E-News

Number 20, April 2008

HIGHLIGHTS OF CURRENT FELLOWS

NIDA Selects Mexican Epidemiologist for DISCA Award
Octavio Campolo, Ph.D., University of Guadalajara, has been selected as a NIDA Distinguished International Scientist to collaborate with Fernando Wagner, Sc.D., Morgan State University. Drs. Campolo and Wagner will restructure data sets, complete data analysis, and prepare manuscripts for publication for two research projects: (1) risk factors for substance use in high school students in Jalisco, Mexico; and (2) HIV and hepatitis in drug addicts in West Mexico. The two also plan to prepare a grant proposal to further collaborate on projects investigating the prevalence and associated factors for substance use among youths in the Mexican state of Jalisco.