Our Team

Traci C. Green, PhD, MSc
Professor and Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative
Expertise: drug use, opioid addiction, and drug-related injury

Gail Strickler, MMHS'94, PhD'07
Research Scientist, Deputy Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative
Expertise: Substance use disorders, prescription drug abuse, controlled substance prescribing

Andrew Kolodny, MD
Senior Research Scientist, Medical Director, , Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Constance Horgan, ScD
Professor; Director, Institute for Behavioral Health; Co-director, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy and Research

Meelee Kim, PhD'19
Scientist, Institute for Behavioral Health

Sharon Reif, PhD'02
Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for Behavioral Health

Cindy Thomas, PhD'00
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
OPRC Staff

Cole Altomare-Jarczyk, BA
Research Associate, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Thomas Clark, BA
Senior Research Associate, Institute for Behavioral Health

Jamie Davis, BA
Community Engagement and Harm Reduction Program Manager, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Abigail (Abby) Edelmann, BS
Research Assistant/Drug Checking Technician, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Sarah Fielman, BS, MS
Project Manager, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative


Marisol Pacheco, BS
Research Assistant, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Shannon Raeke, MA
Research Associate I, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Sabrina S. Rapisarda, MA, MEd
Research Associate I, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Ivy Sabal
Research Assistant and FTIR Drug Checking Technician, Massachusetts Drug Supply Data Stream (MADDS), Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Joe Silcox, PhD, MA
Research Associate II, Project Manager, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Charlie Summers
Research Assistant, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Sofia Zaragoza, MA
Research Assistant
Affiliated Staff

Mary Brolin, PhD'05
Senior Scientist and Lecturer, Institute for Behavioral Health

Dominic Hodgkin, PhD
Professor, Institute for Behavioral Health

Mary Jo Larson, PhD'92
Senior Scientist and Lecturer, Institute for Behavioral Health

Lee Panas, MS
Senior Statistical Programmer and Lecturer, Institute for Behavioral Health

Maureen Stewart, PhD'09
Visiting Research Scholar
Research Associate Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, Health Law, Policy, and Management
Expertise: policy and system approaches to improve access to and quality of alcohol and drug treatment services and to reduce disparities in treatment