Dr. Denise C. Vidot is an epidemiologist certified in cannabis patient care and tenured associate professor at the University of Miami (UM) School of Nursing and Health Studies. She is the inaugural Director of Community and Stakeholder Engagement at UM’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute where she focuses on promoting trustworthiness and health equity in communities within communities. Dr. Vidot also serves as the Founding Director of UM’s Global Cannabis and Psychedelics Research Collaboratory; her program of research focuses on the biological, psychosocial, and societal implications of cannabis and psilocybin use across the lifespan. She incorporates a multidisciplinary approach to address health disparities in 5 of the 10 leading preventable causes of death (e.g., substance use, obesity, poor diet, physical inactivity, and tobacco use). Throughout her research trajectory, she has led studies that specifically address the healthy equity intersectionality between substance use, mental health, and cardiovascular disease risk among racial/ethnic minorities from an epidemiologic lens.