Catalina Lopez-Quintero,
Assistant Professor
About Catalina Lopez-Quintero
Dr. Catalina Lopez-Quintero is an assistant professor at the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Florida. Dr. Lopez-Quintero is a Colombian medical doctor with a PhD in public health and post-graduate training and research experience in drug dependence and psychiatric epidemiology, drug use neuropsychology, and drug use and HIV/AIDS disparities. Dr. Lopez-Quintero’s research has focused on disentangling the role that factors at different levels of influence (e.g. biological, behavioral, socio-cultural, or political) play on the transitions from the early stages of drug use involvement to the development of drug use disorders and other related outcomes. Through her current research she aims to develop a comprehensive and interdisciplinary insight of the mechanisms that generate and sustain disparities in drug use transitions and trajectories, by focusing on the complex interactions between neuropsychological and socio-cultural and systemic level factors, and accordingly contribute to inform the design of effective drug use prevention and treatment strategies.
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- Business:
- (352) 273-6086
- Business:
- catalinalopezqui@mail.ufl.edu
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PO BOX 100231
DEPT. OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
GAINESVILLE FL 326100231