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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHProvide the following information for the Senior/key personnel and other significant contributors in the order listed on Form Page 2.Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FOUR PAGES. NAMEAlbizu-García, Carmen E.POSITION TITLE ProfessoreRA COMMONS USER NAMEcalbizuEDUCATION/TRAININGINSTITUTION AND LOCATIONDEGREE(if applicable)YearFIELD OF STUDYUniversity of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Wisconsin, MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonUniversity of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, PRPediatric Hospital, PR Medical Center, PRBoston University, Boston MABoston University School of Medicine, BostonMichigan State University School of Medicine, MichiganB.A.Courses toward MACourses toward MAM.D.FellowFellow1961-6519661969197119751976198019811987Liberal ArtsZoologyAnthropologyHuman GeneticsMedicinePediatric InternshipPediatric ResidencyCommunity PediatricsFaculty Development in Primary Care Program NOTE: The Biographical Sketch may not exceed four pages. Follow the formats and instructions below.A. Personal StatementMy academic career has been characterized by a strong commitment to training health professionals sensitive to population needs and capable of understanding the contributions of research to policy and services. I dedicated a great deal of my effort during my tenure as Academic Dean in two medical schools in Puerto Rico to the incorporation in the curriculum of a bio-psycho-social model from which to comprehend and manage health and illness. From these leadership positions I also gained an understanding of the complexities of academic institutions and the challenges that one must overcome to promote change and innovation. In 1995 I had the opportunity to join a group of energetic and productive Puerto Rican researchers at the School of Public Health whose research agenda was very congruent with my interests. Since then I have also acquired research skills, basically through a mentoring process provided by my colleagues. I therefore appreciate the importance of supportive collegial learning experiences in an academicians’ development. In the last 10 years I have been able to establish collaborative relations with researchers from the United States and other countries. These experiences have enriched my understanding of the enormous value of research networks for building research capacity. My experience, attitudes, commitment, and capacity to identify strategic opportunities complement my research skills and allow me to assume the program’s leadership and responsibilities. B. Positions and Honors1981-82 Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine.1983-92 Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.1989-91 Dean for Academic Affairs, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Puerto Rico1992-95 Director, Hispanic Center of Excellence Program of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.1995-1999 Associate Professor, Health Services Evaluation, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus1999-present Professor, Health Services Evaluation, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus2006-2009 Acting Associate Dean for Research and Public Health Practice, Graduate School Public Health, University of Puerto Rico.Professional Associations College of Problems in Drug Dependence National Hspanic Scientist Network 2006 Member, Editorial board, Harm Reduction JournalReviewer for Drug and Alcohol Dependence Harm Reduction Journal Substance Abuse PR Health Sciences JournalC. Selected Peer-reviewed PublicationsAlegría M, Vera M, Negrón G, Burgos M, Albizu C, Canino G. (1998) Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Understanding Female Hispanic Drug Users. In CL Wetherington and AB Roman (Eds.): Drug Addiction Research and the Health of Women. UDHHS, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH Publication No. 98-4290; pp. 529-551.Albizu-García CE, Alegría M, Freeman D, Vera M. Gender and Health Services Use for a Mental Health Problem. Social Science and Medicine. 