Institute for Behavioral Health

UPWARD Team

The UPWARD Study Research Team

Team Member Bios

Sharon Reif, PhD'02

Sharon Reif, PhD'02

Principal Investigator

Co-Director of Brandeis-Harvard SPIRE Center, Professor
Meelee Kim, PhD'19

Meelee Kim, PhD'19

Co-Investigator

Scientist 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, Professor, Director of the Institute for Behavioral Health

Constance Horgan, ScD

Co-Investigator

Professor; Director, Institute for Behavioral Health; Co-director, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy and Research
Shanesha Christmas

Shanesha Christmas

Research Associate

Research Associate in the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School, Brandeis University

Karen Alfaro, PhD student

Karen Alfaro, MPH

Graduate Research Assistant

Doctoral student in the Behavioral Health concentration and NIAAA predoctoral trainee
Adam Vose-O'Neal

Adam Vose-O'Neal, MA, MSW, LICSW

Research Associate

Doctoral student in the Behavioral Health concentration and NIAAA Fellow

Talissa King-Furniss

Research Assistant

Research Assistant at Detroit Recovery Project, Inc. supporting the UPWARD project

Drew Hickman, MPH

Consultant

Consultant supporting the UPWARD project

Danielle Lenz

Research Assistant

Research Assistant at Detroit Recovery Project, Inc. supporting the UPWARD project
Audrey Hildebrandt

Audrey Hildebrandt

Project Manager

Sr. Project Manager in the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School, Brandeis University