Pelotonia Research Center
2255 Kenny Road
4th Floor, Room 4047
Columbus, OH 43235
614-293-5115
Marybel.Gonzalez@osumc.edu
I specialize in addiction science and neurocognitive development at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
I am especially passionate about using research to enhance the care we offer to our patients. My current research is centered on the vital conditions for well-being among adolescents in relation to their neurocognitive development. I also focus on substance use prevention and overall mental health. My findings have been widely published in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Nature Neuroscience, and Health Psychology.
My role also includes helping to educate the next generation of providers. I am a tenure-track assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Research interests
Dr. Gonzalez's research focuses on the social determinants of health among adolescents in relation to adolescent neurocognitive development, mental health and substance use prevention.
Education
- Post-doctoral: NCANDA-A, University of California, San Diego
- Post-doctoral: ABCD Study, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles & USC
- PhD: University of California, San Diego
- MS: University of California, San Diego
- BA: University of California, Berkeley
Honors and awards
- Ignite the Spark Scholars Program (ISSP) Award, 2024
- USC Enhanced Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute on Hispanic Substance Abuse Fellow, 2023
- Addiction Scientists Strengthened through Education and Training (ASSET) Fellow, 2022
- ABCD Study Investigator of the Year Award, 2021
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2013-2016
- Graduate Cota Robles Fellowship, 2011-2013
- UC Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship, UC Berkeley, 2002-2006