Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Our Team

OPRC Leadership

Traci Green, Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Traci C. Green, PhD, MSc

Professor and Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: drug use, opioid addiction, and drug-related injury

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Gail Strickler, MMHS'94, PhD'07

Gail Strickler, MMHS'94, PhD'07

Research Scientist, Deputy Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: Substance use disorders, prescription drug abuse, controlled substance prescribing

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Andrew Kolodny, MD

Andrew Kolodny, MD

Senior Research Scientist, Medical Director, , Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: Prescription opioids and the heroin crisis, prescription drug utilization, public health policy 
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Constance Horgan, Professor, Director of the Institute for Behavioral Health

Constance Horgan, ScD

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

Expertise: Organization and financing of alcohol, drug and mental health services; quality and effectiveness of behavioral health treatment
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Meelee Kim, PhD'19

Meelee Kim, PhD'19

Scientist, Institute for Behavioral Health

Expertise: Evaluating substance use disorders, violence, HIV prevention programs; evaluating initiatives for safer prescribing of controlled substances; Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP)
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Sharon Reif, PhD'02

Sharon Reif, PhD'02

Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for Behavioral Health

Expertise: Health services research, with a focus on substance use disorders and other behavioral health
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Cindy Parks Thomas, PhD'00

Cindy Thomas, PhD'00

Professor and Associate Dean for Research

Expertise: Health Policy, health technology transfer, state health reform, prescription drug policy, addiction treatment, Medicare and Medicaid coverage
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OPRC Staff

Cole Jarczyk, Research Assistant

Cole Altomare-Jarczyk, BA

Research Associate, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: Analytical instrumentation, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) sample preparation and analysis, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) data interpretation. Analytic Chemistry / Drug Checking Technician
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Thomas Clark

Thomas Clark, BA

Senior Research Associate, Institute for Behavioral Health

Expertise: Qualitative research, prescription monitoring programs, addiction and behavioral health
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Jamie Davis

Jamie Davis, BA

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

Expertise: Program management, harm reduction, and community-based healthcare
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Abby Edelman

Abigail (Abby) Edelmann, BS

Research Assistant/Drug Checking Technician, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: Analytical Chemistry, Organic & Inorganic Chemistry, Drug Checking, FT-IR Spectroscopy, Behavioral Health
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Sarah Fielman

Sarah Fielman, BS, MS

Project Manager, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: harm reduction, community-based health care, and translational and implementation science
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Gail Hall

Gail Hall

Senior Department Coordinator

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Marisol Pacheco

Marisol Pacheco, BS

Research Assistant, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: Behavioral neuroscience, wound care, harm reduction, and behavioral health 
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Shannon Raeke

Shannon Raeke, MA

Research Associate I, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: Social psychology, inequality and social stratification, racial-ethnic socialization and identity formation,  mixed-methods research
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Sabrina Rapisarda

Sabrina S. Rapisarda, MA, MEd

Research Associate I, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: quantitative and qualitative methods, substance use and related harms, harm reduction, intimate partner and sexual violence, help-seeking
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Ivy Sabal

Ivy Sabal

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

Expertise: Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Harm Reduction, Drug Checking Technician
Joe Silcox

Joe Silcox, PhD, MA

Research Associate II, Project Manager, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Expertise: Program Management, Qualitative Research, Substance Use Disorders, Long-term Recovery, Stigma & Identity, Policing, Harm Reduction, and Social Control  
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Charlie Summers, Research Assistant

Charlie Summers

Research Assistant, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

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Sofia Zaragoza

Sofia Zaragoza, MA

Research Assistant

Expertise: Qualitative and quantitative methods, public health, anthropology 
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Affiliated Staff

Mary Brolin, PhD'05, Scientist and Lecturer

Mary Brolin, PhD'05

Senior Scientist and Lecturer, Institute for Behavioral Health

Expertise: Health services research and community-based evaluation with a focus on behavioral health
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Dominic Hodgkin, Professor

Dominic Hodgkin, PhD

Professor, Institute for Behavioral Health

Expertise: Health economics, managed care, economics of mental health and substance use disorders, prescription drug utilization
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Mary Jo Larson, PhD'92

Mary Jo Larson, PhD'92

Senior Scientist and Lecturer, Institute for Behavioral Health

Expertise: Behavioral health services research; pain management; prescription opioid utilization; longitudinal data analysis; clinical trials; military health system; behavioral health of military members, veterans and families; harm reduction for out-of-treatment individuals; addiction treatment gap; evaluation of system change; adoption of evidence-based practice; web-training; academic detailing
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Lee Panas, Senior Programmer and Lecturer

Lee Panas, MS

Senior Statistical Programmer and Lecturer, Institute for Behavioral Health

Expertise: Statistical programming and management of large state and national databases, data analysis using statistical methods such as logistic regression, survival analysis, time series and hierarchical linear modeling
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Maureen Stewart, PhD'09, Scientist

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