IAS is structured in part with “Programmatic Units” comprised of faculty members interested in research and practice in that particular addiction-related topic area.

Please join a research group below as part of your membership registration (you’re welcome to join multiple). If you have any questions, please email Vickie Williams at victoria.williams.0@usc.edu.

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The USC Institute for Addiction Science is committed to fostering a welcoming and supporting work and learning environment. We actively recruit and retain students, trainees, faculty, and staff from all backgrounds, enduring a team that brings varied perspectives and experiences to our field. Our department values the unique contributions of each team member and upholds USCs core principles of integrity, excellence, and respect. We remain committed to serving all in the broad community of LA and to recruiting the best talent to provide such care.

This program is open to all eligible individuals. The USC Institute for Addiction Scienceoperates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.

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Dr. Suzan Walters is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at Grossman School of Medicine and faculty at the Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy. She is also an Investigator at the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research, a Visiting Professor at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of San Francisco and a Lifespan/Brown Criminal Justice Scholar at Brown University. Her research focuses on the social and structural determinants of health among populations who use drugs. Her current K01 grant focuses on how intersectional stigma experiences affect access and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs in California and Colorado. Her work is applied and aims to inform HIV prevention, overdose, and stigma reduction interventions.