Institute for Behavioral Health

INROADS Teams

INROADS-A

INROADS-A (INROADS-Alcohol) is an active joint research program between Brandeis University’s Institute for Behavioral Health and Boston University School of Public Health’s Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, which builds on the foundation of Legacy INROADS with a focus on alcohol use disorder.


 

Sharon Reif, PhD'02

Sharon Reif, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator

Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Co-Lead of the Disability and NSDUH  working groups

Rachel Sayko Adams, PhD, MPH

Co-Principal Investigator

Research Associate Professor, Department of Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health

Co-Lead of the Disability, MarketScan, and Medicaid working groups

Mary Brolin, PhD'05, Scientist and Lecturer

Mary Brolin, PhD

Co-Investigator

Senior Scientist, Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Co-Lead of the NSDUH working group

Maureen Stewart, PhD'09, Scientist

Maureen Stewart, PhD

Co-Investigator

Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Co-Lead of the Medicaid working group

Marc LaRochelle, MD, MPH

Co-Investigator

General Internist and Clinical Investigator specializing in addiction medicine at Boston Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine

Jake Morgan, PhD

Co-Investigator

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health 

Co-Lead of the MarketScan and Documentation working groups

Shay Daily, Senior Research Associate

Shay Daily, PhD

Data Management Analyst

Senior Research Associate, Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Co-Lead of the Documentation working group

Grant A. Ritter, Associate Research Professor

Grant Ritter, PhD

Statistician

Associate Research Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Dennis Heaphy, MPH

Disability Policy Consultant

Lead Researcher, Disability Policy Consortium

Benjamin Cook, PhD

Disparities Consultant

Director of the Health Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance

Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance

Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

John Corrigan, PhD

Disability Research Consultant

Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University

Director for the Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation and the Ohio Brain Injury Program

Audrey Hildebrandt

Audrey Hildebrandt

Project Manager

Senior Project Manager, Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Galina Zolotusky

Senior Statistical Programmer

Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

INROADS-O

The original INROADS study (INROADS-O, or Intersecting Research on Opioid Misuse, Addiction, and Disability Services) is a joint research program—completed in the Fall of 2022—between Brandeis University’s Institute for Behavioral Health and Lurie Institute for Disability Policy that examines the intersection between addiction, disability, and service provision in an effort to address the rise of opioid use disorders (OUD) among people with disabilities.


 

Sharon Reif, PhD'02

Sharon Reif, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator

Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Rachel Sayko Adams, PhD, MPH

Co-Principal Investigator

Research Associate Professor, Department of Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health

Monika Mitra, PhD

Co-Investigator

Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Disability Policy, and Director of the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University
Joanne Nicholson, Professor of the Practice

Joanne Nicholson, PhD

Co-Investigator

Professor, Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Cindy Thomas, PhD'00, Professor and Associate Dean for Research

Cindy Thomas, PhD

Co-Investigator

Professor and Associate Dean for Research At Brandeis University's Heller School of Social Policy and Management

John Corrigan, PhD

Consultant

Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University

Director for the Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation and the Ohio Brain Injury Program

Mary Brolin, PhD'05, Scientist and Lecturer

Mary Brolin, PhD

Evaluator

Senior Scientist, Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
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Margaret Lee

Margaret Lee, PhD

Scientist

Scientist, Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Grant A. Ritter, Associate Research Professor

Grant Ritter, PhD

Statistician

Associate Research Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Anne Valentine

Anne Valentine, PhD, MPH

Research Associate

Senior Research Associate, Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Brandeis University

Lee Panas, PhD

Senior Programmer

Senior Programmer and Lecturer, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University