Avelardo Valdez, PhD
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Title(s) | Cleofas and Victor Ramirez Professor of Practice, Policy, Research and Advocacy for the Latino Population, Professor of Social Work and Sociology |
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Address | ATT T1400 Off Campus Los Angeles CA 90089-1400
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Phone | +1 213 821 6482 |
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Biography National Academy of Sciences | 2012 | | National Committe Member on the Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration | National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse | 2009 | | National Award of Excellence Senior Research Scientist | Society for the Study of Social Problems, | 2009 | | Senior Scholar Award | National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse | 2006 | | National Award of Excellence for Mentoring | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 2005 | | Scott Greer Award | The University of Houston Department of Sociology and Mexican American Studies | 1992
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| 1993 | Visiting Scholar | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | 1987
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| 1988 | Fulbright Scholar |
Overview Avelardo Valdez is currently a professor at the USC School of Social Work. He was previously a professor at the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston and Director of the Center for Drug & Social Policy Research. He obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
A primary focus of his research has been on the relationship between substance abuse and violence and health issues among high-risk groups. His research projects have been among “hidden populations” such as youth and prison gang members, injecting and non-injecting heroin users and sex workers on the U.S./Mexico border. He has published over 75 journal articles and chapters and academic publications including two books. His most recent book is entitled Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence: Beyond Risk (2007).
He is a recipient of federal grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). His current NIH funded grant focuses on examining the long-term consequences of adolescent gang membership among Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Valdez is also a recipient of a NIDA Minority Institution Drug Abuse Research Development Program grant and a NIDA Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse.
Dr. Valdez received the Award for Excellence in Mentorship from the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse (NHSN) for his role in directing the NHSN Summer Training Institute. He is the recipient of numerous other awards including the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Scott Geer Award for Post Graduate Achievement in Advancing Understanding of Urban Social Institutions. He is a founding member of the NHSN National Steering Committee. He is a recent recipient (2009) of the Senior Scholar Award for the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Drinking and Drugs Division.
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Examination of multilevel domains of minority stress: Implications for drug use and mental and physical health among Latina women who have sex with women and men. PLoS One. 2020; 15(3):e0230437.
Cepeda A, Nowotny KM, Frankeberger J, Ramirez E, Rodriguez VE, Perdue T, Valdez A. PMID: 32214323.
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"They Dumped Me Like Trash": The Social and Psychological Toll of Victimization on Latino Day Laborers' Lives. Am J Community Psychol. 2020 06; 65(3-4):369-380.
Negi NJ, Siegel J, Calderon M, Thomas E, Valdez A. PMID: 31821570.
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Organizational factors associated with practitioners' support for treatment of opioid use disorder in the emergency department. Addict Behav. 2020 03; 102:106197.
Guerrero E, Ober AJ, Howard DL, Khachikian T, Kong Y, van Deen WK, Valdez A, Trotzky-Sirr R, Menchine M. PMID: 31862684.
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Trajectories of heroin use: A 15-year retrospective study of Mexican-American men who were affiliated with gangs during adolescence. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 11 01; 204:107505.
Nowotny KM, Frankeberger J, Cepeda A, Valdez A. PMID: 31550612.
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Safer Crack Kits and Smoking Practices: Effectiveness of a Harm Reduction Intervention among Active Crack Users in Mexico City. Subst Use Misuse. 2019; 54(4):592-600.
Frankeberger J, Cepeda A, Natera-Rey G, Valdez A. PMID: 30654689.
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Interpersonal Partner Relationships, Bonds to Children, and Informal Social Control among Persistent Male Offenders. Soc Probl. 2019 Aug; 66(3):468-483.
Valdez A, Nowotny KM, Zhao QW, Cepeda A. PMID: 31354176.
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Biological Risk and Infection Profiles of Young Adult Male Mexican American Gang Members. Public Health Rep. 2018 Sep/Oct; 133(5):551-558.
Cepeda A, Nowotny KM, Frankeberger J, Onge JMS, Valdez A. PMID: 30067450.
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History of child sexual abuse among women consuming illicit substances in Mexico City. J Subst Use. 2018; 23(5):520-527.
Mendoza-Meléndez MÁ, Cepeda A, Frankeberger J, López-Macario M, Valdez A. PMID: 30393464.
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Behavioral, Psychological, Gender, and Health Service Correlates to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection among Young Adult Mexican-American Women Living in a Disadvantaged Community. Behav Med. 2019 Jan-Mar; 45(1):52-61.
Nowotny KM, Frankeberger J, Rodriguez VE, Valdez A, Cepeda A. PMID: 29558260.
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Mental health of heroin users with differing injection drug use histories: A non-treatment sample of Mexican American young adult men. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 12 01; 181:124-131.
Nowotny KM, Perdue T, Cepeda A, Valdez A. PMID: 29054031.
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HIV and STI knowledge, testing, and risk among adult crack users in Mexico city: baseline findings from a feasibility study. AIDS Care. 2017 03; 29(3):350-354.
PMID: 27832703.
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Un Jalón, Un Volteón, y Otra Vez: High-Risk Crack Smoking Paraphernalia in México City. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2016 Sep-Oct; 48(4):295-302.
PMID: 27356211.
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Precocious transitions and long-term heroin use outcomes: A longitudinal study of gang-affiliated Mexican-American males. Addict Behav. 2016 09; 60:48-52.
PMID: 27092995.
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Injecting Drug Use Among Mexican Female Sex Workers on the US-Mexico Border. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2015 Oct-Dec; 14(4):351-63.
PMID: 26211392.
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Associations Between Long-Term Gang Membership and Informal Social Control Processes, Drug Use, and Delinquent Behavior Among Mexican American Youth. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2016 Oct; 60(13):1532-48.
