Robert Miranda Jr., Ph.D., ABPP

Opioid Use Disorders Trainer

Dr. Robert Miranda is a board-certified clinical psychologist who has committed his career as a clinician scientist to advance our understanding of how substance-related issues develop during adolescence and improve innovative therapeutics to treat youth during the early stages of addiction. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University, and he founded and directs Vista, a specialized intensive outpatient program that provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment for adolescents who face a variety of mental health and substance use issues. Established in 2017 and federally recognized as a model treatment program, he created Vista to bridge a critical treatment gap in the community and deliver exceptional evidence-based care to adolescents and their families. He also directs a federally funded research program on the treatment of young people with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders, with a special focus on testing new pharmacological and behavioral interventions. He has served as principal investigator, co-investigator, or mentor on nearly 50 federally funded research projects, and he has developed several novel assessment and intervention approaches for adolescents with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.