53:865-878, 2001.Alegría M, McGuire T, Vera M, Canino G, Freeman D, Matías L, Albizu C, Marín H, Calderón J. The Impact of Managed Care on the Use of Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in Puerto Rico. Inquiry, 38:381-39, 2001.Alegría M, McGuire T, Vera M, Albizu C, Marín H, Matías L. Does Managed Mental Health Care Reallocate Resources to Those with Greater Need for Services? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 28(4): 439-455, 2001.Santiago-Negrón, S and Albizu-García, C. ¿Guerra Contra las Drogas o Guerra Contra la Salud? Los Retos para la Salud Pública de la Política de Drogas de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Health Sciences J, 22(1): 49-59, 2003.Albizu-García, CE; Ríos, R; Juarbe, D; Alegría, M. Provider Turnover in Public Sector Managed Mental Health Care. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 31(3):255-65, 2004Alegria, M., Vera, M., Shrout, P., Canino, G., Lai, S., Albizu, C., et al. (2004). Understanding hard-core drug use among urban Puerto Rican women in high-risk neighborhoods. Addict Behav, 29(4): 643-64, 2004.Albizu-Garcia, C., & Santiago-Negron, S. (2005). Community-based research ethics. In C. Fisher & R. Lerner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of applied developmental science (Vol. 1, pp. 277-280): Sage.Albizu-García, C.E. Poblaciones Olvidadas: La Invisibilidad de las Personas en Instituciones Penales. (Forgotten population: The invisibility of persons confined in penal institutions) En: Soberal RR, ed. Diversidad Cultural: Reflexión Crítica desde un Acercamiento Interdisciplinario. (2007) Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, Hato Rey, PR.Albizu-García, C., Caraballo-Correa, G., Hernández-Viver, A. D., Kinlock, T. W., Gordon, M. S., Antron-Avila, C., Reyes-Colon, I., Schwartz, R. P. (September 2007) Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment for Pre-release Opioid Dependent Inmates in Puerto Rico. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 1(3):126-132.Albizu-García, CE, Negrón-Velázquez, G, González, A, Santiago-Negrón, Salvador. Reconsiderando la Política de Drogas: Alternativas para Puerto Rico desde un Modelo de Salud Pública. (Reconsidering Drug Policy: Alternatives for Puerto Rico within a public health model). University of Puerto Rico Law Review, July 2007.Santiago-Negron, S. & Albizu-Garcia, CE. El Impacto del Estigma en el Tratamiento de la Dependencia a Drogas Ilegales. En: Varas, N & Cintrón-Bou, F., eds. Estigma y Salud en Puerto Rico: Consecuencias Detrimentales de lo Alterno. Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, 2007.Albizu-García, C.E. Poblaciones Olvidadas: La Invisibilidad de las Personas en Instituciones Penales. In: Rosa R. & Santiago L, eds. Diversidad Cultural: Reflexión Crítica desde un Acercamiento Interdisciplinario. Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, San Juan, PR. 2006.Albizu-García CE, Hernández-Viver A., Feal J, Rodríguez –Orengo JF. Characteristics of inmates witnessing overdose events in prison: implications for prevention in the correctional setting. Harm Reduction Journal. 2009.6:15.Perez CM, Marrero E, Meléndez M, Adrovet S, Colón H, Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Albizu C, Torres E, Suárez E. Seroepidemiology of viral hepatitis, HIV and herpes simplex type 2 in the household population aged 21-64 years in Puerto Rico. BMC Infectious Diseases 2010; 10:76Albizu-García, C.E. MD♦, Caraballo JM, PhD., Caraballo-Correa G, Ms Hernández-Viver A, MS, and Román-Badenas L, PsyD. (2010). Assessing Need for Medication Assisted Treatment for Opiate Dependent Prison Inmates. Substance Abuse. (in press).Peña-Orellana, M. PhD., Hernández-Viver, A., MS., Caraballo-Correa, G., MS., Albizu-García, C.E., MD., Prevalence of HCV Risk Behaviors Among Prison Inmates: Tattooing and Injection drug use. Journal for the Health Care of the Poor and the Underserved, 22(6):962-82, 2011Comfort, M., Albizu García, C.E., Rodriguez, T., Molina III, C. HIV Risk and Prevention for Latinos in Jails and Prisons. In: HIV Prevention With Latinos: Theory, Research, And Practice. Kurt C. Organista, Ph.D., Editor. In press. Oxford University Press.Correa-Fernández V, Carrión-Baralt J, R, Alegría M, Albizu-García C, E, Correlates