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photo Jason B Colditz, PhD, MEd

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: colditzjb@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-246-6929
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E-mail: colditzjb@pitt.edu
Education and Training
Education
BS, Psychology & Communications, University of Pittsburgh, 2007
MEd, Social & Comparative Analysis, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
PhD, Clinical & Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2021
Training
Clinical & Translational Science (TL1) Postdoctoral Fellowship, University Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education, 2023
Research Interest
Dr. Colditz’s research is situated at the intersection of alcohol/substance use and digital health. He uses computational social science methods (e.g., social media surveillance, natural language processing, machine learning) to understand psychosocial predictors of recovery from addictive disorders. He is particularly interested in how various modalities of social support (e.g., family and peers, 12-step groups, online community forums) impact addiction recovery trajectories and outcomes. Dr. Colditz develops digital behavioral interventions to enhance psychosocial support in recovery from addiction and related health conditions.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Colditz is particularly interested in the role of peer navigators and peer support services in enhancing recovery from alcohol and substance use disorders in general practice settings.
Educational Interest
Dr. Colditz has instructed accelerated courses on clinical research methods at the Institute for Clinical Research Education and guest lectured on computational social science methods at the University of Pittsburgh Departments of Public Health and Psychiatry and at Carnegie Mellon University. He has supervised and mentored dozens of research trainees across undergraduate, graduate, and clinical education programs.
Publications
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Selected Publications:
Colditz, J. B., Rothenberger, S. D., Liebschutz, J. M., Rollman, B. L., Kraemer, K. L. COVID-19 social distancing and online mutual help engagement for alcohol use recovery. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2021.
Russell, A. M., Bergman, B. G., Colditz, J. B., Kelly, J. F., Milaham, P. J., Massey, P. M. Using TikTok in recovery from substance use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2021; 229.
Colditz, J. B., Welling, J., Smith, N. A., James, A. E., Primack, B. A. World Vaping Day: Contextualizing vaping culture in online social media using a mixed methods approach. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 2019; 13(2).
Colditz, J. B., Chu, K., Emery, S. L., Larkin, C. R., James, A. E., Welling, J., Primack, B. A. Toward real-time infovellience of Twitter health messages. American Journal of Public Health. 2018; 108(8).
Notable Achievements
Outstanding Student Research Award (Student Mentee), Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2016
Article of the Year, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017

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