Katie Witkiewitz named director of UNM Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions

Posted: June 21, 2022

After a nationwide search, Ellen R. Fisher, vice president for research at the UNM, has named Professor Katie Witkiewitz as Director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions (CASAA).

“We are very excited to welcome Dr. Witkiewitz as the new CASAA director, an important role at UNM and for New Mexico,” Fisher said. “She brings a tremendous track record for funding, publications, and mentoring, and I look forward to working with her and the CASAA staff and researchers to advance one of UNM’s hallmark centers to the next level. I truly appreciate all of the time, energy, and dedication that the search committee members from main campus and the Health Sciences Center put into making the search for this important position a success.”

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