As a fourth-year student in the San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program, Jeff Rogers submitted a funding application to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, with the goal of expanding the epidemiological literature surrounding methamphetamine use in the United States. Jeff was awarded a one-year R36 in April of 2025 and is currently working to publish the manuscript products, supported by his grant, which will also serve to fulfill the Joint Doctoral Program’s dissertation requirements.
Mentored by Dr. Jennifer Iudicello and Dr. Igor Grant, Jeff’s research utilizes nationally representative and population-level data sets to answer the “who, what, why” questions of methamphetamine use. For many years, methamphetamine has been recognized as a substance that is commonly used together with other psychoactive substances, but there has been little research examining which substance combinations are most common and which are differently connected to regional, social, and economic factors in the United States. Jeff’s manuscripts seek to inform both clinicians and public health professionals about the current gaps in methamphetamine use disorder prevention and treatment, in addition to novel insights regarding whether certain substance combinations are associated with co-occurring health conditions and other factors that may complicate treatment.
For more information about Jeff’s research, please visit the NIH’s public reporting website.