Hortensia amaro biography of barack

Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D., is Associate Vice Provost for Community Research Initiatives, Dean’s Professor of Social Work and Professor of Preventive Medicine at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Dr. Amaro has dramatically advanced the understanding of substance abuse disorder and co-occurring disorders treatment, HIV prevention and other urgent public health challenges through a distinguished career that has spanned scholarly research, translation of science to practice, top-level policy consultation and service on five Institute of Medicine committees. She has authored more than 140 scholarly publications, many widely-cited, and she has made landmark contributions to improving behavioral health care in community-based organizations by launching addiction treatment programs that have helped thousands of families and informing practice in agencies around the world. Her Boston Consortium Model of Integrated Treatment is li