Matthew Simpson, M.D., M.P.H., is the Director of Analytics and Scholarship in the Department of Program Evaluation and Research at the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville, NC. He is passionate about engaging clinical and community partners to develop strategies to support the implementation of evidence-based interventions into low resource settings. He has focused on various clinical topics, such as opioid use disorder, sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease prevention, advanced care planning, and vaccine delivery. Clinically, he is a primary care clinician at a rural safety net clinic. He previously served in the U.S. Government as a physician in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.