About Us Directory
Center Directors
Todd Vanderah, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Regents Professor and Department Head, Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Frank Porreca, PhD
Research Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Co-Principal Investigator, UArizona Center of Excellence in Addiction Studies
Professor, Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Maria Manriquez, MD
Phoenix Branch Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine – Phoenix
Director, Pain and Addiction Curriculum, College of Medicine – Phoenix
Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Professor, Anesthesiology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Director, Comprehensive Pain Management Clinic
Beth Meyerson, PhD
Policy Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Professor, College of Nursing
Bridget Murphy, DBH
Education and Workforce Research Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Assistant Research Professor, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Jennifer S. De La Rosa, PhD
Strategy Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Alyssa Padilla, MPH
Operations Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Stacy Pigott, MS
Marketing and Communications Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Executive Director, Brand Communications, U ofA Health Sciences
Amy Tary
Assistant Director of Finances, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Members
Daniel E. Martinez, PhD
Associate Professor & Distinguished Scholar, School of Sociology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Jocelyn Mauer
Health Care Partner, Pediatrics, College of Medicine – Tucson
Jerry McCoy, MD, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Estefanía Mendivil
Program Coordinator, Center for Rural Health, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Stefanie Mitchell
Research Program Manager, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Edita Navratilova, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Juyoung Park, PhD, MSW
Professor, College of Nursing
Associate Director, Brain Digital Technology Laboratory
Kristyn Pineda, DBH, MHI
Research Program Administration Officer, College of Medicine – Phoenix
Arthur Riegel, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Franz Rischard, DO
Professor, Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, College of Medicine – Tucson
Rick Schnellmann, PhD
Howard J. Schaeffer Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Timothy Sowicz, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing