Jennifer S. De La Rosa

Jennifer Schultz De La Rosa, PhD, is a medical sociologist and data scientist specializing in treatment quality and utilization, workforce development, stigma and health equity in the interrelated areas of chronic pain, substance use and mental health. Dr. De La Rosa is the Director of Strategy at the University of Arizona Health Sciences' Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction and Assistant Research Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine-Tucson.

Dr. De La Rosa is serving a three-year term on the United States Association for the Study of Pain's Advocacy Committee and was selected to its 2024-2025 Leadership Academy as well. Her team's most recent publication, "The Unmet Mental Health Needs of U.S. Adults with Chronic Pain," was awarded Editor's Choice by PAIN, the journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

Dr. De La Rosa is principal investigator of PeerWORKS, a Health Resources and Services Administration-funded program to train, certify and place opioid-impacted individuals in community provider roles where they provide behavioral health peer support to people with similar lived experiences. Dr. De La Rosa also directs evaluation of AzCANN, an Arizona Department of Health Services-contracted program providing evidence-based education and training to health professionals concerning the responsible adult use of cannabis.