Word

Patricia Molina, MD, PhD, Professor & Head of the Department of Physiology & Director of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University

Philip Garcia, PhD, California State University System

Richard Cervantes, PhD, Behavioral Assessment Inc.

Richard de la Garza, PhD, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Ricky N. Bluthenthal, PhD, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

Sari Izenwasser, PhD, Professor, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD, Professor & Director of UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis

Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD, Professor & Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences & Chief of the Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Stephen Lankenau, PhD, Professor, School of Public Health, Drexel University

Susan Rose, PhD, Office for the Protection of Research Subjects, University of Southern California

Suzanne Wenzel, PhD, Professor, Department of Adults and Healthy Aging, University of Southern California

Viviana E. Horigian, MD, School of Medicine, University of Miami

Yonette F. Thomas, PhD, Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami