Bohs, Rhonda, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Community Core,
Center for Substance Use and AIDS Research on Latinos in the United States
Office: P---  |  Tel: ---  |  Email: rbohs@spectrumprograms.org

Rhonda Bohs, Ph.D. is currently the Vice-President for Research and Program Development at Spectrum Programs, Inc. and Miami Behavioral Health Center, Inc. Dr. Bohs serves as Site Investigator for Spectrum Programs’ activities in the NIDA Clinical Trials Network. Dr. Bohs received her M.S. degree in Research and Ph.D. in Applied Experimental Psychology with an emphasis in Social Psychology from Saint Louis University. She has experience working with a broad range of modalities within substance abuse treatment and prevention (...more)





De La Rosa, Mario, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, The inter-generational transmission of drug use Pilot Study
Professor, College of Social Work, Justice, and Public Affairs
Office: PCA 354B  |  Tel: (305) 348-5794  |  Email: delarosa@fiu.edu

Dr. De La Rosa is a Professor of Social Work at the Social Work, Justice, and Public Affairs (SWJPA). Before joining FIU, Dr. De La Rosa was a visiting Research Associate Professor at Boston University’s School of Social Work, a Health Science Administrator with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin America Studies. He holds a doctorate degree in Social Work from Ohio State University. (...more)




Martinez, Ramiro, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Violence Study & Suicide Pilot Study
Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, College of Social Work, Justice, and Public Affairs
Office: PCA 368A  |  Tel: (305) 348-5795  |  Email: martinra@fiu.edu

Ramiro Martinez, Jr. received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Ohio State University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Public Health in Florida International University. He was formerly an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, an affiliated Professor in Black American Studies, and Faculty in the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies at the University of Delaware. He has published a book and over thirty-five journal articles and chapters in the areas of (...more)




Rice, Christopher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Social Work, College of Social Work, Justice, and Public Affairs
Office: HLS 359  |  Tel: (305) 348-5885  |  Email: ricec@fiu.edu

Christopher Rice is an Associate Professor at Florida International University. He holds a PhD in Social Welfare from Washington University, a Masters Degree in Social Work from Boston College, and a BA in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts. Prior to joining FIU’s faculty, he was an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York- Buffalo and at the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. He has received the William E. Gordon Research Excellence Award from Washington University, and has authored (...more)




Sanchez, Jesus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Prevention, Robert Stempel School of Public Health
Office: HLS 574  |  Tel: ---  |  Email: jesus.sanchez@fiu.edu

For the last nine years, Dr. Sanchez has been involved in several research projects that have examined HIV related risk behaviors in South Florida as a member of a team of investigators that has been conducting HIV related research in this field since the early 1980s. Dr. Sanchez has participated in several community-based studies that targeted communities across South Florida that have been particularly affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic (Chitwood et al., 2000; Chitwood et al., 2001a; (...more)