Addiction and Substance Use: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Sara Becker

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Alice Hamilton Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Behavior Change, Innovation

Sterling Elliott

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Field: Pharmacology, Sports Medicine, Surgery

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Opioid Addiction, Pain Management, Patient Care, Sports Medicine

Maryann Mason

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Field: Epidemiology, Public Health, Sociology

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Domestic Violence, Opioid Addiction, Violent Crime and Prevention

Richard Miller

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology

Field: Pharmacology

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Arthritis, Diabetes, Drug Development, Neuroscience, Opioid Addiction, Pain Management

Brian Mustanski

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Field: Medical Social Sciences, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Health Equity and Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Implementation Science, LGBTQ Health, Mental Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Jones Parker

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Neurology, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Antidepressant Medications, Neurobiology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience, Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia, Therapeutics

Gregory Phillips II

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine

Field: Medical Social Sciences

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Lori Post

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Buehler Professor of Geriatric Medicine

Field: Aging, Public Health

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Firearm safety and policy, Human Rights, Opioid Addiction, Violent Crime and Prevention

Madison Shea Smith

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant professor of medical social sciences

Field: Computational Social Science, Data Science, Medical Social Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Behavior Change, Clinical Research, Data Science, Discrimination, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Family Dynamics, Gender Diversity and Equality, Gender Identity, Health Equity and Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Inequality, Intersectionality, LGBTQ Health, Mental Health, Personality and Identity Construction, Psychological Counseling, Relationships, Reproductive Health, Research Methods, Sexual Assault, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Networks, Statistics and probability

Linda Teplin

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Owen L. Coon Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, Healthcare Policy, Health Equity and Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Incarceration, Mental Health, Psychiatric Disorders, Public Health Policy, Public Policy, Violent Crime and Prevention

Dr. Ned Urbiztondo

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Interventional Pain Medicine

Field: Integrative Medicine

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Opioid Addiction, Pain Management