Ekaterina Burduli, Ph.D., M.S., is an associate professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University. Her research focuses on birth outcomes for women who use substances during pregnancy and their infants, as well as the development and implementation of novel interventions for perinatal women with substance use disorders. Her long-term goal is to identify points of intervention and improve health outcomes for both mothers with substance use disorders and their children, ultimately reducing health disparities for this population.

Burduli holds a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, through which she is developing and testing a mobile caregiving education tool for perinatal women receiving opioid treatment.

She credits the C-DIAS program with enhancing her skills in dissemination and implementation (D&I) science, particularly in advancing equitable access to evidence-based perinatal addiction treatment and integrating relevant theories, models and frameworks into her research. During her fellowship, she expanded her D&I expertise by developing a manuscript that examines systemic challenges in addressing the fentanyl epidemic among perinatal women with substance use disorders and their infants—from the perspective of frontline health care workers—and by refining an R34 grant application focused on developing and implementing provider education for perinatal opioid use disorder using D&I methods.