Dr. Cristina Espinosa da Silva is an epidemiologist and Post-Doctoral Scholar in the Division of HIV, Infectious Disease, and Global Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Prior to joining UCSF, she received her Masters in Public Health (Epidemiology) from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and her doctoral degree (Epidemiology) from the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Espinosa da Silva’s research interests include HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV/STI behavioral epidemiologic intervention research, substance use disorders, mental health, and marginalized and underserved populations. She is also interested in applying advanced methods (e.g., causal mediation analysis, machine learning) to her research.