PMID: 25979430.
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Trajectories of Aging Long-Term Mexican American Heroin Injectors: The "Maturing Out" Paradox. J Aging Health. 2016 Feb; 28(1):19-39.
PMID: 25953814.
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Emerging patterns of crack use in Mexico City. Int J Drug Policy. 2015 Aug; 26(8):739-45.
PMID: 26003928.
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The relationship between trajectories of family/cultural stressors and depression and suicidal ideation among substance using Mexican-American adults. Am J Community Psychol. 2013 Dec; 52(3-4):263-72.
PMID: 23904175.
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Injecting transition risk and depression among Mexican American non-injecting heroin users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Sep; 125 Suppl 1:S12-7.
PMID: 22749681.
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Health consequences of long-term injection heroin use among aging Mexican American men. J Aging Health. 2011 Sep; 23(6):912-32.
Torres LR, Kaplan C, Valdez A. PMID: 21451118.
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High rates of transitions to injecting drug use among Mexican American non-injecting heroin users in San Antonio, Texas (never and former injectors). Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Apr 01; 114(2-3):233-6.
Valdez A, Neaigus A, Kaplan C, Cepeda A. PMID: 21075561.
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Fumando la piedra: emerging patterns of crack use among Latino immigrant day laborers in New Orleans. J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 Oct; 12(5):737-42.
Valdez A, Cepeda A, Negi NJ, Kaplan C. PMID: 19924538.
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Ethnographic strategies in the tracking and retention of street-recruited community-based samples of substance using hidden populations in longitudinal studies. Subst Use Misuse. 2010 Apr; 45(5):700-16.
Cepeda A, Valdez A. PMID: 20222780.
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Qualitative methodological issues in drug user research. Subst Use Misuse. 2010 Apr; 45(5):645-7.
Valdez A, Sifaneck SJ. PMID: 20222776.
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The association between disaster-related experiences and mental health outcomes among drug using African American Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Community Ment Health J. 2010 Dec; 46(6):612-20.
Cepeda A, Saint Onge JM, Kaplan C, Valdez A. PMID: 20091228.
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Patterns of substance use among hurricane Katrina evacuees in Houston, Texas. Disasters. 2010 Apr; 34(2):426-46.
Cepeda A, Valdez A, Kaplan C, Hill LE. PMID: 19863564.
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Homicidal Events Among Mexican American Street Gangs: A Situational Analysis. Homicide Stud. 2009 Sep 01; 13(3):288-306.
Valdez A, Cepeda A, Kaplan C. PMID: 21218188.
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The Influence of Family and Peer Risk Networks on Drug Use Practices and Other Risks among Mexican American Noninjecting Heroin Users. J Contemp Ethnogr. 2008 Feb 01; 37(1):79-107.
Valdez A, Neaigus A, Kaplan CD. PMID: 19337564.
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Heroin transition risk among daily and non-daily cannabis users who are non-injectors of heroin. Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Dec; 19(6):442-9.
Valdez A, Cepeda A, Neaigus A, Russell A. PMID: 19038723.
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CONDITIONS THAT INCREASE DRUG MARKET INVOLVEMENT: THE INVITATIONAL EDGE AND THE CASE OF MEXICANS IN SOUTH TEXAS. J Drug Issues. 2007; 37(4):893-918.
Valdez A, Kaplan C. PMID: 21218142.
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Potential risk factors for injecting among Mexican American non-injecting heroin users. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2007; 6(2):49-73.
Valdez A, Neaigus A, Cepeda A. PMID: 18192204.
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Aggressive crime, alcohol and drug use, and concentrated poverty in 24 U.S. urban areas. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2007; 33(4):595-603.
Valdez A, Kaplan CD, Curtis RL. PMID: 17668345.
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Hispanic drug abuse in an evolving cultural context: an agenda for research. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Sep; 84 Suppl 1:S8-16.
Warner LA, Valdez A, Vega WA, de la Rosa M, Turner RJ, Canino G. PMID: 16750335.
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The drugs-violence nexus among Mexican-American gang members. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2006 Jun; 38(2):109-21.
Valdez A, Kaplan CD, Cepeda A. PMID: 16903450.
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Measuring violence risk and outcomes among Mexican American adolescent females. J Interpers Violence. 2006 Jan; 21(1):24-41.
Cervantes RC, Duenas N, Valdez A, Kaplan C. PMID: 16399922.
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MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH AND ADULT PRISON GANGS IN A CHANGING HEROIN MARKET. J Drug Issues. 2005 Oct 01; 35(4):843-868.
Valdez A. PMID: 21614143.
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"GETTING HIGH AND GETTING BY": DIMENSIONS OF DRUG SELLING BEHAVIORS AMONG AMERICAN MEXICAN GANG MEMBERS IN SOUTH TEXAS. J Res Crime Delinq. 2004 Feb 01; 41(1):82-105.
Valdez A, Sifaneck SJ. PMID: 21218191.
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Risk Behaviors Among Young Mexican American Gang-Associated Females: Sexual Relations, Partying, Substance Use, and Crime. J Adolesc Res. 2003 Jan 01; 18(1):90-106.
Cepeda A, Valdez A. PMID: 21218177.
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Psychopathy Among Mexican American Gang Members: A Comparative Study. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2000 Feb; 44(1):46-58.
Valdez A, Kaplan CD, Codina E. PMID: 21516257.
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The process of paradoxical autonomy and survival in the heroin careers of Mexican American women. Contemp Drug Probl. 2000; 27:189.
Valdez A, Kaplan CD, Cepeda A. PMID: 21057594.
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