Substance Use

New kinds of access, from e-cigarettes to marijuana, are changing the landscape of substance use. As the economic, developmental, and social dimensions of drug and alcohol use multiply, scientific knowledge of addiction continues to expand.

Faculty in Substance Use

Angela Aidala

Associate Research Scientist

Sociomedical Sciences

Andrea Howard

Associate Professor

Epidemiology (in ICAP) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Carol Caton

Professor of Clinical

Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Christine Mauro

Assistant Professor

Biostatistics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Denise Kandel

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry)

Diana Hernández

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Deborah Hasin

Professor

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry) at the Columbia University Medical Center

Ezra Susser

Professor

Epidemiology and Psychiatry

Francine Cournos

Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology

Guohua Li

Professor

Epidemiology

Jeffrey Fagan

Professor

Epidemiology

Katherine Keyes

Professor

Epidemiology

Karolynn Siegel

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Lisa Rosen-Metsch

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Lynn Tepper

Clinical Professor

Behavioral Science (In Sociomedical Sciences and Dentistry)

Mary Ann Chiasson

Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Medicine)

Mary Northridge

Professor

Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (in Dental Medicine)

Michael Wessells

Professor of Clinical

Population and Family Health

Peter Messeri

Professor Emeritus/Special Lecturer

Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center

Qixuan Chen

Associate Professor

Biostatistics

Ronald Bayer

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Renee Goodwin

Adjunct Associate Professor

Epidemiology

Robert Fullilove

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center

Ruth Finkelstein

Silvia Martins

Professor

Epidemiology

Wendy Chavkin

Special Lecturer/ Professor Emerita

Population and Family Health and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Xinhua Liu

Professor

Biostatistics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Esteban Calvo

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Epidemiology (in CAC)

George Musa

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)

Joanne Csete

Associate Professor

Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Helen-Maria Lekas

Associate Professor of Clinical

Sociomedical Sciences

Ana Navas-Acien

Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Daniel Giovenco

Assistant Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Pia Mauro

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Christopher Morrison

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Seth Prins

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences

Tiffany Sanchez

Assistant Professor

Environmental Health Sciences

Dan Liao

Lecturer

Biostatistics

Kara Rudolph

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

Jeremy Kane

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology

News & Features

Major Uptick Reported in Cannabis Vaping for All Adolescents

Cannabis vaping is increasing as the most popular method of cannabis delivery among all adolescents in the U.S., as is the frequency of cannabis vaping, according to research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The study found that the frequency of vaping cannabis among a

Only One in Four People Needing Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Received Medication

Despite strong evidence that medication is the most effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), adolescents and most adults with a need for OUD treatment reported a lack of medication for OUD in the past year, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School o

Use of Non-Benzo Sleeping Pills and Anti-Epilepsy Drugs Linked to Overdose Deaths

With an alarming rise in the number of prescriptions filled for non-benzodiazepine sleeping pills/z-drugs and anti-epilepsy gabapentinoids over the last two decades, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health examined overdose deaths involving those medications a

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Just Published

Fairchild, A.L., Lee, J.S., Bayer, R., & Curran, J. (2018). E-Cigarettes and the Harm-Reduction Continuum. New England Journal of Medicine. View abstract.

Hernandez, D., Castellon, P.C., Fernandez, Y., Torres-Caradona, F.A., Parish, C., Gorshein, D., Vargas Vidot, J., Miranda de Leon, S., Rodriguez, A., Santana Bagur, J., Feaster, D.J., Schackman, B.R., Metsch, L.R. (2017). When "the Cure" is the Risk: Understanding How Substance Use Affects HIV and HCV in a Layered Risk Environment in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Health Educ Behav. View abstract.

Giovenco, D.P. (2017). Smoke Shop Misclassification May Cloud Studies on Vape Shop Density. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. View abstract.

Goodwin, R.D., Wall, M.M., Garey, L. … & Hasin, D.S. (2017). Depression Among Current, Former, and Never Smokers from 2005 to 2013: The Hidden Role of Disparities in Depression in the Ongoing Tobacco Epidemic. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. View abstract.