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
Trent Anderson, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Margie Arnett, MS
Director, Center for Transformative Interprofessional Healthcare
Ben Brady, PhD
Member, Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction
Christopher Cartmell, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Director, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program
Zhanette Coffee, PhD, MSN, APRN
Postdoctoral Research Associate, College of Nursing
Stephen Cowen, PhD
Associate Professor, Cognition/Neural Systems
Director, Decision Making and Learning Laboratory
Daniel Derksen, PhD
Associate Vice President for Rural Health Workforce Development Initiatives
Director, Center for Rural Health
Professor, Zuckerman College of Public Health
Brenda Granillo, DBH
Associate Research Social Scientist, Southwest Institute for Research on Women, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Lisa M. Grisham, NNP-BC
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Banner – University Medical Group
DNP/PhD Candidate