Dr. Levander (She/Her/Ella) is an assistant professor of medicine and an addiction medicine clinician researcher at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. She is inspired by her clinical work in both inpatient and outpatient settings to improve care for and reduce harms related to substance use amongst women who use drugs, particularly those with perinatal substance use. Dr. Levander completed residency in internal medicine/primary care at University of Washington. She worked for three years at OHSU as a clinical teaching hospitalist before pursuing additional training through OHSU and the Oregon Clinical Translational Research Institute with a three-year addiction medicine and Samuel Wise clinical research fellowship receiving a Masters in Clinical Research (MCR). During fellowship, she also participated in the NIDA-funded Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) program. Dr. Levander is currently working on a NIDA-funded K12 project focused on improving substance use disorder treatment and postpartum care outcomes amongst patients with perinatal substance use through use of peers trained as doulas. Dr. Levander applied to the C-DIAS fellowship to further her knowledge of implementation strategies to improve access to evidence-based care for patients with perinatal substance use and to expand on community-engaged research methods in implementation to enhance dissemination and sustainability of research findings.