Public Health and Health Professions
Lopez-Quintero Lab
Led by Catalina Lopez-Quintero · Epidemiology
What we study
The Lopez-Quintero Lab studies how biological, behavioral, and socio-cultural factors influence drug use and mental health outcomes. They aim to develop prevention and treatment strategies through interdisciplinary research.
What working here is like
- Surveys & interviews
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 4
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
UF-Choice’s study
Studies substance use and mental health differences among groups, using surveys of UF students in the UF-Choice study.
Medical cannabis study group
Investigates the effects of medical cannabis on health outcomes.
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All of Us Consortium
Uses data from the All of Us Consortium, a large national health study, to examine chronic disease and COVID-19 differences among groups.
Alcohol Use Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) by Cancer History Status among Individuals with Problematic Alcohol Use
The lab analyzes national survey data to see if people who have had cancer are more likely to be asked about alcohol use or given advice. Students will help compare screening rates between those with and without a cancer history.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 205
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Recent papers, explained
- Baseline Factors Associated with Intention to Initiate Medical Cannabis among Older Adults with Chronic Pain in a Prospective Cohort
2026 · Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids
Studies why older people with chronic pain might or might not try medical cannabis.
- Age and intensive care unit admissions following opioid overdose
2026 · Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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- Socioeconomic and demographic vulnerabilities as primary determinants of heat-related mortality in the U.S
2026 · Environmental Research Climate
Finds that poverty and race affect how much people die from extreme heat in the U.S.
- A Target Trial Emulation Assessing the Effects of Prenatal Cannabis Exposure on Menarche Onset in Pre-Adolescents in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study
2026 · Epidemiology
- Triple Jeopardy: trends in the co-occurrence of extreme heat, drought, and PM2.5 across the conterminous United States
2026 · Environmental Research Climate
Looks at how extreme heat, drought, and air pollution happen together in the U.S.
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How to reach out
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