Scholar
Dessa Bergen-Cico
Google Scholar ID: ODDR3S0AAAAJ
Syracuse University
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,625
H-index
18
i10-index
29
Publications
20
Co-authors
35
list available
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Certified Addiction Specialist (CAS), Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and a Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher. Completed MBSR Teacher Training through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Research Experience
- Selected twice as a Fulbright Scholar (Republic Georgia and Thailand) and selected as a Rotary Peace Fellow in the International Rotary Peace Program at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.
Education
- Ph.D., School of Education, Syracuse University, 1992
Background
- Professor in the Public Health Department, coordinator of the Addiction Studies program and faculty in the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at Syracuse University. She holds a research appointment at the Syracuse Veterans Administration Medical Center for Integrative Healthcare and is a fellow of the American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders.
Miscellany
- Areas of expertise include substance use, addictive behaviors, psychoactive drugs, drug trafficking, and the geopolitics of drugs and drug trafficking. Veteran's mental health, traumatic stress, and mindfulness-based interventions for mental health and addictions.
