Robert Miranda Jr., PhD, MEd, ABPP
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Professor of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health; Postdoctoral Training Director, Brown University Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies; Founder & Clinical Director, Vista Clinic, Bradley Hospital
Expertise: Board-certified, licensed clinical psychologist; assessment and treatment of adolescent substance use and co-occurring disorders; behavioral and pharmacological treatments for substance use and related problems; leveraging innovative technologies to assess and treat substance use; applying science to improve clinical practice
Dr. Robert Miranda has committed his career as a clinician scientist to advancing our understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms of substance-related problems during adolescence and improving innovative therapeutics to treat youth during the early stages of addiction. He directs a federally funded research program on the treatment of young people with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders, with a special focus on testing new pharmacological interventions. He has served as principal investigator, co-investigator, or mentor on nearly 50 federally funded research projects, and he has developed several novel assessment and intervention approaches for adolescents with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.
In 2016 and 2020, Dr. Miranda was honored to receive the Mark Wood Outstanding Mentor Award, nominated by postdoctoral fellows. This award recognizes his drive to provide high-quality mentorship and support to early career clinical investigators. He has served on numerous study sections at the National Institutes of Health and currently chairs the Treatment, and Health Services Research Review Subcommittee (AA-3) at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Miranda founded and directs the intensive adolescent substance abuse treatment program (Vista) at Bradley Hospital. The program is the premier adolescent and emerging adult substance abuse treatment service and training clinic in the region, and it recently received recognition as a model treatment program for youth with co-occurring disorders by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. As both a clinician and a scientist, he understands intimately the day-to-day clinical management of substance use disorders in youth along with the shortcomings of the best available therapies and areas that warrant more research attention.
Pronouns: he/him
Robert_Miranda_Jr@brown.edu
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