Leadership & Faculty
PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Marisa Domino, PhD (Health Economics) domino@unc.edu
Training Program Director
Professor of Health Policy and Management, UNC
- Mental health economics and policy
- Medicaid policy
- Multiple chronic conditions
- Criminal justice/mental health intersections
Jeffrey Swanson, PhD (Medical sociology) jeffrey.swanson@duke.edu
Training Program Deputy Director
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke
- Violence and mental disorder
- Adult psychiatric epidemiology
- Services effectiveness research
- Laws and policies to prevent gun violence and suicide
Byron Powell, PhD (Social Work) bjpowell@unc.edu
Training Program Associate Director
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UNC
- Implementation Research
- Quality Improvement
- Organizational Change
- Behavioral Health and Child Welfare
Allison G. Robertson, PhD, MPH (Health Policy & Management) allison.gilbert@duke.edu
Training Program Associate Director
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke
Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke
- Mental health and substance abuse
- Criminal justice services and policy research
- Effectiveness and implementation of legal, policy, and treatment interventions
PROGRAM FACULTY
Barbara J. Burns, PhD (Psychology) barbara.burns@duke.edu
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke
- Effectiveness research
- Serious emotional disorders and severe mental illness
Mimi Chapman, PhD (Social Work) mimi@email.unc.edu
Professor of Social Work, UNC
- Social Work Practice
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Children’s Health and Mental Health
Scott Compton, PhD (Social Work) compt004@duke.edu
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke
- Anxiety disorders
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy
- Children and adolescents
- Trichotillomania
William Copeland, PhD (Clinical Psychology) william.copeland@duke.edu
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke
- Psychiatric epidemiology
- Developmental psychopathology
- Psychosocial and emotional stress
E. Jane Costello, PhD (Psychology) jcostell@psych.mc.duke.edu
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke
Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke
- Developmental child psychopathology
- Mental health services
Gary Cuddeback, PhD, MSW, MPH (Social Work, Statistics) cuddeback@schsr.unc.edu
Associate Professor of Social Work and Research Fellow, UNC
- Criminal justice – mental health
- Community interventions
- Child & family services
Sarah Desmarais, PhD (Forensic Psychology) sdesmarais@ncsu.edu
Associate Professor of Psychology, North Carolina State University
- Violence risk assessment
- Behavioral health disorders and criminal justice involvement
- Implementation science
- Test development and validation
Eric Elbogen, PhD (Psychology) eric.elbogen@duke.edu
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke
- Legal/policy interventions
- Violence risk assessment
- Mandated community treatment
- Competency to make medical/financial decisions
Alan Ellis, PhD (Social Work) arellis@ncsu.edu
Assistant Professor in Social Work, North Carolina State University
- Mental Health promotion
- Child well-being
- Methods for comparative effectiveness research
Sue Estroff, PhD (Social Medicine, Anthropology) sue_estroff@med.unc.edu
Professor of Social Medicine, UNC
- Medical Anthropology
- Psychiatric Anthropology
- Chronic Illness
- Qualitative Methods
- Health Policy as a Cultural System
Bryan Garner, PhD (Psychology) bgarner@rti.org
Senior Implementation Research Scientist, RTI International
- Implementation research
- Substance use disorder research
- Research design & methods
Bradley N. Gaynes, MD, MPH (Medicine, Epidemiology) bradley_gaynes@med.unc.edu
Professor and Associate Chair of Research Education and Training of Psychiatry, UNC
- Mental disorders in primary care
- Evidenced-based practices
Vivian Go, PhD (Health Behavior) vgo@email.unc.edu
Professor of Health Behavior, UNC
- Global health
- HIV/AIDS
- Mental health
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Substance abuse
- Violence prevention
Will Hall, PhD (Social Work) wjhall@email.unc.edu
Assistant Professor of Social Work, UNC
- Mental health of LGBTQ populations
- Practitioner cultural competency
- Psychosocial mental health interventions
Kristen Hassmiller Lich, PhD (Health Services Organization and Policy) klich@unc.edu
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UNC
- Systems science and simulation modeling
- Systems improvement and mental health services
- Dissemination and implementation research
Joanna “Asia” Maselko, ScD (Epidemiology) jmaselko@email.unc.edu
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UNC
- Global mental health
- Intergenerational transmission of neuropsychiatric risk
- Religious engagement and health over the lifecourse
- Determinants of child socio-emotional development
Joseph Morrissey, PhD (Sociology) joe_morrissey@unc.edu
Professor of Health Policy & Management and Psychiatry, UNC
- Mental health & substance abuse systems, services, and policy
- Criminal justice
Brian Pence, PhD (Epidemiology) bpence@unc.edu
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UNC
- Links between mental health and HIV-related behaviors and health outcomes in the SE US and in Africa
Betsy Sleath, PhD (Pharmacy/Sociology) betsy_sleath@unc.edu
Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC
Director, Child and Adolescent Health Program
- Health care provider-patient communication
- Pharmacoepidemiology
Leyla Stambaugh, PhD (Psychology) lstambaugh@rti.org
Senior Research Psychologist, RTI International
- Public health and well-being
- Social and justice policy
- Surveys and data collection
- Evaluation assessment and analytics
Marvin Swartz, MD (Psychiatry) marvin.swartz@duke.edu
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke
Chief, Division of Social and Community Psychiatry, Duke
- Mental health services
- Severe and persistent mental illness
- Services effectiveness research
Kathleen C. Thomas, PhD (Health Economics) thomas@mail.schsr.unc.edu
Research Fellow, UNC
- Mental health economics
- Managed behavioral healthcare
H. Ryan Wagner II, PhD (Psychology) ryan.wagner@dm.duke.edu
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke
- Psychological determinants of depression
- Psychiatric epidemiology
Kathryn Whetten, PhD (Health Policy) k.whetten@duke.edu
Professor in Public Policy, Duke
- Access to health care
- Child health
- Education
- Health policy
- Health systems
- HIV/AIDS
- Human rights
- Mental health
- Substance abuse
- Violence