Eileen Pitpitan
Professor
SDSU
Primary Email: [email protected]
Phone/Fax
Primary Phone: 619-594-6865
Building/Location
Hepner Hall - 203D
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Bio
Eileen Virtusio Pitpitan, PhD is a Professor in the School of Social Work at SDSU. She also serves as Associate Director of the SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) in Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use. Dr. Pitpitan has 10 years of experience studying social and structural factors (e.g., violence, mental health, stigma) surrounding substance use and HIV among marginalized communities, and is an expert in quantitative methods. She has had a successful NIH-funded career trajectory beginning with a T32 postdoctoral fellowship, a Diversity Supplement Award, and a Mentored Career Development K01 Award, all funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Along with substantive expertise in substance use and HIV, Dr. Pitpitan is an expert in quantitative research methods, including advanced mediation and moderation analysis, structural equation modeling, and multilevel modeling. One of her primary interests is the application of quantitative methods to an understanding of the mechanisms that underlie how marginalized communities face increased risks for HIV, substance use, and barriers to prevention, treatment, and care. She has led and collaborated on several randomized trials developing and evaluating risk reduction interventions among substance-affected and/or marginalized communities, including racial/ethnic minorities, people who engage in hazardous alcohol use, people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men who use substances, and people who use methamphetamine. A passionate researcher and educator, especially as an underrepresented Filipina woman in the health sciences, Dr. Pitpitan is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion at SDSU and the academic sciences.
Education
- PhD, University of Connecticut, 2011.
Major: Social Psychology - MA, University of Connecticut, 2009.
Major: Psychology - BA, University of CA, Los Angeles, 2005.
Major: Psychology