Biological Risk and Infection Profiles of Young Adult Male Mexican American Gang Members | Public Health Reports
Class of 2023 PhD, DSW, MSW and MSN
Fall 2023 Late Deadline: Full-Time - June 9
Dr. Cepeda focuses on the social epidemiology of drug use and the related health risk behaviors affecting urban Mexican-origin populations.
Dr. Cepeda focuses on the social epidemiology of drug use and the related health risk behaviors affecting urban Mexican-origin populations.
Alice Cepeda is currently an associate professor. She was previously in the Department of Sociology and associate director of the Center for Drug and Social Policy Research at the University of Houston. She received her doctoral degree from the City University of New York, Graduate Center. Her work has focused on the social epidemiology of drug use and the related health risk behaviors that disproportionately affect urban Mexican-origin minority populations, including violence, HIV/STI infection risks and mental health conditions. Cepeda’s research has also highlighted the unique gendered experiences encountered by females within this cultural context. Her research publications have explored the complex of social determinants, including familial, neighborhood and socio-ecological factors that contribute to drug use and negative social and health outcomes among vulnerable minority populations. Cepeda has been a recipient of several federal National Institutes of Health grants. She is currently principal investigator and co-investigator, respectively, on two National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded studies: one examining the long-term health consequences of adolescent gang membership and one on the emergence and diffusion of crack use in Mexico City. Cepeda has also been a multiple recipient and scholar of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program. She received the 2010 National Award of Excellence in Research by a New Investigator from the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse based on her outstanding research and publication in the field of Hispanic drug abuse. She was also a recipient of the 2010 Junior Scholar Award presented by the Drinking and Drugs Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Cepeda is currently chair of the Early Career Leadership Committee for the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse. To reference the work of Alice Cepeda online, we ask that you directly quote their work where possible and attribute it to "Alice Cepeda, a faculty at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work” (LINK: https://dworakpeck.usc.edu)
PhD 2004
MS 1999
BA 1995
Biological Risk and Infection Profiles of Young Adult Male Mexican American Gang Members | Public Health Reports
Behavioral, Psychological, Gender, and Health Service Correlates to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection among Young Adult Mexican-American Women Living in a Disadvantaged Community | Behavioral Medicine
HIV and STI knowledge, testing, and risk among adult crack users in Mexico city: baseline findings from a feasibility study | AIDS Care
An Adapted Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Gang-Affiliated Mexican American Adolescents | Research on Social Work Practice
Drug-scene familiarity and exposure to gang violence among residents in a rural farming community in Baja California, Mexico | Global Public Health
Disparities in completion of substance abuse treatment among Latino subgroups in Los Angeles County, CA | Addictive Behaviors