Mental Health and Substance Use Research Interest Group Advisory Committee

Yunyu Xiao, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in Health Informatics Division, Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University. Read Bio

Dr. Leslie Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Family Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and an Associate Program Director for the NIH-funded Training on ImplemenTAtioN and team Science for NCD Control (TITANS) program. Read Bio

Aryn Phillips is a health services researcher interested in alcohol use among adults with chronic conditions. Read Bio

Talia Benheim is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at Brown University School of Public Health. Read Bio

Dr. Brown is a health economist with interests in mental health services and outcomes, suicide, and the mind-body connection between psychological distress and chronic pain. Read Bio

Alex Sheehan is currently a Behavioral Health Program and Project Administrator with the Washington State Health Care Authority, developing, implementing, and supervising programs that increase equitable access to mental and behavioral health care for chronically homeless and justice-impacted individuals. Read Bio

Rebecca Bilden is a PhD candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on improving access to treatment for opioid use disorder, with an emphasis on using data-driven approaches to inform opioid policy decisions. Read Bio

Ashlyn Burns is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Read Bio

Tremaine Sails-Dunbar is a lived experience mental health researcher and Doctoral Candidate at University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health currently working on a Ph.D. In Public Health Education and Promotion. Read Bio

Haleigh is a dedicated professional who has made contributions in the community behavioral health field and research. Read Bio

Carlos A. Larrauri, JD, MPA, APRN, is a dedicated advocate for mental health who has made impactful contributions to research and policy on both national and global stages Read Bio

Dr. O’Grady is an Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Read Bio

Chosen to represent “Discovery & Innovation,” one of six core values at the University of Florida (UF) in 2022, Alex Rodriguez, MPH, values and practices research at the intersection of arts and public health. Read Bio

Mariah Seater is a lifelong resident of Anchorage, Alaska, of a multicultural background, and lived experience researcher with a strong background in Arctic mental health focusing on equitable health care access and culturally responsive programs and services. Read Bio

Michelle Truong, M.P.H., is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Health Policy & Management in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland. Read Bio