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Briana Patrick, MS, joined the Stanford Center for Dissemination and Implementation (CDI) in 2023 as the Project Coordinator for the Center for Dissemination and Implementation At Stanford (C-DIAS) and the Health Data2Action Research Adoption Support Center (RASC). She focuses on technical and pragmatic assistance utilizing a DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and access) lens at all…

Jonathan Purtle is Associate Professor of Public Health Policy & Management and Director of Policy Research at NYU’s Global Center for Implementation Science. Dr. Purtle is an implementation scientist whose research focuses on mental health policy. His work examines questions such as how research evidence can be most effectively communicated to policymakers and is used…

Fernanda S. Rossi, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Indiana University and completed her clinical psychology predoctoral internship at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS). She also…

Tanya C. Saraiya, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. Her program of research seeks to develop, test, and implement treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and co-occurring substance use disorders. She is particularly invested in enhancing treatments…

Andrea Jakubowski, MD, MS is a general internist, addiction medicine specialist, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Jakubowski provides primary care and medications for opioid use disorder in a syringe services program and opioid treatment program, and cares for patients on a hospital addiction consult service. Dr.…

Berkeley Franz, PhD is a medical sociologist and health services researcher whose work aims to increase access to medications for opioid use disorder in underserved communities. Dr. Franz is Professor of Community-based Health at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Athens, Ohio and Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O. Endowed Faculty…

Brittany Bryant, DSW, LISW-CP is an Assistant Professor at UCSF and distinguished fellow in the Center for Dissemination and Implementation at Stanford University. As a dedicated clinician and researcher, Dr. Bryant’s work is deeply rooted in building community-engaged research programs aimed at reducing substance use and improving mental health outcomes for minoritized youth. This prestigious…

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…