Executive Director
Peninsula Health Concepts
San Mateo, California
With a professional background in the human services field that spans 40+ years, Mr. de Miranda has served as program administrator, management consultant, therapist, educator, government official, quality leader, researcher, and trainer. The son of a Cuban immigrant he graduated from the nation’s oldest public school, Boston Latin. Following graduation from Wesleyan University (Middletown, Connecticut) with a B.A. degree in Sociology, he earned a Masters degree in Counseling & Consulting Psychology from Harvard University. Mr. de Miranda is a regular contributor to Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Committee of the University of San Francisco, College of Professional Studies. He served six years as a member of the Board of Directors of Faces and Voices of Recovery. He has taught at the University of California, Berkeley & San Diego, California State University, East Bay, the University of San Francisco and San Quentin State Prison. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration selected Mr. de Miranda as their “Ask the Expert” in August 2010.
Some of Mr. de Miranda's publications include:
Treatment and Recovery Discover Harm Reduction: Now what? Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly, July 18, 2022.
Harm Reduction and Recovery: Two ideas that have reached maturity, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly, July 26, 2021.
Toolkit Offers Modern Approach to Reducing Cigarette Smoking in SUD Populations (Tobacco Harm Reduction) , Addiction Professional, June 24, 2021.
Dirty Words: Smoker, Vaper, harm reductionist, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly, October 14, 2019.
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