Mental Health and Substance Use Research Interest Group Advisory Committee

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

Alex Sheehan is a fourth-year Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Candidate at Tulane University, Lived Experience Council Member of One Mind and the Healthy Brains Global Initiative, Health Policy Research Scholar at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Elinor Ostrom Fellow at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University. Read Bio

Anuar Assamidanov, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Health Economics at the University of California, Irvine. Read Bio

Melissa (Mel) Flores is a graduate student in Community Psychology and an emerging researcher committed to understanding how social, cultural, and structural environments shape mental health, educational attainment, and opportunities for well-being. Read Bio

Chandrima Chatterjee is a health services researcher and doctoral candidate in Health Management and Policy at the University of Louisville, with research interests in maternal and child health, mental health services, Medicaid policy, and health equity. Read Bio

Dr. Leslie Johnson is an Associate 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

Breanne “Bre” Biondi is a postdoctoral scholar at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago. Read Bio

Jordan Herring is currently a third-year Ph.D. student in public policy, with a concentration in public finance, and a Program Associate with the Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at George Washington University. Read Bio

Molly Matthews-Ewald, PhD, MS, is Vice President of Social Sciences and Evidence at WhitworthKee Consulting, LLC, where she leads program evaluation, research, and business development for government, nonprofit, and higher education clients. Read Bio

Pooja S. Mehta, MPH is the AAPI Community Outreach Lead for NC DMH/DD/SUS and the founder of Tarang. Read Bio

A Doctor of Public Health candidate at Tulane University, Jamie Newman’s career specializes in health systems leadership, patient experience, and applied public health practice. Read Bio

Marwa Rawy, PharmD, PhD, is an Associate Research Scientist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Read Bio

Erika Simeon has worked in healthcare and public health research in Oregon for over 15 years. Read Bio

Sonali Singh is a doctoral candidate in Public Policy and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she also holds dual master’s degrees in Economics and Social Data Analytics. Read Bio

Yao Tian is a health economist and health services researcher with expertise in mental health services, pediatric health care delivery, and the use of large administrative databases to evaluate health care quality, outcomes, and policy. Read Bio