The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center (UNC BHWRC)
A dynamic hub of innovative, data-driven research on the workforce responsible for providing mental health and substance use services.
Brianna Lombardi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Research Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the Director of the Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center and is the Deputy Director of the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center—two federally funded health workforce research centers. In her research, she seeks to understand how health systems deploy teams of providers to address the physical health, behavioral health, and social needs of vulnerable individuals through integrated models of care. Considered an expert in social worker roles on integrated health care teams, Dr. Lombardi uses innovative methods to study the expanding role of social workers in integrated primary care.
Her work has been funded by grants through the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the National Institutes of Health.