
Additional Titles & Roles
- Vice Chair – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Professor of Public School
- Division Director, Addiction Sciences, Prevention, and Treatment
- Director, Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation, WashU Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Clinical Research Training Center
- Co-Director, K12 Career Development Award Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder
- Associate Director, KL2 Career Development Award Program, WashU Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Clinical Research Training Center
Education & Training
- Ph.D.: State University of New York, 2004
- B.A.: University of Texas San Antonio, 1998
Research Interests
Research interests include mental health epidemiology and understanding how policy and social media shape health risk behaviors of young people.
Recent Publications
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Cannabis use characteristics and associations with problematic use outcomes, quitting-related factors, and mental health among US young adults
Berg, C. J., LoParco, C. R., Romm, K. F., Cui, Y., McCready, D. M., Wang, Y., Yang, Y. T., Szlyk, H. S., Kasson, E., Chakraborty, R. & Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Dec 2025, In: Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 20, 1, 1.
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Neighborhood demographics in relation to marketing and regulation-related factors among cannabis retailers in 5 US cities
Berg, C. J., Schleicher, N. C., Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Romm, K. F., LoParco, C. R., Cui, Y., Wang, Y., McCready, D. M., Chakraborty, R. & Henriksen, L., Dec 1 2024, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 265, 112471.
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Minority stress mediates associations of sexual minority state policies and tobacco use among US sexual minority young adults
Romm, K. F., Vogel, E. A., Dyar, C., Drabble, L. A., Cavazos-Rehg, P. A. & Berg, C. J., Dec 1 2024, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 265, 112477.
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Evaluating preferences for medication formulation and treatment model among people who use opioids non-medically: A web-based cross-sectional study
Saunders, E. C., Budney, A. J., Cavazos-Rehg, P., Scherer, E., Bell, K., John, D. & Marsch, L. A., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 163, 209383.