IRTI Subcommittee

Contacts - Training Institute

Chair

Valdez, Avelardo, Ph.D.
Professor & Director
Center for Drug & Social Policy Research
Graduate College of Social Work
University of Houston
110 Social Work Building, Room 341
Houston, Texas 77204-4013
(713) 743 – 8098 phone
(713) 743 - 3985 fax
avaldez2@uh.edu

Institute Coordinator

Evelio Salinas Escamilla
University of Houston
Graduate College of Social Work
Center for Drug & Social Policy Research
110 Social Work Building, Room 341
Houston, Texas 77204-4013
(713) 743 – 8345 phone
(713) 743 - 3985 fax
esescami@central.uh.edu

Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) on Hispanic Drug Abuse Committee

Responsible for establishing the criteria for selecting fellows for the NHSN IRTI, developing the agenda for the IRTI and selecting fellows for the IRTI every year. This subcommittee is also responsible for organizing and facilitating the IRTI network of fellows and nominating them to become NHSN members.

IRTI Committee Members

	Valdez, Avelardo, Ph.D. Graduate College of Social Work University of Houston Chair
	Félix-Ortiz, María, Ph.D. University of the Incarnate Word Department of Psychology
	Martínez, Joe L., Jr., Ph.D. University of Texas, San Antonio Cajal Neuroscience Research Center
	Mata, Alberto, Ph.D. Department of Human Relations University of Oklahoma
	Page, J. Bryan, Ph.D. Department of Anthropology University of Miami