Associated with Unipolar Depressive Disorders in a Latino Population. Psychopathology 2013;46:163-171Caraballo, J.N., Pérez-Pedrogo, C., Albizu, C. (in press). Assessing Post traumatic stress symptoms in a Latino Prison Population. International Journal of Prisoner HealthGonzález, R., Vélez-Pastrana, M. C., Correa Fernández V., Albizu, C. & Levin F. R. (under review). Comorbidity of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorders in incarcerated populations: Implications for Research and Intervention.Abdel-Salam, S., Albizu, C., Ducharme, L. J., Duval, J., Fenster, J., Friedmann, P. D., et al. (2013). A cluster randomized trial of an organizational linkage intervention for offenders with substance use disorders: Study protocol. The MATICCE Workgroup of the CJ-DATS Cooperative. Health and Justice.D. Research SupportOngoing Research Support2R24DA024868-03 (Albizu, DIDARP PI) 8/1/2012 – 7/31/2017NIH/NIDA DIDARP at the University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health U01-DA016191 (Friedmann) 4/1/2009 – 3/31/2014NIH/NIDA Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJDATS) (Contract) As a partner of the Rhode Island CJDATS center, we are participating in the implementation of the project evaluating an intervention for staff in the Correctional Community Programs and medication assisted treatment community providers to enhance organizational coordination and increase referrals to MAT for eligible probationers ‘and parolees. 1R01DA030778-01 (Rich/Solomon) 07/01/2011-06/20/2015NIH/NIDAImproving Linkage to Care Following release from Incarceration (Seek, Test, and Treat)Site PI Completed Research Support5R24DA024868-02 Albizu (PI) 9/1/2009 – 7/31/2012NIH/NIDA DIDARP at the University of Puerto Rico School of Public HealthThe major goals of this project are to develop capacity to conduct drug abuse research at the University of Puerto Graduate School of Public Health integrating faculty and graduate students in a training program and in research projects which are all related to assessing factors that can affect entry and retention in drug treatment services among opiate dependent individuals transitioning from prison to community. In addition, the project provides activities directed at the research support infrastructure of the Medical Sciences Campus, particularly regarding issues relevant to research with vulnerable populations, such as prison inmates. 3R1DA16237-0251 Kinlock (PI) 08/2004-10/2006NIDAA Feasibility Study of Buprenorphine-Naloxone Substitution Therapy for the Treatment of Opiate Dependence in Prison Setting.To examine the benefits of buprenorphine-naloxone substitution treatment for prisoners with pre-incarceration histories of heroin addiction who are nearing release.Role: Co-PI 1R24 HS014060-01 Torres (PI) 10/01/03-9/30/06 AHRQ Puerto Rico Health Services Research InstituteThis application supports the development of the Puerto Rico Health Services Research Institute (PRHSR) at the University of Puerto Rico, Graduate School of Public Health. The Institute will establish an administrative structure that will support and foster the development of health services research with emphasis on health disparities of children and adolescents.Role: Principal Investigator of Pilot Project: Psychometric Properties of Two Potential Indicators of the Performance of Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents. 2002-2003Evaluation of the Workforce Investment Act Younger Youth Program in Puerto Rico. Consejo de Desarrollo Ocupacional y Recursos Humanos, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Role: Co-Investigator 2004-2006“Needs Assessment of Drug Treatment and HIV, Hepatitis B/C Prevention among Sentenced Inmates in the Puerto Rico Prisons”. Funded by the Department of Corrections and RehabilitationRole: Principal Investigator 1 R24 MD00152-01 Santiago (PI) 10/01/02- 09/30/05NCMHHDCenter for Research and Outreach in Hispanic Mental Health and other Health DisparitiesThe long-term goal of the center is to contribute to reduce Hispanic and other minorities’ health disparities with an emphasis on, but not limited, to reducing the disparity in the burden of mental health disorders. Role: Co-Investigator.