Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

Graduate Training: Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use, University of California San Diego and San Diego State University

Dissertation Title: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study Examining Moderators and Mediators of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Alcohol Use among Latinx Young Adults (NIH-NIAAA T32 Predoctoral Trainee)

Undergraduate: University of Redlands

Interests: Risk and protective factors and racial/ethnic differences in alcohol-specific outcomes; expanding our understanding of the relationship between childhood adversity and heavy episodic drinking among Latinx young adults; developing culturally based alcohol-specific interventions for Latinx young adults who are at risk for an AUD in the near future 

Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Monti & Miranda)