Our Staff

José Szapocznik, PhD
Professor of Public Health Sciences, Architecture, Psychology, Educational and Psychological Studies

Dr. Szapocznik is the founding director for the NIDA-funded National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network’s Florida Node Alliance, one of fifteen drug abuse treatment research centers in the Network. He was also the founding director of the NCATS/NIMHD-funded Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He has been a NIDA-funded researcher since 1978, having received over $125 Million from the NIH. He has made pioneering contributions to drug prevention and treatment research with Hispanic adolescents and their families.