Alyssa M Falise

Alyssa M Falise, MSPH

PhD Candidate; Mentored By Drs. Catherine Striley & Catalina Lopez-Quintero

Department: REGISTRAR STUDENTS
Business Phone: (352) 273-5468
Business Email: alyssa.falise@ufl.edu

About Alyssa M Falise

Additional Positions:
Teaching Assistant
2022 – Current · University of Florida
NIDA T32 Pre-Doctoral Fellow
2019 – 2022 · UF Department of Epidemiology
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Accomplishments

CPDD FORCE Junior Investigator Award
2023 · College on Problems of Drug Dependence
International Women's and Children's Health and Gender Travel Award
2023 · International Women's and Children's Health and Gender Group
Leighton E. Cluff Award for Aging Research
2023 · University of Florida
UF CARE Travel Award
2023 · University of Florida's Center for Addiction Research & Education

Research Profile

Areas of Interest
  • Substance Use Epidemiology, particularly opioids
  • Chronic Pain
  • Community Health
  • Non-Medical Use of Prescriptions
  • Older Adult Mental Health
  • Psychiatric Epidemiology

Publications

Academic Articles
2024
Age-related Psychometric Dimensionality Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition Opioid Use Disorder Diagnostic Criteria.
Journal of addiction medicine. 18(6):675-682 [DOI] 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001343. [PMID] 39042599.
2024
Factors Associated with Attempted Suicide Among Emergency Department Patients with Nonfatal Opioid Overdose
Substance Use & Misuse. 1-8 [DOI] 10.1080/10826084.2024.2434677.
2024
Missing Opportunities in the Screening of Alcohol Use and Problematic Use, and the Provision of Brief Advice and Treatment Information Among Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder.
Journal of addiction medicine. 18(4):408-417 [DOI] 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001301. [PMID] 38587310.
2024
Profiles of polysubstance use among people reporting past 12-month sleep-motivated nonmedical use of prescription tranquilizers/sedatives.
The American journal on addictions. [DOI] 10.1111/ajad.13665. [PMID] 39528342.
2023
Polysubstance use profiles among US adults using Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa): A latent class analysis using The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
The American journal on addictions. 32(1):76-80 [DOI] 10.1111/ajad.13345. [PMID] 36222599.
2023
Screening the “Invisible Population” of Older Adult Patients for Prescription Pain Reliever Non-Medical Use and Use Disorders.
Substance use & misuse. 58(1):153-159 [DOI] 10.1080/10826084.2022.2148483. [PMID] 36519790.
2022
Racial-ethnic Differences in Reasons for Misuse of Prescription Medications Among US Adults.
Journal of addiction medicine. 16(4):470-474 [DOI] 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000932. [PMID] 34775440.
2021
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Disordered Eating Behavior: Qualitative Analysis of Social Media Posts.
JMIR mental health. 8(1) [DOI] 10.2196/26011. [PMID] 33465035.
2021
Prevalence and drug use correlates of extra-medical use of prescription medications for sleep among adults in the United States: Results of the 2015-2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior. 204 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173169. [PMID] 33684453.
2019
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Miami-Dade County Following Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 13(1):94-96 [DOI] 10.1017/dmp.2018.67. [PMID] 30012229.
2019
Zika Virus IgM 25 Months after Symptom Onset, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.
Emerging infectious diseases. 25(12):2264-2265 [DOI] 10.3201/eid2512.191022. [PMID] 31742511.
2019
Zika Virus IgM Detection and Neutralizing Antibody Profiles 12-19 Months after Illness Onset.
Emerging infectious diseases. 25(2):299-303 [DOI] 10.3201/eid2502.181286. [PMID] 30666931.

Education

PhD in Epidemiology
2023 · University of Florida
Master of Science in Public Health
2018 · University of Miami
Bachelor of Health Science
2014 · University of Florida

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-5468
Emails:
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100231
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
2004 MOWRY RD
GAINESVILLE FL 32611