Dr. Andrea Acevedo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health at Tufts University. Dr. Acevedo has over 15 years of experience in health services research, most of which has focused on treatment services for substance use disorders (SUD). Her work includes the development and testing of quality indicators for SUD treatment, and interventions to improve quality of care. Much of her work involves understanding inequities in treatment for substance use disorders, particularly those related to race/ethnicity. Dr. Acevedo has led studies assessing racial/ethnic inequities in publicly-funded treatment systems in several states, and examining the role that individual, facility, and community characteristics may have on treatment quality and outcomes. Her current work is examining substance use and SUD services among older adults.
Dr. Acevedo received her Ph.D. in Social Policy with a concentration in behavioral health services and policy from Brandeis University, and her Masters' in Health and Social Behavior from the Harvard School of Public Health.
- Behavior Health IG Committee Member