Items By: Haley Simons

Are BH providers co-located with DEA waivered Buprenorphine Prescribers?

Investigators: Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW; Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW; Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Alex Forte, MSW; Evan Galloway, MPS Objective: Targeted planning for co-location of DEA-waivered buprenorphine prescribers and BH clinicians could increase the use of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Presently, less than half of all waivered prescribers, outside of hospitals, are co-located… Read more »

Co-location of Pharmacists with Primary Care Providers: An Analysis of NPI vs Other Data Sources

Investigators: Emily M. Hawes, PharmD, BCPS, CPP; Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW; Evan Galloway, MPS; Hilary A. Campbell, PharmD, JD; Cristen P. Page, MD, MPH; Mary Roth McClurg, PharmD, MHS Objective: Despite evidence supporting the integration of pharmacists in team-based primary care, little information exists on the co-location of pharmacists with primary care physicians in the United States… Read more »

Describing the National Social Work Data Sources

Investigators: Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW, and Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Rapid growth of social work degree programs, along with a diverse array of social work practice areas makes it is difficult to describe and count the social work profession. This project examines the data sources that could be used to… Read more »

Interrupted Integrated Health Care: How Primary Care Practices Utilized Tele-Health and Coordinated Team-Based Care in Response to COVID-19

Investigators: Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW; Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW; Erica L. Richman, PhD, MSW This study will investigate how integrated health care (IHC) teams adapted during COVID-19 with a specific focus on their use of tele-health and how they adapted components of IHC such as warm hand-offs between providers and patients, referral linkages, and communication… Read more »

Catherine Moore, PhD, MSN, RN

Catherine Moore, PhD, MSN, RN joined the Program for Health Workforce Research and Policy in 2024. Dr. Moore joined the team as the Director of Sheps Health Workforce NC and the North Carolina Health Professions Data System (NC Health Workforce – North Carolina Health Professional Supply Data). She leads state health workforce initiatives in the… Read more »

Abhi Joshi, MCS

Abhi Joshi, MCS is a Data Analyst for the UNC Sheps Center Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy, providing data management and statistical analysis services. Abhi holds a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Statistics from UNC Charlotte and a concentration in Software, Systems & Networks. He also holds a Master of… Read more »

Brooke Lombardi, PhD

Brooke Lombardi, PhD, MSW, is a Research Associate/Project Manager on the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center and the Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center. Dr. Lombardi holds both a PhD in Social Work and an MSW from UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Lombardi’s work focuses on the intersection of sexual victimization and the perinatal period (conception to one-year… Read more »

Haley Simons

Haley Simons joined our team as a Program Coordinator in 2023. Haley holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill. Haley will be supporting the research team with coordination and dissemination efforts across multiple platforms and audiences to increase the reach of our work.    … Read more »