Cynthia Arfken

Cynthia Arfken is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Wayne State University, where she serves as an epidemiologist and biostatistician for the Division of Substance Abuse Health Services. Her research spans substance abuse health services, psychiatric epidemiology, and mental health policy analysis.

• Research Focus: Substance abuse trends, PTSD in refugee populations, opioid prescribing policies, and pandemic mental health impacts
• Methodology: Biostatistical modeling, cross-sectional studies, longitudinal treatment outcome analysis

Key Collaborators: Alireza Amirsadri (Wayne State) and Mark Greenwald (Wayne State Substance Abuse Division).

Recent Publications examine opioid epidemiology, refugee trauma outcomes, and pandemic-related stress in healthcare workers. Her work appears in journals like Addictive Behaviors and Frontiers in Psychology.