Substance Use

Research in substance use research addresses the prevalence, determinants, and prevention of alcohol, tobacco use, cannabis, opioids, and related problems. SPH faculty conduct epidemiologic research on the causes, consequences, and interventions for substance use at the individual, institutional, and policy level.

Faculty List
Zinzi Bailey
Zinzi D. Bailey, ScD, MSPH
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Silvia Balbo
Silvia Balbo, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Substance Use
timothy beebe
Timothy Beebe, PhD
James A. Hamilton Professor of Healthcare Management
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Dana Carroll
Dana Carroll, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Substance Use
Rebecca Cunningham
Rebecca Cunningham
Professor
Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families ◦ Substance Use
Darin Erickson
Darin Erickson, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Mark Fiecas
Mark Fiecas, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Kyle Hill
Kyle X. Hill, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Rhonda Jones-Webb
Rhonda Jones-Webb, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Toben Nelson
Toben Nelson, ScD
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
B.R. Simon Rosser
B.R. Simon Rosser, PhD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Global Health ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Nathan Shippee
Nathan Shippee, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Matt Simcik
Matt Simcik, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Substance Use
Kumi Smith
M. Kumi Smith, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Substance Use
Irina Stepanov
Irina Stepanov, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mayo Professor in Public Health
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families ◦ Substance Use
Traci Toomey
Traci Toomey, PhD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Elizabeth Wattenberg
Elizabeth Wattenberg, PhD
Associate Dean of Education and Student Engagement
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Substance Use
Rachel Widome
Rachel Widome, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Xiao Zang
Xiao Zang, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use