Center Directors
Todd Vanderah, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Regents Professor and Department Head, 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
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
Beth Meyerson, PhD
Policy Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Professor, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Bridget Murphy, DBH
Education and Workforce Research Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Assistant Research Professor, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Pronouns:
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Jennifer S. De La Rosa
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
Pronouns:
she, her, ella
Stacy Pigott, MS
Marketing and Communications Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Executive Director, Brand Communications, University of Arizona Health Sciences
Pronouns:
she, her, hers
Amy Tary
Assistant Director of Finances, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
Members
Mohamed N. Ahmed, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, College of Medicine – Tucson
Division Chief, Neonatology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Alicia Allen, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Trent Anderson, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Ben Brady, PhD
Member, Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction
Ann Marie Chaisson, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Director, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program
Stephen Cowen, PhD
Associate Professor, Cognition/Neural Systems
Director, Decision Making and Learning Laboratory
Daniel Derksen, PhD
Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Outreach and Interprofessional Activities, UArizona Health Sciences
Director, Center for Rural Health
Professor, Mel and Enid 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, MS, NNP
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Banner – University Medical Group
Medical Simulation Specialist, College of Medicine – Tucson
Elisa N. Gumm, DO, FASAM
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, College of Medicine – Tucson
Medical Director of Addiction Services, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Susan Hadley, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
M. Leandro Heien, PhD
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science
Joyce A. Hospodar, MBA, MPA
Senior Program Coordinator, Center for Rural Health, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Allison Huff, DHEd
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Tim Johnstone, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Caroline Kopruszinski, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Pharmacology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Tally Largent-Milnes, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Linnea Linde-Krieger, PhD
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Purnima Madhivanan, PhD
Associate Professor, Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Victoria Maizes, MD
Executive Director, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
Professor, Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Laurent Martin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, College of Medicine – Tucson
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
Andrea Monazzami
Project Manager, Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
Edita Navratilova, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson
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 (Clinical Scholar Track), Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, College of Medicine – Tucson
Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Rick Schnellmann, PhD
Dean, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Howard J. Schaeffer Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Timothy Sowicz, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Wei Wang, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Co-Director, Arizona Center for Drug Discovery
Nicole P. Yuan, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor and Program Director, Health Behavior and Health Promotion, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Krista LaBruzzo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Medicine – Phoenix
Faculty Physician, Addiction Recovery Center, Banner – University Medical Center