The UPWARD Study Research Team
UPWARD Team
Team Member Bios
Meelee Kim, PhD'19
Co-Investigator
Scientist in the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School, Brandeis University
Robert Dunigan, PhD'04
Co-Investigator
Senior Research Associate and Lecturer in the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School, Brandeis University
Andre Johnson, PhD
Co-Investigator
President/ CEO and founder of the Detroit Recovery Project, Inc.
Constance Horgan, ScD
Co-Investigator
Professor; Director, Institute for Behavioral Health; Co-director, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy and Research
Shanesha Christmas
Research Associate
Research Associate in the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School, Brandeis University
Karen Alfaro, MPH
Graduate Research Assistant
Doctoral student in the Behavioral Health concentration and NIAAA predoctoral trainee
Adam Vose-O'Neal, MA, MSW, LICSW
Research Associate
Doctoral student in the Behavioral Health concentration and NIAAA Fellow
Alex Leon
Graduate Research Assistant
Master's student, Conflict Resolution and Coexistence and Sustainable International Development programs
Drew Hickman, MPH
Research Manager
Research Manager at Detroit Recovery Project, Inc. supporting the UPWARD project
Elisabeth Okrant, PhD
Consultant
Institute for Behavioral Health consultant; Developed the Response to Addiction Recovery (R2AR) tool, which is used in Aims 1b and 3 of the UPWARD study
Audrey Hildebrandt
Project Manager
Sr. Project Manager in the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School, Brandeis University